The Sentinel=record., 1911-09-17
TAFT CLOSES FIRST DAY
SPEAKS AT SYRACUSE, N. ". AND ERlA, PA, TO IMMENSE
 THRoNGs OF PEOPLE.
Speaking of Arbitration He Suggests Compromise to Placate Sen ators Who Have Rais-
 ed Objections.

Erie, Pa. Sept. 16.-Preside1t Taft ended the first Of his 46 days of speech making with an address to big throng in the Auditorium here tonight. Before reaching here he had spent nine hours in Syracuse, New York, where he made three speeches. The 1presddenA said inc had determined his average during this trip would be 1-2 speeches a day.
 MT. Taft reserved his most i'm portant utterances of the day for the speech here when he outlined a plan by which he hopes to wipe out ob jcctions in the senate to treaties of arbitration with Great Britain and France. These treaties have been held up and threatened with defea, largely because several senators have contended that the proposed joint high commission which would determine whether question should be senh to arbitration practically robbed the senate of it's function Of passing upon the. question.
 The president tonight suggested as compromise that the American members of such commission should be confirmed by the senate. He said he saw no reason why they should not be if congress or the senate thought ii dangerous to trust the president to make the appointments.
 MT. Taft indicated he would be willing to wipe out the joint high commission if need be and leave the decision as to whether a question is arbitrable to the board of arbitration He would also be willing to have this board pass not only upon the merits of the question but upon the jurisdiction.
 The president todsy did not plunge directly into a defense of his admin isration. as some of his hearers had expected. One of the most signifi- cant taings he said was at luncheon with the New York state fair con- missioners at Syracuse when he eX- plained why he had not discussed reciprocity in his outdoor address to several thousands of city folk and farmers.
 "I am not going to speak about reciprocity, he said, ''unbil after the matter is settled in Canada. We have done our part and we are wait ing and it is just as well for us to keep quiet"
 Mir. Taft also explained in syra- cuse why he happened to decide upon This 1S,OOO mile iaunt to the Pacific and through the enemies country of insurgency. This trip was like "Topsy
 "I just growed' Two years ago promised Gov. Hughes to visit your State Fair.
 linen I made an appointment with Congressman Madison of New York to visit Hutchinson on the semi-cen- tennial of the state These two en- agreements were the reason for my downfall. Thereafter an engagement in San Francisco accomplished rro complete ruin"
 Tn further explanation of his trip, the president said:
 q expect to talk on this trip about the issues of the day and some o' my policies If may dgnify my re lation to them by the possessive case and count them among the issues oi the day. I hope I may be able to bring somewhat more clearly from q the standpoint of one who gs charged with some responsibility in respea to them, many of the questions that perplex the legislators and executive at Washington.
 Al Syracuse the president laced q crowd estimated at 100000, He shar' aa honors with an aeroplanist who was constantly buzzEng above the heads of the people and several oi the more noted automobile racers III the country including Bob Bnrman who had a narrow escape from ser ions injury when the motor Of ms eBlitzen Benz" exploded almost d. rectly in front of the club house yer- anda. where the president sat.
 At the fair grounds the presideh' smoke of the science of farming.
 The presidents reception tonight