Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-02-14
Advises People to Pay No Heed
to Sensational Seekers After
Self ACKNOWLEDGMENT as Grill
les of Great Work,
SCORES CONGRESSMEN
FOR BUNCOMB SPEECHES
President-EIect Well Received
by Enthusiastic Southerners
on Journey From New Or
leans to Cincinnati,
IBy Morning Journal Special Lea.ea wir-l

JBy Morning journal Special Leased wirel
Birmingham, Ala, Feb. l3.--Talk- v
| ing through Louisiana, Mississippi
| and Alabama. like during campaign
days President-clect TAFT today had
The qualification which he evidently
enjoyed of being heartily received by
large and enthusiastic crowds who
had not voted for him. Several times
he made his appreciation plain. At
the same time he left touch of irony
as a reminder that his predictions had
surely come true, and not only did
the south seem willing to accept him
as their president but his greatest de-
sire was to be the president Of every
man, woman and child IN the nation,
There was one other burden on the
Taft mind today--a desire to show
utter contempt for what he termed
the baseless and hurtful criticisms OF
the work being done on the Panama
canal.
The geniality OF the Taft smile may
be seen in inns sentence in his address
ut Hattiesbnrg, Miss
II am delighted to- 80 YOU that
| am your president and YOU can not
help it, and If ever an opportunity
comes again to show it. 1t viii crafty
me to come down here to Hattiesburg,
named after, | doubt not, a beautiful
woman. and say to the people of Hat
tiesburg, come up to Washington and
we viii give you the right hand of
fellowship and Will show you that you
own Just as much of the White House
sttrI,t
president and indeed on the woman
who occupies it and runs it-as any
body
Il think, said MI Taft, "it is well |
that the governors of the states and |
the president of the United States |
should have close assosiation in |
order that in the great reforms to be |
accomplished in many directions. es |
pecially that of the conservation of our |
resources, there may be team work |
between the states and the United |
states, so that we shall all work to- |
gcther. Whoever you preferred for |
the election, | am willing to accept |
your kindly and hospitablc welcome |
as an indication that although some
body else was selected in spite of you,
You are willing to take me now rs Il
sort of a bad second. But seriously. |
my dear friends. it is very great
pleasure for me TO come into the
south and to receive the cordial wei
ONE, the cordial personal welcome. | |
may say that | have received at every |
hand by white and black in Georgia,
South Carolina, Louisiana and Mis-
'issippi and especially in Hatties-
burg
"The Panama canal is going to be
built" he said. "and what ! want you
% do, and what / want every Amer
can citizen to do is to stand by the
men who are building it, Don't set
fire in the rear don't distrust the
ncn who are giving up their strength
md energy and enterprise to put that
Srcat work through When you have
'gents who are doing your work you
tand behind them. If you don't, you
AN not get your work done. The
non who do your work are entitled to
our help and confidence and you
'ught not to allow yourselves to be
ed astray by buncomb speeches in
he house of representatives or by
headlines in sensational newspapers
md go back on the men that are do
ng your work.
II don't care whether you are dem
cratic or republicans, you want the
work done. and when the army cngi- !
leers who are doing this work arc
living all their time to carrying out
his work you are not the men to go
lack on them or to believe every idle |
tory that comes from the mouth of
ONE politician who is seeking to make
imself prominent or to give him
Elf the advertisement of little scp-
ational statement
That work is being done honestly |
know what | am talking about II :
'ill be built and all the wind opposi
ion that comes merely from a desire
o exalt and exploit the man who ;
makes himself responsible won't OBJ {
truct H.
Il know what the people of the Uni
I'd States want in that regard and !
lsofar as | have the power, as the
xecutiye of this country. / am GO
lg to push that work and | am go
* 10 stand behind the men who are
DING IL. And now gentlemen, you
ave gotten me into more heat than
expected but thank you very much y
'r your welcome
There was a cordial leave taking AT Z
lew Orleans this morning when the I
aft party departed. Slidell. La, Z
lrned out the first crowd 10 greet U
lc preside t-elect aud from that time
n he WAS almost constantly on the
FAR platform Of his train expressing
is pleasure with the crowds and {
liking to the people. I
Floral tributes. bon bOns and two !
We billy possums' constituted the /
resentations Of the day The pos .
inns were allowed To escape from
lelr wooden crate and take to the !
oods at niehtfall y
The two gigantic demonstrations of
ne day were at Hsttiesburg and Mer-