Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-09-09
BIG CONSERVATION
CONGRESS OPENS
PRESIDENT TAFT ADDRESSES
TWO VAST THRONES IN CiTX
OF ST. PAUL.
REVIEWS LABOR DAY PARADE
Governors, Politicians, Educators and
Other Prominent Men Present
BY the Score At the
Convention.
REVIEWS LABOR DAY pARAD'

Saint Paul, Mimi, Sept. 5.-Govern;
ors of more than dozen states, Unit,
ed States senators of this and adjoin'
ing commonwealths, the mayor OF st.
Paul and the Mayor of Minneapolis,
with the officers of the National Con-
servation Congress and the reception
committee Of prominent ST. Paul citi-
zens greeted President Taft as he step
ped from his private car in Union Sta
ton, st, Paul, this morning.
Surrounded by this committee OF
prominent personages, intermingling
with whom were a half dozen secret
service men, dozen detectives
picked from the forces of other cities
and as many more from the st. Paul
department, the president was hurried
to an exit of the station where he
entered an automobile and was taken
to the reviewing stand in Rice Park
opposite the poStoiiice where he wit.
messed the Labor Day Parade. A troop
of United States cavalry from Fort
Smelling acted as the presidents es.
cort.
In the automobile with the president
were Governor Eberhart of Minnesota
and Mayor Herbert p. Keller of st.
Paul. AS the Presidents car sped up
Fourth street thousands stood on the
sidewalks and welcomed him with
cheers. The president bowed his &C
ceptance and his well known smile
was much in evidence. He seemed
pleased with the great display of the
national colors and flags and the first
view he got of his own picture beside
that of Theodore Roosevelt brought
forth good natured grin.
The time of the Presidents arrival
in st. Paul had beer changed from
to o'clock and throw the arrange
ments OF ST. Paul's labor men slightly
out of gear. The Labor Day Parade in
this city always had started at 9
o'clock and this had to be changed to
give the president an opportunity OF
breakfasting in his car.
Governors, senators and others of
the receiving party followed the presi-
dent to Rice Park in automobiles and
at once took positions behind him in
the reviewing stand. Here the secret
service men and detectives were again
on the alert. Delegates to the con-
gress from all over the United States
were in the great crowd that surround
ed the reviewing stand and cheered
the president Justify when he APP
peared. The president bowed his ac-
acknowledgement.
1t was 9:45 when the first band at
come into sight playing Hail to the
Chief" George H. Becker chief mar
shall of the parade saluted the presi-
dent as he passed the reviewing stand
at the head of the parade Then
came the thousands of union men
with their flying banners and cheercd
as they passed the president.
When the parade was over the pre-
sident was hurried to private en-
trance to the auditorium where thou
sands OF voices cheered his appearance
ON the stage to address the Conser-
tation Congress. His speech complet-
ed, the president left the great audi
forum midst storm of applause. He
again entered an automobile and was
conveyed to the new ST. Paul hotel
where he was shown to his suite for
a short rest :.
f. Following luncheon with the COVER
nors and other prominent men, the
president again entered an automobile
and was conveyed to the state fair
grounds where he spoke before nam
moth crowd in the grandstand,
Governor Eberhart delivered the adj
dress OF welcome to the president on
behalf Of the state in tie auditorium