Arizona republican., 1910-05-01
BUSINESS GUESTS
 OF BuFFAloM|AAs
PRESIDENT TAFT AND SECRE-
 TARY OF STATE.
The President Speaks of Conservation
 and Mir. Knox of eallineer.

Buffalo. Sept. 30.-Presideht Taft and Secretary Knox were guests Of honor at a banquet given by the two leading commercial organizations of Buffalo. the chamber of commerce and
 the manufacturers club.
 ', Mir Knox devoted himself to an ex- {: planation of the recent reform in the i diplomatic and consular service. He de-
 clared that a new diplomacy and trade will go hand In hand and that it was & ! misconception to construe it other wise.
 Indirectly referring to Mir. Ballinger, ! MT. Knox said: Let me lift my voice 1 in behalf of those who are responsible , for the carrying forward of their work and plead that they be not traduced and misrepresented in reaching solu
 tion of problems most difficult" The president spoke of the conserva- tion bill confirming the right of the executive to withdraw lands from pub lie entry. There has been an objec- ton to this,' he said, "as reflection upon those officials who already have exercised this power in the suggestion that they ursurped the power of con- gress. If the supreme court decides that this power does not exist we
 would have a perfect mess. There are
 people who say the power does not exist and are trying to secure title to land on that ground. The fact that they are willing to face law suits shows that they have long purses and are prepared to fight
 The president said the subject of rlar- s.h .'But." he added amid laughter. there are great many people who favor conservation. no matter what it means"
 MT. Taft broke a presidential prece- dent by allowing himself to be quoted in an interview with reporters. He. asked the interviews to keep away from politics. but they plunged right into the New York situation, especial ly the appointment of Governor Hughes.
 "I saw Governor Hughes at Albany" the president said, before he was nominated. and we went over the ques- tion of his running again for governor. I urged him to do so. He gave many reasons why he could not. When a man like Hughes makes up his mind it is not done without careful considera ton, and it is usually made up for good
 Secretary Knox said: "The president this morning inquired of me what kind of d night I had. I told him that I had only slept about three hours, but I didn't tell him why I had not slept. was under the impression that VIC were to lunch today with a newspaper club.
 Gentlemen. do you wonder that II didn't sleep? I am always paralyzea when I get into the presence of news paper men. because I recall what you all recognized to be truthful state ment of the situation, the story, of man who tried to get by the eolored porter at the door of the Supreme court He insisted that he hfi right as a citizen to enter the presence Of | that august tribunal. which after all was the peoples court. but the colored gentleman looked at hiP1 and said: My friends. you don't want to make no fuss around here. if you gets into contempt of that organization. there !, ain't no appeal for you exceptin' to God
 You can imagine my qualification and my relief 2t finding you are so l different But of course you are going | to lose that speech that I prepared in | the night for the newspaper club"
 The President left for Pittsburg at ! 11.05