Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-25

represents the sovereignty of your coun-
try, and the reason you are here THIS
morning TO see me is because Tor four
years l am the chief executive officer OF
the United States, and as such for that
time represent the sovereignty of the
nation. and am entitled. as long as l con-
duct myself properly. to your respect as
the head of the nation.
I'm four years l will step down and out.
and l won't be entitled to your respect
any more than any other citizen. but for
the time being I am at the head of the
nation, and I regard you as loyal TEXANS
and as loyal Americans. anxious to see
me on that account.
II doubt if your fathers had much to do
with my selection, but sometimes in re-
public, you know. you have to submit to
things you cannot help. and you have to
get along the best way you can with a
bad job
Considered a General Remark.
The Presidents statement that in four
years he would step down and OUT later
occasioned a good deal of comment
among his friends on the train. 1t is
likely. however. that Mr.. Taft was re-
ferring only i'll a general way to the end
ing of his first term. and did not mean to
have his statement taken as any declara-
ton in regard to a reelection
The President told the boys and girls
that he hoped sincerely that they were
not growing up with the idea that they
must leave the country and go into the
cities.
The future of the American boy" said
he. SIS. in my Judgment. largely involved
in his pursuing the science and profession
of the farmer. The results of scientific.
businesslike farming are more profitable
than any other trade or prOfeSsi6 n. The
tendency toward the city is not one that
we ought to encourage l hope that the
development of the comforts Of country
life is such that we may look forward
now to a lessening of the movement to-
ward the large cities. The place for US
to accomplish things is in the country:
The cities will take care of themselves
''Voice Like a Crow"
The President spoke at Little Rock from
a platform at the new Union station He
was introduced by President II. l.. REM
nell of the board of trade, and said:
Ladies and Gentlemen: I have voice
like crow. But it is the only one l
have. and I have got to use it. Perhaps
after you have heard me you will have
the opinion in respect to the voice that
the man who ate the crow had with re-
spect to the flesh-he said he could eat
crow. but he didn't banker after 1t.
applause and laughter)
Il know that you have turned out to
see the President of the United States:
President of the United States. CAP
plause) l know I am addressing gentle
men who perhaps had little to do with
my election applause and laughter). but
am not here as the President of the
republican party-I am here as the Presi-
dent of united people. and ! recognize
no difference in my obligation as chief
magistrate to preserve the rights and look
after and protect the interests of all the
people of the United States. north or
south. east or west.
Now. my friends. have been all over
the United States. and the one thing that
has impressed me is that we have In this
country bred type, and that mag
nifcent type, of Americans. We are not
English, we are not German we are not
Irish: we have bred to an amalgamated
type of Americanism that speaks for it
self in the enormous prosperity that we
have worked out in this country and the
elevation of the individual and the equal
ity of opportunity that we have given
him.