Show L PRESIDENT PRESIDE WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT IS SALT LAKES GUEST 1 A Lu nh w fi A a 1 i Y li 7 4 t tir ir za Ml x zw b t J 5 3 4 A ei 7 5 rS S I k S a p a f fF fp fI I 5 F t y 9 f S 3 e t 8 L A k a j X a t dr X Y n t i f C 1 F J Y vc a ato to x y y y n I Y t yX E y r President Taft and Governor Spry walking from Presidents car to the automobile Just behind is Senator President Taft in automobile with governor and Captain Butts the Presidents aide Beside the auto is Reed Smoot William Sloan jr the Presidents bodyguard I I PRESIDENT ENJOYS SALT LAKE t VISIT l I Citizens Take a Holiday and 1 No Unpleasant Incident Mars Arrival of o Chief e Executive ice e u ve Cheers that reverberated from one end of the city to the other hoarse bellows of cannon and blaring brass bands greeted President Taft when he ved at the Denver Rio Grande depot yesterday and was welcomed by the most enthusiastic crowds ever seen in Salt lake Everybody took a holiday and made it his business to see the President President President dent From Prom the time the chief magistrate left his special train until he arrived at the Knutsford shortly before midnight he received one continuous ous ovation Accustomed as he is to ovations Pres 1 lc nt Taft said to Governor William Spry that he had bad never received a more cordial welcome At the t Rio Grande depot were assembled a men women and Children J numbering thousands The Thesle sole attraction that held them there was the tiie th chance to get a glimpse of the Pres Pre No other person in the world could have aroused so 80 much personal i interest iti rest and friendly feeling and as the llOwd caught its is first flat glimpse of him a cheer was given with a fervor nothing else elM but patriotism can in inThe inspire spire file The big President descended the tM car Steps slowly holding his shiny silk hat hatIn hatin In one hand and grasping the guard guardrail guardrail rail rait with the other His HiJ famous smile i c a is as so contagious that before they Knew it the spectators were smiling to too t 00 Without saying Baying a single word or making staking a gesture sture his mere appearance tt 1 jut ut the holiday crowd into the best of V good bud humor some ome of which was so exuberant ex exuberant exuberant that those thorn affected atre ted by it could s contain themselves and leaped ui up and down cheering until they were fn F 1 I hoarse they th y could cheer no more All the time President Tafts smile h l K p pt pr growing When hen first seen It was wasn wasa n a an a i extraordinary smile causing funny little wrinkles about his eyes and to be the very embodiment of g l humor Then as he saw how en t n ti the crowd was and how eager r they the were wrt to see fet him the smile expanded growing larger and larger lit if it reached n rus rious climax It is a more expressive smile than any one i ielse else has ever smiled and is the kind that properly goes with six feet two and plenty of avoirdupois Any one om seeing even the beginning of this smut smil would know at once that the ruler of one of the mightiest nations in UK the world is a optimist full i of hope and humor with a Ii great big bigheart bigheart bigheart heart loyal first of all to the welfare farl I of his fellow men menA menA menA A Lovable President Each person in the big crowd i t om m JH this in his own way Some arrived at the condu conclusion iun after r keen observation but the greater great r part merely felt intuitively that th President Pre kl nt of the United States was vas no n isolated i august ruler but a real human j being with a mighty might physical and men mn mental tal makeup tempered by that milk of elf t f human kindness which endears a man manto manto manto to all his fellows Continuous cheers greeted the President Pre i ident dent as his aide able Captain Archibald Butts preceded by b the local police made a lane through the packed hu Im humanity humanity manity manit to the auto Bareheaded and waving his hand or bowing the President President President dent climbed into the car with Governor William Spry and Captain Butts Sen Senator Senator Senator ator Reed Heed R Smoot after seeing the Pres Pret President President ident into the automobile got into the tile next car and with Ith forty mounted or orderlies orderlies orderlies from Fort Douglas followed by bythe b bythe the local police pollee the parade started for Fort Douglas Five automobiles were Continued on Page 7 I PRESIDENT ENJOYS SALT LAKE LAK VISIT Continued from Page 1 required to tJ t convey those who had been in the Helper party and who continued to Fort Douglas As A they traversed the city streets the enthusiasm shown at the depot was WM overshadowed by the tremendous ova ovation ovation ovation tion Even President Taft Tart and the members of ot his entourage seemed sur surprised that such a volume of notee nohe could come from human throats throat So many flags were among the decorations along the route and the applause e re required required required such frequent acknowledgment that the President scarcely had his hat haton haton hate on his head all the way to the fort tort W e Thousands of ot persons not only from Salt Rait Lake but from rom surrounding cities clUes lined the streets and the sole HOle ambition of ot each seemed to be to let the