The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-02-23
When the Chief Executive En-
tered Banquet Hall of WAL
dorf-Astoria, Officers Blew
Whistles.
CINCINNATI SOCIETY
HOST TO PRESIDENT
And After MingIing With That
Exclusive Outfit He Left to
Join the Merry Gotham
BIueCOatS.

New York, Feb. 23.-SiX hundred po-
lice lieutenants of Greater New York
cheered President Taft last night as he
appeared before them at the Waldorf
Astoria, at their fourth annual ban
quet. He previously had attended and
delivered an address before the Society
of the Cincinnati in the State of New
Jersey, an aristocratic affair held at
the Hotel Plaza
Leaving there after a speech. which
dealt almost entirely with the life of
Washington, the president made quick
progress by automobile to the police
gathering where he was received en-
Enthusiastically.
Only ~ persons. including the presi-
dent were present at the Society of the
Cincinnati. 1t was SO exclusive that
the committee declined to give out the
list of guests or to furnish reporters
with the names Of the speakers with
the menu.
Police Use Their Whistles.
When Mr.. Taft entered the hall the
lieutenants rose as body, waving Am
erican flags. In a moment more the
room was filled with the shrill noise
of their police whistles which sounded
greetings. Then The Star Spangled
Banner and America" were sung
The president said in part:
Il have come to tell you tonight that
l am with you, for we are engaged in
| the same duty-that of preserving the
law and defending the rights of the
people and in obtaining a square deal
for all.
Since was 21 can hardly remem-
Der time that l was not holding office
and the duties of each have imposed
upon me the enforcement of the law
and in enforcement of the law l have
had generally to count upon the men,
bers of the police to uphold my hands. -
| Comes Again to Do Honor.
| President Taft came to New York
yesterday for the second time within
ten days. On February II he came to
honor the memory of Abraham Lin
coin: this time as the twenty-seventh
president he came to honor the men,
ory of the first, George Washington
| Jealous Jersey City. anxious to do
the president full honor in the matter
of police protection. gave his arrival
there a Czar-like aspect.
Stepping from his car at 4:41 p. m,
the president, as usual, was surround
ed by hollow square Of policemen and
| secret service men.
| When the party reached Manhattan,
the police display vanished and three
mounted policemen gallOped in front
| of the automobile, clearing the way to
the home of the presidents brother,
Henry w. Taft, at 36 West Forty
eighth street.
! In Jersey City the president was
greeted by William Porter former am
bassador to Italy, and former Gov
ernors J. w. Griggs and Franklin Muir
ply, of New Jersey, who formed the
committee from the Society of the Gin
cinnati in the state of New Jersey, at
whose banquet at the Hotel Plaza the
president was the principal speaker.
Pays Respects to Des PIanehes.
AS the presidents train was about to
leave Washington he was informed
that Baron Mayor Des Planches. until
recently Italian ambassador to the I'm.
| lIcu StdlcS anu luc bdiOucSS ScIc uc-
parting on another train in the station.
He sent messenger to convey his best
wishes and the hope that they would
soon return to this country.
Intermittent rain and snow with wet
side walks and soggy athletic fields,
spoiled the outdoor features of the one
hundred and seventy-eighth anniver-
sary of Washington's birth in Greater
New York. but patriotic exercises were
held as usual.
Morning, afternoon and night
brought round of exercises under the
auspices of war veterans. patriotic Or
ganizations and civic bodies.
Services were held in the afternoon
in the old mansion on One Hundred
and Sixtieth street, near Amsterdam
avenue, which was used by Washing
ton as his headquarters during the bat
tie of Harlem Heights.
The New York Southern society held
its Dixie dinner at the Hotel Astor
last night.