The Prescott daily news., 1910-02-22

| IS worse, tDeSe HOTTOTS VIII STOW III intensity and in number unless the United States government and the state governments take heroic steps,
 If the United States had the same regard for the safety of it's workmen as the different countries of Europe, , 15,0OO out of the 20.O0O men killed in | the coal mines of this country in the last ten years would be living today. The opposition in the senate to this bill is not as great as it was and the belief Tn Washington is strong that it will become a law in the near future. Plenty of Travel for Taft. President Taft certainly has made travel. He tells his friends that he enjoyed every mile of the long trip ! which he took last summer and that he likes to get next to the people and to tell them how he feels about legis- lation and to get some idea. if he can. of how they feel on the same subject His 13,00O mile tour of the country has not in any way satisfied his travel hunger. He is going to swing around smaller circle before congress ad- journs. and then he will make a long trip during the summer
 On Lincoln's birthday the president spoke at a dinner of the Republican club in New York City New York is only five hours from Washington and this does not count as much of jour ney. On Washington's birthday the president will go to New York again to speak before the Society of the Gin. cinnati. He will spend large part of the day following the dinner at the home of his brother Henry w Taft in New York City and the next night he is going to talk business matters to the Newark. N J.. board of trade
 The fact that President Taft likes to travel and to talk to people is so well known that the invitations are piling In on him in greater multitude than they ever did on Theodore Roosevelt It was pretty generally known just what kind of affairs the former presi dent would make an effort to attend and so it was that comparatively few invitations came to him to speak at minor functions With President Taft 1t is different He is asked to all kinds of things, from sewing circle meetings to celebrations of the natal days of great organizations that have made their mark on American history
 In Chicago St. Patricks Day.
 On St. Patrick's day, March IT, Mir Taft will go to Chicago to address the Irish Fellowship club In Chicago and in some other large cities of the coun. try the old time parade on St Pat rick's day has been given over and the day is celebrated largely by banquets and meetings at which appear noted speakers. While MT. Taft is in Chi cago as the guest of the Fellowship club he will probably address a meet. ing called for the purpose of fostering the conservation movement. Walter l.. Fisher, vice-president of the great National Conservation association, has his office in Chicago and at Mir Fish CTS request the president probably will speak
 Mir Taft barely will have time to get back to Washington before he will be called to New Haven to attend a meeting of the Yale Corporation. of which he is member This meeting will be held on March 21 and on the next day MT. Taft will journey to New York to attend the annual dinner of the American Peace and Arbitration league
 The Manufacturers association of Bridgeport, Conn.,. has asked the presi. dent to attend meeting on March 21. but he has had to decline this invita- tion because of an appointment previ- ously made to be in New Haven The Bridgeport association probably will postpone its meeting until later and the president has more than half promised that he will put in an ap. pearance and make a speech
 Gen. U. s Grants birthday comes or April 27 and on this date the Amer. icus club of Pittsburg always has q great celebration The president has been invited to attend and he has told Senator Oliver of Pennsylvania and the members of the Pennsylvania del. egation which waited on him that he fully expects to be present at their banquet in recognition of the great soldiers birthday
 Cincinnati to See Him May 3.
 Cincinnati. which is President Taft's | home town. has complained that he | seen.s to be willing to go everywhere else except there. The president has | said that the home ties are very | strong. but that he feels fhe nennIe of |