The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-19

impression in this section. and rep
! resentatives of both the Insurgents and
/ "standpatters" in this center of in
| surgency" were taken somewhat aback
by the thoroughness of the presidents
! statement.
| The fact that Mr.. Taft waited until
/ he got into ''insurgent" territory be-
fore saying what he had to say of
! those senators and representatives who
abandoned their party" in the tariff
fight shared largely in the impression
of earnestness left by the speech
Representative James A. Tawney of
/ Minnesota, whose course in voting for
the tariff bill was upheld by the presi-
dent, participated in the Twin Cities
entertainment today.
| Senator Clapp of this state was
constantly with the president during
the day, and i'm introducing Mr.. Taft
at the St Paul Auditorium referred
to him not only as the president. but
as the foremost citizen OF the coun-
try" Senator Clapp's colleague. SEN
ator Nelson-also an insurgent-was
was not in the city to attend the days
functions. Frank B. Kellogg served
on the reception committee. In his
address at the st. Paul Auditorium the
president said:
A Prayer.
Il cannot begin my remarks to YOU
until / have expressed how touched /
am by the message of welcome from
your stricken governor. That he, on
bed of pain, should remember to
give welcome to me. carried me back
to the many times it has been my
good fortune to meet him-severai /
times on the soil of Minnesota. and
always to receive from his smiling !
delightful personality a sense of sin !
cere welcome to the state that loves
him so well. / unite with you In a
fervent prayer to God that he may be !
spared to you and to the country /
With his ability, with his courage and |
with his great common sense he can. /
not be spared. He is too valuable not /
alone to the people of the state. but /
to the nation, who doubtless will in |
sist in time that he shall serve them. !
And now, my friends. l do not feel
altogether a stranger to an audience |
in this magnificent structure in ST. !
Paul, for l remember that under the |
bishop of St. Paul. although l was
suffering from an r-festivaI at !
Minneapolis. was enabled to express /
To you some two years ago my graft |
tude for your then cordial reception. !
When we entered upon this scene. /
and there was nothing before us but |
Old Glory. / had borne in upon me !
what this greeting means. 1t seems |
that you have seized the opportunity |
of the coming of the tituiar head of |
Your country to express TO him your !
welcome the deep feeling of patriot /
ism and pride in your nation that you |
have and are only too glad to mani |
fest 1t when opportunity offers. /
understand exactly what is meant and !
do not misunderstood ii. | think
whenever l meet children and they are .
out with flags to cheer me that it Is /
a good thing to have them see me for /
a moment because they always will !
recollect seeing the temporary head of .
the nation, and it always will arouse |
in them the thought. the obligation, to |
become patriots and good citizens.
I take out all personality. 1t is .
the office. it is the headship of the |
nation. II is the spirit of the nation. il !
is something that ought to warm every |
heart in order that 1t may continue !
for a lifetime to be the guide of his /
conduct and the inspiration of his life.
Should Unite.
"Now. my friends. another thought
that comes over one when he visits .
these two beautiful cities and sees how
much the Lord has done for you i'm .
the way of natural beauty. Is that
YOU ought to unite. You are not really .
st. Paul and Minneapolis. You are
the twin cities. with the borough OF
St. Paul and the borough of Mime
apoiis. l can remember 20 years ago
when I Was solicitor general and act
ing attorney general that the census
was taken. and there was at that time
no overwhelming indication that the
two cities would come together. But i
you have gotten all over that. St
Paul is proud of the consciousness of
being the more beautiful and Mime
apolis.' said the president. pausing tn
let great wave OF laughter subside.
has great many other eommendable
civic qualities.
Apparently You do not believe in
your city. You take men of middle
life and bring them out here and YOU
infuse into them a spirit that makes
them young again and they become
the old settlers of Minneapolis and
ST. Paul. My friends, | am beginning
long tour-l3 600 miles. / am 60
ing to convince the country. ir I can.
that l have staying qualities 10 meet
all the dangers 10 which a man may
be exposed by way of train travel and