Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-18
REVIEW OF SCHOOL CHILDREN
VISIT TO SOLDIERS HOME, MAR
oUETTE COLLEGE AND sTATH
FAIR ARE FEATURES.
NOTABLE ADDRESS
MADE IN CHICAGO
PRESIDENT TOUCHES UPON La.
BoR QUESTION AND ALSO
POINTS OUT NEED OF REFORM
IN LEGAL PROCEDURE.

Milwaukee, Wis, Sept. 17.--Presi-
dent Taft and party arrived at Nil.
Waukee at a. NJ, and started at 8
O'Clock on busy four hours invasion
OF Milwaukee and the state fair
grounds. The president was met by a
committee Of two hundred of Mil.
Yankees principal business men. to.
gether with large crowd of people,
VINO gave him an enthusiactic week
come. The presidential party was
driven at once to the auditorium and
later reviewed several thousand
school children. The Milwaukee Press
club was the next stopping place. the
president making ten minute call.
me president was then driven to the
chamber OF commercve, where he was
introduced to large throng Of com.
merclal men and their friends. Mar.
quette university was next visited
and then the Soldiers home, where he
was greeted by two thousand veter,
| ans, after which the procession moved
to the state fair grounds. Here thu
president made brief address. Tho
party tleft for La Crosse at 11:40.
1 impressive Talk to Veterans.
The president made an impressive
talk to the veterans of the civil waf
at the Soldiers home. He said he
hoped they were enjoying all the com
forts of life that a grateful country
could place upon them.
we who are too young to have
participated in the war" said tho
president feel that we missed a
great deal in not having been able 10
have defended our union. But when
we consider the suffering and death
OF comrades, the great grief OF theti.
families, we are reconciled to the fe
i that we did not live In that generA.s
1 tion''
He spoke of the thousands of school
children he met in Chicago YESTERDAY
and the thousands more here today
Il could not help wondering as I
looked he said, what fate awaited
those bright young eyes, and those
flushed young cheeks of the boys and,
girls. ] wondered IL that generation
would suffer what you have endured
in another war
! Il pray God they may not, but if
they do, / know the example which
you set will not be without It's inspirs
ing effect to place old glory on still
higher heights
First Tariff Talk Tonight.
The presidents stay at Lacrosse
was thirty minutes, going thence I'd
Winona, Mimi, the home of Repre-
sentative Tawney chairman of ths
house committee on appropriations,
1t is said the president will make his
first utterances on the Payne tariff
at Winona tonight.
Favors Postal Banks.
AT the fair grounds the president
devoted most of his entire time to tho
postal savings banks. He declared ha
stood firm for the redemption of the
Ipromises of the Republican platform
for the establishment OF such a sys.
tenn Of banks. The president said he
did not want to antagonize the bank
ers, but he didn't believe their oppo.
sition to postal banks was well found
ed Postal banks having one per cent
interest would not attract depositors
from banks paying three or four per
cent, but they would. attract the ac.
counts of those people who were wav.
ering in the balance rs to whether or
not they should spend their money
for want of knowledge of safe place
to put 1t.
: Calls Bonds Bunco Game,
The president pointed out the needs
.. of funds which would come to the gov.
ernment through postal banks to take
care of the two per cent United States
bonds issued some years ago and
forced as a sort Of bunco game ON
!. the bankers at par or little more, .
but which will soon be drag on the
: market.
J Taft at Chicago.
! Chicago, Sept. IT. Speaking with
! great earnestness to mass meeting
in Orchestra hall last night, President
= Taft declared for reformation of the
: administration of justice, and announc
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