The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-04-12
UNION LEAGUE CHEERS
TAFT AND HIS CAUSE
lie Says People Will Rise to De-
fcnd independence
Of Judges.
NO COVER NMENT BY WHIM
Root and Butler Second the Presi-
dent in Attacking the
Recall.
NO COVER NMENT BY wHIM

President Taft came here last night,
dined with fifty of his Yale classmates Of
- at the University Club. made speech
nj the Union League Club. whose members
him nightly. held political
with Senator Root and other
advisers and returned to Washington
Mt midnight
He arrived at the Pennsylvania Station
at sos p. NJ, accompanied by his secre-
tary, Charles ID. Hlles. his physician.
Major Thomas L. Rhoads and by few
sharp eyed secret service men Two Of
his Yale classmates. William II Law and
James NJ. Lambcrton OF Harrisburg. met
him at the station and escorted him to
the University club The President ate
dinner with the Yale men, made a short
talk and then motored down Fifth avenue
to the Union League Club.
That organization has supported him
stanchily throughout his administra-
ton. and short time ago went squarely
on record for him. Last night $50 mem
bers of the club welcomed him with cheers
that rang true.
For an hour before Mr.. Taft appeared
the lobby of the club was crowded with
men whose names carry weight in Re-
publican politics in this city. Among
them was DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler.
president of Columbia: Seth Low. Otto I.
Barnard. william Berri of Brooklyn.
Chauncey VI. Depew. George X. Sheldon.
senator Elihu Root and Robert G. Morris.
There was reception committee Of i25
which included Judge Mortimer c. Ad-
doms. George +. Baker. william Barnes.
Jr. James G.. Cannon. Frank Jay Gould
job f.. Hedges. Brayton Ives. Gen. Thomas
l.. Watson. District Attorney Charles s.
Whitman. George I. Wilson and William
X. Wilcox.
just before motorcycle policeman
whiz2cd around the corner Of Fifth
avenue and Thirty-ninth street clearing
the way for the Presidents = auto George
I. Wilson the cheer leader Of the Union
League organized his forces for a big noise.
Speaking from the stairway Mr.. Wilson
called out:
Now. gentlemen. when the President
appears let's give him three old fashioned
Union League cheers"
At that moment job Hedges. bundled
in an overcoat. climbed out OF an automo-
bile. Cheering began back in the lobby.
Hold on" Mr. Wilson cried that ism I
the President"
Well. not yet. said job the jester.
At sl5 o'clock a crowd Of 400 or 40
that had been lining the sidewalks neal
the club let go with handclapping and
hurrahs 4 big gray. open faced auto
mobile pulled up at the club and the
President, accompanied by Samuel "
Fairchild the president of the Cnior
League Club, stepped out. AS Mr.. Taft
came up the steps Cheer Master Wilson
swung his arms and the Union Lacquer.
crashed out whooping set Of cheers
Mr.. Taft paused momentarily in the door
way, turning his smile on the crowded
lobby Then the committee carried hin
of upstairs until the Union Leaguers
could find seats in the assembly room.
Half an hour later he entered on tn.
arm of Mr. Fairchild Following then
were the other guests. Senator Rool
Chauncey NJ. Depew. George r. Sheldon
formerly president of the club; Charlie,
D. Hiles the President ssecretary; Jane,
Wilson. the Secretary of Agriculture
Nicholas Murray Butler. Seth Low, Judg,
Charles NJ. Hough. Judge Van Vechter
Veeder, Judge Walter {. Noyes. Judg,
George G.. Holt Otto T Barnard. William
Berri. William Barnes. Jr.. Judge Julius
NJ. Mayer, X. Lancaster Williams. Henr,
W Anderson, DR.. Joseph X. Dixon. Charlie
p Taft. the President = brother and Sam
uel 5. Koenig. president of the Republican
county committee.
Mr.. Wilson. the Cheermaster, rallied tn,
club for another explosion OF enthusiasm
The hurrahs seemed to please Mr. Taft
He looked tired and he was somewha
pale. bu, when he spoke there was n,
lack Of vigor in his delivery. With Mr.
Fairchild. the President sat on a dai
directly under .lrge oil portrait Of Lin
coin, OF to the right of the das was
! painting Of Mr.. Taft by George Burrough
Torrcy. member Of the club The rs
members and guests were massed closel
and there was no elbow room wasted.
Mr.. Fairchld introduced the Presiden
briefly
Very many members Of this club.
he said, -believe in the old adage. on
good turn deserves another two term,
but not three. daughter and great az
plauseD We are also glad to have wit
us Senator Root. Senator Depew. Mr.
Sheldon and DIR. Butler. (Applause
We expected Joseph II. Choate to be here
but Mr.. Choate had an operation pei
formed on one of his eyes to-day and
unable to leave his home Gentlemen
William Howard Taft, the President o
the United States"
Again $50 voices massed in the kin,
Of cheering that has n punch. If theI
were any Roosevelt supporters in tn
audience they kept as quiet as mict
Constantly in the course Of the President
speech the Union Lea kuers broke in wit
hand clapping and hurrahs. 1t wa
obvious that the President felt he wa
, among friends.