Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-11-05
Children Help
To Welcome Taft

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MACON, Ca, Nov. 4.-One of the in
spring sights of today in connection with
Taft day in Macon and at the Georgia
State fair was the part that the school
children or Bibb county and central Geor-
gia played in the program. Matters were
so arranged that every pupil in the city
saw the president and the procession from
some point of vantage.
Among the schools that turned out in
full, not counting the public schools. was
Mercer, Wesleyan, Mount de Sales acad
envy. the Appleton church home and 9th
ers
A feature of today was the presence of
the children with small American flags
in their hands. The fair association had
purchased and distributed among tho
schools over 5000 nags and early in the
morning they were given out. Each school
remained together during the parade and
the teachers were on hand with the chill
dren.
To Chairman James w. A. Galloway
and w. E. Dunwoody. of the reception
committees belong much of the praise for
the splendid arrangements. They went to
Superintendent c. B. Chapman, of tho
board of education, and secured his as
sent for long recess.
President Taft in his speech at the fair
grounds touched on the limitations placed
by the constitution upon the authority OF
the executive and declared that he did
not think 1t was the best method of re-
moving limitations that interfere with re-
forms by disregarding and ignoring the
statutes.
The president said he felt like it was
coming home to be In Georgia again, for
III was from Georgia that he went last
March to take the oath of Office in WASH
ington.
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my selection" began the president. Hs
was interrupted by voice in the crowd.
But we got you just the same"
YES" he replied, you took me in and
now you have got TO stand me a little
more than three years longer. But I will
try to make the burden as light as pos
sible."
The president declared that the Anglo
Saxon race through years of self-gov
be good losers and that the majority had
come to realize that 1t was bound by
certain limitations Of decency and patriot
ism which II must respect.
THE power OF the majority" the presi-
dent continued, should be used for the
benefit OF the people and the country and
not for exalting the person who Temporal
rily is vested with the authority to ex-
ercise IT."
the president said, had ben drawn will.
great foresight and wisdom and there
were few respects in which 1t could be
changed or improved upon.
"All that I have said" he went on,
brings me to a little sermon on the wis
dom and necessity of following the law as
it is. Sometimes in the zest and enthu-
siasm of desiring reforms, we find i'm
patience with the limitations of the status
that prevent the immediate accomplish
ment of our purpose and we are tempted
to disregard and ignore them.
"But I think you will agree with me
that that is not the best way to get rid of
ress. The people should be told of the
the necessity of wiping out these limita-
They should not leave II to the executive
to disregard the written law because
what he proposes to do is not law of
higher morality"
Such a disregard OF law. the president
said. would soon lead an executive into
a wilderness out of which he could not
guide himself
First make your law according to your
desires and ambitions" said the presi-
dent, land then follow it,
ct am telling you of these limitations
of the executive and of the duty of the
congress, because this winter 1 expect to
recommend a lot Of things to congress
and I want you to know where the re-
sponsibility lies If they fail to pass"
The president left at 1880 p. m. for
Savannah.