Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1909-10-12
ALL IS READY FOR
RECEIVING THE
PRESIDENT
Delegations of Citizens From
Arizona Counties and Cities
win Be Presented to Pres
ident at the Capital Build
ing
CBy Frank Dssouza.)


From the arrival of President Taft
and his party at Yuma at 5:55 a. m.
Wednesday until after he has been
the guest at receptions at phoenix
and Prescott, viewed the Grand Can
ron and passed out of Arizona and
New Mexico. the nations chief eN
sctviue will be in charge of Governor
R. E. Sloan and twenty four others,
who have been selected by Sloan to
accompany the presidential train and
do the honors.
Taft will remain at Yuma but fif-
teen minutes. His next important
stop will be at Tempe, where the
citizens of that city and Mesa will
gather at the NJ. & P depot, where,
the president will view the massed
school children of the two cities, and
speak briefly.
Arriving at Phoenix at IL O'Clock,
President Taft will be escorted to
the Arizona capitol building, where
the accredited delegations from the
various Arizona cities viii be pre-
sented 10 him by Governor Sloan.
Only those who are members of COM
nlittees named by mayors and cham
bers of commerce will be invited to
this brief function
Returning to the city hall plaza.
President Taft will address the as
sembled multitude, and following that
will be taken for an auto ride around
Phoenix for thirty minutes, after
which he will leave by special train
or Prescott. making brief stop at
Tickenburg- After an hour in Pres
,ott he will hurry to the Grand
'anyon, making short stops at Flag
staff, Williams, Winslow and St
Johns as he is passing through
Northern Arizona.
During his stay in Phoenix, Presi-
dent Taft will have as his guard of
honor. five companies of the National
Guard of Arizona under command of
Major Carl Hayden. These compan-
les will be the following: Co. A, Phoe-
nix, Captain E. P Grinstead; Co. B,
Phoenix, Captain C. / Stacey; Co. C,
Tempe Captain W, H. Woolf; Co, d,
Mesa, Captain J. B. Nelson; Co. G,
Buckeye, Captain w, A. Evans.
All the handshaking President
Taft will do will be at the capitol
building when he meets the delega-
tioRs from Southern Arizona cities.
But one opportunity will be given the
masses TO see him and that will be
when he addresses the people in the
open air at the city hall.
Gov. Sloa nhas arranged an auto
tour that will include the principal
residence section of Phoenix. grounds
At Indian schools, ostrich farms, fair
grounds and irrigation canals. On
this trip Taft will make a five-min
ute stop at the Central school, where
all the children in the city will bt
massed. He is expected to speak t.
them for a few minutes.
Attached to Taft's special from tn,
time he reaches Yuma until he pass
es into New Mexico win be two pri
vate cars, which will carry Sloan
special committee to accompany tn
president. Sloan in making up thi
committee has drawn for the mos
part from the ranks of federal Office
holders in Arizona. He has include
among the democrats. National Con
mitteeman S. ]. Nicholson and Tel
ritorial Chairman Joseph P. Dillon
While Taft is away from his sp'
cial car in Phoenix. local ladies wi
profusely decorate the interior wit
flowers, and as their offering to tn
nations executive will leave for hil
a large supply Of choice fruit.
Tucson is expected to send th
largest crowd of outsiders to Phoeni
for the presidents visit. Globe wi
send probably thirty. while Bisbe
and Douglas are expected to be we
represented.
Phoenix is elabOrately decorate
for the coming of Taft OF $500 a
propriated by the city council, Lara
part has been spent in decorating tt
streets with flags and bunting, whiC
are hung across the principal tho
oughfares. Practically every bus
ness house will be decorated. picture
of Taft being seen everywher
framed in the red, white and blue