The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-11-01
Insurgents Say Challenge
Will Be Accepted.
TAFT TAKES IN SIGHTS
Makes Auto Tour Of Old French
Quarter and Deplores Fact That
He Had Little Opportunity to Talk
With Beautiful Women Of Crescent
City--Secret Service officer Has
Mix-Up With Local Police at Door
Of Opera House.

New Orleans, Nov /. - Uncle Joe
Cannon held the center of the stage
here. His def" to the insurgents to
do their worst was practically the
sole topic in the hotels where the
president and the other distinguished
guests are stopping. Governors, con-
gressmen and plain business men
who are here attending the water
ways convention were intent on argu-
ing the question of Uncle Joe's fu.
ture.
Victor Murdock and his little band
of insurgents here were certain that
Uncle Joe's challenge would be ac.
cepted. They were smarting under
the speakers characterization Of the
insurgent talk as peanut play"
Many Of the governors also were
worked up over the speakers utter
ances Stubs of Kansas would like
to make q speaking tour through the
middle western states after the scalp
of the representatives who. like I'm
Gle Joe, are only luke-warm on the
waterways proposition. 81 think we
could build some fires under these
fellows" said he.
Mississippi valley business men
who heard Uncle Joe's speech said it
reminded them of the man who is
standing pat with four aces and urg-
ing the others in the game 10 call
him.
While the waterways delegates, the
governors and congressman We're
waxing eloquent in hotel corridors
over Cannon's prospects, the presi-
dent was skipping about the city in
his usual way. The most interesting
feature OF his days program was u
trip through the old French quarter
of New Orleans. The president made
this trip under the guidance of the
city's historical society. In the auto
mobile with the president were Pro-
fessor Alcee Fortier of Tulane uni
yersity, Governor Saunders of Louis
lana and the mayor OF New Orleans.
| The sightseeing party started out
| through the old Rue Royal. The
president stopped for several minutes
| in the Place Aux Danes, now Jack
| son square. Another stop was made
| in front of the old French cathedral
and in front of the home Of General
Beauregard.
Professor Fortier lamented the
| fact that the reception committee
had devoted such a short time to his
! sightseeing tour. IL am more inter
ested in old New Orleans than in
any other part of 1t; take your own
time" said the president.
Once or twice the president paused
! 10 look at a modern business struc
ture going up in the heart of the old
district. 1T is almost a desecration,
he said The president saw the old
slave market and then boarded
! revenue cutter and was carried tC
| the New Orleans naval station. He
made hurried inspection of the sta
ton and was rushed across the riveI
TO Jackson Barracks, where he me-
| Colonel Foote, in command. The
president reviewed the troops anC
then sat down TO Creole luncheon
as the guests of the officers of thu
barracks. They fed the PRESIDENT
mind as we'll as his body at thu
luncheon. Professor Fortier lecture(
on the history of Louisiana and New
Orleans.
The president lamented the fac
that he had not had an opportunit!
ia talk with New Orleans beautiful
women. He added however, that III
had had the pleasure of seeing al
audience at the opera that could no
he equallcd anywhere In tho unite'
states. And there" said the presi
dent, mournfulIy, 81 was under tn