The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-10-16
PRESIDENTS
TEXAS TRIP
WILL BE j WEEK, OCTOBER 1G-
n, IN THE STATE.
AT WATERWAYS CONVENTION

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From san Antonio to Fl Sam
HOuston-Taft Ranch All Ready
For Inspection.
San Antonio, Texas, Oct. H.
President Taft's journey through
Texas, beginning October Is and end
ing October "A, opens with the
most formal of all the affairs that
have characterized his swing around
the United States. At the border
of the largest state in the Union,
he will greet the president of another
republic. He will just shake hands
with President Diaz of Mexico on
the Texas side of the Rio Grande.
After an all-day stay at Ell Paso,
the President starts on another long
jump, San Antonio being his next
stop, and there he is to accept on
behalf of the United States Army
magnificent chapel and library build
ing, the gift of San Antonians, as
an appreciation of the American SOL
der.
Following a days visit in San
Antonio, the president will leave
for his brothers ranch at Corpus
Christi for four days rest. Then he
will make, in quick succession, stops
at Houston and Dallas, on his way
to st. Louis
On the way from FL Paso to ,9an
Antonio the president will cross the
highest railroad bridge in the United
States. A ffteen-minute stop is
scheduled at Del Rio, a town of
1000, which has been in the lime
light because of some revolutionary
societies formerly in existence there
From there on Air. Taft will pass
through part of the irrigated section
of Texas. portions of which have been
known as the garden spot of Texas
An enthusiastic lot of people reside
in the small towns and the President
is assured of some hearty cheering
as his train rolls along.
Just as night falls the Presidents
train will be entering San Antonio.
commonly accepted as the metrOpo-
lis of Texas. and around which cIus-
ter a wealth OF historical association,
for it is this ancient city in which
stands the lamO, the shrine of Tex
as liberty
: The program at San Antonio is still
subject to slight notifications. al
though the feature of the Presidents
visit to the historic old city Will be
the acceptance of the chapel and Ii
brary which is located within the con-
fines of Fort Sam Houston This
structure is a gift from the citizens
of San Antonio, the money for its
erection being rased through popular
!; subscriptions ranging from 30 cents
to $500 Fort Sam Houston, at
San Antonio, is now the gratest
garrison, in point of numbers, of all
military reservations.
Mr. Taft's original schedule called
for his departure from San Antonio
f early in the afternoon The people
wanted to see more of him. so they
sent a committee to Beverly and
f prevailed upon the president
= to give more time to the city. Their
arguments won over the President.
For months preparations have
t been under way for the reception at
t the Taft ranch, near Corpus Christi.
r In the TOUR days that he remains on
the great estate known as La Quin-
: ia ne will nave golfing, hunting.
9 fishing, anu chance to admire the
fine cattle his brother Charles has
t down there, which Will be paraded
before him by the proud managers.
f For four days the capital of the
e United States viii temporarily be To-
q Gated at Gregory, Texas, one of the
small towns on the Taft property.
t 1t will be a fine opportunity for the
r President to recuperate from the IA
tigue of his long trip. There is to be
some real seclusiOn for the President
o as only few of the members of the
S party will accompany him to the
: mansion which Charles P Taft has
built. The newspaper men accom-
o panying president will have their
headquarters several miles from the
ranch. all the only communicate will
be the private telegraph and tele-
II phone.
Joseph F. Green, the manager o
the Taft estate, had everything il
shape a month ago. The construction
of the golf links was the greatest puz
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