The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-31
With a Few Friends. Chief Ex.
ecutive Disappeared From
Public View and HES Him.
self to His Favorite Cafe.
"A BUSY DAY PLANNED
FOR TAFT ON SUNDAY
After Attending Church in the
Morning He Will Pay a Visit
To the Famous French
8 Quarter of the City.
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New Orleans. La. Oct. s0.-Presi.
dent Taft and a select little party are
dining tonight at one Of the pictur.
esque little restaurants over in the
French Quarter. Temporarily he has
it is to know could summon the pres:-
| dent at any minute but orders are tnSe
he is not to be disturbed.
Last February. when the president.
elect came through New Orleans on
his return from Panama. he and Mrs.
Taft discovered this haven for the cpl.
cure and SO tonight after the das-
cling brilliancy Of the French opera.
after a day OF river salutes. cheering
thousands. waterways meetings and
football. not to mention . dinner at
the Pickwick club, the president and
a few Of his party stole away into Bo-
hemia.
| Has Sand or Floor.
i Most likely the place where the
chief executive OF the nation IL dining
has sand on the floor In lieu of carpet:
it is not strong on furniture and ap-
pointments and the table ware may
not be OF silver or Dresden. but yoa
can't beat the cuisine anywhere this
side of the boulevard San Michelin
and probably not there. and II there
is . good song ringing In the air.
maybe observant persons can pick out
Of the din the rollicking voice Of Big
Bill Taft He told his audience at the
: waterways convention this afternoon
: that he had been looking forward to
his visit to New Orleans. He has
been here frequently: he knows their
ways and they always invite him
. right into their living rooms.
! Tomorrow he will worship at tho
First Unitarian church. DIR. II. z. Gil.
christ. pastor. and later will visit the
French quarter under the auspices Oe
the Louisiana Historical society. A
sacred concert at Tulane university
will wind up the New Orleans enter
;, tainment and after a private dinner
the president will board his private
car again and the train will pull out
for Jackson, Miss. at } q. m, on Mon
! day.
A Fortunate Delay.
The 1.165 mile journey down the
Mississippi. came to an end at 10
O'clock this morning when the Oleand-
er tied UP at the foot Of Fulton street.
Perhaps 1t was Just AZ well for Mr..
Taft's plans for winning the south
that the trip is over. The obstinate
Father of Waters acted as a marplow
to the end. and because the nat bot.
toned flotilla got in late. the grand
military procession. In which the pres.
ident was to have been q prominent
figure. had to be abandoned 10 the
disappointment Of 100000 people. Al
that. however. the delay probably
averted serious sitaution. Philip
Werlin, Of the New Orleans Progress
sive Union and Governor Sanders
were bitter rivals for the place Of hon
or beside the president in his car
riage, and II cannot be said what
would have happened II the parade
had not been called off. leaving nj
seat to be occupied.
Apparently everybody in this couE
try has a shot gun or pocket artillery
They were all out today blazing away
salutes in unison with the warships
as the Oleander chugged her way to
ward the city Whistle valves wers
tied open. bells were changing and thu
river shipping was . mass Of bunting
Ships of all waters close In t0wart
the city Of New Orleans dipped thei
colors In honor Of the floating execu
tive. The wharves were lined will
thousands Of people. the river swarm
ed with small craft.
Immediately upon landing the pres
dent was escorted to the palace O
Archbishop Blenek for luncheon. an
!. from there went direct to the water
!. ways convention, which. after all, wa
- the chief object of his visit here. eve
IL the ardent advocates Of the II fee
through the valley are urging thei
:. less sanguine friends not to be to
much discouraged by the president
49, address. An amusing thing in comes
ton with the presidents address o
=. waterways was that when he told tn
81 delegates that he was delighted to b
with them . burst Of applause swer
over the house. Catching the poir
quickly the president said: You se
., we adopt In our administration th
Roosevelt policies to the full"
en- BROOCH IS FOUND.