The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-16
Stay in Windy City Is Con-
tinuouS Ovation for
Taft.
BALL GAME TO END
PROGRAM FOR DAY
Pace Is Set in Initial Stop on Long
Tour for Other Towns
To Follow.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Sept. i6.-Chi-
cago roared a greeting to President
William H. Taft today. From the
moment that he entered Chicago, at
Has a. m, until 10000 baseball
"fans" will rise to greet him at $50
O'Clock this afternoon at the game
between the Chicago Cubs and the
New York Giants, his visit to the
city will be one continuous ovation.
Chicago, the first stop in his fifty
seven-day, i2,OOO-nlile tour of the
West and South, was determined to
set the pace for all entertainments
of the President.
ELABORATE PLANS.
The most elaborate plans we're
made. Large sums of money had
been collected by the committee
having the affair in charge. Pub
lie interest was intense. The city
was decorated.
The President is delighted with
the warmth of his greeting. Storms
OF cheers met him at luncheon, re-
ception, and at each stop he made,
while along the route crowds gath
cred and shouted for him.
Yet the applause that touched
the President and cheered his heart
most Of all came from the chill
dren.
The greeting Of the school chill
dren of Chicago was the real fea-
ture Of the day More than 10000
tots were massed on the boulevards
of the west side. waving flags and
decorated in patriotic costumes. As
the President drove by the children
arose in swaying masses Of color
and cheered him in a shriu, child
fsh treble that swelled into a great
volume Of sound.
Visibly Affected.
Mr.. Taft was visibly affected. He
doffed his hat again and again as he
bowed and smiled ana smiled and bowed
20 the boys and girls Of the Chicago
schools who had greeted him so warmly.
Bless their hearts," he said between
hurrahs 20 Capt Archibald Butt. mis-
military aid. They cheer as II they
had known me and liked me all their
little lives
Inc rest OF chicago was not one whit
behind the children ln the warmth OF
greeting EXTENDED 20 the President. The
great commercial organizations OF the
city had united in the reception to the
nations Chief Executive, and though
their greeting was OF necessity less
demonstrative and more calculated than
that OF the public school pupils, IL was
no less cordial and warm hearted.
Twelve Hours n City.
Mr.. Taft reached the city at n:45 a
m, and Will spend more than twelve
hours here. leaving for Milwaukee, his
next stop, az 2.l5 a. m. tomorrow.
His entrance to Chicago was made at
a special temporary station. which had
been erected I'm bis horpr az Garfield
boulevard and the Lake Shore tracks
The station was a solid mass OF flags
and bunting, and the reception commit
tee gathered there-a spot six miles
from the commercial heart Of the city
had come in an enormous CCncOurse Of
automobiles that filled the great boule-
ward and the adjacent streets for blocks
IA every direction.
Gentlemen. I am IN yoUr hands, said
tne President. as soon 8s he had re-
Eponded to the committees greetings
and shaken hands with a number OF per
sonal friends who had pressed forward.
eager 10 clasp mis- hand.
With General Grant.
President Taft. accompanied by As
Eistant Secretary Mischler, Captain Butt.
and the other members Of his party
were conducted 20 the waiting automo-
biles. The President sat with General
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