The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-03-18
President Taft Is Principal Speaker at Six
Events in the City of Chicago
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF UNITED STATES KEPT BUSY
In One Address Executive Deals With the Policy Of Con-
servation and Declares That Many Representatives
Of the West Have Wrong Conception Of the
Matter---A Very Tired Man.

Chicago. March Il st Patrick was
notably remembered in Chicago today
the brunt Of the celebration failing up-
on President TAFT. who was thor
oughly tired man when his train left
tonight for Rochester. =. Y. During
the day he spoke a. members Of the
Chicago Newspaper club, To the Traf-
fic club. To "A mass meeting. to mem
Ders and guests of the Hamilton club.
and twice at functions provided by
the Irish Fellowship club. his host for
the day.
In these speeches the president.
whose increased ease In oratory was
quite generally remarked touched upon
statesmen correspondents" who col
ored facts To suit their views and to
railway men OF the traffic club he
tice of the American People. He
avorred that he had learned more In
the first year OF his administration
than he could hope To assmllate In the
next three.
In an informal talk at the first of
the two entertainments provided by
his hosts--a luncheon at noonday-his
weariness unconsciously erept into his
speech
when arrived here yesterday"
he said. but the slip caused nothing
more than a smile of which the presl-
dent seemed unconscious. II probably
seemed that he had been here two
days. for the forenoon had been
crowded with oratory and handshaking
enough for AZ hours.
Speaking OF the prosperity OF the
country the president referred TO ad
yances made In the south.
Little Chance.
Il like 10 dwell upon that" said the
speaker because down in the south
there was IA time when she was hind
cred and had seemingly little chance
of any real progress. But now she
Ii making more progress than any of
us, east, west or north. And ! know
that you. northerners that you are.
welcome that fact because you realize
there was a time when she did not
have quite fair showing"
The presidents brother, Charles =.
Taft, unobtrusivey edged into the
crowd during the reception given by
the newspaper club and was also
present at the luncheon A harp of
shamroeks sent from Ireland by John
Redmond, the Irish nationalist leader,
was presented TO the guest of honor.
AT the conclusion of this luncheon,
although II was time for him to start
for the mass meeting at the Auditor
ium. the president sought his room for
half an hour of quiet Crowds made
the hotel corridors noisy. but police
men stationed at the door of the presI-.
Dental suite warned all who CHANGED
to pass 10 cease talking. When the
president reappeared he seemed much
refreshed and there was nothing Of
wariness apparent in his manner when
he began his address to the thousands
who had gathered at the Auditorium.
AT the stage door a man attempted
10 follow the president into the build
ing but was seized by two secret serv-
ice men. When questioned he de-
cared he was newspaper man. but
inquiry at the paper for which he said
he was working resulted in a. denial
of his statement He was locked up
after struggle He gave the name of
Dick" Short AT the station II was
said he seemed to be under the in
fluence of liquor.
Prolonged cheering interrupted the
speaker when he mentioned the name
of Theodore Roosevelt
Much Applause.
1.-The conservation movement" said
Mr., Taft. "owes its beginning 10
Theodore Roosevelt prolonged APP
plause), Go it again. You don't en-
joy that any more than | do Who
was it inspired Clifford Pinchot with
his wonderful activity of mind and
body in forwarding the conservation
movement (Applause) | am in favor
OF giving credit where credit belongs
tapplause) and of Withholding 1t whore
it does not belong.
There are people in the house and
in the senate, conscientious, hard
WoTkIHS, prominent statesmen, VINO
look at the question of conservation
as II might have been looked al 20
or 80 years ago. They still favor let
ting out the land and getting the set
tiers on 1t instead of a careful method
of conservation and preservation. am
not crtcizing them. They say that l
don't understand and that we in the
q ta "A cit ha-
cause we don't breathe the atmosphere
In the west. Well, l think we are
convincing a good many of them that