The Sentinel=record., 1909-10-28
PRESIDENT
 AT MEMPHIS AFTER BEING WELCOMED TO THE CITY HE DEDICATED
 Y.M.c.A. BUILDING. Was Welcomed to the State by the Governor-Left Memphis for
 Helena, Where He Ar
 rived Late.

Memphis Tenn, Oct 27-Thous. ands of throats called a loyal and true southern greeting to President vii. liam H. Taft and his distinguished party on it sarriyal at the wharf this morning.
 Hundreds of whistles and changing bells all over the city took up the refrain and in no city visited by the president in his history-making trip 1 across the continent has he been giv. en a warmer or more enthusiastic wei. come.
 President Taft and his party were delayed on the river during the night owing to the slowness of several of the accompanying boats, and did not reach Memphis until nearly II o'clock. l All Memphis and thousands of vis- itcrs ihnonged the wharf and bluffs lcng before the imposing flotilla of | government craft and steamboats made their appearance in the broad expanse of the mighty Mississippi riv- CT above Hopefield Bend and waited with eager expectancy the arrival of the distinguished guests who were to be entertained for four hours in Mem- phis. Much was crowded into those four hours.
 When the hotilla did appear with the steamer Oleander bearing the president and his personal retinue, 900 yards in advance of the long col umn, fanked on either side by the tiny, but grim torpeco boats, the pent up enthusiasm of the gathered people burst out into roar of greeting that echoed and re echoed across the -iv. CT to lose itself on the sister state ef Arkansas.
 President Taft, smiling and happy over the cordial and enthusiastic re- ception rendered him and his large I9ary of diplomats. statesmen and ex ecutive officers of a dozen or more states, walked across the gang plank and became in reality the guest of Memphis
 Mayor Welcomes President.
 Mayor James H. Malone welcomed the president and his party on behalf Of the city.
 Mayor Malone spoke of the attitude of President Taft towards the sourh- ern staies before his election and re- marked upon the fact that it had not changed, but to the contrary, it had even become more fervent, which pre- saged nothing but good for rre south during the Taft administration.
 In this connection he spoke of the appointment of Secretary of War Ja- cob NJ. Dickinson. although he was not of President Tafts political faits.
 Dwelling in itself upon the great interest taken by President Taft in the Panama Canal, tine completion of which will mark the greatest achieve ment of it's character accomplished by any nation in the history of the race, Mayor Malone turned to the question of fourteen feet through the valley"
 The staunch adherents of the deep waterway from the lakes to the gulf gathered behind and around the two central figures, interrupted the speak CT with perfect salvo of cheers. that was taken up again and again by the eager thousands of people who did not know what il was all about, but who were willing to show their apprecia. tion and enthusiasm for the president and his party on the slightest provo. cation.
 As soon as he could proceed Mayor Malone spoke of the advantages to the southern states, in srct 10 the nation in general. which such channel work in connection with the Panama Canal and in graceful words urged upon the president to give the project his un. bounded and unlimited support.
 Here where De Soto first looked upon this great inland sea. said the mayor in conclusion. and in whose bcaom his wearied bcdy finds ever