The Washington herald., 1911-09-19
TAFT SUPPORTERS
TAKEN BY DEATH
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Democratic mayor waited to see him.
and Republicans and Democrats alike
| turned out.
| Gets Generous Applause.
At the chamber of commerce break
fast at the Detroit Club, where the
President titled himself the 'brother-in-
law OF a newspaper and all along
through the day. up to luncheon. given
by the chamber of commerce at the
! Wayne Auditorium, where the President
| defended his attitude toward the trusts
and insisted that he would continue his
war against them, he was graciously
received and generously applauded. 1t
was far different from the greeting that
he experlenced in Syracuse last Satur-
day. where a lack of sympathy gave the
President an inauspicious start
The President found some of his old
! friends and sympathiZerS iamOng the
! leaders who shook his hand in Detroit
| United States Senators Smith and Town
! send, of Michigan. were there to tell him
| that Michigan RepCl Leans were with
him. The old war horses, all stanCh ad-
! ministration adherents, assured him that
| he need not worry about Michigan, even
| II a mildly insurSCnt element Is cropping
! At u
! con. where |, so men sat at the tables. the
! Presidents disquisItion upon the trusts
| was heartily applauded. He steered clear
! of poIitiCs in his speech there. as well as
| in his other Detroit speeches. He dis
| appOinted his hearers by avoiding refer
| enCe TO his vetOes, but they liked his
! rpc:prOcIty utterance when he spoke Of
| the time when ne hoped Canada would
| he brought closer to the shores of Michi-
gan.
! Mavor Thompson aroused a cheer for
the President when he adverted to Mr..
| Tafts efforts for reciprocity and peace.
| Addresses Government Clerks.
| The President. after a parade through
| DetrOit's main streets, where thousands
lined the curbs took time to address
convention of internal revenue clerks
] at the Hotel Cadillac. Being admins
I rration appOintees. they yelled Justify
for the President and let him know
! that they would let nothing slip in the
way OF stirring up sentiment for him
wherever il could be done. The TAFT
smile brOadened at this magnanimOus
assurance.
Some 10000 people heard the Presi-
dent discourse upon agricultural devel
opmcnt at the State fair grounds at
| Detroit.
During his speech the President was
! interrupted by man. who yelled:
you'll be the next President, all
| right"
Mr.. Taft paused. gave a broad smile,
and responded:
I'm afraid that you are not a good
prophet"
During the day Mr.. Taft took ride in
a special trolley to Pontiac. and it look
cd as though the whole l5.O0O population
was on the streets.
you're all right. Mr. President" yelled
a voice when Mr.. Taft. in a speech. made
allusions 10 Federal appontees of his in
| Pontiac The townspeople gave the
, President one Of the most rOusing re-
| Ceptions of the day.
Mr. Taft left Detroit at 40 o'clock
for Saginaw. immensely pleased with the
experience Of the day.
Doing His Best.
At Oxford. where a brief stop was
made. the President spoke to 200 towns
= people from the rear platform OF his
train. and told them he was doing his
best at Washington. The President
wanted the people to wait. he said. and
see how things turned out.
Il am not going to take up with you.
because there is no time. any of the
! issues of the day" he said. There are
a good many Somebody said-in Erie,
where stopped-that I was going to
defend my policies. have no time
here to do so. It would take a great
many days to enter into a defense Of
these properly. SO I will not begin.
Il only want to assure you that we
are doing the best we can at Washing
| ton. Sometimes we differ: the Executive
differs with the legislative: sometimes
| the Executive differs with one House
and then with the other. but through
| this difference and controversy we finally
! reach the truth. and If we all stand by
as good Americans and do the best we
| can and represent the people who send
us to Washington in the best way pos
/ sible. I guess that is all YOU ask. We
are coming out all right. In any event,
! IL We are not, you can send somebody
else TO do the right thing. which is the
privilege of American citizenship"
| AppIauded in Saginaw.
Saginaw gave President Taft a warm
welcome during a half hours stay. The
President talked of arbitration and peace
at the Auditorium, which. holding 800
People, was tammed to the doors. From
Saginaw the President came here to-
night and found the streets fairly crowd
ed with townspeople who applauded him
as he rode to the Auditorium.
The President made a speech dedicat-
ing Rav City's armory. during which he
advocated the building up Of the State
militia His audience, proud over the
prospect of the new armory, applauded
the President almost at his every refer
ence to II. He dwelt upon the necessity
of keeping up the national defense.
The President tired of his days ac-
tivity. including eight speeches, left at
midnight for Sault Ste Marie and Mar
ouette. where he speaks tomorrow.