The Washington herald., 1909-03-20

moderate ncrtherly, shifting to
northeasterly, winds.
tonight without a sneaking pleasure in
the thought that he has deceived the
speakers. But Il does carry pain TO the
subject because he is now facing the
greatest responsibility that can come TO
an American citizen. II is a great deal
better TO leave an Office with the plaudits
OF ones countrymen than to enter upon
Il with them. There is such a great op-
portunity OF failure. or opportunity OF a
cead level OF doing nothing, thai look
forward TO the next four years
The rest or the sentence was not TO be
heard In the tumult OF cries Of Eight
years. eight years." that swept the room
Mr.. Taft smiled. bowed slightly. and
waited. When he could go on he said:
II l attend 10 the next four years I'll
oe doing ali that Is In the contract. 3"
There were more yells OF Eight years"
and shouts OF -Four aren't enough" and
then President Taft continued:
and the next four years can take
care OF themselves.
The cheers when he stopped speaking
were tumultuous He left the room by a
sioe door shortly after he had finished.
Attends Meeting at Yale.
President Taft ran up to New Haven
this morning and attended a meeting Of
the corporation OF the university. Of
which he is a member. A good many
Yale men have feared that President Taft
would retire from the university's gov
erning body. but he made 1t plain at the
4fx.r~ To -
OF giving up the place.
He told some OF his friends that his
duties and associations on the Yale cor
poratioD were among the pIeasantest or
his life. and he would be most reluctant
20 give them up There Is nothing OF
cou-sa. In the Constitution Of the United
States, or the statutes, that prevent him
from serving on the governing body OF
Yale.
A great crowd had gathered along
Meadow and Church streets, and when
they heard that the President had taken
another route there was a great rush for
the college green, Several thousand got
there IN time 20 cheer the President as
his carriage passed
As the Taft carriage passed the law
school Yale undergraduates, several hun
dred strong. sent I'D a cheer, with Taft!
Taft Taft'' tackled on the end.
Disappear in HndIey's office.
President HadIey, Of Yale. met the
President on the steps Of Woodbridge
Hall The two shook hands, and disap-
peared into President Hadley's Office with
their arms linked
The corporation meeting lasted until
about ! O'Clock in the afternoon. After
II was over the ivy committee OF the
senior class called on President Taft at
Mr.. Hadley's Office and asked that Mr.
Taft send them a slip Of ivy from the
White House to be planted by the class
next June This Is the way the Yale O9
viii celebrate the first advent Of a son Of
Eli into the White House Mr.. Taft will
send the plant
When President Taft left Woodbridge
Hall with President Hadley he found him
self face TO face with about 1000 under
graduates who. notwithstan nding the re-
quest that there should be no celebration. /
had felt compelled to drop around and
Whoop II up for Taft just once or twice |
DisIilzes SpeechmakinG.
He said that he hoped 10 attend every
meeting Of the corporation, but he gave
the Yale boys a sly dig by admitting that
he was afraid he would have to discon-
tinue the practice IL the price OF coming
was to be a speech every time. President |
Taft stopped in Trumbull street long
enough to 90 up TO the doorstep Of Pror |
Wheeler's house and shake hands with 4
him and his wife
The President had luncheon az the Had
house Others . -.
Timothy Dwight. ex-president OF the uni 4
'ersity, and Mrs Dwight: Capt Archibald l
Butt Rev. Joseph II. Winchel, Rev. Z. /
!. Parker of Hartford. Alfred Lawrence /
Ripley. OF Boston: Lieut. Gov. Weeks
and Mrs. Anson PheIpes Stokes.
president Taft left New Haven at $50 4
1clock for New York. His son Robert.
who IS a senior at Yale: President Had
ey, and one or two others accompanfed
him back to New York
A big crowd had gathered at the Grand
Central Station. The Secret Service men
md the detectives took President TAFT
'ut through the baggage room. but the
,rowd poured out into Vanderbilt place.
ne President was driven at once TO the
W. Taft house. in West Forty-eighth
street. where he remained until 1t was
line for him 10 go to the Yale alumni
Inner at the Waldorf
Look for a Summer Home.
Mrs. Taft and Miss Mabel Boardn,an
Who came to New York from Washington
With the President. have gone on 10
5oston- 1t is understood that Mrs. Taft
intends 10 look at some summer homes
N the north shore OF Cape Cod. Presi-
lent Taft has not picked out a place for
lis summer home yet. He had spent his
ummers for several years az Murray Kav.
n Canada. but custom. Of course pre-
ludes him from going there.
President Taft was to-day grieved 70
lear Of the probable fatal accident 70
Aeut- Semmes Reid. his naval aid The
resident sent message of sympathy to
ne young officer as soon as ne heard OF
ne accident, and asked for fun particu
ars in regard to his condition. While he
vas In New Haven the President also
ook the trouble to call the local hospital
n the telephone and inquire OF the con
ltion OF one Of Yales Filipino students.
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