Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-10-05

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presidents train today was at Red
ding, where he addressed a big crowd.
among them a large number of school
children. At that place Taft was met
by Governor Gillette and a. COMMITTEES
of business men from the bay cities,
who welcomed the president. Today's
program includes a stop at Sacrament
to, where reception will be held In
the state capitol.
Busy Day at Portland.
Portland, Ore, Oct, 4.--Presidens
Taft yesterday preached another ser.
mon. The scene had changed from
the Mormon tabernacle at Salt Lake
on Sunday last to the corner stone lay.
ing of the First Universalist church In
East Portland
The president handled the silver
trowel and worked hard to see that
the stone was properly adjusted. His
apparent earnestness in setting the
stone called out great applause from
the open air audience. The president
referred to his various church expert
ences and in concluding said:
tsNo church in this country. how.
ever humble it may be, that breaches
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morality, will lack my earnest support
to make it more influential whenever
opportunity Offers"
The presidents train left at e:1o p.
m. over the Southern Pacific railway
for Sacramento, Cal.
Has Truly Religious Day.
Mr.. Taft had truly religious day,
4 which hQDpn mhnp hn ott hn
morning services at the First Unitari.
an church in Portland and listened to
a sermon by the Rev. w. G. Eliot. Jr.
Following this service the president
was the guest of honor at luncheon
rendered by Senator Bourne. whose
other guests were the various state
and city officials.
4 In the early afternoon the president
visited st. Mary's Roman Catholic
i school and made a five minute address
i to the school children, in which he de-
clared tina. loyalty to the church
meant fidelity to the country.
The line Of march followed by the
4 presidential party to East Portland
was almost as crowded as were the
streets on Saturday, and there was
hand clapping all along the way. with
some cheering by the more enthusi.
astic in the Sunday throng.
After the president had been intro
duced at the corner stone lay by the
Rev. James Corby, pastor of the
church, he said
ri don't know that any one ques-
tions the propriety of my being here
and officiating on such an occasion az
this, or that an explanation OF any
sort Is called for, but want to say
: that I believe 1t to be the duty OF the
,Ipresident Of these United States to
. welcome and to suggest every instru-
ment by which the morals and re-
d ligion of the community may be eIes
waited and maintained
5 Likes All Denominations.
mot long ago | offlciated at the
corner stone laying Of an othodox
!. Congregational church in Washing
: ton. Then appeared in the pulpit of a
!, , Jewish tabernacle at Pittsburg. But a
few days ago helped to lay the cor
ner stone of a Catholic institution at
Helena, Mont
!. "And now it is my great pleasure to
: assist here today in laying the corner
Z stone Of this Universalist church.
! which, like my own church, the Uni.
:, tartan church, is known as a liberal
/ church.
7 'T am glad always to be present at
such occasions as these, for / believe
the cornerstone of modern civilization
must continue to be religion and NOR
. atty"
e The president told some OF his ex-
v periences with the Catholic church in
t the Philippines and then said that on
q the occasion OF his visit to Rome he
J. ventured to say to the pope that while
n in America the sentiment was strong
for the separation of church and
Estate, there was nothing in the Amer
lean government or American people
that opposed the church or it's highes,
:. development; that in no European
= country had the Catholic church
y fiourished as ii had in America: that
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