President President dent know he was welcome People craned their necks for a first sight and then ran ahead or took some HOme short cut so go they could see President Taft Tatt again They seemed never to tire looking at him and whosoever caught his hl eye or interpreted a gesture as 8 an acknowledgment acknowledgment acknowledgment of ot his own personal effort felt felta a thrill of joy joyA joyA JoyA A Long Procession As the procession lon made its itil way to Fort Furt Douglas dozens dozen of automobiles and carriages arriage fell in behind until they made a line many blocks long Jong R Resi wi along the route were beautifully di decorated orated and whenever the President rode by a house where old glory snowed showed prominently he inclined his uncovered head toward the flag Stationed on the west side Bide of Brigham street treet artillerymen of the national guard began the Presidential salute of guns as soon as they caught ight sight of the chief magistrate The ar were about yards from the street but as 88 the President passed by he rose and facing toward the ar artillerymen artillerymen artillerymen bowed his acknowledgments The Tho forty mounted orderlies led the way to the military reservation Lieu Lieutenant Lieutenant tenant R E K Silliman was the most mo t en envied vied v led military officer among the younger coterie for tor chance had bad made him om officer fr of the day giving ving him an opportunity opportunity opportunity some of the others longed for He was assisted by Lieutenant J T C Waterman Va terman At the gates of the fort the entire regiment consisting of ap approximately approximately proximately officers and ando so o men presented arms The autos i slowly through the lines linea of ot soldiers until President Tafts car was in front of ot Colonel Scotts residence There a short halt was made until the Regimental band had played Hail Hall to the Chief When the President first reached the reservation he was de deployed deployed deployed around in front to head the pa parade parade rade to the reviewing grounds President Tafts Tarts keen observation seemed Sl med to take In everything So far fr from m suffering from ennui nul he seemed I marvellously alert al rt for a man who has i undergone such a trip The martial scenes senes at the fort seemed peculiarly to his Ins liking Approval shone from his hisT 1 T very t ry expression of countenance as some BOme 4 spick and span officer dashed by For many days Fort Fort Yort Douglas has I b been n preparing to make this bit of his bis history tory tny tf for tor in military annals the visit of ofu ofa u a 1 president is quite as important as asme some me battles battle Military regulations pre rih accurately accurate just what honors shall be shown the chief magistrate and Col Colonel Colonel Colonel onel Scott and his staff carried out ev everything 8 everything with a precision that pleased their distinguished visitor Now and then the President spoke some word of approval to Governor Spry but all the occupants of the car seemed absorbed ab orbed in seeing rather than talking President Takes Place Presently the band playing martial airs air started onto onlo the parade and drill grounds The rhe continuous cheering ceased as a the Presidents auto started and the crowd devoted its energies to getting to some HOme spot of observation be bc before fore Jore the review of troops began This was not difficult for tor with true military alignment the President and his escort traveled base ba e and altitude of a triangle while the spectators cut across the enabling them to arrive before the auto which hick w proceeded only as fast as the band could march Every now and then somebody who had bad voice enough left ett to cheer started another ovation and when the President President dent stepped from the machine to re review review review view the troops there was a hoarse roar of cheers that told of exhausted lungs and strained vocal cords The scene here was wall a brilliant military spectacle with the added importance the ruler of this nation gives to any affair to which he lends his presence President Taft stepped out on the sward award and stood by himself He raised his hat and gave the signal for the evolutions to begin Not far away awa stood Secretary Ballin Ballinger Ballinger Ballinger ger Senator Smoot Captain Butts Se Secret Secret Secret cret Service Operative Sloan and oth others others ers en of the Presidents entourage The crowd made no effort to encroach but remained respectfully in the back background background background ground with their eyes ees on the President President President dent and quite unmindful of the glitter glittering glitterIng glittering ing military pomp They had seen that before but most of them had never seen seena a President Pre before and none of them had seen Been any other President like this one An Impressive Figure President Taft was an impressive fig figure figure figure ure as he stood there His Hie smile had disappeared and a dignity quite as em emphatic emphatic i as his good humor had been earlier in the day hedged him in Stern uncompromising and watchful he eyed the soldiers with a generals eye Taller and bigger than the biggest of them he to tower above them in mind as well as body Here was apparent the majesty that sur surrounds surrounds surrounds rounds a ruler for in an empire they would have said He is every inch a aking aking aking king Certainly no ruler in the world even attired in all his panoply of state would have appeared as dignified and impressive as the huge President clad cladin cladin cladin in a black frock coat of the cut that used to be known as 8 Prince Albert his hl light trousers trou ers and shiny silk hat The evolutions began in the rear of the field The band led company compan K commanded by Lieutenant Silliman the officer of the day da The company marched in a rectangle until they passed just in front of the President who stood immovable as the officers sa saluted saluted saluted on their way past him The re review review review view occupied about ten minutes There was no speechmaking and except for forthe forthe forthe the actual time he was s reviewing the troops President Taft seemed to be en enjoying enjoying himself hugely hugel The review he seemed to regard as part of his days work After it was over he turned to Gov GOY Governor Governor Spry and Senator Smoot who es escorted escorted him back to his auto Captain Butts and the secret service men fol followed followed followed lowed The crowd cheered as the Pres President PresIdent President ident turned to face tace them and every everyman everyman everyman man removed his hat as 8 the President passed by b Then there was another rush for some vantage point where here an another another another other glimpse of the President might I be caught but to most mo t It was futile for his auto traveling a snails pace so as asI I not to run over the band took him di directly directly I to Colonel Scotts residence I where here President Tafts TaUs reception r to the officers and their women was scheduled to begin This time the public found all approaches ap approaches to Colonel Scotts residence re reserved reserved served sered for fo the presidential party part and re reception reception reception guests gue ta Soldiers marched to and fro with quite as much solemnity as if it I some om hostile army instead of a populace that idolized their President menaced them Although this ended the publics part in the reception re for the day all were loth to go home The people who i journeyed to the fort for the occasion hung about the grounds notwithstanding ii it was walt authoritatively announced the President would not make his reappear ance until 9 the hour for the I banquet Greets the Children Meanwhile as the President entered Colonel Scotts residence the colonels lit ht little littie tie tle daughter was on the porch The Pres President President ident stopped and greeted her bel quite aa aes gravely snavely as if she had been b n a Il grownup He Re spoke in kindly tones and alid then re reappeared reappeared reappeared appeared his contagious smile Of course cours the little girl flustered as she was t too It took her ten minutes t to tell the other children of the tho post about it and then most of them insisted on see Flee seeing FleeIng ing lug the President At t first their elders eIders frowned upon the Idea but soon the President himself heard about it and last night if there was any child at Fort Port Douglas who could not boast of shaking hands bands with the President it was his own OWR fault for the President smiled at them and shook their hands He seemed to en enjoy enjoy enjoy joy doing it too The reception to the tho officers and their women was a pretty social function and the guests of honor enjoyed every min minute minute minute ute of ot it Colonel and Mrs Irs Scott Captain Cap Captain Captain tain and Mrs Bryan Conrad and Captain Butts Butta helped the President receive Many of the officers at the fort and their wo womenfolk womenfolk womenfolk too had met President Taft when he was Philippine commissioner and afterward governor general Others were Introduced to Captain Butts who presented pre presented presented them to the President The reception re reception was not the ordinary society af at affair affair fair fall President Tafts faculty for restoring was never nevermore nevermore nevermore more aptly displayed Tho The presentations had no more than been accomplished than he was the center of an admiring throng answering questions right and left and many of the fair sex present will treas treasure treasure treasure ure for years some of the pretty prett com compliments compliments compliments he paid With the men the President was wa jovial and witty frequent frequently ly It calling to mind some episode of the Philippine campaign It was said afterward by officers who marveled at it that President Taft had hadnot hadnot not roOt failed to recognize a single person per on he had known In the Philippines Even persons p he had seen only once he quickly remembered and In doing so added if possible to the admiration in which he hewa was wa already held The post orchestra played popular melo melodies melodies melodies dies and as dusk fell with the lights twinkling In the hall and the couples strolling about the porticoes the scene sane s ne was beautiful Here and there officers who had been on duty dut hurried with their women folk toward the colonels home in order not to be too late to meet the President Tea was served by the host hoet hosts hostess 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