Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-10-05
BIT OF THEW
West FOR TAFT
At CHE tYEhNE.
Frontier Day Program Re
peated For Presidents
Benefit; Continues Trip to
Salt Lake City Today.

Cheyenne, Wyo., Oct president
Taft saw a bit OF wild west today.
Cheyenne did not merely watch him
drive through the streets and listen to
presidential oratory, but frontier
day." with bucking bronchos, wild
races and the stunts" which abound
in wild west shows, was repeated for
the presidents benefit. The reception
committee made the show as nearly as
possible like that he'll, few weeks
ago, and sixty-five performers of all
sorts appeared before MIR. Taft.
In addition to the show, the presi-
dents program here included an auto
mobile trip through the city, review
Of troops and an address in the local
opera house. His train is scheduled to
make two more stops In Wyoming to-
day, and should reach Salt Lake City
tomorrow.
Denver Papers Comment.
Denver, Colo, Oct. 4.-Referring to
President Taft's reception in Denver
the Times says:
It wasn't q. bowling demonstration
In any sense, but 1t was good hearty
welcome OF the better behaved sort" ;"
The Rocky Mountain News says:
AT no time was there an enthustas-
tic ovation given President Taft, with
the exception of that at the auditor
ium. He was SO rushed there was no
time for demonstration. There was
no opportunity for an outburst Of popu-
lar enthusiasm"
The Republican stated:
President Taft's reception from
Denver at large was genuine and sin
cere; it was not Of the rampant, ram
bunctious sort, and no one dared to ad-
dress him with "Bill." Everything was
On stated, dignified order, beftting
the man and his responsible ONCE"
Gives Tariff Talk At Denver. SIS
Denver, Col.. Oct. A. President Taft
made two important speeches here
yesterday, the first to the public lands
convention and the second to the mem
bers of the republican organization, in
Guiding the state central commission
and various county committees.
a I'VE are In favor of progress and
construction y he said, before leaving
for Cheyenne last night. eve are in
favor of prosperity and of doing no.
thing that will interfere with the busi-
ness growth Of this county, provided
that business growth be along legiti-
mate lines and within the statutes.
There Is not any desire on our part
to hit corporations, just because they
are corporations. And If they are con-
tributing to the growth Of the country,
If they are furnishing a large wage
fund for the support of wage earners,
and are engaged in work that Is evil
dence Of American enterprise, we are
to encourage them, not to discourage
them.
'We-are in favor of tariff that will
enable the manufacturers Of this coun-
try that are dependent upon the tariff
to live and to meet competition from
other countries. We are not making
any apology in the slightest for the
blocking of those bills that failed to
sustain that measure in respect to
tariff protection"
For Protective Tariff.
The president took fling "at some
tariff reformers,' when he said:
There seems to be little miscon-
ception as to what my duty was In
respect to signing the tariff bills pass
ed at the recent session of congress
on the part of those gentlemen who
would be entirely consistent in signing
those bills mean the gentlemen that
are not in favor of the republican poll
cies and are in favor. Of democratic
tariff for revenue or free trade. It
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 protectionist.
''The fact is the detection from the
republican party in the last con-
gressional election or the defeat Of 1t
was not due to an increased number OF
democrats. It was due to the detection
OF republicans who insisted that we
had not performed our promises.
"Now If 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, it seems to me that we
are not over sanguine In expecting that
those republicans who did not leave us
exactly but who withheld their votes
will return to the place where they
belong"
WEBSTER PLANS TO
PLEAD SELF DEFENSE