The Washington herald., 1911-11-09
LINCOLN MEMORIAL
UNVEILED BY TAFT
President Later Speaks OF
"Peace" in Louisville.

Louisville, KY, Nov. S.-Into this Demo-
cratic stronghold came President Taft
tonight, getting a demonstration ESSEN
TALLY nonpartisan. Louisville, which did
its share yesterday IN rolling up the
$1,000 majority for James B. McCreary
for governor, acclaimed the President as
though he might be the victor in the con-
test. The streets along the way from the
railroad station to the Seelbach Hotel,
through which the President rode in an
automobile, were jammed with cheering
multitudes. Red fire was burned, horns
were footed. and cries OF "Bill's all
right" filled the air. 1t was a welcome
that far exceeded the expectations of the
President, and 1t went a long way to
make him forget for the moment the re-
cent disappointments of yesterdays re-
suit throughout the country.
The Presidents reception here was diff
ferent from that accorded him earlier in
the day at Frankfort, where he made an
address eXtollinS Abraham Lincoln at the
dedication Of a statue to the "Rail-split-
ter in the rotunda of the State capitol.
Frankfort was evidently thinking more OF
the outcome of the election than the ad-
vent of the President. 1t was the first
time since 1919 that a President had vis-
tied Frankfort. The visitor then was Pres
!dent Monroe.
President Taft's day in Kentucky was
the outcome of his promise to appear at
the dedication of the Lincoln statue. After
Frankfort had fixed its engagement with
him Louisville invited him, and so he
came here to make a speech. On his ar
rival after dark he went to the armory,
where he spoke on Peace" a topic that
seemed appropriate after the cyclone Of
yesterday. The armory was crowded and
ba ha1
on the President went to banquet given
by the Louisville Press Club.
On his trip to-day the President was ac-
companied by United States Senators
Bradley and Paynter. the latter of whom
will make way as result OF yesterday s
election for Ollie James. He reached
Frankfort in the morning and went to the
executive mansion across the street from
the penitentiary.
Gov. Wilson, Republican, who makes
way for the old Democratic war horse.
McCreary, had the President and his
brother, Charles p. Taft, as guests for
breakfast
While the President was talking things
over with Gov. Wilson, members of his
party, including Maj Archibald Butt,
went about town looking over the sights.
The major was the envy OF the Kentucky
mountaineers. Wonder can he shoot?
they asked, looking at the gold-braided
uniform.
The dedication Of the Lincoln monument
drew a great crowd of people to the cap
itol. In the throng on the platform were
Col. Henry Watterson. the Louisville edi-
tor. who, in the days OF the civil war.
was one of Lincoln's bitterest critics, and
James Breckenridge Speed. who fought in
the war and who is now a retired busi-
ness man in Louisville. Speed, one of Lin
coins warmest cronies, gave the $4,000
monument TO Kentucky. while Col Wat
tefson showed his appreciation of the war
President by delivering glowing speech
at the unveiling. Speed took seventeen
eN-slaves OF the ante bellum times to
Frankfort in his car. Gray-haired and
bent, the old darkies gathered in the
statehouse and wept as the President
shook hands with them and spoke of the
old days OF the plantation.