The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-03-08
He Walked to Church Yester-
day When the congrega-
ton Expected Him to Ar
rive in a Big Motor Car.
GUARDED BY SLEUTHS
WHO WORE SILK HATS
The Storers Called at the
White House Sunday for the
First Time Since the Quar-
rel With Roosevelt.

Washington, March S.-President
Taft had sunny spring day for his
first Sunday at the White House. He
discarded the big gasoline automobile
he used during the recent rough wealth
err. and walked to and from church, and
later about the city in the afternoon.
His appearance on foot at the All Souls
Church, caused surprise among the
crowd, who we're expecting him to ar
rive in the motor, and in his walk
about the city he was trailed by num-
Der of persistent sightseers.
Charles p. Taft OF Cincinnati, was
his companion during the day. and
went to church with him. Mrs. Taft
did not appear.
Following the custom Of President
Roosevelt, President Taft left church
directly upon the conclusion of the SER
mon, which Dr.. Ulysses Grant Pierce
proached from this text in the third
chapter OF Exodus: PUT off thy shoes
from thy feet. for the ground upon
which thou standest is hold ground"
No Personal Sermons.
There was no personal reference to
tha distinguished member Of the con-
gregation. DR.. Pierce said later: II
do not believe in preaching personal
sermons. and no reference to the pres
ident or any other member OF my con-
gregation will appear in my dis
courses"
Speaking OF his and President Taft's
religious Views. DR.. Pierce said that
he had been greatly annoyed during
the late campaign by being called upon
to explain the simplest tenets of Uni
tariAnism.
President Taft" he continued, sis
not the first member OF our church
to be ohief executive of the United
States. Both the Adamses, Thomas
Jefferson and Willard Fillmore were
Unitarians. and Mr.. Fillmore was a
communicate OF this church, which
was established in 1924. Mr.. Taft's
father was among the other prominent
members Of All Souls congregation
Visited BY the storers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bellamy Storer. of Gin
cinnati. called at the White House last
evening and had tea. This is the first
time they have been there since the
controversy with President Roosevelt
over making Archbishop Ireland Car
dtnal, which resulted in Mr.. Storer's
recall as ambassador to Italy.
With the cabinet selected and sworn
in, Washington awaits with great in
terest the developments Of the next few
days, which are expected to determine
the personalities who will control the
more intimate workings OF the execu-
tive circle and the establishment OF
the new social regime. No president
has begun his administration with less
private acquaintance with his cabinet
than Mr.. Taft. There is no member
OF the cabinet. whom Mr.. Taft has ev-
er called by his first name, no member
OF 1t from his state, and perhaps not
more than one or two members with
whom his acquaintance is Of more than
q few years standing. Having ,se-
lected his official advisory body more
with view to their regulations for
fitness and political expediency than
from his personal intimacy with them,
Washington naturally attaches an add
ed value to those other men not Of the
cabinet. whom the president viii gath
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