The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-12
Eats Luncheon as the Guest Of
Pasadena Citizens. :
THE BOOSTERS CLUB
OF 100 Escorts Him Through
the Orange Country.
Banquet at Riverside Is Schedul.
ed fer Tonight.


dent Taft was greeted by 2,6OO
veterans at the sawteHe Soldiers
home today and was given a hearty
cheer. when he arose to speak. He
was presented to the soldiers by for
mer Governor H. H Markham, as
the commander in chief
81 am your commander-in-chief.' -
said the president. land as such I am
entitled to your loyalty and support.
do not plead for it as a matter of
compulsion. for know that 1 have it
! anyway I never stand before an
audience like this that I don't feel a
thrill and long for words to express
the gratitude that 1 feel that I have
been spared to undergo such an ex-
perience and that we have through
the country such institutions as this
where those who are exposed to the
dangers, the wounds and the suffer-
1ngs of great war rest a time and
enjoy their remaining days at the
hands of grateful country
Il congratulate you veterans es-
pecially that it is your fortune to live
in this garden spot of the United
States. am sure that the hospital
list here is smaller than at any other
home in the country. And I warrant
can prove it by any resident of Los
Angeles or of southern California.
1T is an inspiring opportunity to
stand before an audience like this and
to think what you represent.
Lesson of the War
mo one is in favor of war. No one
is in favor of suffering and no one is
in favor of any obstacle to living that
we have to overcome. But after war
has come; after we have passed
treasure and of wounds and suffering,
we see that in that great struggle was
the opportunity for the United States
to show that mettle of which her citi-
zens were made and the sacrifices they
were willing to make that the govern
ment might live
s"The great war could not be avoid
ed. Some people seem to think that
existed a cancer -Wt1ich could be re-
moved only by al operation such as
the war afforded.
In speaking of the war it is only
just that we should give those who
opposed You credit for their ma gnif-
cent courage and the magnificent fight
they made for their right as they
saw it.
"It is the greatest tribute that can
be paid to you to recognize the fact
that you had an enemy worthy of your
steel. Out of the history of the war
has come to all of us common inter-
est and common pride.''
On the way to Sawtelle and back the
president was cheered by the crowds
at every suburban station through
which his car passed.
Begins Eastward Journey.
From here President Taft began his
eastward journey, passing out into the
great orange and lemon groves of Riv-
erside- and San Bernardino counties.
The president was accompanied on his
ride through the orchards by special
committee of 100 prominent citizens of
Los Angeles who attached to them
selves the sobriquet of 1.-The Boosters
club
Brief stops of a minute or two were
made III Monrovia, Palmdrive, Cler-
mont, Uplands and San Bernardino.
When Redlands was reached, the
rarty proceeded for d drive over the
noted Smiley Heights.
Leaving Redlands. the party proceed
I'd. still by automobile through Cotton
to Riverside, arriving at the Glenwood
hotel shortly after 4 o'clock Here af-
ter a ride through the city, the party
halted to spend the remainder of the
day and to participate in a banquet Ly
the Riverside chamber Of commerce
The president is scheduled to resume
his journey eastward from here shortly
after 9 o'clock, and tomorrow morning
will be in Arizona and on his way
the principal cities of that ter
ritory to the Grand Canyon Arriving
at the Grand Canyon, the president will
spend a day in much similar enjoyment
to that he had at Yosemite.