Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-10-12
TAFT ROUGHS It
IN CALIFORNIA
Clothes Were Wet With Perspir-
alton, None Were Found Large
Enough to Replace Them-Has
Fine Time.

YOSEMITE, Cal, Oct. Slot, tired,
perspiring. but declaring that this is the
best that we have seen since we started
the trip" President Taft reached the Ser
tinel hotel, on the floor of Yosemite val
ley, at Has o'clock this morning.
The four-mile walk down descent Of
$500 feet. was made in exactly three hours,
the hotel at Glacier Point having been left
behind at $3.50 this morning. Coaches
met the party at the foot of the trail and
carried them aver the l5-minute ride to
the Sentinel, where a squad of Indians,
regular cavslrymen, cowboys and noun
taineers gave the president a rousing wei
come to the valley and then shook hands
all around before retiring to his room for
a rest.
When the president finally reached Yos-
emite he was so bathed in perspiration
that he had scarcely a dry stitch Of
clothing on him.
NO CLOTHES LARGE ENOUGH.
What was worse. the clothing at hand
was too small for the president to wear.
AS many another has done In like circum-
stances, the president simply took Off
! his wet clothing and went to bed, trust
ing to his valet to have the clothing dried
/ for him by the time he wanted 1t again.
Fortunately there was no local committee
waiting to see him. so he was able to rest
the presidential habiliments were drying.
An hour passed and Mr. Taft was on the
point of rising from bed and re-donnins
! his half-wet clothing when the bagga Sc
wagon which had been sent down by the
wagon road. numbered in and the situa-
ton was saved.
It was the eliminating accident in the
four days of roughing 1t in the mountains
during which Mr.. Taft had what Roose-
T4aI hTrl
time"-eating outdoors, retiring by candle
light to a hard cot bed. bathing in u
spring and climbing up and down the
mountains joshing the natives and living
off the country-that is to say, on the
products of the section-eggs, ham. chick
en-. corn bread, cold milk and fruits, with
all the frills of civilization tabooed. Aft
er luncheon the president again boarded
stage coach and had n drive around the
floor of the valley before departing for
FL Portel where he boarded the car May
flower. in which he is spending the night
preparatory to departing early tomorrow
for MERGED and Fresno. in each of which
pleaces he is billed for brief addresses
He will arrive in Los Angeles on Monday
morning.
Members of the California delegation
I to congress who have been accompany
ing him through the Yosemite having
, been urging the president TO make d
| trip to the Philippines in 1911. Mr.
Taft has no deeper interests than those
of the Philippines and he has listened
TO the suggestions of a trip to the is
lands with some enthusiasm.
MAY GO TO PHILIPPINES.
1t has been pointed out to the presi-
uent that he could make trip to the
| Philippines we'll inside of three months,
| by taking a fast cruiser and that he
would actually be away from Washing
ton but little longer than on his jour
| ney through the west.
1 II the president should decide to GO
/ II would be his idea to have large
congressional delegation precede so that
they might go over the island with him.
I The president is extremely anxious to
return there for visit. ~..
With a contemplated visit 10 Alaska
! next year and stop at Honolulu on the
way home, followed by the voyage to
ri Philippines in 1911 and an occas-
4 ional visit to Panama, President Tart
/ would easily set a new mark for presi-
Dental travel.