Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-29
PRESIDENT ATTENDS MEETING
OF ASSOCIATED WESTERN
YALE CLUBS.
MAKES SEVERAL ADDRESSES;
VISITS WITH THE "RoYs'
City deliberately Decorated and Streets
Are Thronsed to Get Glimpse of
Chief Executive-speaks From Pull
pit in Jewish TempIe-Given Con-
tinuous ovations.

Magee, United States Senator Oliver
and Congressman Burke, and we'll
known Yale men from all the middle
western cities, and men prominent in
the business circles Of the city, were at
the station to greet the president.
Hardly an hour interviewed from the
time the president arrived until he
started to carry out program that
bid fair to fatigue him before night
fall. The program was varied. An ads
dress at Rodeph Shalom temple, par
ticipation in and brief address at the
dedication of the drinking fountain
erected by the Daughters Of 1912 in
Arsenal park, parade Of five miles to
the Fort Pitt Hotel in the downtown
section of the city, then taking part
in the business session Of the con-
vention, were the main events of the
morning.
The president will remain here until
late tomorrow evening, when he de-
parts for the battlefield at Gettys-
burg, Pa, where on Monday he dedi-
Gates the monument in honor Of the
regular army.
Drops Official Cares.
AS a member and former president
of the Associated Western Yale Clubs,
Taft came here to take part in the
fifth annual convention of the organ
ization. Excepting for two brief ad-
dresses he dropped official cares and
entered fully into the spirit of college
good fellowship. Every precaution was
taken to guard the chief executive dur
ing his stay in Pittsburg. At every turn
he encountered hundreds of persons
anxious to see him, and at times many
attempted to push thru to the side of
the president to shake his hand. All
such attempts were instantly discour-
aged by the authorities. From the
Oakland district to the downtown Sec
ton a majority of the buildings were
covered with colors OF the nation and
of Yale. Fifth avenue was roped, and
thousands of persons stood for hours
behind the ropes for the purpose of
getting glimpse of the president
President Compliments the Jews.
At the temple Rodeph Shalom the
president said in part: Il never have
claimed to conform strictly to religious
services and it has remained for Pitts
burg to bring me to church both on
Saturday and prospectiveiy On Sunday
1t is a great privilege, feel, to appear
before this intelligent and patriotic
audience at the instance of your lead
er, your rabbi, who was a close friend
of my predecessor and who l believe
has transferred that friendship for a
time to me. I'm glad to be here on
this beautiful morning and this beau
tiful edifice to show if possible by my
presence how much ours is govern
ment of all the people and how wise
was the constitutional provision that
no religious requirement. or qualifi-
cation should be necessary in this
country. In this Jewish tabernacle, as
president of the United States 1 feel
as much at home and feel as much
support as would in any other church
of the whole country The prayer to
which we have just listened. so full of
love and human kindness, should make
us feel ashamed of all narrowness and
bigotry. Never in the history of our
country. in any crisis, or under any
conditions, have Jewish citizens failed
to live up to the highest standard of
patriotism. 1 am not preacher and
not in the habit of appearing In pull
pits. / never had done so until 1 went
to the Philippines, where l stood first
in Presbyterian pulpit and then in
an Episcopalian. Returning to this
country 1 have appeared in the pulpits
of my own church, the Unitarian, and
now I am in a Jewish tabernacle. That
is the round which think justified me
in saying 1 hope to be president of all
the people and hope to have your sup
port, as you have given 1t to my pred
ecessors, without stint and with every
desire to make this truly a good and
great country"
Continuous Ovation.
At the dedication of the fountain at
Arsenal Park the president in a
brief address dwelt upon the necessity
of providing Fairgrounds for the peo-
pie The streets thru which the pres
ident passed We're fairly choked with
humanity that filled his ears with
deafening cheers. The presidents day
was continuous ovation.