Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-09-19

court, senator La roulette SHftaa ti
the public records quotation from one
of the Presidents messages as being
at variance With the rule of reason. d"
laid down by the court. The President
asserted that his vieys as expressed in
the message were in exact accord with
the decisions.
An abstract of the speech will be
found on Page five.
Mr. Taft reached Detroit early to-
day after an all-nignts ride from
Eric, Pa. He left his train in q DOWN
pour. but while he was hreakfasting
at the Detroit Club the clouds began
to give way 4 crowd of several hun
dred persons gathered In the rain at
the station ard there was cheer as
the Presidents automobile whisked by.
At the breakfast where the Presi-
dent was entertained by Milton a. Nc
Rae. and met 30 or more newspaper
editors and proprietors, he spoke
briefly OF his former connection with
newspaper work in Cincinnati
Il was assigned to the courts. said
the President. in describing his re-
pGrtorial career, eand the first big
scoop that / got was an advance
story of decision on a very import
ant case, which was exactly the oppo-
site of the decision which the judges
handed down next day. | am starting
on long trip. gentlemen, and | ask
-FOUR prayers both for my mental and
physical well being. This trip. l mayl
say, was not entered into with malice |
aforethought.
Sometimes when / contemplate it'll
/ hold my breath. But ! am going
through with it,
Senator Alden M. Smith joined thel
Presidents party today and will make
most of the trip through Michigan.
Following breakfast the President |
was taken by special trolley to Pom
tiac, where he was scheduled to make
a brief address before returning to
the State Fair grounds to assist in
opening the annual exhibition there.
Two of the smaller Oranges of thel
state boycotted the fair this year be-
cause of the invitation extended TO the
President. basing their action on the
Presidents reciprocity campaign.
Michigan has been particularly inter-
ested in reciprocity and there has
been more or less of conflict between
the cities and the rural districts, thel
former favoring the pact and the lat
ter opposing it. The President, adher
ing TO his announced program of
avoiding reciprocity until after the
Canadian elections Thursday, had
nothing TO say on the subject today.
President Taft today received an in
Sitation to visit the University of
Wisconsin at Madison. Madison is the
af ha
President was compelled to decline.
The itinerary is said to be complete.
Returning from Pontiac, President I
Taft was greeted by big throng at
tie State Far grounds, five miles,
from this city. In the absence of Gov. /,
Osborn, Mr. Taft was introduced by /.
Milton McRae. |.
Three cheers for the next PRESIDENT
of the United States" yelled an en-
thusiastic man close to the PLATFORM
as the President arose to speak.
Il fear you are very poor prohpet,
said the President with a smile.
The Presidents speech followed the
lines of mis- Syracuse address. in which
he urged the adoption of scientific
methods in farming and the conserva
ton of the soil Evidently convinced
that race suicide had been effectual-
~ checked the President remarked
that if care were not taken the eropt
of babies" would increase more than
any other crop the nation produces.
Saginaw. Mich. Sept. 1S.-President |
Taft dropped off at Saginaw tonight, |
en- route to Bay City. and the northern |
part of the state long enough TO ask
4 All. To hail h i'm In
fluence the United States Senate to
act favorably upon the arbitration
treaties. The President stayed in Sag
NAV only half hour. His reception
was as fattering as he could have
wished for. The auditorium where the
President spoke is built to seat 5000
people and every seat was filled and
thousand persons stood in the aisles.
Bay City, Mich, Sept. ls.-With a
speech on the relation the militia
bears to the regular army and the ma
tional defences. President Taft brought
his hrst day in Michigan on his West
ern trip to close here tonight. 1t was
the Presidents eighth speech today.
He spoke at the dedication OF Bay
City's new arsnory. The same sort of
enthusiastic welcome that has greeted
him elsewhere in Michigan was evil
den. in Bay City.
Mr.. Taft's address was short. He re-
ferrei 20 the need of a strong and able
militia ct home and on the Panama
canal ard said this nation went too
long without it,
Following his speech at the Armory,
the President dropped in at banquet
of the Board of Commerce and then
retired on board his private car He