Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-10-04
TAF 7 AND TEDDY
SAY 'HOWDY- DO
To EACH OTHER
f Ormer Presidents Shook
Hands Just Like Any Gen.
tIeme1 Would Colonel Pre-
serves Silence,

- sosHisa JouassL spEcfsL IGssEn ~IsEi
/ New York oct a-Theodur,
Roosevelt and william Il TAT
cIasped hands for a moment tonight
ut the Union league club reception &C
Charles p Hughes
How Do sou do p" said Mr Taft
How do sou do Mr. Roosevelt
reio.ned.
Each bowed and Mr. Roosevelt
passed on 10 shake hands with other
guests. leaving Mr. Taft 70 greet thos,
who followed a few moments later
/ Mr. Roosevelt took his place in tht
receiving line. He stood between SIT
Hughes and Chauncey VI. DepeN
Just the other side OF ST. Depev
stood Mr Taft
Thus standing ln the same receiy.
ing line they shook hands with the
hundreds Of club members and then
guests who filed past during the ey.
ching They ala not meet again, how.
/ ever, or exchange any other word
| than commonplace greeting
We shook hands. UT Taft said
aflerward, Gust like any gentlemen
would shake hands"
Colonel says Nothing.
Colonel Roosevelt declined to com.
ment on the meeting
After The Handwriting was over
ond the library was cleared. Ehhu
Root. president Of the club. escorted
Mr.. Hughes through a flag-druped
corridor TO small platform in The
main clubroom. Beneath a lifc-siz1
picture of Abraham Lincoln, Mr.
Root again introduced the nominee.
and SIR Hughes made brief adj
dress.
Colonel Roosevelt and Mt Taft
were called upon by Mr.. Root and
each responded with q short talk
The meeting between Colonel
Roosevelt and Mr.. Taft was the frs,
since April 10, 1915. when both We're
pallbearcrs at the funeral Of Thomas
Lounsberry. professor Of English at
Yale university and a close friend Of
both
Hundreds Are Present.
4anlsp .. reception was arranged
some time ago and Tu61i' afh6Tuet--
ment was made that Prof Taft and
Colonel Roosevelt would meet. The
hour set for the affairs o'clock
found the club house entrance choked
with hundreds of men in evening
clothes Ellhu Root waited at the
door to welcome the guest Of honor,
Mr.. Hughes, and the two former pres
idents.
The first 10 arrive was Mr.. Taft
His Recognition by the guests hung
fire moment and then proclaimed
itself % cheers
Five minutes later came colonel
Roosevelt The packed Railways
chetred him ANA he ACKNOWLEDGED the
greeting hy lifting his wide Orimmed,
black felt The cheering was still IN
progress when MI Hughes and vii
liam r. Wilcox. republican national
chairman, reached the building
There was "a moments hush and
then the crowd Cheered MT. Hughes
Mr. Root escorted Mr. Hughes to
the library temporarily converted
into reception parlor, and George
r.. sheldon took Colonel Rooseyclt's
arm Crossing the room TO where the
receiving line was forming, Colonel
Roosevelt shook hands with eight or
nine persons among them being Will
liam N calder. republican nominee
for senator from New York; Robert
Baeon George Won L. Meyer and Mr.
Depew Then came the meeting be-
tween Colonel Roosevelt and Mr. Taft
They had changed I'm appearance
since the time they last exchanged
greetings. Both were somewhat
grayer than then. with their faces
somewhat more wrInkled and Mr..
Taft is nearly 100 pounds lighter than
when he was president