The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-19
THOUSANDS GA TIER
AT CACHE CAPITAL

Special To rhe Tribune,
LOGAN, Oct. 1S.-tiftcen thousand
pcrsons greeted President FaU on ms
ARRIVAL IN Logan today On account o,
rhg latencss Of the presidents ARRIVAL
rhc programme was cut short. Arranse
ments had been made 10 take nhe presar
MI his viewing the beautiful valley
However II was after dark when lne
presidents train arrived and tllis POI,
lion OF the programme was necessarily
abandoned a.
The presidents party arrived at .:o5
% clock IN the evening. lie was teceNeu
OF a score OF the most prominent ciiizens
of Logan Representative Joseph How
ell of Wellsvllle, in charge OF tnc ar
ransements for the l.oGsn lereP.,o,, w. w.
President TAFT met the presidential train
al Milford and remained on the train
until The party arrived al Logan fgr-
mer Senator Herschel Bulcn. Judge w.
II Maughan and Judge ~ A. teders0H
ininnd I6c train at Salt Lake. Al Cache
Junction Mayor j. II Anderson. Presi,
dent II. T. Hatch 81 The ComlmeTciaI
| Boosters club. President :. II. Ballin Of
| the Cache stake, aud other prominent
members OF the reception committee
Joined the party
As the president was leaving the tralh
| he was serenaded by the hand or the
| Utah Agricultural college with patrlotic
airs Automobiles conveyed the presi-
dental party through roped streets lneg
with thousands OF people, npe, ,Ee VINO nrcsi. nao
dcnt,s arrival mounted escort in
command OF Captain l. w. Canay' com
nsndant OF the cadet battalion OF the
| Agricultural college. accompanied me
presidents automobile. Members Of the
cadet corps OF the Agricultural college
guarded tho streets along the hne oi
| When the automobiles arrived at the
! tabernacle square ii was packed with
people The night was exceedingly coid,
! but despite the chill Of the weather the
4 .s.- lcY,t nni dnTl
/ warm and cordial When Mr.. Taft WAS in
troduced by Congressman Howell as the
present president and next president OF
The United states, the crowd chcered him
10 the echo. The ovation In the president
lasted several minutes,
The president then spoke on the peace
treaties explaining their purpose and
! cvIticislnc the opposition TO them in the
senate. The president ilScned the pres
ent mode OF settling questions NJ national
honor TO the old dnelling methods when
questions of honor were involved be :
tween gentlemen, lie said that he dld
not believe that tho peace treaties would
abolish war. but thought them step
toward universal peace,
In introducing President TAFT Con
grossman Howell said:
My friends. VIC had hoped today ia
take our honored guest To the crest Of
! College hill and from that cInwninc cmi q
lncncc permit him 10 view our most beau
tful valley. the gem of the mountains,
Cache valley has been called tho Eranary
OF Utah. 1T is more than Mat II is
tho cornucopia of good things of the
/ west.
However, tho lack OF time and the
!atcncss OF the hour have prevented MS
from carrying out this arrangement. The
president can be with us only few min
utes while the train waits.
This is the first time We have had the
opportunity I'm Logan TO entertain pres
idcnt of the United States. Eleven years
ago Il distinguished gentleman who aft
crwsrds became president visited Logan
and was pleased with our entertainment,
We trust that our president today viii
likewise bo pleased with his short stay
i'm or city. We believe that a visit Ia
Logan is a harbinSer of good things. and
with this in view lei us bid the president
thrice welcome and bid him God-spccd,
';Bades and gentlemen. have the
honor TO present 10 Won that learned iur-
list that able statesman, the present
president and the next president Of tho
| United States. William Howard Taft"
Prolongcr cheers greeted the president
as he rose from his scat on the platform
| 10 address the thronc and il was scv-
oval minutes before the president wa
able TO make himself heard Then he
| said: