The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-25
TAFT IN DESERET
The President Arrives at the
Mormon Capital.
Heads Procession to the Army
Pest of Fl. Douglass.
THEY Do NOT SPEAK.
BaIlinger and PinchOt Pass
With an Icy Stare.
Speech in Senator Shoots
Church at Provo.
THEY Do NOT SPEAK.

Salt Lake City, Sept. 25.-President
Taft is spending day or comparative
quiet in Salt Lake ana enjoying the
rest from railroad travel which his
stay in this city is affording. The
days program began with breakfast
at the Commercial club. This was
followed by an organ recital in the
Mormon tabernacle arranged espec-
tally in honor of the president
The program included luncheon at
the Saltair bathing resort on the
shores of the Great Salt Lake, and
President Taft will be the guest of
honor at dinner at the Alta club.
His Coming to the City.
Salt Lake City, Sept. 25.-President
Taft has added a Mormon tabernacle
to the long list of religious edifices in
which he has made addresses to the
! people. Not long ago. in Jewish tab
erpacle at Pittsburg. Mr.. Taft declared
he was no stranger in the pulpit and
enumerated his different experiences IN
ldenominational churches. experience in
| Utah was entirely a new one.
1t was at Provo. the home of Senator
Smoot, where it is said so per cent OF
the residents are Mormons, that the
president faced probably the most en-
thusiastic audience of his ten days of
travelling to the west. TRere was noth-
| ing in all the program to suggest the
religious character of the building. The
presiden appealed to the patriotism OF
! the people, his congratulations 10 them
or their evidences of prosperity and
the fact that they were a community
abiding by the laws. and determined
| that every Immunity of which they
were apart should be a lawful commun-
| ity, called forth continuing cheers. MT.
Taft spoke for 1.early half an hour
| From Provo, where he was ofhc1aIly
welcomed to Utah by Governor Spry,
Senators Smoot and Switzerland and
others the president came to Salt lake
arriving here at 4:30 D. m, TO remain
until Sunday noon
They Did Not Speak.
The arrival of the president develop
ed an incident in the now famous -Sal-
hnger-PinChot controversy Whlch was
extremely interesting to those VINO saw
it, Secretary Ballinger came with the
pre- sident. At Provo word was received
on the presidents train that Mr.. Pin
chot had arrived in Salt Lake ana
would meet the presidential party tfnre
When the train came to a standst1ll,
Mr. PinChot was at the foot OF the
rear platform steps of tie president
car with Senator W. E. Borah of Idaho
"Wny. hello Pinchot." called the rresi-
cent extending hand heartily TO grasp
that of the chief forester.
"How are your" he aided. II am glad
r'hen thu president greeted Senator
Rornh with Hello, Sin, old fellow; |
how are you? I am mighty glao to see
Several othe- members of his party |
followed the p1 csidcnt off the car plat |
form and then came FalltnEG~. Mr.. I'm
chot was standing directly beside Sena-
tor Borah. c.. 1,or,t,
with a handshake, but apparently ne
recognized no one else in the vicinity.
Neither he nor Mr.. Pinchot made any
effort to speak.
Dimes at the Fort.
President Taft was driven direct from
the railway station at the head OF
procession of automobiles to the army
post at Fort Douglass, where he re-
viewed the Fifteenth infantry, which is
stationed there. Following the review
he held reception for the o1nce GERS anu 4llo
their wives and in the evening was the
guest of honor at dinner at the lori,
returning to the city at IL p m. ana
retiring to rooms assigned to him at a
local hotel
The presidents visit to Salt Lake
CITY has caused a little furry of ex-
element among the Protestant minis
tiers. The difficulty arose over the pur-
pose of the committee in charge tol
have the president speak at the Nor
mon tabernacle in this city on Sunday
morning. The controversy did not go
as a formal protest. President Tart in
the meantime had suggested by tele-
graph a change in the Sunday program
so as to allow his morning to be free
for rest and special worship as he
might choose. The suggestion was
agreed to, out a1Ler SondIOT SIIlOOL
boarded the presidents train at Helper,
Utah, the matter was adjusted by an
arrangement of curtailing the Sunday
morning service of the tabernacle In
time to permit the president to review
a living flag of school children and then
proceed to the little Unitarian church
in this city at IL a m.
President Taft will have compare
tive quiet day of it Sunday with
game of golf at the country club in the
afternoon. He may devote some of his
time to a further consideration of the
Balinger-Pinchot matter, though he
would not discuss the subject in any of
it's phases. The president Is to make
his conservation speech at Spokane on
Tuesday. Mr.. Taft made his principal
speech of the day at Provo. In it he
said:
His Provo Speech.
ct am delighted to be here in COM I
pany with your distinguished governor /;
and also to meet your senators and
ways tell you know when you see SEN
ators and representatives in Washing
ton just how they size up at home, and
1 am glad to testify, that, however they ]
size up here, thew do size up most EN-
phatically well in Washington.
I'VE hear often that one section
or another is occupying too much
space in Washington. is welding too ]
many things to benefit the local COM
munity which they represent. On the Z
whole congress works out necessarily /
a compromise. Consider what it is {
that we are carrying on. Really we
have to rub our eyes some times in
order to carry ourselves down to a !
basis of fact and see exactly what it s
is that we are doing IN order to s
what we have accomplished !
in the way of government by the peo- ]
Pile
I'VE have to interpret into controll-
ing force the resultant united opinion 6
of that eighty or ninety millions of S