The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1911-09-22
ENORMOUS CROWDS GREET
Z PRESIDENT AT SAGINAW
Estimated That 10000 People Turned
Out To Welcome Chief Exec
utive of the Nation
Monday Night
ADDRESS ON ARBITRATION AT AUDITORIUM

Created a Favorable Impression on
the Enthusiastic Audience. Largest
Crowd Ever Housed in Vast Build
ing. FiIed to Overlooking Ten Min
utes After Doors Opened. President
!, Mum on Reciprocity.
1t Is estimated that. about thirty
thousand people greeted president
Taft at Saginaw last Monday night o
the occasion of his initial visit TO
that city. Immense throngs Of human
ity lined the streets fromthe depot TO
the auditorium where the president
( was conducted to deliver an address.
This mammoth building which holds
about 5000 people was filled to over
Flowing within ten minutes after the
doors ,cre opened at six o'clock. A
patriotic song concert was held from
6:15 until the arrival Of the president
when the largest audience ever IN
the auditorium arose as one man
and greeted the chief executive with
loud and prolonged cheering,
The President upon being intro-
duced by president Cimmerer OF The
Saginaw Board of Trade after brlei
address of welcome by Mayor Stew
art, gave a short address on the SUP
ject of arbitration. All of Mr.. Tait
remarks were along this line and he
endeavored to impress upon his near
rnui 6a0rrimportance- OF settling all
onal disputes by the aroitra-
method. He acknowledged the
(ct that arbitration would not put
eep to war but felt that it's adoption
by the nations OF the earth was
step in the right direction. The pres
ident left the reciprocity question
strictly alone, refusing to make any
remarks along that line until after
the Canadian elections this week.
Many OF his hearers would have been
pleased to have had him squared him
self on this point as this state is
one of those most effected by the
proposed pact, but this issue was
sidestepped, either from lack OF
time, or because the arbitration ques-
tion was considered of more impor-
tance to Michigan people Wy the pres
ident.
The Presidents speech regarding
arbitration and tho nroposed treat
les was in part as follows;
81 am very much interested in get
ting the senate of the United ota'es
To ratify two treaties, one between
the United States and England anu
the other between the United States
and France for universal arbitra-
ton. I want to explain in as shor'
way as / can with reference 10
it's ratification. You know the con-
stitution provides that in order 10
make a treaty the president has 10
initiate and make the treaty throusn
tbe secretary of state and then the
senate by two-thirds vote has 70
ratifv his action in order that the
treaty shall become the law OF the
land.
"Weu. we have made two treaties.
Ard they are alike. The first clause
nj the treaty provides that the two
parties agree to submit all Justici-
able questions to board OF arpr
tration and then it defines wha'
iusticiable questions are. 1t says
that all issues arising that can be
settled on principles of law ana
equity and that present al claim OF
one nation against the other ana
! that involve international questions
- .all-cases hereafter arising shall
econd clause provides that
NY issue arises between
tries the questions shall
\ed to what is called a
Mission, that to con-
rs of America and
kpree of England
\ree citizens Of
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