The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-29
PRESIDENT Bees
FOR TOLERAT|On
IoWanS Hear Him Almost irt
Silence Ask for Delay
of Judgment
PROMISES TRUSTS
WILL BE PROSECUTED
Duty AS Chief Magistrate
Leaves Him No Other
Course. Mr.. Taft
Declares

WATERLOO. La, Sept. 28:-RresN
dent Taft wound UP days trin
through progressive Iowa today
with d speech here In which he urged
liberation Of the corporations.
Coming into the enerny's teEr1torH
where q vigorous sentiment exists
against his stand-pat policy the presi~
dent poured out -utterances counseLnse
charity and kindness in dealinH
with the important problems of tha
day and particularly the handling OF
the moneyed interests.
Iowa was hardly prepared to heaA
the president ask, Is he did. that the
people wait to see what he proposed
doing with the tariff. Iowa. wanted
something dehnite-it hoped that ha
would come out squaxely Tor the first
time in his trip with some accurately
defined idea respecting the oharacte4
of tariff legislation he has In mind
But no hint OF this came from the
president He touched upon tho
tariff in all OF the fifteen speechea
he made IN stopping places from
Council Bluffs To this city and moi
once did he explain especially his own
views.
1t was day of defense of thu
tariff yetoes and OF the moderation
In the attitude toward corporations--
two things that Iowa listened to with
profound silence. AS upon his y.sits
TO towns in insurgent Kansas, tha
president had plenty of people to hear
him, but there was the same frost-
like attitude in Iowa that k@lnsaA
showed
No Cheers For Speech.
Throughout his speech here. In
which he assumed a sympathetic att
titude toward the corporations. the
president was not interrupted by a
suspicion OF cheer. When he pros
claimed his purpose OF keeping after
the trusts and then in the next breath
urged that there ought TO be n halt
| In the agitation against centralized
money power the crowd regarded him
| curiously.
| Mr.. Taft was escorted in his saunt
| through the State by crowd of in
surgent and regular leaders From
| them he learned that Iowa progress
! sives looked with favor upon the La
Toilette boom for president. Senator
| Cummins. leader of the insurgents in
this State, didn't ride upon the presi-
dents train, and kept out of the prcsi-
dents way. It Is understood he VIII
join the president in Des Moines to-
morrow.
Congressman who are booming
Cummins for the presidency hoped
aboard the train at Council GUMS
and whooped 1t up for Mr.. Taft.
Feared Trowns OF People.
They did this not because they pur<
posed giving support to the presidents
but because they considered that tfeirs
constituency would frown upon any
discourtesy shown the president OF
the United States.
In the aggregation of insurge nta
we're Congressman Picket. Towner.
As7rro II
I Green. Senator Kenyon, who calls
himself Taft progressive. and Cows
ernor Carroll. dyed-in- the-wool pro-
gressive, went along and sat upon
the platform with the President, lends
ing cheer to tho trip.
Every town where tho President
stopped had its crowds To watch the
| President pass in parade. and he
had no lack of hearers when ha
spoke But everywhere there was q
distinct Lack of sympathy. When he
spoke at Denison of his idea of watt-
ing for the tariff boards report be<
| fore recommending any tariff meas
ure the crowd Of uItra-progressivea
looked bored.
President Reads Speech
The President spoks to the crowd
here under lowering skies All day
long he had passed through a drix>
| EIlnE RAIN. lut GEONu. 6oiS
idly in a public square, gave IA per-
functory cheer when the President
appeared on the stand. lie read htz
speech from prepared manuscript and
made no effort at oratory. Toward
the finish OF the speech some OF the
audience became restless and started
| 10 leave. 1ats. annoyed MIR, Taft,
and he exclaimed; Il wonder II you
have enough patience TO wait until
/ read three more parts of this"
Go on" came in chorus.
Mr.. Taft read slowly until tho
finish. and when he had stopped th1
throng without so much as hand
clap. proceeded 10 leave the square.
At Webster city, whore the presi-
dent told a throng Of 2.Ooo that ha
was trying hard TO satisfy the people.
no was met with no response.
, Il want You to know where
stand" he said in discussing the tariff
vetoes II you don't approve when
VOW know who're / stand YOU know
what TO do. In any event. am cons
tent 10 abide by your verdict"
Taft Rebukcs kenyun.
. Senator Kenyon assayed at Fort
Dodge 10 rap Theodore Roosevelt fox
, not having gone far enough in his
, handling Of the corporations. This
! evoked a nnd rehuke from air. Taft
WHH observed thAR dlFlhk tho pF6V-
lous administration" the initial efforts
had been mAae la the trust fight.
This was the first time MIR. Taft
had gone 10 the defense 1T Air. Roo~~-
| Welt. has ha aid not permit himself
to grow any too Vigorous about II.
MIR Taft stays here Tonight And
starts early tomorrow for lied
Moines. The attitude W Iowa pro.
sreAstNsea toward the Presidents AID
mlnistrative policies II reelected IA ~
editorial in tho leading kspahlicmn
: newspa per OF Des Moin~s. Tho hnafn.
. tar and Leader. which cautions NJ
, Taft that no may yet redeem htrmmeal
) n ne viii shake OF MIS- evassvonaS
upon the tarin and other Isau~e n
his administration and give ssratg&&
forwa expression OF hts futnre -
a ICY The editorial Gays fcw~ne -
! not H~xssn~d with Mr. Tmfvs AxSnnoM
istratton and that no uuust coQY1l
tCeEsinned on EseoaA 1MDN4 NJ