The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-08
president TAT 7
I'm PRED|CANENT
psuuced on Horns of Dilemma
/ sharpened by Young Mems
Republican Club.
ORGANIZATION SAYS 1T
4 HASN'T BEEN RECOGNIZED
|UiIl Not Be Sponsor for PreSl-
dent at Any Doings Where
Admission Is Charged.

II Iust after fIesi'o"'
-, ,be defeat of his opponent on
X. B,ysry golf links yesterday morn
.;, up and two to play, pr1or TO
a;s G departure for Hartford, he reached
u. tresidcntial hand down INTO the
.rseious presidential hip pocket ana
t.,ucbt forth telegram, Right away
sttsrrards President Taft s brows cor
r,o,ted like the hide on rhinoceros'
and his lips quivered with pent-up emo
,;on This was the telegram:
Salt Lake city Utah. Sept. s, 1911.
uan William Taft. Beverly, Mass..2t
n,entIng of the Young Mems RepubI- :
|. San club held this afternoon 'he ioiio"-
\ ,r9 resolution was adopted-
'spcsoIycd That the Young Mems Re-
,ubIcan club by its board OF MANAGERS.
,sere,s exceedingly that. notwithstanding
|. ina Information imparted 10 tho clup oS
eens,or Smoot that especial attention
snriJ bc given by President Taft 10 the
,nrl,otion OF the club during his visit TO
iytsh 10 attend the function in his honor;
no official opportunity has been afforded
,ks c,ub nv Tic Salt Lake City general
somniiice OF entertaining President Taft
n n manner and at a place befittinC his
I Sirnjiv ms the leading Republican OF the
rsfIon. and we further call particular at
7 frnlion TO the fact that the club mas been
4 i5lay ignored in the general entertaining
/ "A the president
. .Tol'NG MEMS REPUBLICAN CLUB,
By f. W PRICE. President
n Cause for Emotion.
Reading that. is it any wonder that
NJ presidential frame shook like a
Nisscuriau with the ague and that the
1nnly cI alC m y
sympathctic! The presidential mind
ssarcc could grasp the complex prob
Dem that confronted it, Both horns of
ibe dilemma threatened 10 Jab the pres
idential anatomy at the same time, and
thc presidential predicament surely
vas thing distressing TO behold.
IL What to say In reply to the Young
Mems Republican club-that was the
question,
The events which found their culmi-
nation in The maelstrom In which the
president finds himself battling des.
perateH for his political life were in
deed some events This land of the
free has probably never witnessed
such collection of events III one Sc
nes before, not even excepting the
world's championship series.
4 The history OF the happenings that
have eameshcd the president is spotted
ike pinto pony with strcnuosity and
turmoil. 1t appears that about two
months ago the Young Men s Repub-
bean club received flash hot from
fhc wiro that the president had de-
tlded, to make a western trip. The
Young Mems Republican club, ever
seri and keenly on the Job, saw its
OPPORTUNITY. Ii would invite the presi-
arnt TO talk politics TO il, and prompt
In put us decision into effect il ad.
q'fssed the president through Sepa.
'or Smoot. The president evidently
vas tckled immensely. for be in.
icTmed, the Young Mems Republican
,lub' also through Senator Smoot, that
4 y would be glad TO meet it and shake
BY the hand, Indeed, so happy was
Ine president to comply with the invi.
'ailcn Of the Young mems Republican
tluo that Senator Smoot was con-
nialned TO write. presumably in the
roIds OF the president, that Mr. Taft
ave assurance that "espccial atteu-
npn wonld be given 10 the invitation
y me Young Mems Republican club
Fond Hopes Awakened,
mHen IT became definitely known
S. PRESIDENT Taft would come to
ss Lake on October ), there was
a .'a a meeting of a large number of
~ Lake prominent citizens. There
~" present more than a hundred.
mogg them was President Price Of
h h. W., ogng Mems Republican club of
y @ in due course Of time. Prcsi-
\ sna lf'se grabbed the psychological
a%'ut sra ny the tail, gave il twist
Eu slnlc away with the understand
nm, sr ''e1r IN the mind of himself and
N" OF hls friends. that the Young
lpr.a; Republican club should have
: lnoho%'ent Tart as its very own and
f{{w% else Tor space of at least
liz "oGrs The Voting Mems Repub
q ,hnwr p Slun was satisfied. 1t would
,Ae resident Taft such time as
slblsv ur,er mad beforc-not since he
II tEfbVS |fbc circus IN his old Ohio home
Eou,di ypuhg Men S Republican club
5. 0on. nave nave President Taft for two
tronid IheIlclous. delightful hours. He
!. H. u so, o" IT'S to fondle and caress 10
is1hs n sSa uh soda water and popcorn tc
= Ii,,ns"n the latest thing in motion
E3|llks ana to be treated rcnarall,
u1>oma,h; fellow that really amounted tr
l1.~ ,'VihlnE,
sr}tonfor,.ne me Same mass meeting tina
a-Renr,j;u JOY upon the Youna Men
tr1nm, neah club conferred also nowe,
~kfaI o'ernor Sprv TO appoint :, gen
royerr run'mittee Of twenty-five. TN,
. I'D tSo appointed that committee
Roi ;,s aonng Men Republican cuf
n11tialIv llrst Jolt. II was not off
Ubed recognized. No name was hlaz
UIialI,. upon the list that reflected nffi
Remhl;;ame ;me light Of the Young Men
81 IT, From Bad to Worse,
E1onui"u was pretty had. but in IN,
"a iean u, pf the Young Men, Renub
BIn comnn " was as soothing holn
RI I1pxt Taiisop 10 what nit its pleyu
" |teidsa as W general committee met an,
nd |ssr ,a1l - that the president shnn,d a5,' ao
Dir. ma pi'helpal address at the stzt,
isn's Pa.Ine me auspices Of the Youn,
Did tnhepn5lIeau club.
hb take k loung Mems Republica
heb,, ,"ke Kindly 10 that pTranae
m wa. Sot m much. Mary Ann. II va
pb. ma me Young Mems Penuhl;ca,
.. Fhen III il II did what it always doe
mectiua not 1t called meetinn
~ hf Yonns s always great relief T
W il Wy Men s Republican cluh an,
81 ss ,s ,tecided upon two le,,srs nc mce' G
81 governor, and read.
y m wtuia salt Lake. Sept. 2 1a1,
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