The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-10


,-s,- friends upon his hopes and fears
.rr.s-rlng the Administration measures
q, PRESENT before Congress When he
rss Introduced "a the diners nv Victor T..
Mason the President ia +, told the Jersey
.f.,- r1s nearly he had come ~ iialD.
r.r'ug h,;nsslf IN hls determine -ion 20
o5r,r hrfore them and talk upon what was
fpg.rmost In his mind
some u my friends In the House and
senate have advised me tha, was vi,-
aurs my duty in coming here he said
Then have severe cold which hid III
20 S.er no away. hui despite all these
de'urents am here
Tn. President then plunged into his
discussion of the Admin stration Iills
touching reclamation. the postal ssyinC,
plan the injunction measure and thS
railroad hi
President Taft had taken his automu-
tile az the door II the Seventy -hrst Req.
ment ArmOry. Manhattan. and with a
igh; esooFt n secret service men. Capt
Archibald Butt and newspaper men. he
vent across the Forty street ferry
70 weehAwken Thence az a rafting
pace his auto carried him over thu mead
ows n the Passaio Park station on the
Enc railroad. just outside Of town. Here
he was met by Victor l. Mason. chairman
q the Board Of Trades banquet CON-
iurtee and by a party ~ New Jersey
no,l1Ies Company A n the Fifth Regi-
inert. New Jersey National Guard. was
drawn ~ az an escort II honor There
was not a square foot Of spree in any
house along the nearby streets that was
n0s hung with bunting. and all the
school rhiltren II Passaic were turned
og' each with HE hag and tricoIored
sash
President Taft went 70 the home Of M
Mason . rest and 70 change into his eve
ming clothes He was greatly fatigued
ard his s'av IN the Mason house vas pro
longed eng beyond the hour he was due
a. me hrN1uet hail in order that he might
recIre-lt- after his firing time ~ the
A-i7rs i-'- While he w-s ~ Mr. Msson's
home me President held On informal re-
cerrlon Gov Franklin Fort % New
lers'y '"-Govcrror Franklin Murphy
l. 4 Gris"om from New York. Sem
E'--- PrgE- nd Keen 81 New Jersey srd
Congress = WIN, N hughes were among
M" whom the President talked -.
J. w-ss O'Clock whom me Presto mt
vr-' - VIZ M-son home He VS. d,Ie
a. I'm H~ll N HOPE svsnue some tine
t'f~r. o'clock When he I'd not come
P ssa'- man ri boy. strod On the street
cg-h rr' T~tertiv rliss't ~ dinner.
ar' Prss-iC vs. rroud - IT, streets
there court u honor on MIN ave-
rle for three blocks - jefferson street.
With Il"m'n--'t Till-rs WIT strings n
!gtts rrd 'Ae gz'' -0purtcn-1ces d.
rc,'." IN ro-t u t1e Lltser-N church az
LeNIrrtDn r~d n ni!t ~ avenues there
vas -glrlCr court n hnro-. whore n q
YER tive strT Il rms stood G.urt,s
ard welcomed PrrsiJea Tsf tprlP-sSaic
wita fis rl,gio ward
Mk'T az oc.ock the P-Ssidsnt finally
chIgEod a.o,g tae exprctl-t streets 20
the banquet hall no GOT a welcome not
the les tu.ict nv w1i'7g Turn Hal.
where tho nanlIst vas aid vas all
bursting og' az elbows wi'a transform
aon that had boel wop IEh' n preDa-a-
ton the f-olt stop sp,Ilrd dowl 10, o
q teat q pavilion as dig rs a adsshow
tent, wh'r1il N" guests spent that long
hour II waiuar
The blnlIst hall u7s,iirs showed the
result Of ingenuity and artistic labor
Commensurate with the pride Of Passlic
IN entsrtlillng a President Tha ceiling
was rooted over With \ f-allis work Of
heavy white beams. through which
apple blossoms AMI flower vines hung
The gallery all about was smothered
IN ferns. and baskets of flowers depended
az intervals. cagcs containing startled
canaries wero con" ,aled az intervals
along the fern bank Of tho gallery A
local paper Opiued beforehand that
these can1ries would engage IN a concert
Of waThiinR That they did not - en-
gage 10 not 70 10 taken a. a reflection
Upon the canaries. nut the great globes
y goldfish topping pillars that danked
a. other end IN" Presidents table
showed signs Of life The tables were
heavy With carnations ana ferns Pas
sac ssys n. and with pride, that no ban
q ~ ike this one has ever before been
gwen Ia Passlic county
NE President at ~ The left NJ Toast
mas,e: ' l.. Macon, senator John Mean
O. NeF Jersey vac Ihe Prendents next
number " the distiIg Ifshed guests.
Which lncluded Ietsr K,id. Job Hedges.
sI''oy Franklin hurphy. Gov. Franklin
f0T. Mayor Speucer o. PAssalc. Lioyd
Hi-'lin' CHAIRMAN M W NeS IOrA
~ 'nllI' i an oOuhy w Wv w.
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