The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-18
TAFT TALKS TO
COLORED Y.M.C.A.
r,nresseS the Belief That the
Negro Question Must Be
Settled by the Negroes.
UIRCHASE OF FRIAR LANDS
HkRRIMAN TO VISIT PREsI-
pENT-ELEcT TODAY.
pIIRCHASE OF FRIAR LAND

,r7usts. Ca, Jan. 17.-Introduced to
ag audience Of men, comprising the
-.,ro Y. N. c. A. Of this city. today,
.-.si5ent-elect Taft discussed the
'+.-istian uplift Of Y. NJ c. A. work.
~ walker, known as the BLACK
--r-zeon who introduced Mr. Taft,
FL The negroes of Georgia owned a
--irion acres Of land in the state and
nsid taxes on S20,000,O0O worth of prop
erty. A. IT.. ..-ao.,
-.,-t encouraging. II gave him an L.
,,strstion for the Oft-expressed belief
M the race question must be settled
t- the negroes themselves becoming
t--isnensable TO the community in
-5icb thew lived. This meant industry,
..sornatinn and thrift. acquired by
constant individual effort.
I'M. c. A. Work Commended.
10 dwelt at length upon the advan-
zee of Y. NJ. g. A. work to bring
,-5 This end. and illustrated his point
by rictIring the temptations and de-
nrsssion Of Americans In the Philip
rf7ss and the help which the associa-
tor is rendering there to afford whole
s.7e pavs of entertainment for the
nEuIE- II was Ills utlAtl NllclA
tbs Y. N. c. A. had brought about in
,hs country more tolerance between
tba various religious denomiua tons.
As an example Of this ne gave a de-
JAILED account of the situation in which
-hs government found itself with re-
meet TO the friar lands in the Philip
pines
- Concurrence, he said. has been OBJ
tanned from body of clergymen rep
rssauling the various denominations
mat no protest would be made by them
when the government should take up
The negotiations necessary TO acquire
ritle 70 these lands. Their purchase for
g. 100000. he said, had saved what
would have been a bloody revolution
fu the Philippines.
softenine Influence of Time.
Forty years ago" he said, 1T would
have been impossible to nave obtained
this concurrence. There would have
arisen among the denominations an OBJ
lection to It. on the ground that it was
a recognition Of the Roman Catholic
church contrary to our traditions.
After he had described the Y. NJ. c.
A. work on the isthmus of Panama,
where four clubs are running, each I'M
der the direction of an experienced Y.
NJ. c. A. secretary, paid by the govern
ment. where ten or a dozen ministers
are also employed by the government,
with a plan endorsed to establish two
CT three more clubs, Mr.. Taft re-
marked,
Good Work Accomplished.
1T is possible we will be charged
with having filched that money from
the public treasury. But If we have,
we have accomplished a good work
with il. l think also the expenditure
could be defended on strictly legal
grounds. We have entered the isthmus
Of Panama and introduced there some
10000 souls. Unless we take special
pains TO have their morality looked
after. unless we furnish ministers,
churches and Christian clubs. We are
long to have such sdturnIlia sU
evils. such generalization. that we
viii never build the canal. Hence, if
ne are to be impeached for spending
that money. it viii be in a good cause"
Mr.. Taft arrived here from Atlanta
al o'clock today.
Arrival of Secretary.
Fred W Carpenter, who will accom-
pany ar. Taft to the White House as
secretary to the president. got here to-
DAY from a vacation in California.
The statement is authorized from Mr..
Taft that no person has authority to
represent the president-eIect as tax
ing any attitude whatever regarding
the senatorial situation in Oregon. The
need of such a statement has been i'm
pressed upon MI Taft by information
that his name was being used in eff
forts 10 break down the Oregon pTima-
q law
Z II. Hartman is expected here to-
morrow.
Picture Framing.