New-York tribune., 1909-03-19
PRESIDENTS BUSY DAY
WILL BE BACK TONIGHT.
To attend Yale Dinner II fter Meet
ing in NetU HdUen.

President Taft came to New York Yesterday In
the private car Constitution over the Pennsylvana
from Washington, euogiZsd the late PRESIDENT
Cleveland IN a speech at an afternoon meeting az
Carnegie Hall took a ride in automobile up
Riverside Drive and through Central Park and at
tended another Cleveland memorial meeting az tne
College Of the City Of New York In the evening
This morning, at o'clock, he will go to New Haven
to attend meeting OF the Yale Corporation. re-
turning this afternoon to attend the Tale dinner az
the Waldorf
The President accompanied by Mrs. TAFT Miss
Boardman of Washington: Wendell Mischler, his
assistant secretary and Captain Archibald Bull
his military aid. in full uniform. reached Jersey
City at / o'clock. The car Constitution Is the one
Mr. Taft used during forty thousand miles OF
campaigning last fall and from which ne macs
than four hundred speeches. Tne President
laughed heartily when a member Of his party sng-
gested that after taking the oath 10 execute the
Constitution he was nov riding on IT.
The trtp from the capital was without incident
EXCEPT for a visit from Judge George Gray. ot
Delaware who boarded the train at Wilmington
and came on to New York TO speak AZ the Cleve-
land meeting last night Judge Gray was urged by
many Democrats last summer as MI IaIts oppo-
nent. The two men crested each other most oord-
tally yesterday, and Judge Gray made almost the
entire Journey from Wilmington to Jersey Clty IN
Ny Tafts
Speaking 10 some Of his callers on the train yes
terday. President Taft said he believed the Payne
tariff bill as introduced the House OF Representa-
+ives was rnouestionably a revision downward
The President made acquainted with the prll-
cipal provisions Of bill before it was finally ap-
proved by the Committee on Ways and Means. fi7
feels that the revenue 20 be derived from the pIO-
posed federal inheritance tax will be largely IN eA-
cess OF the amount that has been estimated
Arriving at Jersey city the party was greeted oy
a great th-ong. Heads were barred as the Presi-
dent passed along the station platform lie oio
not follow the Roosevelt precedent OF snekng haiiuS
with the grimy engineer. II would have been prec-
tcally impossible for him to do SO even haa he
desired for a perfect swarm OF blue-eoated ponce
men had been thrown about him as soon as ne
alighted-
Mr. and Mrs. Taft ana the other members OF the
party entered automobiles, and taking the Eod
street ferry were driven TO the home OF Henry W.
Taft in West 4sth street, where the President and
his wife spent the night One OF the President
callers at his brothers house last evening was
Joseph II Choats
Following the afternoon meeting in Carnegie Hall
the President Mr.. Mischler and the Secret Service
men went for a ride up Riverside Drive and back
through Central Park
The visit OF President Taft TO Yale campus to-
day will be the nrst visit OF a Yale sTaduate "a
President Of the United States. rousing demon
stration has been planned.
After the Yale dinner TO- night the President ana
Mrs- Taft will depart az midnight. reaching Wash
inston early tomorrow morning.