Evening star., 1911-06-06
WILL CLASP HANDS
Taft and Roosevelt to Meet
This Afternoon.
DUE FOR CORDIAL GREETING
Each Guest at the Cardinal Glib
- bons Jubilee. -
DUE FOR CORDIAL GREETING

President Taft and Col. Theodore Roose-
Welt will meet each other in Baltimore
this afternoon for the first time since
their noted interview at Harvard College
last summer. when the political campaign
in New York was discussed between them
the conference afterward proving of great
interest in the New York gubernatorial
fight.
The two men will meet upon the plat
form where will be gathered many prom
inent men to join in the Cardinal Gibbons
jubilee. Their meeting will not be by
special arrangement. simply coming about
because both men accepted invitations to
honor Cardinal Gibbons.
The President and the ex-Presiden
will welcome each other most cordially
They have been In frequent touch by let
ter FOR the past year. and all the talk Oi
animosity between them has died out
friendly feelings as in bygone days OF
official and personal companionship.
Pleased With Taft's Speech.
Representative Sims Of Tennessee is SC
pleased with the reciprocity speech made
by President Taft In Chicago last Saturday
night that he proposes to have it made q
public document by resolution of Con.
gress. He prefers that republican
should have resolution put through, but
IL no one offers such resolution Mr.
Taft today to congratulate the chief ex-
ecutive upon the speech. which he said
was great"
The White House is receiving a mass o.
reciprocity correspondence from all part:
Of the country. the bulk Of II, Of course, il
approval of the course of Mr.. Taft. A tele
gram arrived today from A. w. Wynd
ham. civil engineer of New York city
dated Kalamazoo. Mich, saying that ir
a trip Of six weeks through Montana
for reciprocity. William M. Looney o.
Portland. Me-. writes that he believe.
four -flftfs Of the republicans of that state
favor reciprocity.
President Taft's efforts to secure perma
nent peace through international arbitra
| tion are also being commended in letter.
and kilograms. The clergy and laity o
the Episcopal Church of western Colorado
have passed resolutions thanking tn
| President. and the Ohio Neighborhoot
Overwhelmed With Invitations.
Invitations to make visits are pouring
in on the President. Western people arr
seeking to have him extend his trip Il
Nebraska and Kansas in September. Gov
/ tiay OF Washington Is urging the Presi
dent to go to that state. The Presiden
has answered that while he does no
think 1t will be possible for him to go 81
far west at that time he will give thu
| invitation consideration when the itin
srary is taken up in August.
| George F. Tripp of the Chamber o
Commerce OF Colorado Springs. Col. in
troduced to the President today b!
Senator Guggenheinl. asked the Presiden
to visit that city. which Is to celebrate
its fortieth anniversary July 81.
The President has been obliged to de
| citation Of Illinois to attend a conference
OF agricultural, commercial and indus
trial associations and railroads, to b.
held at Springfield October o.
through Senator johnson the Presiden
has received an invitation from the ofi
GERS of the Maine state fair to attend tn
annual exhibit. beginning August %.
q. r. Sutherland. chairman of the en-
tertainment committee Of the Empir
State Society Of the Sons Of the Ameri
can Revolution. has invited the Presiden
to attend the dinner Of the society I
be held In New York November Is. bu
the President has been unable to sa
whether he will attend.
Subject Of Protest.
President Taft has received from c. \
Heifner, chairman OF the state demo
cratic committee OF Washington. stron
resolutions adopted by the Seattle Cham
Der OF Commerce. Seattle Commercis
Club ana half dozen other organiza
tions. protesting against conditions
Alaska which prevent the opening Of COT
; lands for the benefit Of Alaska and th
Pacific eQast.