The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-10-04
IN thanking Governor Carroll a

President Taft said, in referring tt
his Iowa trip: 81 am glad I visited
Iowa. I believe the pee y, know me
better than they did before. They
certainly have been most cordial.
believe my two days in Iowa hav.
been time we'll spent"
| Not single hitch, not one acct
dent that delayed the train as much
as minute, occurred in Iowa. Al
no time was the train behind schedule
more than ten minutes
A feature Of Taft's reception i,
Iowa, which was noticed by every.
body on the train, was the manner If
which the women and children were
enthused over the president.
In some towns the men stood still
with their hands in yheir pockets ano
looked, but never the women. Wher.
ever there was any cheering, womcr
! did as much Of it as men, and the
school children, whom the president
pays particular attention to always
were the best noise makers of them
all.
No one follows the president TO,
even two days without becoming a
great admirer of his personality.
His jovial manner, and the thor
oughly democratic way in which he
received and entertained continuous
stream of men of state prominence
as he moved across Iowa won the
praise of everyone
Railroads Care For Taft's Safety.
Realizing that even the slightest
accident to the presidents train would
give railroad a ''black eye" the
extraordinary precautions are taken
in every state by the railroads that
handle President Taft's train.
Through Iowa the journey is no
more carefully prepared for than in
Missouri. or any other state.
No railroad official breathes regu-
larly until his road has accomplished
its share Of the journey without any
untoward incident
Listen to this recital of the precau-
tions taken by the Great Western
railroad on the leg from Waterloo to
Des Moines. All switches along the
line were spiked. Every telegraph
operator was required to remain on
duty until the train had passed This
meant all night for most of the oper
ators. Track walkers were out al!
night, the entire distance was trav-
eled every hour by the men on foot.
peering for loose bolts. A half hour
ahead of the train a loose engine
came through, as the final precaution
to insure absolutely safe passage for
the presidential party.
The Illinois Central road, which
handled the day trip from Council
Bluffs to Waterloo, did not have to
be so cautious, because Of the con-
tinuous stream Of day traffic, but the
Central's organization for safety was
just as perfect as the Great West
ern's The Burlington took the train
south from Des Moines and the same
care featured the Burlington's prep
arations.
President Taft's Train.
Through Iowa as far as Des Moines
the presidents train consisted Of
seven cars. After leaving Des Moines
there were but six cars. When the
president left Beverly there were five
cars in his special Two additional
cars will travel with the president
throughout practically the entire
trip. In each state the president
visits he picks up car Of state Of
fcials and newspaper men. The
Iowa delegation which joined this
presidential train at Council Bluffs
filed two cars. One car was sulfl-
cient for the "of!icial reception COM
mittee for Iowa" from Des Moines to
Ottumwa.
Besides the presidents private car
'Tdeal," which is set aside by tn"
Pullman company for the presidents
use, the train consists Of baggage
car, a diner and two cars in which
the newspaper correspondents and
the attaches Of the president live.
On the National Jaunt.
Twentv-one persons will be with
the president throughout his long
haunt through twenty-four states,
They are: G. D. Hiiies. secretary to
the president: Major Archibald w.
Butt, military aide: Or. Thomas L.
Phoads. the presidents physician:
Wendell w. Mischief, confidential
clerk: c. c. Wagner, stenographer:
Arthur Brooks and Henry L. Mickey
messengers: James Sloan, Jr., Josenh
E. Murphy and Richard l.. JEWS
secret service; c. E. Colony, rno'e
sentative of the R9ston and Az"
railroad: H. F. Taft representHt--
of the Western Union Telegram CO.,
pany: Robert T. Small and P"b"
Dougan. Associated P~css: T
Sartwell, United Press: Sevnl',
Brown. New York ST. Press .A'No
citation; John B. Pratt. Flnarst Nov
Syndicate; Royal Kent N'''l"r. No.
York Herald: r. 0. Scan"r. No
York World; George C. Fill, Now
yorl- Tribune. and Gus ]. Karger