Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-11-04
NOT AFTER VOTES
DECLARES TAFT
PRESIDENT STARTS THROUGH
SOUTHLAND-LOYALLY RE-
CEIVED EVERYWHERE.
TELLS GIRLS OF MISSISSIPPI NOT
TO MARRY UNTIL THEY'RE
READY.

Birmingham, Ala, Nov. 3.-Presi-
dent Taft's campaign for winning the
south to a closer union with the
states Of the north, was in full swing
when he reached here last night. At
various STOPS in Mississippi culminat-
! ing at Columbus, the old home CT Sec
Ietary Dickinson, the president called
out cheers by declarations that his
sit was without political signif-
u-nce.
'Il is not that we want to make
! you republicans. said President Tat.
''or that we want to become demo-
| Gratis. We all have our views ana
tastes. 1t is that you shall come to
! believe that you are as near the heart
of the central government as now al
ministered, as any other people in the
union"
The rebel yell heard at Columbus as
the president spoke has not been
heard in years. The town was jammed
with excursionists. Nearly every SEN
| tence of Mr.. Taft's address from the
stand on Main street was punctuated
! with cheers. The president declared
| that his reception had convinced him
that the southern people are willing to
come more than half way in encour-
| agement of the sentiment for bringing
! the southern and northern and west
ern people closer together.
Secretary Dickinson, in a speech at
| Columbus, declared that the president
in his southern friendship had no sucn
cheap paltry purpose" as gaining
| votes.
The president will be the guest of
Birmingham until four o'clock this at
ternoon. His entertainment began
last night with an elaborate banquet,
presided over by Senator Johnson.
President Taft was met at the station
by the mayor and committee of cit1-
zens. The streets leading to the hotel
were thronged. Today the president
will review a parade and make an
address.
The president spoke Of marriage
and of woman suffrage when sur
rounded at Columbus on the campus
at the Mississippi Girls Industrial In
stitute by 500 pretty girls, who after
ward helped to serve the first barbe-
cue Of the presidential tour. He said:
Il wish every woman in the world
was so situated that she could not
think it necessary for her to marry il
she did not want to. The best legacy
left to the young man is a good edu-
cation and good character by train
ing in the family to good moral stand
ards, and nothing else. The same
thing is true with respect to young
women. The great trouble has been
that we have not given woman fair
show. We have opened all the ave
nues to livelihood that they are quite
as well able to fill and in certain re
spects better able to fill than we are.
L am not a rapid suffragist. I am
not favoring suffrage for women until
convinced that all women desire it.
When they desire it, 1 will favor Civ
ing it to them When they desire it
they will get it too.
Il will be glad If I will not hove any
property to leave to my two boys, but
only good character and a pride in
themselves and a good education; but
for my daughter I am going to scrape|
together as much as l can give her
and as much education as I can, so
that she will take in the lesson
which [ first sought to announce as
the text OF my discourse, that she
marry only when she chooses, and
not because OF circumstances"
In his other address at Columbus.
President Taft said:
4 am glad to be in the city Of Gen
eral Lee and especially sorry not toI
be able to talk with him in regard to
the relations between the south and
the north because he represented the
spirit which I would invoke on the
part of every sOutherner with respect
to the whole country.
In order to understand the south
ern people with respect to the war is
sues and their present position, one
must know that your hearts emo
tions are broad enough to entertain
entire loyalty to the issues of the
past, which you fought only to sus-
tain. and entire loyalty to the pres
ent government for which you would
be willing to lay down your lives II
occasion required. I ask you to up
hold the hands Of the administration
that is not seeking your votes. 1
cherish your cordial reception the
more because you had so little to do
toward putting me where I am