The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-03-18

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was notably remembered in Chicago
today. but the brunt Of it fell upon
President TAFT, and he was a thor;
oughly tired man When his train lett
tonight for Rochester, N. Y.
During the day he spoke to the
members of -.e Chicago Newspaper
Club, the Traffic Club, to a mass
meeting, to the members and guests
OF the Hamilton club and twice at
functions provided BY the Irish Eel
lowship Club, which was his host for
the day.
is Better Speaker Now.
In these speeches the president
whose increased ease in oratory was
quite generally commented upon
touched the statesmen correspon-
dents" who colored the acts to suit
their views; to the railway men OF
the traffic Club he expressed his trust
in the sense of justice Of the Ameri-
can people. He aveTred that he had
learned more In the first year Of his
administration than he could hope tn
assimilate in the next three.
segs EsasAaa4infnEma talk mt the first Of
the two entertainments provided by
his hosts--the luncheon at noon
his WEAKNESS unconseiously crept In
to his speech.
when arrived here yesterday"
he said, but the slip caused nothing
more than smile Of which the prasi-
dent was unconscious. 1t probably
seemed that he had been here Two
days, for the forenoon had been
crowded with oratory and handshak,
ing enough for fortyeight hours.
About Prosperity
Speaking of the prosperity of the
country, the president referred ea-
pecially to the advances being made
In the South
Il like 10 dwell upon that" said tne
president, because down in the South
there was a time when she was hin
dered and seemingly had little chance
of any real progress. But now she
is again making more progress than
any Of us, east, west or north.'
The Presidents brother, Charles
p. Taft, unobtrusively edged into the
crowd during the reception given by
the newspaper club and was also pres
ent at the luncheon. A harp of
shamrocks, sent from Ireland by John
D. Redmond, the Irish Nationalist
leader, was presented to the guest of
honor
Half Hours Rest.
At the conclusion of this luncheon
although 1t was time for him to start
for the mass meeting at the audi
torium, the president sought his room
for half hour of rest. Crowds made
the hotel corridors noisy, but police
men warned all who chanced to pass
to cease talking. When the presi-
dent reappeared he seemed much re-
freshed. There was nothing of weari-
ness apparent In his manner when he
began his address to the thousands
of persons gathered in the auditorium
theatre.
At the stage door of the theatre a
man attempted to follow the president
into the building but was seized by
two secret service operators. When
questioned declared that he was a
newspaper man, but inquiry at the
paper for which he said he worked
resulted in denial of his statement
He was locked up after struggle
He gave the name of Dick" Short
At the station it was said that he
seemed to be under the influence Of
liquor.
Roosevelt's Name cheered.
Prolonged cheering interrupted the
speaker when he mentioned the nam
Of Theadore Roosevelt.
"The conservation movement said
Taft "owes its beginning to Theo
dore Roosevelt (prolonged cheering J
Go it again. You don't enjoy that any
more than | do. Who was it inspired
in Clifford Pinchot that wonderful ac.
tivity of mind and body with refer
ence to the conservation movement?
(Applause.) am in favor Of giving
the credit where the credit belongs
(applause) and of Withholding IL
where it does not belong.
Raps Conservation's Foes.
There are people in congress ana
in the senate, conscientious. hard
working, prominent statesmen, who
look at the question Of conservation
as II might have been looked at twcn