The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-07
PRESIDENT TALKS
 RELIGION TODAY
MAKES ADDRESS TO STUDENTS OF CATHOLIC SUMMER
 SCHOOL
At Champlain Celebration

AL CnaInpld1n CeleDrdGlOn
 Cardinal Gibbons, Governor Hughes, Ambassadors Bryce and Jusserand, Governor Prouty, Also Delivered Ad- | dresse-Taft and Other Distin- guished Guests Shake Hands With Squayvs and Papooses.
 By R. H. Hazard, Staff Correspon- dent United Press.)
 Hotel Champlain, Clinton County, N. r., July 7.-Escorted by the Presi-
 dent of the United States, Governor Hughes of New York, Governor Prou- ty of Vermont and scores of other eel ebrities including Ambassador Bryce of England and Ambassador Jusser- and of France. the celebration of the
 three hundredth anniversary of the discovery of Lake Champaign moved to-day to Plattsburgh. Yesterday the pageant and the oratory centered
 deroga while tomorrow the speech making will be let loose at Burling ton, across the lake.
 The exercises to-day began at Cliff Haven, the Catholic summer school of America where President Taft deliv- cred an address to the students. The President was introduced to the big crowd in the auditorium by Governor Hughes.
 President Taft's speech to the Cath
 oic students declares religious toler- ance in the United States was only 20 or 25 years old. we arc reaching
 a point where we are more tolerant" he said. Religious tolerance is a
 modern institution. We of Puritan ical ancestry believe we were the in ventors of religious tolerance and re- ligious liberty. As a matter of fact, we wanted religious liberty for our selves and wanted everybody else to worship exactly as we did.
 ''Fifty years ago, if we had sent a Representative to the vatican It would have given rise to severest cri- important journey some time ago and claim the distinction of being the only representative from the United States to the vatican.
 There I had the great pleasure
 to meet that distinguished statesman and pontiff Leo XIII. I had expected to find him only a fgurehead whose
 acts were directed by the Cardinals at ninety-two, in active control of the Church. He was also able to stand and address for more than twenty
 minutes. We did not succeed in set ting matters then exactly as we wished but we made progress. When
 left the Pope said:
 ''You have not got exactly what you want in exactly the way you the Philippines representative who will settle things in accordance with
 the wishes of the government of the
 United States
 And things were settled all right and every question since then has
 been settled with justice and saneness to each side"
 President Taft paid a high compli- rnent to Governor Hughes, congratu-, lating New York on having a Cover nor who represents the people"
 "Pm great on the Philippines" he said "and know very. little about any, thing else. Still I hope little talk about them will not be out of place." he said in conclusion.
 The question of precedence was set tied satisfactorily to-day. Ambassa- dors Bryce and Jusserand rank the
 Canadian representatives and Cover nor Prouty's staff thought he ought to
 go ahead of the Ambassadors because the Champlain show was of their making and they thought they ought to be the big guns.
 But after a, conference it has been decided here as at Washington the Ambassadors should be given the first place after the guest of honor and the host. The President is guest of honor and Governor Hughes is host. There
 fore, Governor Prouty and the Cana dian representatives are to trail in be- hind Jusserand and Bryce.
 Following these exercises the Pres ident and the other distinguished visitors inspected the wigwams of the Indians who are taking part in the pa- geant and shook hands with the sQuaws and papooses. Then the Pres dent reviewed the dress parade of the regular troops and the New York Ma tional Guardsmen who are encamped at the famous old Plattsburgh barracks.
 Immediately after the dress parade, President Taft and Governors Hughes and Prouty, Ambassadors Jusserand and Bryce and others, delivered speeches eulogizing the pioneers who blazed their ways through the forests three hundred years ago.
 In the evening a banquet in honor
 of President Taft will be given in the Hotel Champlain followed by a fire works display on the Saranac River. Tomorrow President Taft will spend the day in Burlington and in the ev- ening will start back to Washington