The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-09-25
AEill Speak at Mormon Taber.
.isss,t .iassst nd Review Living
flas Of Children
INCIDENT N BALu|AGER-
P|ACA0I CONTROVERSY
Two Warning Officials Met on Presi.
Dental Train-Pinchot Warmly Vel.
coined by the President Congress.
sional Action Result Of Compromise.


Taft is spending a day of compare
tive quiet in Salt Lake City and en-
joying q rest from railroad travel,
whicn his stay in this city is afford
Ing. The days program began with
at the Commercial club. This was
followed by an organ recital in the
Mormon tabernacle arranged especial
ly in honor of the president who is
making his first visit to Salt Lake
City.
Tonight the president will he the
guest of honor at dinner at the Alta
club and later will hold reception.
He leaves Salt Lake City Sunday noon,
after speaking briefly at the Mormon
tabernacle, reviewing living flag of
children and attending services at the
Unitarian church.
From Provo, where he was officially
welcomed to Utah by Governor Spry,
Senators Smoot and Sutherland and
others, the president came on to Salt
Lake City, arriving at 4:30 p. m. yes
terday to remain until Sunday noon.
The arrival Of the president devel-
oped an incident in the now famous
Ballinger-Pinchot controversy which
was. extremely interesting to those
who saw 1t. Secretary Ballinger came
with the president. At Provo word
was received on the presidents train
that Chief Forester Pinchot had ar
rived in Salt Lake City and would
meet the presidential party there.
When the train stopped, Mr.. Pinchot
was at the foot Of the rear platform
steps of the presidents car with Sen
ator w. e. Borah of Idaho.
why, hello. Pinchot," called the
president, extending q hand heartily
to grasp that Of the chief forester.
I How are you?" he added. Il am
glad to see you."
Mr.. Pinchot responded cordially.
Then the president greeted Senator
Borah with "hello, Bill, old fellow.
How are you? am mighty glad to
see you"
Several other members of his party
followed the president off the car and
then came Secretary Ballinger.
| Mr.. Taft made his principal speech
yesterday at Provo in which he said:
II am delighted to be here and to
receive what know this to be-a
sincere and cordial reception. am
delighted to be here in company with
your distinguished governor and also
to meet your senator's and your con-
gressmen at home: You cannot al
ways tell, you know, when you see
senators and representatives in Wash
ington just how they size up at home,
and l am glad to be able to testify
that, however they size up here, they
do size up most emphatically we'll in
Washington.
I'VE hear often that one section or
another of the country Is occupying
too much space in Washington, is
welding too much influence, and ia
getting too many things to benefit the
local community which they repre-
sent. On the whole, congress works
out necessarily compromise. Con-
slider what It is that we are carrying
OH. Really we huve to rub our eyes
sometimes in order to carry ourselves
down to basis of fact and see ex-
actly what it is that we are doing in
order to measure what we have ac-
complished in the way of government
by the people. Take eighty or ninety
millions of people--if were speaking
in the conservative east should say
eighty. but speaking in the imagina-
tive west, whose thoughts are elevated
by the mountains around and the clear
air, I will say ninety. Now in some
way or other, we have to interpret
into controlling force the resultant
united opinion Of that eighty or ninety
million Of people. and put II into q
law suitable for the whole people"