Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-10-04
People of Colorado Capital
Greet Taft With True West
em Hospitality On the Go All
Day.
DELIVERS ADDRESSES
OF WIDE IMPORTANCE
Speaks Before Public Lands
Convention and Later to the
Members Of Republican Par
tyi Guest at Banquet,

IBy Morning journal Special Leased wirc.t
Denver. Colo. oct. 3.--When Presi-
dent Taft was taken for a two hours
automobile ride this afternoon and
was driven along az speed varying
from thirty-tive TO forty miles an hour.
II was but an incident of one of the
most strenuous days he has spent
since leaving Beverly more than two
weeks ago. The presidents Denver
hosts kept him on the go from early
morning until late tonight, when he
left for Cheyenne. Wyo.
Mr., Taft made two important
speeches during the day the first 90
the public lands convention. and the
second TO the members of the rs-
publican party. including the state
central committee and various county
committees. The president talked
politics to the republican committee
men and outlined the position Of the
party as he interpreted It.
I'VE are in favor OF progress and
construction, he said. I'VE are In
favor Of prosperity and Of doing moth
ing that will interfere with the busi-
ness growth OF this country. provided
that business growth he along lines
that are legitimate and within the
statutes.
There In not any desire on our part
to hit Corporations Just because they
are corporations, And IL they are con
tribnting to the growth of the coun-
| try. II they are furnishing large
wage fund for the support OF wage
earners and are engaged In the kind
of work that Is evidence of American
enterprise. we ought to encourage
them, not discourage them.
| 'aThe question OF the tariff" Mr..
| Taft added. II think all republicans
lagree upon. We are In favor OF q
tariff that will enable the manufac-
turers of this country who are de-
pendent upon the tariff TO live and
meet competition from other coun-
tries. We are not making an apology
for the blocking Of those bills. that
failed to sustain that result In respect
to tariff protection"
The president took fling at some
tariff reformers." when he said:
There seems to be little mis-
conception AS to what my duty was
in respect to signing the tariff bills
passed at the recent session OF con-
gress, on the part OF those gentlemen
who would be entirely consistent In
signing those bills. | mean the gentle
men that are In favor of republican
protection. and are In favor of dem
ocratic tariff for revenue or free
trade. Ii would be entirely consistent
| In them to sign any bill that reduces
the tariff, because they are opposed
to the tariff generally. ] am not In
that class. was elected as a pro-
proteetionlst."
The president said he was perfect
! ly willing to sign any bill that COM
piled with the republican platform
on which he was elected, and he hop
ed that when the people realized the
sincerity of our promises, they will
see fit to continue us In power"
"The fact Is, he added that the
detection from the republican party
from the last congressional election
or the defeat of il, was not due to an
increased number of democrats. II
was due to the detection of republi-
cans who insisted that we had not
performed our promises. Now, IL we
go ahead, as | hope we may. and
show to them that that Is just what
we are doing, acting on the tariff
boards report 1t seems to me that
we are not over sanguine In expecting
that those republicans who did not
ka.t he a.tt taaI
their votes, will now return to the
place where they belong
In the speech before the Public
Lands convention, the president
made plea for a renewed attitude
on the part of the eonservationists
generally. He urged them not to lose
everything by claiming too much. He
frankly stated that he disagreed with
many of the views expressed by the
convention In recently adopted reso-
lutions
Mr. Taft said he thought that tho
fetish stage of the conservation
movement had passed, and that the
country is now prepared TO settle
down to calm consideration of what
ought to be done in the preservation
OF our natural and our national re-
sources and what steps ought to be
| taken which the mistakes of the past
show to be wise"
1T does not do to abuse every-
body" said MIR. Taft. that does not
help bit There are some Of US who
can stand 1t. | have got to the point
whore II Is sort of normal condl-
tion, but when you go to congress
you will find gentlemen there who
have different ideas lest somebody
shall get an advantage. not OF you.
but of the generations TO come after
YOU"
Arriving in Denver this morning,
the. president was entertained at
breakfast at the Country Club under