The Sentinel=record., 1911-10-04

 RESIDENT
DENVER COMPELS PRESIDENT TO SPEND THE BUSIEST DAY OF
 HIS lTlNERAR
In Favor of Progress and construction He Tells His Hosts-Made An Honorary Members of the
 Press Club.


 Denver, Col, October 3-This was one of the most strenuous days President Taft has spent since leav- ing Beverly more than two weeks ago. The presidents Denver hosts kept him on tine go from early morn ing until late tonight when he left for Cheyenne.
 Mr. Taft made two important speeches today, the first 10 the pub lie lands convention and the seconu to the members of a republican or ganization including the state cen- tral committee and various county committees. To the republican con- mitteemen the president outlined the position of the republican party as he interpreted 1t.
 We are in favor of progress and construction" he said, i've are in favor of prosperity and of doing nothing that will interfere with the business growth of this country, pro- vided that business growth be along lines that are legitimate and within the statues.
 There is not any desire on our part to hit corporations just because they are corporations. And if they are contributing to the growth of the country; if they are furnishing a large wage fund for the support oi wage earners, and are engaged in that work, that is evidence of Amer jean enterprise, we are to encourage them. not to discourage them"
 "The question of the tariff" said Mir. Taft, q think all republicans agree upon. We are not making any apology for blocking bills that failed to sustain tariff protection.
 The president took a flyer "at some tariff reformers" when he said: H
 There seems to be little mis- conceptisn as to what my duty was in respect to signing the tariff bills passed at the recent session of con- gress, on the part of those gentle men who would be entirely consistent in signing those bills. I mean the gentlemen not in favor of republi- can politics. but democratic tariff for revenue or free trade. It would be entidely consIstent in them to sign any bill that reduces the tariff because they are opposed to the tarif generally. am not in tha' class. was elected as a protee- tionist. :"
 The president said he was wlllins to sgn any bill that conio.ms with tho republican platform on which he was elected and he hoped that when the people realized the sincerity oi our promises, they will see fit tt keep us in power.
 sThe fact is," he added, that thy defection from the republican party in the last congressional election ol the defeat of it. was not due to al increased number of democrats. II was due to the defection of repub licans who insisted we had not kep our promises. Now if we go ahea' as I hope we may and show to then that is just what we are doing, act ing on the tariff boards report. i seems to me we are not oyer-san guine in expecting that these repub Aicans did not leave us exactly, bu who withheld their votes, will nov return to the place where they be long"
 In his speech before the publi lands convention the president maa' a plea for reasonable attitude o conservatlonists generally. He urge' them not to lose everything by claim ing too much. He also stated tha he disagreed with many of the view expressed by the convention in re gently adopted resolutions.
 Mir. Taft said he thought tn fetish" stage of the conservation movement had passed and that conn try was now prepared to "settl down to calm consideration of wha ought to be done in the preservation of our natural resources, and wha steps ought to be taken which tn mistakes of the past show to D wise"
 Tt does not do to abuse every body" the president said, "tha