The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-07-09
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GREAT NATIONS
United States, Great Britain
and France Join in Cham
plain Celebration.
SPEECH OF THE PRESIDENT
COMPLIMENTS FOR THE PEOPLE
AND STATE OF VERMONT.

Burlington, VT, July president
Tafts participation in the lake Cham
plain tercentenary celebration ended
today and he left here late tonight en-
route to Washington. where. tomorrow
afternoon he VIII plunge again into the
intricacies Of the tariff at 2 meeting
with house and senate leaders concern
ing the consideration of the measure
which is soon TO be begun.
The president declared in his speech
here today that the Champlaiu celebra-
ton would iii a unique place in his
tory as the memorial of renewed eX-
preston of the amity between Great
Britain, France and the United States.
The French ambassador, NJ. Jusse-
rand, the British ambassador, Mr..
Bryce; Governor Hughes Of New York,
Governor PrOuty of Vermont and POST
master General Lemieux of Canada
spoke in addition to President Taft.
During the afternoon the president
witnessed the Indian pageant of Hia-
watha given on floats near the Yacht
club wharf. Tonight with the other
visitors, the president was a guest at
a banquet
Speech Of the President,
President Taft, after paying compH-
ments to the people and state Of Yer
mont for their history and achievements,
in his speech at City Hall park, said.
"A man who can claim Vermont line
age has something to be proud OF. My
father knew every man IN the state OF
Ohio that had come from Vermont, and
there is something aboue Vermont men.
whether you meet them in California
or Ohio, or any state-and they are in
I every state-that makes between them
a bond almost equal TO a bond Of Free
Masonry.
Now, my friends, ] am not in the
/ theatrical business, and have not fully
understood. until the last three days.
what is meant by & continuous show.
/ Now 1 know. and It affects differently
/ those who are engaged I'm # and those
who come in only at one time.
Humorous Suggestion.
Il don't mean to make that harmo-
niOus union between the governors Of
/ New York and Vermont, and that L
| hope viii continue to be preserved, any
more difficult by suggesting a solution
/ Of a problem about to rise in respect
] 10 the place where the monument to
I Samuel Champlain is to be put. / su6-
{ gested last night that IL might be well
/ TO submit to a committee, consisting Of
l the French ambassador, the English
/ ambassador and the chief executive Of
/ the United States, and we might then
/ reach a conclusion that would be salts
/ factory 10 nobody 7 do not know how
/ you are going To satisfy everybody un-
| less YOU make Champlain a Colossus Of
/ Rhodes and put on foot on New YORK
/ and one foot in Vermont
- Champlain a Hero.
My friends. this is a most unique
] and msuy-sided memorial I know
/ has run through your minds, as there
/ has through mine this morning, the
/ happy feeling Of being present 10 hear
such beautiful speeches from the heart
as we have heard. We meet TO celebrate
an event and a man on whose life, and
| on the acts Of whose life, turned in a
way which he little expected the whole
! settlement of this country. We meet
/ here to celebrate his virtues and TO
/ congratulate France. his country, as
one that could produce such a hero.
But the feature Of this memorial
/ that I think is so unique is the gather
. ing here fin amity. in peace and in a
union that cannot be torn apart, three
/ great powers. England, Frauch and the
/ United States. and with England's fair
| est daughter, the Dominion of Canada
/ 7 ask you where in all the history Of
/ memorials can you find one that i'm
/ that respect viii match this2'
Ambassador Bryce delivered the ora
I ton OF the day. the others Of the visit
/ ing party. including the president, Am
/ bassador Jusserand, Governor Hughes
I and Postmaster General LemieuZ Of
/ Canada. speaking briefly. The weather
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