The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-25
Insurgents and Regular Re publicans Join to Make
 Stay Pleasant
INVADES THE HOME OF SENATOR LAFOLLETTE
Rides Through City ill Drizzling Rain-Makes Big Hit With the Farmers By Discuss
 ing the Crops

HHIT fngton, Oregon and California states that are chased as "insurgentiP Pres ident Taft today swept through Min nesota, making more than 10 speeohes and stopping at almost as many towns and villages In his progress from gGlen : COG to this city.
 Tonight the President spoke Tn the auditorium here and tomorrow, ais- ernoon and evening, he will be guest of St. Paul Thursday he will cross over into Wisconsin, homo of senator AAFollette, the acknowledged leader or the union insurgent, and the man slated to opose him for the republic an presidential nomination next year
 President Taft's welcome to Mime apolis was cordial
 United States Senator Nelson, w2o has not announced whom he will sup port in the presidential race next year Senator Clapp, who recently made bit- tor speech against MT. Taft in Chi cago and who is known as .Lafollette supporter; Congressmen Miller and Nye' who are chased as regulars and Con aressmen Anderson and Hammond, in surgents,' turned out with Governor Eberhardt to extend a welcome. Sena- tor Clapp, in spite of his attacks on the President rode with him in his pr.- vate car from Glencoe with members of the Minnesota cons ngressional dele eation and was his guest at dinner tonight.
 Crowds Enthusiastic
 The crowds were good and as en- tnusiastic as any the President has i- faced. Beginning at Mankato shortly before noon the President travelled through a rain soaked land, but at the little stations where his train stopped for few minutes the country people were out with umbrellas and slick CTS" to kep them dry, ready to yell a greeting.
 At Mankato, the President was driv- zen. In an open automobile for mote than sn hour through the streets in q cold crizzle and although lcnisnt no shows no III effects of that trip, pr. Thomas l.. Rhoades hls physician, had few anxious moments during the day. The presidential train pulled Into Mai- kato just as tie rain began.
 Rather than change the programme the President entered the waiting autoIno- bile. refused to have the top raised and ordered the procession to go ahead. He stopped for several minutes at three school houses and when he alighted at the
 
 him in hand immediately. His gerat coat wos taken off and put on steaming radiator to dry The officers of the rail- road were called up by telephone, but the private car was F mile sout of town, be- ing turned around and the President vert to luncheon in wet shoes and socks
 When he rose to speak he compared po- li..sal conditions in the United States to- day with the political party conditions In the Philippines several years ago. The Eilss caught the spirit of the illustration and applauded vigorously
 Most of the day the President talked about farming. At Madison Lake he re- ferred to the work being done by Secre- tary of Agriculture Wilson to educate the farmer In a. way that made hit with his audience. f eff you study all the things. that Uncle { Jimmie Wilson In the agricultural depart rnent says you ought to study, he said you will injare you reyes and look like college professor, and yet those things are things that are essential to be known fhat the product per acre of the farms shah be increased and that the mouths of the people of the United States shall be fed 30 years hence
 Chats With Crowd
 At Randolph the President chatted in formally with the crowd about his car. He referred to the fact that he was in q farming community and suggested that the rain would be good for fall pastures. Tic crowd voiced assent and further said that the crops had been fine.
 ':You see."' the President said In expla- nation of the various questions he had asked, T am something of 9 farmer my self.,'
 .Are the potatoes all in," a voice asked amid laughter.
 q am gathering them slowly the President replied as the'S train rolled away. tsHa% S 4s
 It was still raining wben the Prssi- dent reached here, but from the station to the. auditorium the street was lined with thousands of persons. There was applause and some cheering as the President passed along the illuminat sl white way. s5t tt cp-
 The auditorium crowd gave MT. Taft q noisy greeting. pr. Cyrus Northrup, former president of the University or Minnesota and a former instructor Of MT Taft at Yale, presided. He pictured the President us a great progressive in the matter of peace, in the control or the trusts and on the doctrine Of tariff revision on a scientific basis His men ton of Col Theodore Roosevelt in con : nection with the beginning of the trust prosecutions called out prolonged cheering. }s j
 The President spoke on the relation of government to business, repeating z
 
 other cities connecting the agricultural department to business. He also re- piled to the charge that he had set up the supreme court with the understand- : ing that the judges would emascuiate te the antitrust statute.s{ ss -%aEf,a-
 "Of course" he said, there Is not the slightest foundation for such a state ment And the man or the men who make such charge lightly. reveai the fact that they have no realization of the inquity, the corruption that would be involv ed in such an ignorance gross ly dispayed I am proud of the men .jt has myself placed upon tie bench. If is 2 sacred duty that President has to perform and a man may well go into his closet and pry open his soul to show his intelligence and courage In placing men of profound learning at the heal of the law who will say what IS. tho Fundamental law of the land, and when It was violated" v.
 The President was cheered when he declared tho railroads Of the country were now trying to operate with the law and should no longer be- made the football of dcmagogues and politi- Olaps." s, .-t 4 ts, VI as%
 Senator Clapp was not the least in tcrcsted of his hearers.