Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-03-21
GIVE
TAFT IN OVATION
Cheered to the Echo AS He En-
tiers Hall Where Roose-
welt Spoke.
no RECEPTION MORE CORDIAL
Bostonians Wed with Each Other
to Express Friendly Feeling
for the Chief Ex-
ecutive.
no RECEPTION MORE CORDIAL

Boston, March 1S.-Presidcnt Taft ended
lis part in Boston's belated celebration of
Evacuation day and st. Patricks dav
here with an address to the Charitable
Irish society and a look in" on the din.
ncrs of the Bank Officers association. the
Boston Paper Trade association and the
Yale club of Boston. here tonight In
many was it was the busiest and most
demonstrative day the President has
spent since he entered the White House
Mcnhers Of his party were unanimous in
declaring tonight that no reception ever
accorded MIR. Taft in his travels from
coast to coast exceeded IN cordiality that
which Boston gave him to-day. From
tho time his train hustled into South Bos-
! 'bn at seven O'Clock this morning until
l. retired tonight, tho Rostonians appar-
entity WED with each other to express
their friendly feeling for the chief execu-
tive.
The Presidents reception by the gen-
eral court of Massachusetts this after
noon was one of the most remarkable in
point of enthusiasm that most Of those
/ present ever Witnessed, For more than
two minutes after he entered the hall
corted by a special committee of mem
lcrs of the LEGISLATURE, the President was
chcered to the echo. Speaker Gushing
raped for order in vain and the galleries
joined in the applause.
From the state house the President
motoro5 out into South Boston and for
more than two hours he listened to the
cheering of thousands of Rostonians saw
thousands of American flags waved in
his homo and reviewed one of the larg-
est parades ever arranged in honor of
lrelands patron saint and Evacuation
day.
CHOSE VARIETY or ST-HJECTS
During the day the President spoke on
many subjects. To the Massachusetts Leg
stature. he spoke on presidential priinar-
les pointing ont that he favored such
registration of the poprlar will in regard
to presidential candidates where the law
safeguardcd the ballot. To a delegation
from the Massachusetts Peace society he
said that he did not intend TO give up the
/ fight for arbitration treaties with Great
Britain and France and added that when
, Secretary of state Knox returned from
I
sumo, the fight for arbitration will b.
! worked OUT
In his address to the Charitable Irish
| society tonight the President praised
! the Irish for their adaptahihty in be
coming Americans and added a word
/ about the evident belief OF that race in
the stability of America institutions. In
| this connection, the President said:
hi - L. ,l, y.
tonight, however, is the we'll known
/ fact that socialism and anarchy have
found no Judgment among Irishmeu.
They believe in constituted authority;
they believe in the institutions Of
modern society; they believe in up
hohllng our national and our state
governments; they believe in the pre-
servation OF the checks and balance
| of our constitutional structure. Mt
! from them DO we hear proposals
change the fundamental law. to tai
away the independence of the JUDI
ciary or to minimize In any way tive
influence and power of CONSTITUTED
authority. They welcome progress
They are not full of diatribes against
/ the existing crder.
30 NOT OVERTHROW SOCIETY.
"They struggle FOR equality Of op-
| portunitY ana recognize the value Of
! liberty ordered by law, They are not
reaching ont for now gods Of govern
mcnt They are not seeking to invent
Il new society and turn the present
one topsy turvY."
! The President spent the night in a Ros-
ton hotel. Tomorrow he leaves for New
Hampshire, with engagements at Nashua
Concord and Manchester.
| Before the Legislature, President Taft
nade "A III her pointed reference to tho
proposition 'lot the people rule" and had
something TO say about the recall of the
! judiciary and the recall of judicial de.
cisions.
| irresponsible assault upon either in in
| temperate language or on bsselcss as
sumptions of corruption or bias or in
COMPETENCY, made 10y those whose state
mcnts have influence with any part OF
our people, are serious menace TO en-
during government" said the President
HIS address IN part follows:
We all concede that the operation of
elections ana the operations OF govern
ment are not perfect. and are sometimes
subject to corrupt influences and control
ana that IL is the part of patriotism to
remove. us far as possible. the obstacles
which prevent honest primaries. honest
elections and the honest administration
Of the government in the interest of the
people but the continued iteration and
reitoratlon of the proposition let the
people rule II II has any significance at
all, and is intended otherwise than to
| flntter the people, is intended to be a
reflection on the government that we
have had down to the present time.
| PEOPLE HAVE RULED
Now in spite of all the corruption. in
| spite of all the machine politics in spite
| of every defect IN the operation Of our
| governmcnt that can be pointed out.
| do not hesitate to say that the history of
| tho last S6 years shows that tina people
have ruled. They may have been defeated
| Mt times by corrupt and corrupting In
| fluences, Congresses and Legislatures
| may have been halted by subterranean
| methods In CARRYING out what tho people
! desire. but In tho end, under our present
constitution and our present laws, We
nave really popular government
~ don't mean 10 say that We cannot
make It better. don't mean to say that
we may not remove some obstacles by