Evening star., 1909-07-09
VERMONT'S BUSY DAY
ChampIain Celebration Wound
Up at Burlington.
TAFT'S MANY SPEECHES
Refers to His Experience as "Con-
tinuous Performance"
JOKES WITH HIS AUDITORS
Suggests a Colossus Of Rhodes to
Settle Disputed Location Of
Monument to Champlain.

BURLINGTON. VT, July 9.-President
Taft's participation in the Lake Cham
plain tercentenary celebration ended last
night and he left at 103O for Washington.
The celebration here was in many ways
a repetition of the programs followed in
New York The President seemed more
deeply impressed than ever with the sin
cerity of the expressions of good will
which were uttered anew by the accredit-
ed representatives of France, Great Brit
ain and Canada, and declared that the
unity which exists between those great
nations and the United States never can
be torn apart.
ments to the people and the state of Yer
mont for their history and their achieve
ments in his speech at City Hall Park,
said:
"A man who can claim Vermont line
age has something to be proud OF. NY
Ohio that had come from Vermont. AND
there is something about Vermont men,
whether you meet them IN Caii1ornla OF
Ohio, or any other state-and tney are IN
every state-that makes between them
bond almost equal to bond OF Freema-
Sonry.
A "Continuous Performance"
Now. my friends. I am not in the
theatrical business. and l have not fully
understood. until the last three days,
what was meant by a continuous show.
Now / know, and it affects differently
those who are engaged in it, and those
who come In only at one time.
II have had the pleasure of attempting
70 compose the differences arising be-
tween the Governor of New York and the
Governor of Vermont, and 1t has been at
times a difficult task. I do not mean to
make that harmonious union they speak
of now. and that 1 hope will continue to
be preserved. any more difficult by sug-
gesting a solution of a problem about to
rise in respect to the place where the
monument to Samuel Champlain is to be
put / suggested last night that 1t might
he well to submit to a committee consist
ing of the French ambassador, the Eng
lish ambassador. and the chief executive
of the United States. and that we might
then reach a conclusion that would be
satisfactory to nobody. / don't know how
YOU are going to satisfy everybody unless
YOU make Champlain a Colossus OF
Rhodes and put one foot in New York
and one foot In Vermont and then, when
YOU do you will interfere with that am
bilious plan OF your mayor with reference
to a deep waterway.
A Many-sided Memorial.
"My friends, this is a most unique and
many-sfded memorial. I know there has
run through your minds. as there has
through mine this morning, the happy
feeling of being present to hear such
beautiful speeches from the heart as we
have heard We meet to celebrate an
event and a man upon whose life and
mon the acts of whose life turned, In a
Way which he little expected, the whole
satfIement Of this country. We meet here
N celebrate. his virtues and to congratu-
late France his country. as one that
could produce such hero
.Ruf the feature of this memorial that
7 think is so unique is the gathering here
in amity in peace. and In union that
cannot be torn apart three great powers
england. France and the United States
ND with EneIand's fairest daughter, the
Don,inion of Canada. ask you where,
in all the history of memorials. can you
find one Il at in that respect Will match
this? ONLY yesterday, and 1t will be the
same today. two regiments of Canadian
soId,ers-the Governors Foot Guards and
the Roval Iighianders-marched shout
der to shoulder with the militia OF Yer
mont and the regulars of the United
states They will all understand the
same orders in the same way. and you
won't feel, except by the difference In
color. that you are looking on any dlf'
ferent or varied race.
to keep you any longer II there is any
one thing that my experience In con-
| tinuous show has taught me it is that
| each man ought to limit his particular
stunt. ! thank YOU"
| Governor and Ambassadors Speak.
! Gov. Hughes, Ambassador Jusserand