The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-23
Mr.. TAFT AT The PRESS CLUB
HlS 4 LITTLE TO S4l 4BOCT
mrs TRAIFL iND CRITICISM.

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when There's Tee Mueh CRITICISM We
ukes 20 rake 60 the Road ana Meet
the Folks mat Never Think IH % the
President Big crowd 10 Greet HtVu.
presiden, Taft visited the New York
Press Clubs new home IN Spruce street
Yesterday afternoon. made a speech flled
With pleaaantries incidentally revealing
Why he did 80 much travelling. and got q
little e1citsment not on the programme
! The excitement, came while Mr. Taft
vas in the ladiss' dining room on the
nth floor With some II the members 81
the reception committee taking another
bite to eat He had Just come down from
ore luncheon gwen nv Henry Clsws
The haAhliRht man started 10 take .
picture 81 him surrounded by the com
mittee and got a little too Close 20 q cur
tain made 81 himsy material. n began
% blaze and for Just a second some folks
were inclined ~ gasp. One Of the secret
service men Who happened "a he standing
near the curtain az the opposite side 81
the room from The President grabbed IL.
pulled " down and stamped On ~. II
was out in another second and every one
felt relieved
MIR. Taft reached the club az SIN. com
ing down Fifth avenue and Broadway
in an automobile accompanied by Presi
dent Henne-sy ~ the club and some ~
the members 81 tho reception COMMITTEES.
The poiice had quite job pushing hack
the people who wanted a glimpse ~ the
President as he shghtsd AZ the club
They flied all the adjacent streets and
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After the short halt IN the dining room
Mr. Taft was whisked up to the assembly
room on the second hoor and got two
minute cheer from the members. who
packed the room
Ex-vice- President Fairbanks had
seat with Mr. TAR on the platform When
Mr.. Taft got we'll seated in the biKSeat
chair the club owned they began singing
some songs A. him which made him laugh
One ~ the songs ran like this:
IN. they wait Tor mo IN the >hsdr ~ the Capitol
Waiting day and night
The rsHr-s trrr
Nr~ IN tn AIR
tor ths gang :, pr.nsi 'ot nEni
oH th~rru ~ = hot u--e IN I've shsa~ 81 ,ne
CApt0i
ThinEs starting
They're waiting Cor no.
nut ny 'in vfW - - hoo
ko-p paws. from t-e row
While this song brought out the smile.
vol It wasn't until they sang the last
song IN their collection that Mr. Taft got
actually 20 singing himself II was about
-viping Tncle 10" ~ the map. and its
chorus tn tho tune Of odd Uncle Ned.
seemed :" g-t Mr. Taft g"ing II ran
Hang W the raV-l and cigar cigsr
tINss - L. H,t. sud bar.
rhcr~ - 'roupi- and VIZ Tor poor Cncir loe
CAuse ne Senl iusta rtt,r too far
In welcoming Nj Taft President
Hennessv call"d attention IN the fact
that the club bad had az ia guest every
President since Grant with the single
exception Of Garfield referring 10 the
speech Mr. Taft made before the news
paper club ot Chicago on Thursday.
MIR Hcnnessv sad that the President
hadn' looked at the matter a. broadly
a. ha wight have done. inaSmuch a. ne
knew four distinguished editors. Herman
Bidder Joseph Pulitzer. William u.
Hearst and Robert J Collier. who while
all D~moCrats. never agreed On ANYTHING.
When they don't agree he went on.
turning To Mr.. Taft, how can you help
might say added MIR Hennessy. that
the editors Of tao of the large New York
paperz ~ the luncheon to-day said that
they believed that their papers had been
unfair and should have given TO MIR /.
Taft a greater opportunity Ia show the |
public Just what he was trying 10 do /
Everything be has done ~ an absolute /
C~rtificate that he ~ striving for the public /
good
Everybody stood mp and cheered the
President az ain when the latter aros- to |
sp.ak.
really mean 1T heRAn Mr. Taft.
ptitfing on the. smile when ! sav I'm I
really glad "a he here. I've had 20 saw |
that good MANY times when evidence I
could h~ introduced on III" other side.
This being President ~ the United /
State-. he went on. presents a good |
many new senSatioBS under the con |
ditiOns that surrounded my coming in !
The bench - the only placs that - free 4
from severe criticism nv the prcs~ IN this |
country Having had that -ort IT treat /
ment Il II a little hard tn get used To the /
other But I'm beinG educated The |
President had To wait for a while until |
the laugh aIb-id~d. Then he won't on. |
There are times in the White House
when vou get discouraged at the way
your motives are being misconstr1led /
Then YOU take long walk and make up |
your mind there's one thing anyhow |
They can't deprive Won OF your wife Of |
the honor Of having your picture hung |
on the White House walls. paid for bv I
Congress Then yOu GO home and look |
at that picture Of Theodore Roosevelt |
aud that picture Of Grover Cleveland
and cpme Ia the conclusion that even
that isn't much 81 q consolation. I think |
long experience will make men feel the l
injustice 81 such criticisms IN he less
important than u seemed a. FIRST After |
all everybody wants to he square. A |
great deal that ~ .sid IN our life u momen- |
tsrv and forgotten much morn quickly |
by the man who Say- n than by the VIC |
tim which only indicates that " wasn't /
meant for real cruelty"
Mr. Taft -aid that he was getting pretty |
used IN newspaper reporters and referred /
u the correspondents that have travelled |
nth him over - many miles. The z..nsa |
81 Importance IN having many attend |
vn,Ir going and conlng- he added. -ia |
AZ first hatterinG subsequently n ac- /
duive- some other qualities