Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-24
ROW OVER PRESIDENT
GentiIes Object to Sunday
Speech in Tabernacle.
PLANS QUICKLY CHANGED
He May Address Mormons Tomorrow
Afternoon Instead.
RELIGIOUS FEELING IS HIGH
Colorado's Citizens Want Him to
Promise Aid in Great Irriga-
tion Projects. !
RELIGIOUS FEELING IS HIGH

SALT LAKE CITY. September e.
ton and entertainment of President
Taft. who is scheduled to arrive in Salt
Lake at 3 o'clock this afternoon. have
undergone some notifications. The
original program embraced an address
by the President at the Mormon Taber.
nacle and a review of school children
of Salt Lake on the Sabbath day
The Christian ministers of Salt Lake
recently expressed their disapproval OF
this particular feature of the program
In formal resolution.
More recent arrangements will permit
the President to rest Sunday forenoon
at his hotel until II o'clock. at which
time his special train is scheduled to
leave for Ogden. Utah.
HELPER, Utah. September 24-Still in
pursuit of the setting SUM- President Taft's
journey brought him into Utah today to
be welcomed by the governor the sena-
tors and representatives in Congress, and
committee of citizens. who came from
Salt Lake City to Helper in a special
car, which was attached here to the Taft
special train.
The Presidents first scheduled stop will
be at Provo, short distance east Of Salt
Lake City, where he will spend forty-five
minutes. He will arrive at Salt Lake City
at 4:3O pm, to remain there until Sunday
noon.
Religious Feeling Aroused.
1t has been reported that there is con-
siderable feeling among the Gentiles OF
salt Lake City over the fact that Presi-
dent Taft is to speak in the Mormon ia b.
ernacle Sunday. The feeling between the
Gent1les and the Mormons is said to be
stronger and more bitter at this time than
| II mas been In several years and the Presi-
dent will be fortunate If he goes through
ms two-oay stay In the city without Of
tending one sect or the other Senator
Smoot is at the head Of the reception com.
mittee and the entertainment is likely "a
smack of pro- Mormonism
| word has come indirectly to the Pre0.
oents party that the Christian ministers
OF Salt Lake City would like to have Mr..
Iaft attend Christian church Sunday.
| he is scheduled to attend an organ re-.
cltal at the tabernacle Saturday afternoon
and 1t is possible that all the thorns nav
be pulled out Of the situation by the Presi.
dent delivering his address at this Satur.
day afternoon meeting in the tabernac cia
and attending another church SUNDAY.
Notning or an official character, however
mas oeen given out in regard to a change
of plans.
extraordinary precautions are being
taekn by all the western railroads for
taken by all the western railroads for
Over , the passes and steep grades of the
ROCKY mountains. and in fact ever since
ne LETT Denver. the presidential train has
oeeh preceded by a pilot train and fol.
lowed by a loose engine''
=; n. Schlacks vice president and gen.
eral manager Of the Denver and Rio
Grande system. attached his own car To
the President.s train at Denver, and will
go through with him to Salt Lake City.
Going to Fort Douglas
The President and his party will h.
escorted upon their arrival in Salt Lake
City this afternoon by company of the
National Guard to the Knutsford Hotel.
Within half an hour of his arrival the
President will leave in an automobile for
Fort Douglas. where he will review the
troops and attend a banquet at the fort,
saturday his program will include
motor trip about the city, a visit TO the
well known salt-air bathing resort q
luncheon at the Country Club and
game of golf. a public reception at the
Commercial Club, the organ recital In the
tabernacle and a dinner at the Alta Club,
sunday morning the President is sched-
uled to review living flag of children
in Tabernacle square. besides delivering
an address In the tabernacle
The President came through his stren-
uous day in Colorado well and his physi-
clan has promised him now that his voice
will hold out in good shape through tho
trip.
The President was greatly impressed
with his trip through the irrigated desert
districts Of Colorado and he is more firm
ly resolved than ever to find way in
the next Congress of legalizing the pro-
jectS that have been halted by Secre-
tary Ballinger because of their lack Of
legal tactics. The President was espe-
cially impressed with the possibility for
good that is to come from the complies
ton of the Gunnison tunnel. The Colo
RADIO people were hot on his trail yester-
day to get him to make a definite PROM
ise in regard to the completion of the
big work that has been held up near
Grand Junction. but the best the Presl-
dent would do was to promise to take It
Bids Farewell to Colorado.
When he left Grand Junction early this
morning. the President bade farewell to
the picturesque escort of thirty-two Col
orado sheriffs. He paid the sheriffs
high compliment and declared to one OF
his audiences yesterday that the friend
ship of the sheriff was always a good
thing to cultivate.
President Taft, on the eve OF his de-
parture from Beverly. a little more than
a week ago, said he expected to make
seventy-five speeches on his trip Of eight
weeks. When he made short address
at Montrose. Col, last night his total
speeches had reached fifty. Car-end stops
have been far more frequent than was
anticipated and the President has re-
cnondad whereyer nOSSible. to the never.