The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-09
.BURL|NGTON'S BIG
DAY BROKE ALL
RECORDS
Greatest Crowd In History OF
The City
PRESIDENTS ROYAL GREETING
Distinguished Guests from Canada
and Across the Sea Take Part
in Exercises
PRESIDENTS ROYAL GREETING

Burlington, July 9.-President
Taft's participation in the Lake Cham
plain tercentenary celebration ended
last night. He left at late hour for
Washington where this afternoon he
will plunge again into the intricacies
of the tariff at a meeting with House
and Senate leaders concerning the
conference consideration of the meas
ure which is soon to be begun.
The president seemed more deeply
impressed than ever Yesterday with the
sincerity OF the expressions of good
will by he representatives of France,
Great Britain and Canada, and declar
ed that the unity which exists be-
tween those great nations and the Uni
ted States never can be torn apart.
The president declared In his speech
here that the Champlain celebration
would fill unique place in history
as the memorial of renewed express
ions of the Union and the amity
among Great Britain, France and the
4 United States. The French ambassa
dor, Nj. Jusserand; the British ambas-
sador. Mr.. Bryce; Gov. Hughes of New
York and Governor Prouty of Vermont
and Postmaster General LemieuX of
Canada were the speakers of the day,
in addition to President Taft.
The greatest chowds of the celebra-
ton period met the president here.
The edges of the lake were black with
people when he stepped ashore at the
Champlain Yacht club wharf from the
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trip from Bluff Point had been made
The way from the water front to the
City hall park where the day exerci-
ses were held. was lined with thous-
ands of residents and visitors while the
park itself was almost solid mass of
humanity. The crowd was spontan-
eous in its enthusiasm.
During the afternoon the president
witnessed for the first time the Indian
pageant of Hiawatha given on floats
near the yacht club wharf. In the
evening with the other visitors the
president was a guest at a banquet,
where he delivered his second address
of the day-a brief parting word of
congratulation and thanks for the
splendid manner in which the celebra-
tion of Champlain's discovery had
been carried out.
/ Governor Prouty introducing Presi-
dent Taft said he inad been talking for
three days about historical matters.
1t was fitting that our beloved expon-
ent of the present should address
them President Taft was received
by the guests standing long con
tinued burst OF cheering. waving of
hoV, III oh
greeting him.
Referring to his great pride in his
Vermont ancestry, President Taft ex-
pressed his appreciation of the states
hospitality and of the part it has play
ed in the present celebration.
THE effect of such a memorial up
on our international relations" he
said, cannot but be good. But what
am especially glad to welcome is the
intimacy of relation that such memoir
ials as this are apt to increase be-
tween this country and Canada"
The presidents reference ito the
distinguished company of the travel
! ing show of which ! am a part" es-
pecially amused the company and la
ter Ambassador Bryce declared that
the showing company is absolutely
giving its last performance of the sea
son."
| Now, one of the stories and exper-
iences.'' said the president, that
comes to me tonight at the end of
these three days is that of. George
Fred Williams of Massachusetts who
attended a meeting in celebration of
the completion of the bridge at Mem
/ ~
, that that region is famous for, for a
day or so, continued from hour to
/ hour, and finally he was called upon
at O'Clock in the morning at the clio
, sing banquet to say what he had to
say to the people of Memphis and
what he said was:
People of Memphis, we of Massa-
chusetts thank you for your ferocious
j hospitality
81 only want to say That If there
be any similarity between our two
experiences, it is fitting that this one
should end, as it certainly does end,
i in spite of the decorations in a gym
nasium."
Declaring that there seemed to be
distinctive character and peculiar
| individuality in Vermont men, the
president said that if he were to de-
scribe the Vermonter in one word he
would say he was safe man, safe
/ for himself, safe for his family, safe
for ais state, and safe for the nation"
we heard a great deal about your
deserted farms at one time" contin-
ued the president Whether this was
put forth for the purpose of inviting
innocent outsiders in, or whether IL
really represented an actual condition
certainly it has passed. / do not
think there are any deserted farms in
Vermont today You have wrestled
with the problem and you have made
great success. You are not all mil
lionaires, but you are all in That con-
dition of respectable wealth or respec-
table poverty that are the two best
conditions to make a good people.
You preserved your traditions. You
elect your judges by the legislature,
and the tenure of Office is practically
for life, because you believe that
when you have got a good thing you
ought to keep it. You have learned
that the way to exercise an influence
.