New-York tribune., 1909-09-30
MR.. TAFT At SEATTLE
TO VISIT EXPOSITION.
First Stage of His Journey Com
qZeted-An ADDRESS to Veterans.

Seattle Sent. 20-President Taft reached me E
ciac Coast tonight. Just two weeks afLer nS g.
parture from Boston He Will leave o So. Ia
Tacoma on Friday and viii leave that cits AZ -, -,
right, going south until Los Ahseies -
Then comes the turn TO The East -,
The President and his party arrived Al .He o-,.1'
Station at s:l5 p. m The visitors ana tfle
tion committee entered automobiles ana p'-,o
by q troop OF mounted police. went 10 tae ... fIsI
club where a reception in honor OF the PRESSURE"
was given by Mrs. Richard A BalNnger. "ie VI oI
the Secretary Of the Interior. AFTER nan an HO1-
at the club the President and his escort "eit - ~
the Hotel Washington. which will be the nome "a
the visitors until their departure for Tacoma Inc
President retired early, after greeting me h@le
Club which giving dinner ana recepH"" -
he hotel
great thrOng waited for the President at the
alton and in the streets through which he passed.
d there was cheering all along the way
he visit 10 the Alaska -Yukon-Pscihc exposition
] begin tomorrow After luncheon Mr. Tart
make address in the Natural Amphitheatre'
also will speak at a dinner in the exposition
-ounds In the evering.
The President to-day passed through another
region which displayed marvels in the way OF fruit
raising. At North Yakima, where he passed the
forenoon and made address, he saw one Of the
oldest irrigated fruit regions in the West the
great yield of apples especially attracted his at
tention, and he said he fond of them
In fact" he declared, Il supposed 20 have
inherited the taste Of an uncle of mine, who is
feputeo 10 nave SAID that ne WOULD not Pul HIS
mouth out of pucker with Less than peck.
In his address at Yakima. the President paid
tribute 10 Senator Wesley L. Jones, of Washing
ton, who Joined the party at Spokane yesterday
Governor Hay. in introducing the President de-
clared that for President in 1912 he placed
in nomination Wesley Jones'"
''In nominating Senator Jones for place on the
ticket said Mr.. Taft, Il do see why Governor
Hay should not him for the Presidency, FOR
you are not in the habit of taking back seat out
here. You only wan the best. Wherever you put
Senator Jones' ne can be counted upon TO do the
right thing at the right time and that, too with
out any brass band fireworks to tell that he is
doing it. If you nominate him for the Presidency
shall be glad go before the country and testify
30 my own knowledge OF his worthy ability. as
ap doing here"
SPEECH TO GRAND ARMY MEN
In the throng which greeted the President al the
courthouse Were large number OF Grand Army
men and members OF the WOmans Relief Corps.
1he President said
y, am 5 honCred by the presence OF the Grand Army
wear uniforms, suggest the presence of the
Momans Relief Corps. ] have had the pleasure
THIS trip and IL is most inspiring to have brought
and courage to meet the issues Of the day and
save the country. II is pleasant 10 note that far
fields where the issue of the nations life was con
testeo, we mo the heroes OF that war, who pushed
our mere even after so heavy a struggle, in order
10 build up new country and add the strength
tie country Which they saved eo the prosperity OF
Just in front OF me see monument that brings
back memories that ] always like TO refer 70 and
10 emphasize The monument understand TO be
the far-distant Philippines in order that the duty
which thls government had there should be per-
formed and supervision extended and aid given
20 a people VINO, by the providence OF God, were
Only those who have been in the Philippines
know the sacrifice and the hardships 10 which our
who have been ln the Philippines know and have
a proper pride IN what they did there. for they
q "a meet roOr dan.
gerOus. fighting IN Oriental fashion, but after they
where they mad 70 exercise seif-restraint and
guardianship and an Independence OF action thai
only men in the American army capable OF
So, whenever I meet one who has been out to the
that makes me happy. and I hope that in the
audience which am addressing there a mum
sweet RECOLLECTION the hardships which they had q
CT the Pacific Ocean.
AMERICAN CHARACTERISTICS
In his speech at North Yakima the President
said:
We all wear the same clothes even 10 the latest
fashions in the bonnets Of the ladies'; all speak
aspirations. One of the things that strikes one
going around the country is the exactly similar
that affect them in the same wav-not toward the
same question, but toward those issues toward
which they have the same relation.
N me indignation OF gentlemen Of the range
counterpart IN North Carolina. for instance where
they are distinctly in favor Of 80 lumber, not as
protective tariff Of course, but in order thar tbs
revenues Of the government may be maintained
And 50 Il goes. The American nature is the
same and is affected in the same way: affected no.
only by pecun'ary and mercantile considerations
but also by higher sentiments and by looking a.
the country al large and her interests IN the sam,
way.
At North Yakima the President met an olt
sweetheart and boasted OF the fact in HIS address
at the courthouse. although he did not mentlo,
her name. He alluded 10 Il as another bond be
tween himself and the citizens Of this region II,
referred to Mrs. Betty Hodges, formerly Miss Bett,