Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-30
REACHES
PACIFIC COAST
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aid given to a people who by the provi-
dence of God were put under our guardian
ship.
'Only those who have been in the Philip
pines know the sacrifices and the hard
ships to which our boys in those islands
were exposed. Only those who have been
in the Philippines know and have a proper
pride in what they did there, for they
were called upon not only to meet a foe
most dangerous, fighting in oriental fash
ion. but after they had conquered them
they were put in a position where they
had to exercise a self-restraint and a
guardianship and an independence of action
that only men in the American army are
capable of.
80, whenever meet one who has been
out to the Philippines there is a bond be-
tween him and me that makes me happy,
and l hope that in the audience which 1
am addressing there are a number Of those
| VINO vent there and now retain in sweet
i1recoitectlons the hardships which they had
to undergo and the beauties Of those far
distant gems of the Pacific ocean"
r.. American People All same.
NORTH YAKIMA, Wash, Sept Gar
irving here soon after 5 O'Clock this morn
ing. President Taft slept until s O'Clock
and then breakfasted on board his private
car with Governor Marion f. Hay and
Senator Wesley l.. Jones of Washington,
as guests. The president was pretty well
exhausted after his hard day in Spokane
yesterday.
With an easy day before him, however,
Mr.. Taft was in excellent spirits this
morning when he stepped off the train and
entered the leading automobile of a pro-
cession of thirteen cars for a ride through
the famous apple orchards of this section.
The presidents arrival was coincident with
the fall of the first rain in many months.
A brief speech during the forenoon and
luncheon with the citizens at 1890 o'clock
were the features Of the day and the presi-
dent left at las for Seattle.
The president in his speech today dwelt
upon how impressiveiy the homOgenity of
the American people had been brought
home to him during his tour of the coun-
try. He declared with a laugh, that this
fact was impressed upon him also during
the tariff fight at Washington.
1--WE all wear the same clothes, even to
the latest fashions In the bOnnets Of the
ladies; we all speak the same Language
and have the same Ideas ana ASPIRATIONS
one Of the things that strikes one going
around the country is the exactly similar
attitude the people all occupy toward the
Questions that affect them in the same way
NOT towards the same question, but TO-
ward those issues toward which they have
the same relation,
ON the Indignation Of the gentlemen Of
the range states with reference to free
hides. YOU have a counterpart in Nortl
Carolina. f6r Instance, where they are dis
tinctly in favoc OF s. lumber, not as q
protective tariff, Of course, but-and tn,
president spoke with great mock gravity
lin order thaJ the revenues of the govern
meut may b. maintained.
And so it goes, The American nature 4
the same and is affected in the same way
affected not only by pecuniary and mer
camille considerations, but also by highe
sentiments and by looking at the countr!
at large and her interests in the sam
way"