The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-03

cheers the presidsnts own declaration
that his visit 10 the South was with
out poiftical purposa 7.
The president 10 to be the guest Of
Birmingham until four O'Clock tomor-
row afternoon. His entertainment be-
gan tonight with an eiaborate banquet
presided over by United States 6ena-
tor J. f. Johnston and at which the
speakers included Governor Conner.
James Bowron. Rufus N. Rhodes. J.
b. Babh. Secretary Of War Dickinson
and the president.
when he arrived In the city this at
ternoon Mr.. Taft was met Mt the sta
ton by Mayor O'Brien and commit,
tee OF citizens. The streets about the
depot and leading from there to the
hotel were thronged
Tomorrow the president Will break
fast at the Country Club. viii particle
pate In and review parade, will lunch
at the Southern Club and In the after
noon make an address In Capitol
Park.
The president has fully. recovered his
voice, which gradually came back to
him during the trip down the Missis-
sippi ana the stay In New Orleans.
In addition to declaring his good
will to the people Of the South. the
president had few words to say with
reference to marriage and woman's
suffrage when he ~ surrounded on
the campus Of the Mississippi Girls
Industrial Institute and College by
500 as pretty girls as could be founl
in all the South and who afterwards
helped. to serve to the president, his
party and the citiRens Of Columbus the
first barbecue Of the presidential tour
An Appeal for Wenen.
II wish that every woman in the
world was so situated" the president
declared. that she should not think
It necessary for her to marry II she
did not want to-"
Mr.. Taft said he would be the last
man In the world to put anything in
the way OF matrimony but he believ-
ed q girl should be so situated as to
her future as to be able to make
free choice and to look forward to a
life OF unmixed happiness.
Education in the arts and Industries,
he said, were the best means OF bring
Ing this condition of affairs about.
II know that 1t Is generally sup
posed" continued the president. that
those who inherit wealth are In the
best situation for future happy life
II mean in this world" he added
amid laughter.
but / venture to think" he went
on, that the best legacy that can be
left to a young man is a good educa-
ton and q good character by train
ing in family to good moral stand
ards and nothing else,
THE same thing is true with re-
spect to the young women who are
given o fair chance In life In earning
and carving out their own futures.
The great trouble has been that we
have not given the woman fair
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avenues to livelihood that they are
quite as well able to I'LL and in cer-
tain respects better able to gill than
we are.
II am not a rabid suffragist. The
truth Is, I am not In favor OF, suf-
frage for women until can be con-
WINGED that all the women desire II
and when they desire II I am in IA
vor Of giving 1t to them. and when
they desire 1t they win get 1t. too.
But do believe that one of the adj
vantages of giving them that Kind OF
influence will be more certainly to
open the avenues of self support to
them than has heretofore been done
ST shall be glad that shall not have
any property to leave TO my boys. OF
whom have two. but only q good
character and a pride In themselves
and a good education. but for my
daughter / am going to scrape the
ground as much as can give her ana
as good education as i can. so that she
will take In the lesson which / frst
sought to announce as. the text OF my
discourse, that she shall marry only
when she chooses to marry and not
because Of circumstanees."
speech In C0Iumbua.
In his principal address at Column
bus, after paying q tribute to Secre-
tary Dickinson. President Taft said:
II am glad to be In the city OF your
great General Lee. am indeed sorry
that It was not given to me to meet
him in person and receive that kindly.
gentle influence that he shed where
ever he moved. ! am especially sor-
ry not to be able to come into his
presence and TO talk with him In re-
gard to the relations OF the South to
the rest of the union. because he rep
resented that. spirit which would In
yoke on the part OF every Southern
er with respect to the whole Z coun.
try. lss
MY friends, one cannot come before
Southern audience. being a North
srn man, without having memory OF
that which Is in the past and he can
not come In the capacity In which ]
come as your. president. without thank
ing God that the past Is over--not
that we are attacking what the past is.
but that we have passed through that
awful trial on both sides that certl-
fied to the world the fibre or our ma
lures and the strength of our Ameri-
can people in order to show to the
world that we were equal, to any OF
them as q world power.
you are not in favor Of war and !
am not in favor OF war. and we will
never seek It II we can in any hon.
orable way aviod IL, but In the history
of, nations when war becomes inevfta-
BILE and puts to trial the manhood. the
courage. the self-sacrifice of q people.
hard and heliish as war Is. the test Is
one to which q people may look back
with pride and with thanks to God
that they survived the test and showed
themselves worthy of enjoying this
blessings OF such government az
ours.
Now. you Southern people are an
emotional people. We have some
emotions in the North too. but II there
is any difference your hearts expand
more easily and you are more sensi-
tive possibly than we are. -
I'm order to understand the South
ern people, especially with respect
with issues of the war and what grew
out of IT, in order to understand their
present position, one must know that
your hearts and emotions are broad
enough to entertain entire loyalty to
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