Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-11
sELF-REsTRANT is THE TOPIC
Security of Government Cannot Exist
Without II.
GREETING
JAPANESE
SEND
Express Best Wishes for Both the
President and Nation.
CROWD A COSMOPOLITAN ONE
Los Angeles, where the President
Arrives This Morning, Is Prepar-
ing 20 Give Him a Great
Reception.

ing 90 Give Him n Great
Reception.
FRESNO, Cal, Oct. 1O-From the snow
capped Sierras yesterday President TAFT
plunged today into the summer heat of
the San Joaquin valley and arrived here
shortly after p. m. with the thermometer
lowering about the nineties lie was
greeted by the entire population Of the
city and surrounding country and after
a short automobile trip through the busi-
ness section, addressed a gathering of
many thousands IN the court house square
The presidents speech was in reality
another Sunday sermon, the third he has
preached since his trip began His text,
quoted from memory. was HE who con-
Quereth himself is greater than he who
taketh city" and from It the president
drew the lesson that popular government
must always be a failure unless Il is
based upon sound common sense and the
belief in restraint that oges to make the
good loser He drew an analogy between
the American people in this respect and
those who in their attempt at self govern
ment follow an election with a revolution.
on his way here President Taft stopped
at Merced for three hours and attended
morning service at the Presbyterian
church.
His greeting at Fresno came from prob
ably the most cosmopolitan community he
has met in all his travels In the throngs
that lined the sidewalks was a comming-
ling Of Chinese, Japanese, Armenians. Por-
tuguese and dozen other nationalities.
In fact, it was told to the president TINT
in one of the public schools twenty-six
nattonalities are represented One-half of
the Armenans Of the entire community
are said to be gathered here.
Having the reputation Of being the hot
test city in the United States, with a
summer temperature ranging between lO)
and lis degrees, Fresno has attracted many
peoples of the world who follow the sun.
Greetings from Japanese.
A feature of the presidents visit to
Fresno was the presentation of an address
Of good will from the Japanese residents
as follows:
Mr.. President-we. the japanese residents
of Fresno city ana surrounding country
! have the great honor to offer to Won our
| sincere and most friendly greetings and to
| accord you most Joyous welcome to our
community. We hail you, sir, as the hon
ored chief Of great nation which we are
glad Is on the friendlest terms with ours
and We also rejoice that our beloved colIn.
try, Japan, has the honor and great privi-
CARDS.
The president left here at $40 p. m. for
Los Angeles. He stopped at bakersfield
| tonight for few minutes to make a car
end address.
Mr.. Taft was a little stiff from his long
mountain walk OF yesterday, but declared
he would like to have a similar experience
| every day.
The meeting held in the court house
square was arranged by the Ministerial as
ISOLATION of Fresno, and nearly all Of the
churches of the city were represented. The
president spoke for the first time since last
Wednesday noon. He was introduced by
Mayor Howell, and said, in part:
Forced 10 Turn Preacher,
1T has not been my part until / began
this trip. In religious exercises, to do other
than form one of the audience; but | have
found 1t impossible under the urgency Of
the ministers Of the gospel who occasion
ally desire a lay substitute to keep from
taking their place and attempting to preach
sermon.
Il want to say first, with respect to this
audience, that the presence of the Veterans
Of the civil war is always a great inspira-
tion to higher thoughts. to higher moral
standards and to everything that goes to
make our country worth living for.
There is a text don't know that l can
quote 1t exactly, but to these gentlemen
before me who have taken part in the bat
ties Of the war It will come by reason of
its comparison, with great significance: He
that conquereth himself is greater than he
who taketh a city.
Now, the homely application to the in
divdual Of that text l need hardly to point
There are so many instances in little things.
/ ila 10
little things in life, for life is not made up
Of one great series Of grandstand plays.
1t is made up Of the little things that go
either to make others happy or to make
them unhappy.
/ 1T is the conduct Of the husband as he
comes home from a tiresome day, In re-
4 straining himself when he is met by his
! eager, curious wife, who wants to know
how he has been living during the day
and what has happened. Perhaps some
thing has happened that does not please
him or that he does not like to refer to
and he cuts her off with a short answer
Oh, know It, and so do you. You have
done It. So have / Now. II is the over
coming Of that disposition. the keeping
constantly in your mind and heart her
happiness and yet your comfort and your
disposition. That is what makes you
! greater than taking a city.
Liberty Mems to an End.
But l am supposed 10 look at things
from a political and governmental stand
point, and the text applies to me more
strongly in that regard think we fire.
quently mistake ends for means We talk
about liberty as something TO be accom-
plished as an end. We think Of popular
government as something 10 be accom-
plished as an end Well, neither Is true.
Liberty is a means In the pursuit OF hap
ptness. Popular government we have be-
cause we believe In the long run that Il
gives the best government, that II Is the
government that makes most people happy
"But you cannot run n popular govern
ment merely by calling II 80. You have got
to have some means OF determining what
shall direct the course Of government; what
shall decide; what Is the majority. I don't