The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-10-07
TAFT MARvELS AT
FR|sCO's RECOVERY
Praises Pluck and Energy Of
Pacific People.
SPEAKS AT SACRAMENTO
President is Greeted at State Line by
Gov. Glllette-Chief Executive
VIII Visit Yosemite
Park.

fully, she has recovered from the aw-
full earthquake and conflagration of
three and half years ago. The chief
executive marveled at the sight and
warmly praised the pluck and energy
of the people of San Francisco.
Oakland Extends Welcome.
Mr.. Taft and his party reached Oak
land soon after seven o'clock this
morning, and were welcomed by re-
ception committee and q big crowd of
citizens. The visitors were taken all
over Oakland and Berkeley in auto
mobiles, and then came to San Fran
cisco by ferry, arriving at 1890. A
committee of distinguished citizens,
an escort of troops from the Preside
and an immense throng of people met
Mr.. Taft. and escorted him through
the gayly decorated streets. Then he
was shown the burned district and the
rebuilding that has been done there.
Luncheon at the Union League club
followed. ." I'd. 's'ig
This evening the president will be
the guest of honor at magnificent
banquet in the Fairmont hotel There
VIII be room for only 900 banqueters.
at $20 plate, but several times that
number applied for tickets.
Tomorrow the president leaves for
the Yosemite National park, where he
will spend three days. He will ar
rive at Ell Portal tomorrow evening.
Sacramento Greets Taft.
Sacramento, Cal, Oct 5.-President
Taft and his party arrived in Sacra-
mento shortly after seven o'clock last
evening. and they gladly disembarked
after their long ride from Portland.
Gov. Gillette met the train at the state
line and introduced the president from
the rear platform to the crowds at
each large town on the run down the
valley.
Takes Auto Ride.
On their arrival here the party were
taken at once for an automobile trip
over the city, and then to Capitol
park, where Mr.. Taft delivered an
address to great crowd of people.
Next he was escorted to hotel, where
as the guest of the mayor he dined
semi-privately with a number of the
leading citizens of Sacramento. At
1920 o'clock this morning the presi-
Dental train pulled out for Oakland.
The president selected for the prin-
cipal feature of his speech the conser-
walton of natural resources, in which
he declared anew that before many Of
the Roosevelt policies of conservation
can be carried into effect, confirma-
tory and enabling legislation must be
secured, and he pledged himself to
use all his power to induce congress
to pass the laws necessary.
Having already made a number Of
set speeches covering the various sub
jects he expects to incorporate in his
annual message to congress, the presi-
dent, during the rest of his tour, will
discuss in more or less detail, many
of the phases of the larger questions,
for he believes that after all, the de-
tails count more than mere general
declaration Of policy.
While to the average mind the
thought of a day and night of uninter-
rupted travel suggests discomfort and
fatigue, the rs hours between Port
land and Sacramento proved to be q
period of real rest and enjoyment for
the president. The only stops made
on the way were at division points
stops necessary to the operation of
the train. There were crowds at each
of these places and the president APP
peared on the rear platform of his car
to shake hands or to make few in
formal remarks.
At Dunsmuir, near the foot of
Mount Shasta, one of the most mag
nificent snow-clad peaks in all the
world, the president declared that
night of solid sleep and the bracing
air of northern California has entirely
knocked out" the cold he contracted
in Seattle.
Mr. Taft thoroughly enjoyed his
stay on the train. He read a little,
lounged about the car, played friend
ly game of bridge" with members of
his party, and during the five or six
hours Mount Shasta was in sight, ad-
mired that towering peak in all the
changing aspects the winding railroad
brought into view. Shasta was really
the first of the snow mountains of the
west that the president has seen ON
this trip. .s