Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-09
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1909.
PRESIDENT IN COLUMBIA.
Mr.. Taft Has Great Reception and Ev-
erybody Delighted.

FhGoIbGNI iN SSIS"s'"
Mr.. Taft Has Great Reception and Ev-
erybody Delighted.
The special train from Charleston.
with the presidential party on board,
reached Columbia last Saturday after
noon at about l o'clock, and was met
at the station by thousands Of eager,
interested people who were kept back
beyond certain lines by the militia.
The president and members Of his
party were at once taken In automo-
piles and carried to the fair grounds,
where other thousands were waiting
and to whom the president made jol-
~ speech, principally about the i'm
portance of agriculture and pleasures
of fifteen cents cotton. From the fair
grounds the party went to the Capitol,
where a splendid luncheon was served
to the president and several hundred
guests. At the luncheon the president
spoke as follows:
Your committee from Columbia call
ed on me in Augusta, before had as
sumed the CLOAK of Office, and were
good enough to invite me to come here,
and l said 1 would come, and / am
here. That is one promise Of the adj
mini-tration that L have redeemed.
clam any credit for 1t, because man
VINO would not come to Columbia when
ne could and enjoy such a festivity and
welcome as this does not understand
good thing when he sees 1t.
II am greatly honored to be received
by you in this. the hall Of the house or
representatives Of south Carolina, In
your magnificent Capitol.
Il am greatly honored to be received
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not only by the private citizens, butby
justice and your congressman, and i
appreciate 1t to the full.
1T Is the first state In which I have
been rendered welcome within the
Capitol walls Of the state, and take
II as an expression on your part Of q
desire to show that 1t is the state and
he people Of the state that welcome
me.
Another and most delightful event
Of this reception Is the presence Of the
ladies-the real pride Of South Carolina
"A gentleman from another part Of
the state-and am afraid that In say
ing this am betraying something that
1 ought not to say, but cannot help
1t, anticipating q meeting with me In
another part Of the state at some time
IN the future, said to me, Come there
and we will show you the prettiest
women In South Carolina" resented
it, and but for my Office and the dig
nifty that necessarily attaches to II, ]
tremble for his fate. (Applause)
I'VE are vergtng In the right direc-
ton. There was a time when We had
banquets without the presence Of
that sex that we all love and whose in
fluence and control we all secretly rec
ognize Now, we are letting them into
see the animals eat They show that
patience, that sweet sympathy was the
selfish side Of man, that tolerance OF
those things about him that we don't
even ourselves admire, by allowing this
arrangement to continue for WHILE
But the next time come to South Car
olina I exnect to dine with the ladies
and the gentlemen.
My friends, I am not inspired to say
much today, because I feel so much
more than can say. There Is some-
thing about South Carolina and her
traditions as 1 look into the faces OF
her great men and think what she has
done and the part she has played In
all the great historical crises Of this
country, that makes me take this re-
ception at your hands with q feeling
that ! am honored far beyond my de-
serts. (Much applause)
II realize that II Is because repre-
sent the whole nation for the time be-
ing and that you, In your loyalty to
the flag and country, and for the hos
pitality for which your state Is noted,
express to me the feeling that rises
in each Of your hearts as you think
Of your country and as you think Of
the patriotism Of yourselves and the
state
81 come to Columbia and look out
from the steps Of the state Capitol and
see city that has arisen since the
civil war-not a city that did not ex-
list before the civil war, but q city
its taking on life shows that, while
the civil war brought to II an evidence
|of the tremendous strength, the tree
mendous power Of the self-sacrif1ce
of It's people, 1t did not destroy their
hope for the future nor their willing
ness again to become part OF the
great Union and to make that Union
stronger and that country and ma
ton greater than ever before in its
history. And I count 1t a great priv
|ilege to come here, representing the
nation that you love so well, and by
this meeting and your reception and
by what say, to testify to the fact
that while the past is as 1t is, and
while those things came out Of 1t that
make US proud on both sides. there Is
before US In the future a united life
in upholding our country, In elevat-
ing the standard of citizenship, In
making the character and the equal
ity Of opportunity Of the individual
that we are glad to seize as COM
mon united people-not separated in
any way by our past history, but more
united, because, while we have the
traditions-the memory leaves in our
minds the awfulness Of q separation
that Is now forever ended.
"And now, my friends, am going
to stop. This Is the 246th speech I
have made, but in no one of them
have I felt so much satisfaction in ex-
pressing the truth as know it."