The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-24
He.Talksof Their Hyper
criticism, Hysteria
and Hyp ,crisy.
GOING BACK HOME
AND AVOID THEM
President Feels That He Has
Not Had Square Deal and
He Is Doing the Best He
Can-Gucst at Newark
Banquet Given by Cham
Der of Commerce.

dent Taft prefaced his prepared ad-
dress before the Newark Board OF
Trade tonight with personal state
ment of his feelings after being a
year in the White House. which /
brought his audience to It's feet with 7
cheers. He took occasion to pay hts
respects TO the newspapers, saying he |
WAS going home to Washington and
avoid them.
Former Governor Franklin Murphy, |
In introducing thu President, said |
that before Mr. TAFT had gone 10 the !
White House last year, he had talked /
with him of the great responsibilities
that were to be his. Mr.. Taft earncstl,,
sasd he wanted 10 make good
Governor Murphy predicted that the |
President would make good and took |!
fling himself at the newspapers.
1T Is true. said Mr.. TAFT. ~ told |
Governor Murphy I wanted to make !
good year ago. am not so certain !
OF doing IL now. lie said something
about the newspapers. When the news
papers arc prone TO criticize and some.
times unite in hammc:ins your admin
istration. treating it sometimes with
coniemptuofs disdain and sometimes
WIKI pdtFoIiZlHS friendship. II Is hard
to overcome The feeling that perhaps
you onght to begin ali over again.
"Hysterin aud Hypocrisy.,
In view of all that. 10 have re.
ceIved the welcome which / received
io-day--and which believe 10 have
been sincere--giyes you little hope
that perhaps the newspapers cont
carry IN their pockets ALI of public
opinion. and that perhaps The Amer
lean people are able 30 see through
something OF hypercriticisn. some
thing of hysteria and something Of
hypocrisy and to have a great SYM
pathy with the man who. under a con-
siderable responsibility. is doing the
best he can.
"They say that sometimes demon
STATIONS are misleading. but I am
going 10 believe, as / have said. that
your reception to-day and tonight
Is sincere, ana I am going to take
that fiattcrlug JUNCTION TO nay soul
as go back to Washington and avoid
the newspapers"
President Taft. the first Chief
Executive since Grant TO visit New
ark. addressed onc OF the largest and
most enthusiastic audiences he has
met in all his travels. The banquet
was rendered the President by the
i
than 500 members and guests We're
gathered about the long tables in
Ringers Auditorium.
talks of Economy.
Mr.. Taft took for his theme the
homcly subject of governmental econ
on1y. and told OF the efforts being
made by his administration to cut
gown appropriations wherever pos
sible In addition to this, the Presl-
dent declared that he shared the hope
that the commission which is to be ap-
pointed to revise the business methods
OF the big departments at Washing
ton may effect saving approx.
mating s1o0,00o.00o n year. The Prcss
j1cnt detailed to some extent Just
where the decreases in appropriations
are TO occur Speaking of the navy,
ho said 1t had been decided TO con-
tinue the policy of two big battle
shIps n year up to the time the Pan
anna Canal is completed. when 1t
would then be time to consider dc.
crease.
Mr.. Taft left here at II p. NJ. for
Washington. He came to Newark THIS
afternoon by automobile from New
York. From the suburb of Harrison
"a the heart OF this city the Presi-
don't passed through dense crowds.
which the police had some difficulty
In handling Hundreds OF persona
crowded about the open automobile
In which the President was r'd'n2
with former Governor Franklin
Murphy. seeking to shake hands with
him.
The crowds, the cheering and the
schoolchildren waving flags all served
to recall the days of the Presidents
trjn through the West and South
II It.
ed the Presidents car and one little
fellow made patriotic speech Mr
Taft responded and thanked the chill
dren for their welcome.
Senator Lodge. of Massachusetts
Govern or, Fort, of New Jersey. and the
President were the principal speak
/, ers at the BANQUET.
4 IGxplains Reduction.
HI Senator Lodge accompanied tho Pres
II ident to Washington tonight.
Speaking at some length Of the items
which were cut4down in the estimates
for the coming wear in the dcrart-
ments, the President said the reduc-
tions were not in the nermanent on
ponditures OF the deuartment, hut ~
titures that are general until the In
come Is sufficient to meet them.
"There Is needed at tho mouth of
the Chesapeake Eay. between Cane
Jienry and Cape Charles" said the
President, speaking OF the substantial
cut In tile War Department. eSpendi-
tures needed to complete with modern
appliances the coast defenses, "an arti-
ticial island upon the so-called Middle
Ground. which shall command the en-
trance to chesapeake Bay,
gs,rhe ChesapealSc Bay Is the most
Important body Of water from STRAIT
sgic naval standpointSon tho whole At
IA Iantic coast and 1T must he defended"