The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-16
Departs at 9.42 This
Morning Following
Night at the Execu-
tive Mansion
URGES ECONOMY
ON LEGISLATORS
In Opening Address at the House. Ex-
President Calls Attention to Profess
sional Bond Between Himself and
the Governor

Former President William Howard
TAFT, who was greeted by large crowds
yesterday afternoon and evening in this
lefty, left for New York at 9.42 this
morning.
After his arrival here an hour late
yesterday afternoon, he was hurried to
the Harrisburg Academy, where he
made a few remarks to the students
and was then conducted to the capitol
where ne addressed a. Joint session of
the House and Senate in the room of
the House.. He gave his lecture ON
The Signs of the Timesu before a
large audience in the Technical High
school auditorium in the evening and
spent the night at the Executive Man
sion as the guest of Governor Brum.
baugh'
The ex-President' address in the
House was heard by large crowd. His
appearance accompanied by the Cover
nor brought forth loud applause. Say
ing mat he came in the capacity of a
school teacher, he referred to the pro.
Iesslonal bond between himself and Dr.
brumbaugh. After paying timely
tripute TO Abraham Lincoln, he entered
lnto discussion of economy in govern
mental AFFAIRS. His address in part is
as follows
81 came to Harrisburg in my capac-
lty as school teacher to deliver lee.
lure at your academy, and this visit
has lowered out, as you see. l am not
responsible, but Governor Brumbaugh.
somehow or other, got hold of it and
there is bond between us, not in the
fact that he is in the midst of his great
and useful political career-beeause
mine is ended-but because both our
careers began, in sense, in those Span
lsh-settled countries that came to us
after the Spanish war.
Tribute to Lincoln
To-day is the anniversary of the
death of the great American. He was
the product of American conditions.
providentially developed to meet the
national crisis and to save our com.
try's life in our greatest danger.
" Great in his simplicity, his hunil-
ity, in the lu'idlty and honesty and GER
tainty of his mental processes; great
in his wonderful power in the use of
the English of the Bible and of
Shakespeare, in his tenderness, in his
sympathy with and understanding of
men, in his trust in the ultimate wis
dom of the American people; great in
the accurate political judgment and his
Skill in making clear to the people the
error of his opponents.
The growing danger to this coun.
try is the waste of the people 8 money.
Some waste is necessary because of
the impossibility of such economy as
there is in a private business, owing to
the greater motive for it in private
gain. But our systems of government
housekeeping are so ehildishly lacking
in business method and foresight that
it calls for the anxiety and the care
of all patriots
Can Tell Truth About People
"I have got to the point where I
can tell the truth about the people. A
fellow comes IN, you know, and shakes
his head and says, "That river and
harbor bill is awful-perfectly awful;
just pork barrel, where they are rob-
bing the Treasury
well, how about that postoffice in
your town that cost the government
$250,000 when you could have got
along for $5O,O002'
well, that is different. We ought
to have a great, big representative
building to show the. dignity of the
postoffice and the Federal government
in our community.
"And that is the way they all feel
in that district. Now, they have got
to be made aware that that kind of
thing costs, and that is what runs up
the appropriations