The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-12
! TAFT FACES The OREGON IDEA
~ RECEPTION TO IN
DICATE PTBLTC GOODNESS.
Crowds In lnsur gent Portland No Lees
Enthusiastic and Noisy Than Those In
the Friendly state Of Washington
kind Words for Woman suffrage.

NTUWuS III SVUt tOTttuuu wv ssr'
Enthusiastic and Noisy Than Those IN
the Friendly state Of Washington
kind Words for Woman suffrage.
PORTLAND, Ore, Oct. 1i.-President
Taft wound up his visit to Washington to-
day and crossed over into the land OF the
'Oregon idea"
They gave him parade here and the
same crowd that has been seen In cities
of this size on the trip surged against the
ropes that were stretched along the mile
Of the route.
The employees Of big department
store crowded to the windows armed
with din raising horns and their noise
fired the crowd II was a noisy process
sion from that point on. A good part OF
Portland's Chinese population was sprin-
kled among the crowd and their native
garbs with which they honored the Presi-
dents visit added brilliant touch to the
scene
There were no indications that the
President had left friendly Washington
and dared the opposition Of Oregon's in
surgency. The President was dined by
the Portland Commercial Club and after
ward addressed a public mass meeting.
The President ended his Washington
visit with a strenuous day. He visited
seven towns in that State to-day. He
| left Tocoma at clock this morning and
| spent an hour and a half in Olympia, the
State capitol.
| MIR. Taft has taken advantage OF
| his visit in Washington to obtain some
first hand information upon the working
men's = compensation law which was rather
recently adopted by that State. He spoke
of this to his audience at Olympia. Said
he:
Il want to congratulate you on the pro.
grcssive legislation which you have
adopted in this State. | am especially
interested in the act providing for work
incmen's compensation. II is a subject
that we have been considering at Wash
ington and which is now under cyamina-
tion 10y "A special commission appointed
by Congress. That they will look into th'
operation Of your Wa shington statute goe'
without saying and have attempted to
elicit from the Governor and have OBJ
tained from him a great deal of valuable
Information a. to the statute, its operation
and its beneficial effects
In two towns in Washington the Presi
dent referred to woman suffrage. Wash
ington has urivcrsJl suffrage and is th'
largest State in the world in population
where the women vote. Mr.. Taft has
frequently made . atements which showed
or permitted the Inference at least tina
he loans toward the idea Of suffrage fol
women. His expressions to-day eam'
nearer. however, to placing him in the
ranks of their supporters than anything
which he his said heretofore,
The eght over the proposed suffrag,
amendment to the California Consti
tuition hes placed that question to thu
fore in public interest hcro. The topic
waa Suggested to the President by som'
man in tho crowd at Centrala. Wash
ton. The President was making pros
perity talk and indulSing in praise Of th'
accomplishments and resources Of tina
state when the fellow called out
Wha a5out m h.aI.y or the women?'
That. replied the President, goes
without Saving !hoir duty lhey hnov
better than do. You don't catch me ad
vieing ihcm what they should do ana
especially in community and in Stat
wnere there are more women voters
than anywhere else in the world. | s.,
that tnay defeated the suffrage IN taii
forniG yea. crday. so that you sill remair
the lar gcst state with the largest numbe
OF women contributing TO your govern
ment The whole word will watch you
CNpe-imcnt 20 see how IL is coIling ou
and what good effect the suffrage may
, have. / do not know how II is in you
, families Josh Billings used to say that III
man who Const nted to toe a lieutenant
= on his wedding day was never promote ed
My experience IL that where the man i,
, the lieutenant the family is best gov
erncd. | dare to say tina. in the presence
, of "A great many ladies who Will agree
with me. Whether the men do or not is no
, important.
Win tais start the President again too
, up the question in his speech at Castl
Rock Wass, and said ot the success @
suffrage: 1T depends upon the women
: II they are going to exercise the suffrag
and be careful about it and all give tn
attention that men give 10 il. then | hav
I no: any doubts about the result. ar
LOOKING forward with a great deal of in
teres' and a great deal of confidence I
what the women of Washington do. and
5 sincerely hop. that the problem that ha
: been entered upon with 80 much courag
, by YOU will be properly solved and WI
i Justify what you have done, and then {
. course all over the country We Will FOL
low you"
: There was a socialist in the crow,
at Castle Rock decorated with yard
of bright red bunting swathed abou
| himself. 1t was evident that he intende
: to take advantage of the crowd tha
had gathered to greet the Presden
: TO haranguc them as soon as the Tai
special pulled out of town. He got /
$ a little work with the Presidential part,
presenting each member that he coul
find with a copy of Appeal to Reasor
the socialist newspaper. which flare
an editorial against the capitalistic ter
!. denotes Of President Taft. exemplifie
by his satisfied smile. his girth and tn
fact that he plays golf.
: In the introduction in Washngto
A town Representative Warburton, "A proc
:, uct of the insurgent boom in that Stat
' made a second term prophecy for Mr. Taf