Evening star., 1912-03-09
LONG REPLY LIKELY YSLOW ON SCHEMES
Roosevelt Will Take Time to Taft Explains How Great Re-
Consider Taft Speech forms Are Wrought. j
DECLINES COMMENT NOW ADDRESS TO COLLEGE BOYS
Also Reminds Them That
erential Primaries Are Nstasteful
CARNEGEs REPORTED GIFT MEETS CHICAGO POLITICIANS
a
Ac- Start Cincinnati Exhibition
knowledged Motion.
Taft Explains How Great Re-
forms Are Wrought. !!
ADDRESS TO COLLEGE BOYS
Also Reminds Them That Class Yells
Are Distasteful.
MEETS CHICAGO POLITICIANS
President to Press Button That Will
Start Cincinnati Exhibition ).
in Motion. so

CHICAGO, March 9.-'Great reforms
are achieved by thoughtful consideration
and not by momentary impulses de-
clared President Taft in addressing q
crowd of students at the Armour Insti-
tute OF Technology, today. He admon-
ished his hearers ITO be bit slow about
schemes to reform the world" and when
number OF students arose to greet that
sentiment with a chorus OF college yells,
President Taft said. land be slow about
that, too, for l wish there was some other
method OF expressing approval than by
college yells."
President Taft's appearance before
the students. to whom he was intro
duced as "the chief progressive of the
nation" was the first public event OF
his visit to Chicago, where he Is to
remain two days.
Confers With Gov. Deneen.
Within an hour after he arrived from
Toledo the President was in conference
with Illinois politicians. including Gov.
Deneen and Roy o. West. chairman OF
the republican state central committee.
Later he talked with Gov. Deneen
alone.
Addressing the students the Presi-
Qent SAID.
Il would not discourage you in your
efforts toward progress. All l ask is that
you apply the test of human nature.
Progress always Is being made wherever
education spreads. Be optimistic. boys.
Because you get jots don't think the
whole world Is against you. One man
doesn't make a multitude any more than
one swallow. makes IA summer. The only
thing the country can do Is to make more
perfect the equality of opportunity. The
opportunity that comes to Americans to-
day is greater than that which comes to
any other people I'm the world.
Popular Government Endures.
Study how for 1o5 years the Jaw and
Constitution have worked and reason out
why We have survived and shown the
whole world that popular government Is
the most enduring. You will find after a
while that 1t is best and is going to stand
another-oh. / don't know how many
|years-because We have a people who
know the advantages of self-restraint and
who have provided against action by
themselves under momentary impulse.
That's what makes this country great.
That's why 1 can tell the people the
truth"
President Taft arrived here at TAO
o'clock this morning and was greeted by
a crowd Of several hundred at the railway
station.
Escorted by a reception committee he
went directly to a downtown hotel for
breakfast. The President will be kept
busy speechmaking, visiting clubs, hand
shaking and dining until nearly midnight.
Taft to Press Button.
CINCINNATI. Ohio. March 9.-Presi-
dent William H. Taft will press a button
at the Union League Club in Chicago At
2 o'clock this afternoon that will open
what is said to be the greatest mission
ary gathering and exposition ever held
In the middle west. The exposition is
termed The World in Cincinnati" and
has as an object the gathering together
of missionaries from all parts of the
world, who will depict the life of the
missionaries in the foreign lands and the
hardships that they are forced to endure.
A spectacular religious play entitled
Darkness and Light" will be given di-
rectly following the opening ceremonies
The exposition will continue until April =.