The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-02

Show Their Appreciation Even
Former Governor Vardaman Calls
TO Pay Respeets--Neeroe Refuse
TO Dealver Address Of Welcome.
Question Of Wine GETS Into Pulpits.
Jackson. Miss, Nov. with New
orleans behind him, President Taft
is on the last leg OF his long journey.
sHe has nine days more in the south.
ern states, but he already has seen
enough of the south to enable him to
say that his two months study of
conditions throughout the country is
practically finished The impressions
that he has gathered from his trip
were summarized by him in a speech
here. Said he:
81 have gone from the Atlantic to
the Pacific ocean, down the Pacific
coast to the southwest corner of the
country, through the territories and
that great domain to st. Louis, down
the Mississippi to New Orleans, and
/ have made-the Lord forgive me
and the Lord help them who have
heard me-two hundred-odd speeches,
have survived the hearing of two
hundred more, and am able to say
that we never in our country's his
tory were as an homogeneous a peo.
pie, as closely allied in all our hopes
and ambitions and in all our pride of
E, country and patriotism, as we are
today.
1T is possible that there is a cor
-ner in this country that escaped me
where there is discomfort, but if so
l have not found it. But in every
town. had almost said every ham,
let-in every city and county, in
. every state, have found the indiyid-
ual saying to himself: 4 am content
ed here because know what will
make this city, or this town or this
county the best in the state, and /
am going to do that very thing"
The president spent 16 hours in
this city, more time than he gave to
Chicago or San Francisco. Here in
Jackson they say that Mr.. Taft is
the first president who ever discov,
cred that the city is on the map.
President McKinley's special train
" stopped here for a second or two
but no chief executive ever honored
the city with visit In view of this
fact and because of the great men I'm
American history that Mississippi
has produced, President Taft insisted
that Jackson had to have full meas
pre OF presidential presence. Jack
son appreciated the compliment and
did her best to make the presidents
long stay in the city pleasant. Every
body seemed to have in mind the
words OF Mississippi's famous Lamar
''If we knew each other better, we
would love each other more" The
Mississippi folks certainly did their
best to make the presidents ac-
quaintance, and Mr.. Taft was cordial
and chummy. In carrying out this
Taft celebration Jackson had good
many things to contend against.
There was a state fair, a circus, a
balloon ascension and parachute
drop. The circus and the balloon
ascension alone would have discour-
aged the ordinary city, but Jackson
managed to keep the circus parade
until the TAFT show. The circus out
mt, with its long line of animal cages,
Indians and rough riders, waited in a
side street until the Taft procession
had passed and disappeared into the
fair grounds. Then the circus bands
struck up and followed on down the
street, thus enabling the Jackson
folks to kill two birds with one stone.
The president helped swell the
gate receipts OF the Jackson fair just
as he has those of many other shows
on this trip The president aclnowl
edged when he started out from Bos-
ton that this gateTeceipt swelling
business was to be one of his chief
functions, and fair managers have
met him more than half way.
: The dinner given in honor of the
distinguished guest had caused con.
siderable OF fuss between the vets
and drys In the city. The drys were
opposed to having wine served and
they carried the matter into the pull
pits Of some Of the churches The
vets, however, refused to give in,
and then the temperance people
threatened to get out an injunction
restraining the vets from using wine
at the banquet. The wine drinkers
carried the day by going TO New Or
leans and buying their supply IN Lou
isiana. Now the teetotalers say they
will carry the matter TO the polls.
A good many Jaeksonites We're sur.
lprised when Ex-Governor Vardaman
called to see the president lie has
spoken bitterly against Taft and is
seeking an election to the senate on
n platform that is opposed TO Taft
and his southern policy.
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