Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-05

he pledged himself to use all his power
to induce Congress to pass the laws
necessary.
Having already made number of set
speeches covering the various subjects
he expects to incorporate in his annua
message to Congress, the President dur
ing the rest of his tour will discuss in
more or less detail many IF the phases
OF the larger questions. for he believes
that. after all. the details count more
than a mere general declaration of policy.
While to the average mind the thought
of day and night of uninterrupted travel
discomfort and fatigue. the TWEEN
ty-five hours between Portland and Sac
rest and enjoy ment for the President
The only stops made on the way were
at division pOints-stops necessary to the
operation Of the train. There were
crowds at each of these places, and the
President appeared on the rear platform
few informal remarks.
At DunSmuir. near the foot of Mount
Shasta, a magnificent snow-clad peak.
the Presiden: declared that a night of
ern California had entirely knocked out"
the cold he contracted In Seattle.
First View of Snow Mountain.
Mr.. Taft thoroughly enjoyed his stay on
the train. He read little. lounged about
the car. played friendly game of
bridge" with members of his party and
during the five or six hours Mount Sha sta
was In sight admired that towering peak
in all the changing aspects the winding
railroad brought into view. Shasta was
really the first of the snow mountains of
the west that the President has seen on
this trip When he was in Colorado
Pixies Peak was hidden in a cloudbank.
During the two days he was in Seattle
the weather was cold and gray. and the
peak. which is known on the Seattle size
as Mount Rainier and on the Tacoma
side as Mount Tacoma. was nowhere to
be seen. Many panoramic pictures or
Portland. Ore. show snow-capped mount
Hood ION guard in the background, but
while the President was In town the at
mospheric conditions were not just right.
Mr. Taft Iaughingly declared In Portland
that after several visits both to Seattle
and to Portland he was prepared to qCes-
ton the existence of any such mountains
as Rainier or Hood.
Welcomed by Governor.
The President said today that he had
been overwhelmed with the reception he
had received everywhere on the trip. lie
said the crowds and the cheers were prob
ably those that every President receives
on q tour but this fact made them none
the less welcome and none the Tess in
spring to him who happened for the time
being to be the central figure in the pic
ture.
President Taft was welcomed into Cali
fornia at Red Bluff by Gov. Gi.lett,
Lieut. Gov. Porter, Senator George Z.
Perkins, former Secretary OF the navy
Victor Metcalf. NJ. Fl. De Young OF San
Francisco and other members or COM
nof nNfi n
the state Members of the committee
from San Francisco represented ootn
graft prosecution and "anti-sraft
prosecution.
Speaking from the car end at Dunsmulr.
Cal, President Taft said
II am on a tour of some thirteen thou
sand miles and ! am trying to gather IN
formation We go with reference 10 the
condition of the country and at the SAINT
time to give YOU superncla' aspect vi
the man whom 1t has been your GOOD or
bad fortune to elect President OF the
United States.
Everywhere In this country I have
found evidence of prosperity from Bos,
ton to Portland and If signs DO not ran
we are upon an era OF business enterprise
and expansion that never has been seen
i'm this country before. Now, with that
l would not have you forget tnat tnere
are certain responsibilities. we nave had
evils growing out Of our prosperity. wen
lation of wealth and its use in metnods
that are not legal and cannot be approx
ed bv way Of monopoly and otherwise:
Now we are attempting by the genera
law of the United States to suppress that
kind of abuse.
"They were brought to the attention OF
the people In a marvellous crusade Dy m!
predecessor, Theodore Roosevelt, ana IL Is
nv duty to continue those policies ana 70
enforce them as far as / may and recon-
there be nut upOn
the American statute books those laws
that shall clnch the progress Which was
made under him. which he preached ana
which we all look forward to as per-
manent condition.
Keep an Eye on Satan.
"Hut the difficulty is that whenever
everybody is prosperous, when everybody
is comfortable, then is the time wnen
our old friend Satan steps in and heips
along the evil cause. Then Is the tlm0
when we are apt to be inert and enjoy
the things we have without looking Tor
ward In the future and seeing that the
evils will grow and ultimately swamp US.
II is to the people that we must look Tor
an enforcement Of these principles.
.'You should select your representatives
and have them know you are watching
them in Congress and see that they 1o'-
low the law of enforcement.
"Of course we want prosperity. but we
wish prosperity in such way that mere
shall be an equality Of opportunity among
the individuals SO that everybody VIII get
his share and that it shall not be con-
fined to few who monopolize the means
Of production or the means OF transpor-
tation and thus prevent that equa!tv VI
distribution which we all like to see.
Now, my fellow-citizens. ] feel sure
that YOU are not only healthy In body.
but healthy in mind: that you are In
favor of the good things; that you are In
favor Of decent government: that you are
~ rayor of decent men and decent women,
-. ID tn the fit