New-York tribune., 1911-10-06

PLEA FOR PEACE TREATIES
Puzzled by Senate Committees
Logic-Utah for Him in
Convention and
Election.

tFrom staff Correspondent OF The Tribune
salt Lake City. Utah. oct 5.-Presi-
dent Taft spent a gala day in Salt Lake
City, and there is every indication that
both host and guest had a thoroughly
enjoyable time. 1t Is doubtful if the
President ever attended a more impress
sive and, indeed, dramatic ceremony
than the reception rendered to the old
nacle. OF the audience Of ten thousand
persons which filed the auditorium prob
ably five thousand were "old folks" and
Of this number three-fourths. according
to the testimony they gave by standing
in response TO a question. crossed the
plains before a railroad had penetrated
Utah.
The President. who was obviously i'm
pressed by the scene, spoke on peace and
urged with unusual eloquence the rati-
fication of the pending general arbitra-
ton treaties. while many among his
audience followed with intense interest,
nodding their heads in acquiescence and
applauding at frequent intervals. Re-
ferring to the logic which actuated the
majority Of the Committee on Foreign
Relations in recommending their pro-
posed amendment, the President said It
recalled a clock which was greatly
valued by it's owner, a Tennessee noun
taineer.
Senator Taylor. Of Tennessee, told me
story" said the President. that l
think fits the case. He said that he
once knew an old man down in the
mountains of Eastern Tennessee who
owned an old clock The clock was a
little peculiar. In speaking Of its pecul-
iarities, its owner said: That clocks
useful because 1 have come to under
stand it, When the hands point at 8
o'clock and it strikes o'clock 1 know it
is just twenty minutes Of . And l
don't exactly follow the logic of that or
Of those who oppose the treaties"
Smoot Supports Treaties.
In the course Of his remarks the Presi-
dent said he would favor a provision
whereby the members Of the proposed
Joint high commission should be ap-
pointed by the President and confirmed
by the Senate. At the close Of the
speech Senator Smoot assured him that
with that provision he could be counted
on to support the treaties.
After luncheon as the guest Of the
Alta Club, the President visited Fort
Logan and the state fair making mis- ex-
planation Of his vetoes of the tariff bills
at the latter place. In introducing him,
F. w. Price, president Of the Young
Mems Republican Club. described Mr..
Taft as "the present and the next Presi-
cent Of the United States" and said that
1912 would find the Utah Democracy in
the slough OF despOnd, as usual" Presi-
dent Taft gently deprecated the partisan
tone Of Mr.. Prices remarks. He said he
feared the introduction did more credit
10 the Price brand Of Republicanism"
than to his ability as a prophet, and
moreover, that he was here not as the
head Of a political party but as Presi-
dent Of the United States. President
Tafts explanation Of his tariff vetoes re-
ceived the hearty Endorsement Of his
audience.
The President made his headquarters
al the Utah Hotel, one OF the hand
sonest and most elaborate hotels west
Of New York, and returned there after
his visit TO the fair grounds. This even
ing he was the guest Of honor at din
ner given by the Commercial Club.
The Presidents reception in this city
was cordial in the extreme. There were,
perhaps, fewer people in the streets than
in some other cities, but at the fair
grounds he addressed an audience Of ten
thousand persons, as he did earlier in
the day at the Tabernacle, and the
enthusiasm Of the crowds knew no
hounds Senator Smoot. ex-senator
Kerns and other prominent men met and
attended the President throughout the
dav Senator Sutherland is absent
being member of the committee
charged with the investigation Of the
election Of Senator Stephenson. Those
in q position to know predict that the
Utah delegation will be instructed for
Taft. and that he will receive the cleo
toral vote of this state by a large ma
4or;+,. G. G. II.