The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1911-09-21
A DAY OF COMPLIMENTS Ex-
CHANGED AND AN AVOID
ANcE OF POLITICS.
CRITICS ARE DENOUNCED
Senator Townsend Declares Those
Who Attack the President eelono
Generally to a Class of seif;sh Pol.
itieians-Youns Says Taft Is Great.
est Representative Of Prosressives.

Marquette, Mich, Sept. 20.-Presi.
dent Taft, the first president of thu
United states to set foot on tho
shores OF Lake Superior, ended his two
days visit to the upper peninsula OF
Michigan today and tonight is retrac.
ing his line of travel from the north.
lie Is due in Grand Rapids early to-
morrow morning and while there Will
deliver one OF the most important
speeches of the trip-a defense of tn.
veto Of the wool. free-list and cotton-
tariff bills.
The president plainly was pleased
Win the warmth OF his reception here.
The upper peninsula Is about as solidly
republican as any part of the country.
and the president found cheering
throngs wherever he went. The at
mosphere was charged with politics.
but Mr.. Taft steered clear OF the sub
Ject. His principal address was an
appeal for public support OF the arbi-
tration treaties with Great Britain and
France.
Mr.. Taft listened. however, to an
old-fashioned republican CAMPAIGN
speech from Representative Young, In
which the congressman took occasion
to make few pointed remarks about
different brands of progressivencss.
Senator Townsend who has accom-
panied the president ever since he en-
tered Michigan, also drifted into poll
ties during the day and denounced Mr..
Tafts critics as belonging generally to
"A class OF selfish politicians"
In, gat
to an immense throng In a three-rinc
circus tent brought from Chicago for
the occasion. that Representative
Young made his political address. He
referred to Mr. Taft as having taken
office at time when constructive
work was needed and not a tearing
down.
Constructive Progressiveness.
He has been wisely. prudently and
consistently progressive" said Mr..
Young. He is the greatest living
representative OF genuine constructive
progressiveness. On the other hand.
there Is spurious progressiveness at
which rich men laugh and angels
weep"
Mr. Young praised the president for
his veto of the statehood bills because
Of the judiciary recall. declaring that
IL was an act of courage and wisdom
equal to Grants veto OF the initiation
bill and that 1t placed Mr.. Taft In the
front rank OF American statesmen.
THE president" he said, was op-
posed to every demagogue and every
shifty politician This fact he de-
clared caused the president to be loved
for the enemies he has made"
Mr.. Taft did not follow Mr.. Young's
lead. He said he was somewhat en-
barassed by the situation, that ha
had intended to tell Mr. Young's con-
stituents what a good congressman he
was, but was afraid to do so, lest
someone charge that there had been
a conspiracy OF flattering exchange in
advance. Mr.. Taft then launched into
an explanation of the arbitration
treaties. his address following the
lines of those made at Erie, Pa, and
Pontiac, Mich.
Mr. TAFT said that ore OF his impor-
tant missions on the present trip was
TO make peace treaties understood. In
Erie he received pledge from Senator
today Senator Townsend said he also
favored them.
Senator Townsend praised the presi-
dent for the work of his admnistra-
tion and declared that Mr.. Taft was a
statesman, not a politician.
President Taft also referred, while
here to the Ntcaraguan and Honduran
treaties and urged their ratification by
the senate. The United States, he
said. has certain guardianship over
the republics of Central America which
1t must not shrk. In this connection
he referred to the Santo Domingo
treaty negotiated by President Roose-
Welt. II Was the first mention OF
Roasevelt's name during the trip. bue
overlooked BY the audience.
The success OF the fiscal arrange-
! ments made in Santo Domingo MIR.
Taft said, brought about the pending
treaties with Honduras and Nicara-
qua.
We are great nation and have
| been made prosperous by the blessing
Of God.' concluded the president, and
we owe to our less fortunate neighbors
| that come under our guardianship the
same degree of neighborly feeling and
aid that a successful man IN cons
munity owes to his less fortunate fei-
| low citizens, Therefore, think the
senate ought to confirm these treaties.
Let us go on doing good"