The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-18
mr.. TAFT SPEAKS his Mind
GIVES MIS- OPINION OP VIEWS
PAPER CRITICISM.


TaR 20 tine Irish About %. EaGriek.
/ CHICAGO. March Perhaps II vas the
, spirit Of NJ Patrck's day. when heads
are supposed TO he broken and battered:
perhaps 10 was because he felt that the
opportunities offered were too good to he
passed over lightly: but az any rate Presi-
dent Taft chose to-day to do some Of the
frankeat taking about men and things
that he has done IN many long day
He talked about the newspapers. how
they have CRITICISED him and how he in
tends To tax" 70, he warmed up when he
Appeared befor. some railroad men and
said what he felt about the way some Con-
Gre~smen and others have imputed wrong
method to railroad legislation he desires:
then when II wasn't expected at all he
raid a high compliment to Clifford P'nchOt.
the depo~ed chief forester
A. night after all the strenuous day vas
over the President just gave the .eeO
diners az the Irish Fellowship Ciub's ban
, duei = friendly. intimate lntle talk about
Erin's patron saint
The Taft smile was mingled With all
the speechmaking and although a. times
u grew rather Dim it always came back
The crowd was with the President from
the time he reached the city sarly in the
morning until late to-nlGnt when he
started for Rochester
II Was a good narured holiday crowd
that Jostled the police and yelled for Taft.
and the President enjoyed u immensely
In all the President made - Rhi speeches.
which considered a pretty good days
work for a President even IN th,s city.
which. he declared. was -typ,caIly Ameri-
! can IN 10 ~trenunsity
Ne SPOKE to the Red Croas the News
paper club. the franc Club. at q luncheon
gwen to chicago publishers. to the t-oal
Conservation Association. to . gathering
, Of engineers to the Hamilton Club and to
the irish society In addition he shook
hands with At least 700 people a. the
Hamilton Club, with q few hundred more
~ other places and travelled q score or
noTe miles through the c,tv str~ess
The President got 70 chicago at
o 'clock After a hurried breakfast in hrs
private car. the Olympia. he was driven
m an autOmoblle over a three mile routs
lined with people to the Ia Sale Hotel
Gov Denecn senator IorimeT. Repre-
-~ntat'ves Boutell and Monkey. and scorss
% lesser political lights we've in thu escort
In Michigan sveaUe an old woman wear
rnR a ragged brown skirt and a white
scarf on her fyinR hair tried tn rush out
Tn Inc Presidents automobile She was
stopu~d bv tho police. broke away and
made . second hut un-ucc~-sfIi attempt
10 GET ~ the President The pohce later
dan'ed that the incident had occurred
The trst real speech 81 the dav vas 10
the Newspaper club Mr. Taft evidently
was PINNED for ths occasion. for he
launched out immediately into dis
course on editors and things
4 couid not believe knowing the ed-
tprisls ~ The ''hicaen napers. that this
vac representative newspaper crowd
q publisher. and proprietors because
I have seen - many apocrvphal state
men's 40 many un-Ound arguments and
UNJUST conrhI-innS that they must come
from some other -o,Irr.. than this dis
ringtfishsd and tGt~ilg-nt audience
The new spapSrS ~ course are e-@en-
tai W. ~iy "" do not read them Well.
"" have to read them There - a die
t.ng'n=h~d m-mher - "n. ~ the tribu-
mails ln Washington ur -avs he never
lads the newspaper Whether he gets
has news through his wife OT how he &C
pnres ~" Information a. To the progress
" the world don know The difficulty
that I find - that ! have W read them:
and after a time II constituencies of
what shaIl I call ~ u "A sense 81 in jIIs-
ti"~. one skin grows thicker. one IL abIe
q" forget phrases - contempt and criti-
ci-m. grows stronger and what a news
PAPER man ultimately learns. that after
an II Won can only survive two or three
DAYS q attack and assault and unFoinded
statements most people will forget u
You nev-t DO hut most people do
Now. don't know whether vO, number
IN your new spap-r members OF plough
handlers a. your president appropri-
Itely calls vou whether you ma mber
not only newspaper men but mon Who
combine the profession 81 the press with
stat-sBanship whether Won have among
yOu the men who are reformers down
To the ground and AZ tho "a me tine are
engaged in handing out thsir views and
news and news suited to their views
a. Statesmen correspondents II you
haven't Won lack a distinguished type Of
newspaper man. = distinguished type
who. am bound 20 say. has NOT contrib
ut@d Ia the accuracy ~ the news fur
nished the public
A Newspaper man Who does his task
rightly n a man who furnishes the facts
a they are without respect 90 whom they
hun or help. hut the man who 10 preach