The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-05
Jersey Delegation Greet |
ed by President in a
JOvial Manner.
"HELLO, BRUCE" HE
CALLS TO B. S. KEAT0N
Board of Health Secretary Was
His Classmate at Yale
University.
STATE AND NATIONAL
EXECUTIVES CONFER
Storm Interefers with Many Of
the Plans of Local
Bodies.
BY WILLIAM II. srELy.


lst7n Correspondent Evening start
WASHINGTON. March 5--John
franklin Fort, Governor of New Jer-
sey, and William Howard Taft Presi-
dent of the United States caught step
in the east room of the White House
today and paced back and forth with
downcast eyes for many minutes, deep
In q whispered discussion.
Glad you came; come down as often
as you can. Fort" the Presidents part.
ing words to the New Jersey executive.
was the only remark of the confab
caught by the ears of the newspaper
men who were speculating on the topic
of the engrossing talk.
! Every ounce of Taft's 800 pounds wxs
| in jovlal mood today He hailed Colonel
Austen Colgate. of the Governors stan.
with hilarity, and brought the Presi-
Dental palm down with q resounding
whack on the colonel's broad shoulders.
| Hello, Bruce" was the salutation Of
the President to his old classmate, DR..
Bruce S. Keator, secretary of the State
Board Of Health of New Jersey. You're
of the class OF ~, there's Fred Keator.
bishop of Washjngton-S Ssste. EAss sno< !,
! John n, Keator lawyer. Yale II, and
| Harry Keator, who was captain OF the
baseball team in '95 at Yale. My brctt-
er, Harry Taft, was cfassinate Of tho
bishops
| Follow Hughes Party.
| Governor Fort and his party entered
| the White House Just as Governor
| Hughes. of New York, and his party
were leaving. They exchanged saluta-
tions. Governor Fort saluted the Presi-f
dent, and a cheer went up from the
crowd which had gathered.
| The Governor and his staff will leave
Washington late this afternoon. At 1
O'clock they took lunch at the Metro-f
politan Club as the guests of Colonel
Anthony r. Kuser and former United
| States Senator John f. Dryden.
storm SpoiIs Plans.
The big storm here played havoc with
the plans of Jerseymen who were to
have assisted in making President
| Taft's inauguration happy and aus
| picious affair.
Those who waited to make the trip
until the eleventh hour were literally
showed under. Governor Fort and his
party, the ten New Jersey congressmen
Inauguration. but many delegations
from associations and organizations
were blocked by the storm and reached
Washington hours after Mr.. Taft had
taken his oath as President Of tho
United States.
| Hamilton Z. Kean and a party Of 300
Union county valiants reached the
capital late last night and started back
to their homes at 1 o'clock this morn
ing.
! A Fearful Day.
1t might have been the inauguration
of George Washington, so far as tho
outside world is concerned When the
capital city awoke yesterday morning
the --latest snow storm of years for
this climate was raging and the pco-
pie were cut off from all wire or train
communication, even with the suburbs.
Reviewing stands piled high with SNOW,
streets covered with slush, Washington
presented anything but nice setting
for a holiday event Mr., Taft said
Wednesday night it was to be "a moist
drama" 1t was.
BedraggIed men and horses passed
along Pennsylvania avenue in the great
procession undaunted, but pretty sad
! DIS lO SOiu ldCt, IdSH anu
The parade at the start did not look
unlike an artists conception of the re-
treat from Moscow but a little later
the snow stopped, the sun shone fitfully
and a drying wind sprung up.
The Inauguration? Yes, it was all
that it could be indoors-solemn and
dignifled and impressive. The new
President and Vice President left the
Capitol Immediately after the forulall-
ties there and went to their special re-
viewing stand in front of the White
House, where, attended by fourteen
| Governors of States, members of Con-
gress, high Federal officials and for
eign ambassadors and ministers, they
acknowledged the tribute of the march
| ing men.
! Governor John Franklin Fort, of New
| Jersey and the seventeen persons acrs
companying him. who reached here at
$3.50 Wednesday night more than four
| hours behind schedule, were among this
party The Governors special car. at ~
| tached to the first section of the II .29
a. M train on the Pennsylvania out Of
Newark Wednesday. should have been
here at 4:15. Three other sections. carry
ing hundreds OF Jersey folk, arrived
long after the delayed gubernatorial
party The Essex troop. over the Bal
timore and Ohio arrived at Sis