The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-01
LAST VISIT TO THE FAIR
President Taft Leaves Seattle for
Tacoma ON q Yacht.

Seattle, Wash, Oct. President Taft
paid his farewell visit to the world
fair this morning, the presidential party
being taken to the exposition grounds
in automobiles over a route that led
through the principal streets and gave
the crowd another chance to cheer the
president. From the fair where the
president visited the live stock show
he went to the Seattle Golf and Coun-
try club. Here he remained five hours.
playing his favorite game before and
after lunch AT p. m. he departed for
Tacoma on the private yacht ElPrimoro,
escorted by the torpedo boat Perry.
The president is in as good health,
voice, and spirits as when he left
Beverly, Notwithstanding the amount
of entertainment he has received. Re
freshed by his golf practice he was
ready for the dinner and public meet
ing in Tacoma tonight. There will be
no general hand shaking at the dinner
at the Union club, which will be sim
pie and brief. The meeting will be in
the auditorium which seats 5000.
After luncheon foresome was played
by the president, with A. Peters, a
Smith and A S. Kerry. When play
was ended, 1t was time to start for
Tacoma and automobiles conveyed the
president and his fellow travellers to
the yacht Ell Primero, lying at a wharf
in the center of the water front. This
gave the public another opportunity to
view the president and the streets were
lined with people. On the way to the
yacht the president reviewed the chill
dren of the Lincoln high school.
When the wharf was reached, the
committee on ceremonies of the worlds
fair surrendered the president to the
Tacoma chamber of commerce who Will
entertain him until the departure for
Portland at 1915 o'clock Saturday
morning.
President Taft spoke at a dinner last
night in the Washington state building
at the worlds fair. attended by 500
guest. Referring to Secretary Bal
nnger. the president said:
Grateful to BaIlinger.
81 am grateful to him for coming
into my cabinet 1 wish to testify in
the presence of his friends and neigh
bors to the sincere and high esteem in
which hold his services to the govern
ment."
Mr.. Taft took up the criticisms that
the administration was not carrying
out the Roosevelt policies and said:
II am bound to admit that Mr..
Roosevelt's knowledge of the west is
greater than 1 have, for he had lived
in the west and loved it better than he
did his own home in the east; but was
in the Roosevelt cabinet four years and
became imbued with the determination
to carry out the Roosevelt policies as
understand them. No one can have a
higher opinion or feel more gratitude
to my predecessor than l have. There
is a disagreement as to just what the
Roosevelt policies are. We have heard
of Catholics, of whom it was said that
they were more Catholic than the pope.
Occasionally we find gentlemen so
earnest in support of the Roosevelt
policies that they are more Roose-
veltian than Roosevelt himself. I am
doing the best / can to carry out the
Roosevelt policies as I understand them
and as 1 was in his cabinet for four
years, had at least fair opportunity to
know what they were"