Arizona republican., 1916-10-04
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 NEW YORK. Oct. S.-Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft clasped hands for a moment tonight at the Union League Club reception to Charles F. Hughes
 How do you do?" said Mir Taft.
 How do you do?" Mir Roosevelt reioined.
 Each bowed and Mr. Roosevelt passed on to shake hands with other guests, leaving Mir. Taft to greet those who followed A few moments later Mir. Roosevelt took his place in the re- Ceiviug line. He stood between MT. Hughes and Chauncey M. Depew. Just the other side of Mir. Depew stood Mir. Taft.
 Thus. standing in the same receiv- ing line they shOOp hands with the hundreds of club members and their guests who filed past during the even ing. They did not meet again, how ever. or exchange any other words than commonplace greetings.
 We shook hands, MT. Taft said af- terward, just like any gentlemen would shake hands"
 Colonel Roosevelt declined to com ment on the meeting.
 After the hand shaking was over and the library was cleared, Elihu Root president of the club, escorted MT Hughes through a flag draped corridor Co a small platform in the main club room. Beneath a life size picture oi Abraham Lincoln. MT Root again in- troduCed the nominee and MT. Hughes made a brief address.
 Colonel Roosevelt and Mir. Taft were called upon by Mir Root and each re- sponded with a short talk.
 The meeting between Colonel Roose- welt and Mir. Taft was the first since April 13. 1915. when both were pal bearers at the funeral of Thomas LoUnsberry professor of English al Yale University and a close friend ot both. On that occasion they merely shook hands, exchanging no words.
 Tonights reception was arranged some time ago and public announce ment was made that Professor Taft and Colonel Roosevelt would meet The hour set for the affair-S o'clock found the club house entrance choked with hundreds of men in evening clothes Elihu Root waited at the door to welcome the guest of honor. Mir Hughes. and the two former presi- dents.
 The first to arrive was MT. Taft Hi. recognition by the guests hung fire . AAlNAAtAN anu liltu pIbtldiuiEu llSElI IT cheers. Five minutes later came Col onel Roosevelt The packed hallway. cheered him and he acknowledged tn, greeting by lifting his wide brimmed black felt hat. The cheering was stil m progress when MT. Hughes ana William R. Wilcox. republican nation. al chairman. reached the building
 There was a moment hush and thel the crowd cheered Mir Hughes.
 MT Root escorted MT. Hughes to tn, library. temporarily converted into reception parlnr. and George R. Shel don took Colonel Roosevelt's arm Crossing the room to where the re Ceiving line was forming, Colone Roosevelt shook hands with eight O. nine persons, among them being Vii liam Nj. Calder, republican nominee fo senator from New York; Robert Ba con, George von L. Meyer. and Mir Depew Then came the meeting be tween Colonel Roosevelt and Mir Taft
 They had changed in appearance since the time they last exchanged greetings. Both were somewhat grey CT than they were then, with the line uf their faces deepening into wrinkles And Mir. Taft was nearly 100 pound heavier when he was president thai now
 When brought face to face tonight by Mir. Sheldon. there was no word o introduction no time for it. For fraction of a second their eyes met ant each looked into the others unsmiiinj face. Then MT. Taft extended his han, and Colonel Roosevelt took it.
 There were other hand shakes of formal nature. Among them were tn meetings between George w. Perkin and Mir Taft and between Colone Roosevelt and Boies Penrose senate from Pennsylvania. As in the case o the greeting between Mir. Taft and Mi Roosevelt commonplace greetings wer exchanged.
 NIT. Root as president of the clui stood first in the receiving line, wit MT. Hughes at his right Others the line. in the order named, were Colonel Roosevelt, Mir. Depew, M