The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-07-15
MARSE HENRY GAVE
PRESIDENT A HINT
He Would Have to Land on
Him" if He Came to Ken
tuck Too Early.
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Washington, July 15.-Henry Wat
terson, editor of the Louisville Courier
Journal, likes President Taft so well
he does not wish TO sting the chief
executive with column editorial for
visiting that state just before the No
vember election, and so he has writ
ten Mr. Taft Il letter suggesting that
the trip of the President to the dedi-
cation of the Lincoln farm at Hodgins-
vile. KY, be postponed until after
the election. The President had
the date had been fixed for October
20
The President agreed that ''Marse
Henry" was right and will ask the
proper officials to change the date for
the dedication to some time between
the 18th and Goth of November.
There is to be red-hot election
in Kentucky in November. The Re-
publicans claim that they will elect
their candidate for governor, Judge
ORear, while the Democrats declare
that their opponents are dreaming.
The election will furnish an idea of
the trend of political sentiment in
the country. it is said, and for that
reason both parties will exert them
selves. The President will give what
ever assistance it can to his own par
ty without going beyond precedent in
that direction.
President Taft has been asked by
Senator Burton to become the patron
of the Third International Congress of
Refrigeration, which meets in Chicago
September 10.
Cannot Accept Invitations.
The President has been obliged to
decline invitations to visit Lindborg.
Kansas; Climax. Mich; Ware, Mass;
and number of other cities. He is
also unable to be present at the meet
ing of the American Bar association
in Boston. August p. and at the land
and irrigation exposition in New York
November 2.
The President accepted one invita-
ton today. 1t was to join the G. A.
r. Veterans at their national encamp-
ment at Rochester, n. Y, August %.
This will be the day of the big parade
in which 100000 veterans will march.
The invitation, beautiful engrossed
on parchment. and enclosed in leath-
err case, was presented by Corp. Tan
ner, who was accompanied by Repre-
sentative Danforth of New York.
The President wants to go to Mem
phis. Tennessee in September to at
tend big reunion of the Blue and
Gray. held under the auspices of the
city of Memphis and her business men.
This will be the first gathering of that
kind attempted in the South, and a
formal invitation was today extended
by committee composed of w. c.
Duttlinger and NJ. D. Mcclellan. who
were accompanied by Senator Taylor
of Tennessee The date for the re-
union is September 1929, but as these
dates conflict with other arrangements
the President has asked Secretary
Hlles and the Memphis people to see
| if they can agree upon a date that will
be satisfactory ali around.
Invited to Corn Exposition.
Senator Gamble impressed upon
the President that he ought not fail
to 90 to the corn exposition at Nit
chell, S. D., September 26. He had
| tentatively accepted this invitation
some time ago. Early in September
the President will be in Knoxville and
| Nashville.
Mrs. Lillian NJ. Stevens, head of the
| w. c. T. u. who recently was ap-
pointed by the President as dele
gate from the United States to the
International Congress Against Alec
holism to be held in Europe this sum
mer, has declined the invitation and
the President has appointed Mrs. Mar
garet Dye Ellis.