The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-09-19

Given Great Reception
In St. Paul and Min
neapoIis Burine Yes
terddy.sMakss Speech

MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 1S.-Pres-
ident Taft arrived here this morn
ing and was escorted to the Mimi
eapolis club for breakfast.
A large crowd at the depot gave
the president a noisy greeting. A re-
ception had been planned at the city
hall Immediately after breakfast, but
on account of the Presidents wish
to avoid as far as possible handshak-
ing receptions, this part of the pro-
gram was abandoned and an automo-
bile trip made around the city.
At Fort Smelling, the President re-
viewed the troops and then went to
st. PAIL, where the city was bril-
liantly decorated and the streets
thronged in honor of the Presidents
visit. AloQg the route of the auto
mobiles from Fort Smelling, the4awns
were decorated with small flags spell
ing 'Taft" and from all the houses
flew the national emblem.
Luncheon was taken in st. Paul
auditorium, shortly after which the
party started on the return trip to
Minneapolis, arriving at $3.50 o'clock
this afternoon In order to give the
president time to rest before the
banquet at the Minneapolis audi
torium where he made his principal
address of the visit to the Twin cities,
In the most important utterances
he has made since his occupancy of
the White House, President Taft to-
night defended the Payne tariff bill
as the best measure ever passed by a
Republican congress, and hence the
best tariff bill the people ever have
known.
The president boldly asserted that
the insurgents who voted against the
bill had abandoned the Republican
party.
"Was it the duty of the members
of congress who believed that the
bill did not accomplish everything
that it ought to accomplish, to vote
against it," asked the president.
81 am here to Justify those who
answer this question in the negative
I am not here to defend those who
voted for the Payne tariff bill, but to
support them"
To this statement the crowd re-
sponded with a cheer which could
be heard far down the street. 1t
was shouted by adherents of Rep
resentative James A. Tawney, CHAIR
man of the house committee on ap-
preparations, who has been on the de-
fensive ever since the adjournment
of congress because he did not vote
with the other members of the del
egation both in the house and senate
against the bill.
1. To make party government effec-
tive said the president. in his ad.
dress, "the members of that party
should surrender their personal
predictions as of comparatively less
Importance. am not here to
criticise those who felt SO strongly
and believed SO intensely that it was
their duty to vote against the tariff
bill, because it did not contain all
they thought it should
"It was question for each to set
tie for himself. In matters of this
kind, it is a question with the party
representative whether he shall help
maintain the party solidarity for ac-
complishing its chief purpose, or
whether the departure from principle
in the bill, as he regards it. is SO
extreme that he must in conscience
abandon the party. l am glad to
see that those who voted against the
bill still insist that they are Re-
publicans and that they intend to
keep up the fight for still lower tar
if rates, within the party"