The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-25
A Beautiful Valley.


I'VE have come down through your
beautiful valley. 1 congratulate you
on the wealth it shows and on the IN
dustry and the toiling hours that IL
indicates the inhabitants OF TINS val
ley have given to the PRODUCTION oi
the wealth which is yours. con-
graduate you on the institutions OF
learning that you have. l congratulate
you on every evidence that you are 4
community of law, ABIDING Dy IH5 law ,
of your country and determined tldI
every community of which you are d
part shall be a lawful community
q cannot speak too emphat1cauy on
this subject. because at times there
is a disposition to tTample down law,
with the theory that we reach some
greater object: but, on the WnOle, II
will be found that the best way TO 90,
if the laws are not right, is 70 opey
them and repeal them, but. III the time
holding the law UP as something 10 De
respected until by the popular voice
YOU shall change 1t; because II you
destroy the effect of the law then you
might as we'll give up government L
And if we are not to have government
and are to have anarchy and socialism
to be governed by committee that Is
going TO appOrtIOn what DelOheS W
each man. and not allow the Ordinary
Ia We of SuDDIv and demand and OF re-
ward for Industry and a lack of re
ward for negligence apply, then an 1
have got to say is that ! want 10 De
ON the committee that makes the ap-
portionment. CLaughter.)
Now, friends, l have taxed a gree
deal longer than I intended 10, put
when YOU have got an audience that
responds as well as you do, why lhsI
is temptation to go on ana continue 70
talk (Applause). I can only adu
renewed expression of my gratitude Tor
vour cordial reception and say. as you
have said God bless our President i
saw God bless the people OF Provo
lFxtended aDplauSe.)
Gfter taking his seat. the President
arose and said zone thing / torSOI
to say. that is in my heart 70 say
have Just said It without asking any
permission-is to cohgLatiula'g ( 40 not tt
the beauty of your choir. l. 90 hOt
know Now it affected "a good many OF
Won when they sang that Blue DdnutDt +,
hut I could not keep my heelS sun
CADDIausc and laughter
u t,-ss OILS when the President con-
c15,ded his sDeech- and then the hanu-
shaking began, which lasted untH L r illIit-
utes of O'Clock. During this time Pres
ident Taft grasped the hand of nearly
o a50 rersons and when it was necessary
no st0p and rush for the train, there WeIg
probably 5000 waiting IN the pulIdlus anu
outside the doors. The BreslueHl' eCSOL N
panied by Captain Butt his personal alde
and James Sloan. jr., OF the secret SCI
vice took his place at the toot OF tht
stairs. and for nearly 40 minutes ne Snuo On
hands at the rate OF % 10 % d HiiIlute a
the lines were formed anu 1Ie pSOPi0 "O'e
10 one was allowed to pause for an in
slant as the line passed by, but no one
was overlooked. Occasionally. IN the
rush. some one would be forced past the
President unnoticed by his aides. but the
President noticed, and more than once
ne reached for a hand which had been
tjTnid1L- fbTust forward and missed" 1t
was at the special request of the Presl-
dent that arrangements were made so
that he might shake hancs with each
member of the choir, and TO some OF IheH
the President expressed again his pleas
lIre at hearing their selections.