The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-09-28
TAFT IS AMONG
The Insurgents
Kindly Greeted by Governor
Stubs at Lawrence.
CONDEMNS CRIMES INQUIRY
President Dimes with Peculiar Com
pany and Goes from Table to Talk
on Peace, Arbitration and
Like Pacific Virtues.

Baldwin, Kan, SEPT Ex-Governor
stubbs. the fighting iiisurgert execu
tive of the Sunfower state, extended
to President Taft his first welcome
into insurgent Kansas, and it was,
perforoe, ar official one. The governor
met the president at Lawrence. Kan.
where Mr. Taft addressed the students
of the University Of Kansas.
Here is tie governor welcore:
Il hope that Kansas, without regard
to church, party or faction. will give
President Taft ,he most royal well
come that a president ever received"
Governor Stubs accompanied the
Taft special to this town and spent
the day with the president. Senator
Rristow was at the station here to
meet ne president. This is the first
time that Mr. Bristow hao gone to see
the. president since January He
stopped his calls at the White House
vfen reciprocity became an issue.
Senator Curtis accompanied the presi.
dent and will stick with him through
his stay in the stare.
NJ Taft was in Baldwin to attend
{ the ceremonies at Baker University in
+. the installation of Dir. W n. Mason
as president of the institute. The
university is sectarian ard the religi-
Gus atmosphere was dominant through
out the day. Politics were watched
for closely. but they did not crop out
! except in the appearance of Senator
Eristcw and the introduction Of the
president by Governor Stubs
The president made three speeches.
In the first, at Lawrence, to the stu
dents CT the University of Kansas, he
/ spoke on the work OF the Y " c. A.
! condemn the work OF Mr. Crane, who
rsed q detective to determine the
ricral Weaknesses of Harvard stu
cents. He said that he had no pa.
tience with such an investigation. and
! that information like that which had
to be dug up with a spade had a great
deal better be left beneath the sod.
When Mr.. Taft arrived at Baldwin
automobiles were waiting to take him
TO the Methodist church, where the
inaugural service for DR.. Mason was
held.
He listened to an excellent sermon
by President Mcconnell of DePauv
university, who told the congregation
that in the long run in this lie the
step was more important than the
stride That common heroism was
harder to find than uncommon hero
ism. and that ii was not the spectacu
lar fight, but the steady march that
counted most This is the line Of
thought that President Taft presented
to his Peoria audience IN outlining his
efforts as president
The president dined with peculiar
company He was the guest of w. c
Markham, a prominent local politician
and at the table sat the president
Senator Bristow, Governor Stubbs. and
Senator Curtis and greater extremes
than these would be hard to find.
The principal speech of the day was
delivered by the president at the acad
envy exercises in the afternoon He
spoke on peace, and arbitration. II
MAS unbearably hot in the hall. anG
outside of the students and faculty
most of the audience sat in their shirt
sleeves They were a typical Kansas
audience, and followed the PRESIDENT
argument closely.