The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-25
Arrived this Morning From Texas and
Was Taken to the ST. Louis
Club for His Break
fast
TALKED OF THE CANAL
Lost His Voice in Texas and Tried to
Recover II In Arkansas But
Did Not Fully Sue
ceed.

arrived here this morning from Dallas
and was greeted at the station by a
reception committee who boarded
automobiles and took him to the st.
Louis club for breakfast where he
was a guest of the Commercial club.
After the breakfast he made short
speech in which he said he congratu-
lated himself on the fact that he had
suggested to the Comemrcial clubs OF
St. Louis, Cincinnati and other cities
that they make visit to Panama and
inspect the work being done on the
canal there. The club had accepted
the suggestion, had gone. and the
country at large had found that 1t
could not be fooled. Il feel grea>
deal of gratitude" he said, ito Com
mercial clubs for relieving me of the
nightmare which was mine for two
VI .hile / had this matter on my
s. 5. -.ecently Secretary Dickin-
son came to me with word from a
New Yorl lawyer, stating there was
something horrible down there. told
Dickinson that he would know what
such report amounted to, If he had
been secretary Of war for as long as
was. / lost my voice in Texas and
tried to recover it in Arkansas and
must reserve what have left for
other speeches today,
After tae breakfast at the st. Louis
club, President Taft was taken in an
auto to the Coliseum where he was
introduced to an overfiowing crowd
by Governor Hadley Of Missouri. The
governor referred to the remark made
at breakfast about losing his voice
in Texas and searching for it in
Arkansas. He assured the crowd If
the president had lost anything and
wanted it back, he could find 1t in
Missouri. The governor spoke on
transportation as tie mightiest prob.
lem before the people as 1t considers
one-third the cost of everything we
eat and use. President Taft said he
once addressed an audience on the
same spot before the coliseum was
rooted. He said: I'VE are on the
eve of great journey down the Mis-
sissippi and damned be he who calls
it junket' On conservation he
said that first in Importance was the
salvation of the forest for the future
of the waterways and water power
centered on them. 1t is not too late
to safeguard what land remains ant
separate the mineral from the agri
cultural and the land which contain:
water power sites. The government
and the state should guard the water
power sites belonging to them so tha
they can keep the power companies
within reasonable bounds and preven
them from obtaining monopolies AL
conservation work is not for the pur
pose of distributing force to various
parts of the country and all must b.
useful to the general public. LIE
each stand on its own bottom. Let
be determined whether the particula
part of the country where it Is to b
inaugurated is far enough colonies
for it to be useful. l am in favor o
doing the work as quickly as possibl
and issuing bonds to do it with.
am opposed to the idea of a larg
issue because it smells of pork and
is pork. Let us not go into an
scheme which will reflect no credit o.
our business interests
He concluded his remarks by apole
gizing for his voice. "You have hear
enough Of the croak of throat" n
said.
While thousands of cheering peopl
lined the water front here, the Olear
der official boat of President Taft
slipped her moorings and steame
gracefully into the river late today t
begin her trip down the river. Follow
ing the Oleander, other boats in singl
file, left the dock and long process
sion moved slowly down the stream
Governors, congressman. cabine
members, diplomats and lesser stat
and federal officials and host Q
business men and delegates to tn
waterways convention were on boar
the boats The first stop will be
Cape Girardeau at 6 o'clock in tn
morning where Taft, before sunris
will visit the town, make speech an
help plant a tree in memory of tn
occasion. Tonight the president wi
be a dinner guest of the governor
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