Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-02
EXECUTIVE HAS
STRENUOUS DAY
ON WAY SOUTH
TAFT ARRIVES AT TACOMA
FROM SEATTLE
WILL REACH PORTLAND AT 7
O'CLOCK TODAY
President Makes Speech, Attends Ex-
hibit, Visits Club, Plays Golf,
Rides on Yacht and Goes
to Banquet
rBy Associated Press.l

iourning two days in and about
Il Seattle, President Taft came to
Tacoma tonight, and received from an
audience that thronged the big ar
mony one of the most cordial greet
ings of his trip.
The president was entertained at
dinner at the Union club after making
the trip from Seattle on board the
yacht Ell Primero, owned by Chester
Thorne. The torpedo boat destroyer
Perry escorted the yacht.
Before leaving Seattle the president
paid last visit to the exposition 10
view the big live stock exhibit. All
the prize cattle, horses, pigs and sheep
were on view, their heads and horns
decorated with blue ribbons.
Mr.. Taft apparently found great IN
terest in the exhibit and spent more
than twice the length of time orlgl-
nally allotted to it. He patted some
of the big cattle and horses on the
head and asked many questions of the
breeders.
Finally from the judges stand he
made a brief speech, amid chorus
of bleats and grunts and the lowing
of kline complimenting the eXhlpltors
on their fine showing and the progress
made in this country in the last nj
teen wears in the way of sclentlnc
farming and breeding.
Visits Country Club
From the exposition grounds the
president motored to the Seattle
Country club, where he took luneh
and spent the early afternoon on the
golf links. The sail on the sound from
Seattle to Tacoma occupied Two hours.
President Taft today promised TO
attend another exposition to be held
on the Pacific coast in 1915 in celepra-
tion of the completion of the Panama
canal Mr.. Taft said the date was
bevond his term of office, but that
his interest in the Panama canal ana
| in the extension of trade on the "a
| cific had been so great for so MANY
wears that he readily gave his prom
| Use to attend.
Theeinvitation was extended by Col.
n q Collier. director general OF the
| Panama California exposition, Which
is to be held in San Diego, Cal'' Ine
| nearest western coast city 10 tne To-
cific entrance of the canal, and George
Bnrnham. director of the exposition
These gentlemen assured Mr.. Taft
that he would find a cordial welcome
at San Diego and expressed on pellall
| of the people of San Diego their re-
! eret that Mr.. Taft had found 1t I'M
possible to include that city IN the
| itinerary of his present trip.
president Taft's unqualified state
ment in his speeches delivered here
that the Panama canal would be COM
pleted in 1915 aroused great en-
| thusiasm, as the entire racine coast
| is expecting to proht greatly py lne s
| short all-water route from the eastern
seaboard and the opening of European
markets to this section.
| All of the South and Central Amefl-
can countriess especially those OF the
west coast, are to be invited to take
! a pretentious part in the Panama ex-
position.
The extension of trade between the
Tinted States and South America, the
president declared, was announcer
| feature of the exposition which elected
his deep interest.
When the president left here at mid
| night and headed TO the south, ne had
| completed 5000 miles of his 1o,OOO-mlle
| journey. In matter of elapsed tlne'
| however. his journey was less than one-
| third completed.
The presidents outspoken opposition
to self-government for Alaska unques-
tionably created something of sensa-
| ton in this section and came right on
! the heels of the dispatch of a monster
netition from Alaska asking his sup
port in favor of home rule in that far
away possession. The speech has been
widely discussed and has attracted
| greater interest in Mr.. Taft's announce
ment that he would personally visit
1 Alaska next year to see conditions for
himself.
1t Is understood the president will
! make no specific recommendations to
\ congress for legislation affecting the
territory until after his visit.
! The president has taken particular
pains to let it be known that he has
a deep interest in Alaska and that he
feels the people there have been some
what neglected in the past His posi-
/ ton in favor of government help in
I building railroads to help open up the
vast area of the territory has been re-
ceived with enthusiasm.
The president will arrive in Portland
i at o'clock tomorrow morning. and
after spending two days there will con-
tinue his journey to the southward. The
4 turn toward the east will be made
l from Los Angeles the night of Oc-
tober II.
Speaks at Finner
President Taft spoke at a dinner
i last night in the Washington State
! building at the worlds fair attended
by 500 guests. Much of his talk was
humorous and referred to Seattle's
dynamic force and ability to push her
way to the front. He then referred to
j Secretary Ballinger, who had made a
brief address earlier in the evening.
The president said
"I am grateful to him for coming
i into my cabinet. / wish to testify in
the presence of his friends and neigh
bors to the sincere and high esteem
in which l hold his services to the
government"
Mr.. Taft took up the criticism that
the administration was not carrying
| out the Roosevelt policies and said:
'T am bound to admit that Mr..
Roosevelt's knowledge of the west was
greater than I could have, for, he had
lived in the west and loved X better
? than he did his own home in the east,
but | was In the Roosevelt cabinet
four years and became imbued with
the determination to carry out the
Roosevelt policies as l understood
them.
mo one can have a higher opinion
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