Arizona republican., 1909-10-02
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The President at Tacoma, Where He Was Cordially Greeted North Is Still Kicking About His Alas kan Utterances

Tacoma, Oct. 1.-After spending two days in and about Seattle, the presi- dent came to Tacoma tonight, and re- ceived from the audience that thronged the big armory. one of the most cor dial greetings of his trip. The presi- dent was entertained at dinner at the Union club. after making the trip from Seattle on board the yacht Fl Primero, owned by Chester Thorne The tor pedo boat destroyer Perry escorted the yacht.
 Before leaving Seattle. the president paid a last visit to the exposition to view the big live stock exhibit All the prize cattle. horses. pigs and sheep were on view. their heads and horns decorated with blue ribbons. Mir. Taft apparently found great interest in the exhibition and spent more than twice the length of time originally, allotted to it. He patted some of the big cattle and horses on the heads and asked many questions of breeders Finally, from the judges stand. he made a brief speech amid a chorus of bleats and grunts. and the lowing of kline compli- menting the exhibitors on their fine showing and the progress made in this country in the last fifteen years in the way of scientific farming and breed ing
 From the exposition grounds, the president motored to the Seattle Country Club where he took lunch and spent the early afternoon on the golf links. The sail on the sound from Seattle to Tacoma occupied two hours.
 Mir. Taft today promised to attend another exposition to be held on the Pacific coast in 1915, in celebration of the pompleteion of the Panama canal.
 MT. Taft said the date was beyond his term of office, but that his in terest in the Panama canal and in the extension trade on the Pacific which that he readily gave his promise to attend. The invitation was extended by Col. D. c. Collier. director general of the Panama California exposition which is to be held in San Diego, Cali fornia, the nearest western coast city to the Pacific entrance of the canal: and George Burnham. director of the exposition company. These gentlemen assured Mir Taft he would find a cor dial welcome at San Diego. and ex- pressed on behalf of the people of San Diego their regret that Mir. Taft had found it impossible to include that city in the itinerary of the present trip.
 President Tafts unqualified state ment in his speeches delivered here that the Panama canal would be com pleted in 1915. aroused great enthus- iasm as the entire Pacific coast is ex- pecting to profit greatly by the short all-water route from the eastern sea board and the openeing of European markets to this section. All of the South and Central American countries, especially those of the west coast, are to be invited to take a pretentious part in the Panama Exposition. The ex-I tension of trade between the United States and South America, the presi dent declared, was another feature of the exposition which elicited his deep interest
 When the president left here at mid night and headed to the south. he had completed 5000 miles of his 13.O00 mile journey In the matter elapsed time, however. his journey was less than one third completed.
 The presidents outspoken opposition to self government for Alaska unques- tionably created something of a sen- sation in this section and came right on the heels of the dispatch of a mon ster petition from Alaska asking his support in favor of home rule in that. far away possession. The speech has been widely discussed and has attract ed greater interest in MT. Taft's an nouncement that he would personally visit Alaska next year to see condi tions for himself It is understood that the president will make no speci fic recommendations to congress for legislation affecting that territory until after his visit.
 The president will arrive in Portland at seven o'clock tomorrow morning and after spending two days there will con- tinue his Journey to the southwark The turn toward the east will be made at Los Angeles the night of october twelfth :, Asa4bR