Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-10-02
TAFT TO VISIT
alaska NEXT
SUMMER
PROMISES TO LOOK INTO
NEEDS OF TERRITORY,
President an Interested Visitor
at Live Stock Department of
Seattle Exposition Says Pan
amaCanaI viii Open in 1915.



Tacoma, Oct AFTER spending
two days in and around Seattle, Presi
dent Taft came to Tacoma tonight
and received from an audience that
filed the big armory, one of the most
cordial greetings of his trip. The pres
ident was entertained at dinner at the
Union club, after making the trip
from Seattle on board the yacht FL
Primero owned by Chester Thorne.
The torpedo boat destroyer Perry es-
corted the yacht.
Before leaving Seattle, the president
paid a last visit to the exposition to
view the big live stock exhibit All
the prize cattle, horses, hogs and
sheep We're on view, their heads and
horns decorated with blue ribbons.
Mr.. Taft apparently found great IN
terest in the exhibit and spent more
than twice the length of time origin
ally allotted TO it. He asked many
questions of the breeders
From the exposition grounds the
president motored to the Seattle
Country club, where he took luncheon
and spent the early afternoon on the
golf links. The sail on the SOUND
from Seattle to Tacoma occupied two
hours,
President Taft promised today to
attend another exposition on the Pa
cific coast, in 1915, in celebration OF
the completion of the Panama canal
Mr Taft said today this was pc
yond his term OF office, but that his
interest in the Panama canal and In
the extention Of trade on the Pacific
that he re10 0llN
gave his promise to attend
The invitation was extended by
Colonel ID. c. Collier, director general
of the Panama-California exposition
which Is to be held in San Diego, Cal,
President Taft's unqualified state
mcnt in his speech delivered here that
the Panama er' would 'e com
nIetea in 1915 aroused great en-
thusiasm as the entire Pacific coast
is expecting to profit greatly by the
short all-water route from the cast
crn seaboard and the opening OF Eu-
ropean markets to this section. All
south and Central American coun-
tries, especially those of the west
coast. are to be invited to take n part
in the Panama exposition
when the president left here at
midnight and headed south, he had
completed 5000 of his l3,O00-mile
tourney. In matter of elapsed time
however, his journey was less thah
one third completed.
In the time he has been "on the
road" the president has made elght
speeches of first Importance, when
have clearly set forth his views on
nearly every question of Importance.
lie announced tonight that he nae
completcd the list Of set addresses
which he had planned before leaving
Beverly. The presidents speeches III
the remainder of his trip viii be en-
tirelv extemporancous and Will con
sist largely of reference TO ana ampl-
fcation of those he already mas mauc
The presidents outspokcn oppoSi-
tion to self-government Tor AlaSk"
unouestionably created something oI
sensation in this section ana calhe
ripht on the heels of the dispatch Oh
a monster petition from Alaska asking
his support in favor of home RUE III
that territory. The speech has peen
widely discussed and has atuacteu
.reoter interest in Mr.. Tafts an
nounccment that he would personally
,.isIt Alaska next year to see conul-
tione for himself 1t is understood
that the president will make no spe-
cific recommendations to congress lot
legislation affecting the territory ui'ul
after his visit The president mas
taken particular pains to let II pe
known that he has a deep interest IN
Alaska and that he feels the peopie
there have been somewhat heslecteu
in the past. His position III laVor 81
government help in building ralIroauS
TO help open up the vast are" "a
,i,orv has been received with en-
thusiaSm.
The president will arrive at port
land at o'clock tomorrow morning
and after spending two DAYS there'
will continue his journey to the south-
ward
The turn toward the east VIII pc
made at Los Angeles the night OF cc-