The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-03-25
IS
TAFT TOPIC
..n7 SPENDS STRENUOUS
ST. pATRIck's DAY AT
CHICAGO.
...,,iOaI Address Was to Immense
crowd at Auditorium !" ""'e"
.;dsnt Gives His Ideas Of Con-
,v.tion-Why He Wants With
drawaI Authority.

c,;cago, March 1S.-st. Patrick was
On ~. remembered in Chicago yes
no'au,' the brunt of the celebration
teIu1.' mon President Taft, who was
l' thoroughly tired man when MS tram
NV sor Rochester, N. Y. During the
Iel' ~, ~ cnoke to members of the Chi
Gay newspaper Club, to the Traffic
cay 20 mass meeting, to members
CIaO' nnosts of the Hamilton Club, and
anu Of functions provided by the
l", S fellowship Club, his host for the
day. tho nroc;don+
those increased ease in oratory was
WINS generally remarked, touched
quiz astatesmen correspondents" who
upV- facts to suit their views, and
'Ol .ho railway men of the Traffic Club
:" arrrassed his trust in the sense OF
~ -.;no of the American people. He
!" "arrod that he had learned more in
.so first year of his administration
wv, no could hope to assimilate in the
next three.
Speaks on Conservation.
Tho nrincipal speech of the day was
:. tho Auditorium, where thousands
ro+borad to hear and see. His topic
WAS Conservation.
aTbo conservation movement, said
NJ Taft loves its beginning to Theo-
aorp Roosevelt. prolonged applause.)
a # again You don't enjoy that any
roro than | do. Who was it inspired
Clifford Pinchot with his wonderful &C
rvitv of mind and body in forwarding
tho conservation movement? Cap
nIause) am in favor of giving credit
where credit belongs (applause) and
Of Withholding it where it does not be-
long.
There are people in the House and
in the Senate, conscientious, hard
working, prominent statesmen, who
look at the question of conservation
as it might have been looked at TWEEN
ty Or thirty years ago.
Mr. Taft Understands.
They still favor letting out the land
and getting the settlers on it, instead
Of a careful method of conservation
and preservation. | am not criticising
them They say that l don't under
stand and that we in the East don't
understand the situation because we
don't breathe the atmosphere of the
West Well, think we are convinc-
ing good many of them that we are
in the right and they are in the
wrong; but there are some who are
perfect AjaXes in debate that say they
Will continue to debate this question,
and will stand against the conserva-
aOn programme as long as their shoe
leather lasts.
What President Wants.
What want is an act of Congress
validating all the withdrawals of land
'nat nave been made, and giving me
power TO make such further withdraw
dis as ought to be made until Con-
sEess has determined the proper dis
position OF those lands"
Inc president said he was meeting
VppOSltlon from those who wish an
immediate disposal of land and those
'lU question the constitutional power
VI We president to make Withdrawals.
" W. OF his Withdrawals of 3,OOO,-
WV acres of oil land in California, the
PRESIDENT continued:
want to enable Congress to make
p, s.VpeI rules for the acquisition of
~AeS 10 these lands, and with refer.
s s.se 10 the prospecting over them, to
IND the oil.
"a. '0uches Moneyed Interests.
'W"' some gentlemen-and they
hru always the gentlemen with the
, s+s purses, who can do that sort of
ii. s because they can stand litiga.
rbor.s ore locating on that oil land, al.
fl su nave withdrawn it. The lit.
dos. CHOW does not do so because he
ara .a Nv want to face a lawsuit. We
stb ny. 70 get into litigation over lands
r,ba"n, and if it is decided the
Can sa power does not exist, you
BE- Nv where the embarrassment will
and W. If the power does not exist
tla ,a squatters have the right to fix
IND Tue land, we will wake up to
Wien 81 seat deal Of that land gone
keen :. ~ On act of Congress we can
leve w., ~ the public domain and re
rsssnO ourselves from any such embar.