The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-31
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BY WILLIAM HOST

New Orleans. October Se.
 President Taft and a select
 are dining tqpisht at one of
 esque lit restaurants over French quarter. Temporarily he has know could summon the President any minute. but orders are that he is not to be disturbed.
 Last February. when the President-eleet came through New Orleans on his re- turn from Panama, he and Mrs, Taff discovered this haven for the epicnre aaI so tonight, after the dazzling brilliancy of the French opera, after d day of river salutes cheering thousands. waterways meetings and football not to mention a dinner at the Pickwck club. the Pres ident and a few of his party stole away into Bohemia.
 Most likely the place where tiie chfef executive of the nation IS dining as> sand on the floor in lieu of carpet; it isf not strong on furniture and appoint- ments, and the tableware may not Dc af silver or Dresden. but yon cant beat tlis cuisine anywhere this side of the Ronfe- Yard San Michel. and probably not fhets and if there is a good song ringing in the air, maybe observant persons can pick out of ths din the rolliciihg voien of Big Bill Taft. He told his audience at tie waterways convention this alter noon that he had been looking forward to this visit to New Orleans. He has been here frequently: he knows their ways. and they always invite him right into the family living rooms.
 Will Worship Today.
 Tomorrow the President will worship at the First Unitarian church, pr. H. F. Gilchrist pastor, and later will visit ths French quarter under the auspices of the Louisiana Historical society. A sacred concert at Tulane university will wind up the New orleans entertainment, and after private dinner the President will board his private car again and the train will pull out for Jackson. Miss. at 3 a. m. Monday.
 The 1165-mile journey down the Mlssis- sippi river came to an end at 1 o'clock this afternoon, when the Oleander tied at the foot of Canal street. Perhaps it was just as well for MT. Taft's plans for winning the south that the trip is over. The obstinate Father of Waters acted as a marplot to the end, and because the fat-bottomed 1otilla got in late the grand military procession in which the Presi- dent was to have been prominent fig ure had to be abandoned. However the delay probably averted serious situa tion. Philip Werlin of the New Orleans Progressive union and Governor Sanders of Louisiana were bitter rivals for the place of honor beside the President in the first carriage, and 1t cannot be sail what would have happened if the parade had not been called of.
 Trouble for Captain Butt.
 With the postponement though. trouble looms up for poor Captain Butt the Presidents military aid. He is now charged by both sides with having mani pulated things so that the parade had to be cut out. It appears that Archie is graduate of Sewanee, which was sched- ued to play a game of football today against the University of Louisiana and several weeks ago 1t was proposed that the President should attend this game, but the advance guard of the secret serv- ice ruled it out. Now, it is charged that Captain Butt, by occult means, lear@Sed that Sewanee was due to beat Louisiana State university today and wanting to see the triumph himself and to have the President there to see 1t likewise he connived to have the game included in the and of course the game and the parade were impossible. The flaw in the argument against the dashing Butt Is that nobody anywhere ever made Wil-' liam H. Taft do anything that he did not want to do.
 Why shouldn't l go to a football game?" questioned the President when the matter was broached on the Ole ander.
 The answer is that Sewanee, Butts alma mater, won 15 to g. and the Pres ident was there with Archie to witness the triumph. Just to show that thers was no purpose to be partial. the S.es> ident also stopped in and saw few min- utes of play at the Tulane Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical college game.
 In Perfect Formation.
 The fleet came into New Orleans this with all flags flying and in per- feot formation, just as though it was not the sickest marine expedition that was sver forced to take special trains in order 10 cover the distance between two given. points.
 Twenty miles up the r;ver the torpedo boat fiotilla that was to have escorted the fleet down from Cairo. but was forced out 10 aNOiu spcuuhh tic WAillcI oIl tn6 picked up the fleet and awaken ed the President by firing a salute be- fore 8 o'clock in the morning. k
 A little later they began to smoke like a Dutch burgher, and they so obliterated the landscape that they were ordered full speed ahead to New Orleans.
 There was comparative peace after that Intil the outposts of New Orleans began to loom up and then bedlam was cut oose. #