Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-10-05
SET SPEECHES FOR
TRIP CONCLUDED
ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND MILES
OF THE TRIP OF NEARLY rHiR-
TEEN THOUSAND MILES HAS
BEEN COMPLETED.
From SATURDAYS Daily.

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Taft will spend today in Portland.
He will have a portion OF this after
noon to himself and practically all of
Sunday. Tomorrow afternoon he will
attend the laying Of the cornerstone
of the First Universalist church. To-
night the president will deliver a pub
lie address at the Armory.
The president arrived from Tacoma
at o'clock this morning and as he
rode through the streets an early
morning crowd greeted him. He was
escorted to tie hotel by the mayor
and governor. At 10:30 the president,
escorted by regular troops and the ma
tional guard, started for Multnomah
field, where he viewed parade and
exercises by >20,60O school children.
Taft at Tacoma.
Tacoma, Wash, Oct. 2.-After a
thirty-mi ride by boat from Seattle,
President Taft and party reached Ia
coma last night and were greeted by
one of the most notable demonstra-
tione since he left Boston, Sept. 15
The steam yacht Ell Primero owned
by Chester Thorne of this city, was
the conveyance from Seattle. The
torpedo boat destroyer Perry, flying
the presidential flag, accompanied the
Ell Primero as an escort. Arriving
here, the president was taken in hand
by the Union club reception commit
tee and later was entertained at sim
pie dinner at the palatial home OF
that organization.
Completes 4,711 Miles.
When the president left here at mid
night and headed to the south, he had
completed ALL miles of his 1880
mile journey. In the matter Of elapsed
time, however, his journey was less
than one-third completed.
During the time he has been "on the
road" the presiden. has made eight
speeches of first importance which
have clearly set forth his views on
nearly every question Of Importance,
and he announced last night that he
had completed the list of set addresses
which he had planned before leaving
Beverly. The presidents speeches dur
ing the remainder of his trip will be
entirely extemporaneous in character
and will consist largely of references
to and amplification of those he al
ready has made.
Starting from Boston, for instance,
he made there the first of his set
speeches on finance and currency leg
islation speaking especially of the work
the monetary commission appointed by
congress has undertaken to do.
At Chicago the president discussed
labor and injunctions; at Milwaukee
he'd iscussed and approved the estab-
lishment Of postal savings bank sys-
tenn. At Winona Mimi, he made plain
his position with reference to the
Payne tariff bill, and the new tariff
commission; at Des Moines, Iowa, he
outlined his ideas of needed amend.
ments to the interstate commerce and
antitrust laws; at Denver he devoted
his remarks to the corporation tax and
dwelt upon what he deemed it's advan-
tages in preference to direct income
tax; at Spokane, where the irrigation
congress had been but a short time
previous to his visit, the president dis
cussed the conservation of natural fe-
sources and the reclamation Of arid
lands, and, lastly. at the Alaska-Yu-
kon,Pacific exposition, he gave his
views regarding the future govern
ment of Alaska by commission and
CdlhC ouS unI-loolCu Ii lofOi VI q oLip
subsidy law.
AIaskans Are Disappointed.
The presidents outspoken opposition
to self-goyernment for Alaska unques-
tionably created something of SEN
satior in this section and came right
on the heels of the dispatch of mon
ster petition from Alaska asking his
support in favor of home rule in that
territory. The speech has been wide
ly discussed and has attracted great
interest in Mr.. Taft's announcement
that he would personally visit .sSIska
next year to zee conditions for hkn.
self It is understood the president
will make no specific recommends
tions to congress for legislation al.
fecting the territory until after his
visit. The president has taken par
ticular pains to let it be known that
he has deep interest in Alaska and
that he fels the people there have
been somewhat neglected in the past.
His position in favor of government
help in building railroads to help open
up the vast area of the territory was
received with enthusiasm.
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