Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-25
)0NN-R|V[R TRIP
OF TAFT ANDPAR|Y
PRESIDENT eREETs MANY GOV.
ERNoRs AND OTHER PUBLIC
MEN AT ST. LOUIS.
MISSOURI CITY RESEMBLES
SCENE OF POLITICAL MEETING
Two Hundred Congressman, Thirty
Three Governors and Many Senators
Meet Presidents Party for Trip from
St. Louis to New orIean.-Taft Get.
Ovation from Populaes.

sOuUy save elSILt HOurS TO ST. Louis
and one and one-half hours to East
st. Louis. He arrived here this morn
ing at 1927 and prepared to leave at 5
o'clock this afternoon on the 1.2O0 mile
voyage down the Mississippi river to
New Orleans.
After greeting the reception commit
Tee OF the Commercial Club Of ST. Louis
at the union station, the president was
drlven in an automobile to the St.
Louis club. When President Taft ap-
peared at the Twentieth street exit of
he union station he was greeted by
sheers OF thousands of people. At the
club sixty-five commercial club mem
oers and the presidents party had
breakfast. The president rested short
lme. after which he was driven to the
Coliseum His ride thru the streets
was a continual ovation.
Meets Many Governors.
AT the Coliseum before making his
lddress he greeted 200 congressman.
three governors and a score of
Ienators. who arrived this morning as
guests Of the business league. for the
rip down the Mississippi river. Seven
Ioreign ministers were Seated on the
platform. Governor Hadly introduced
The president to the great audience.
Immediately after delivering his speech.
The president was escorted to the
Planters hotel for luncheon, where were
gathered 300 guests of the Business
Mems League. congressman, COVER
nors and foreign ministers also were
Ut the luncheon.
Brief Stay Across River.
At 1880 the president, escorted by
mounted police. is scheduled to cross
the Eads bridge to East St Louis.
Here he Is to meet Vice President
Sherman and Speaker Cannon, who
had been. guests OF the East st. Louis
Commercial Club at luncheon The
president plans to lay the cornerstone
of the new United States government
building in East st. Louis at o'clock,
then return to st. Louis and embark
at S o'clock on the lighthouse tender
Oleander for New Orleans.
st. Louis Men Aid Taft.
In his speech at the st. Louis Club,
the president referred to the "trip of his
hosts, the Commercial Club, to Pana-
ma, while the president was secretary
of war. He said he had always felt
grateful to those who went to the 18TH
mus for the confidence which they had
engendered in the American people
concerning work on the canal. These
investigators who went on their own
expense could not be fooled or deceived
and could have no motive for misrep-
resenting the facts. He declared the
report of the Commercial Club marked
the beginning of the state of affairs
which has left the administration in a
very comfortable position with refer
ence to progress on the canal work.
Up to that time, the president said,
there had been shrieks Of scandal ana
incompetence, but afterward the work
had been treated as all great govern
ment and engineering works should be
treated-with sobriety, calmness and
criticism OF the plans on basis that
can be understood. He said the report
Of the Commercial Club has driven
away the nightmare that had pursued
him for two years after the burden of
the canal work had fallen upon his
shoulders
No Waterway "Pork Barrel"
In his address at the Coliseum, where
he made the principal speech of the
day, Taft declared his stand. lin favor
of the issue Of bonds for carrying out
approved waterway Improvement pro-
jects. He does not mean the opening of
the pork barrep' to send back any par
ticular member of congress, or to make
any particular section of the country
prosperous during the expenditure of
the money. X TAFT said he opposed any
such general bond issue of $500 900 OOO
or e1,000,O00,000 for waterways i'm
provement, the money to be cut up and
parceled out to different sections. His
idea is to secure sufficient money to
carry out quickly such projects as may
be approved after careful investigation
ana which can prove their worth to
tho eliire country.
I, In course Of his address the presi-
dent mentioned Roosevelt's name and
It brought out prolonged cheering.