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Show T!ST, EsBAT President Makes Half a Dozen Speeches in Chicago, and Is j Weary When Through. AIRS HIS VIEWS UPON CONSERVATION PROBLEMS Relieves He Is Convincing Many in the West That His Policy Is Right. CHICAGO. March 17. St. Patrick was notably remembered in Chicayo today, the brunt of tho celebration i'allinc tipon President Taft. who was a thoroughly tired man when his train left tonight for Rochester, N. Y. During the day he spoke lo members of the Chicago Newspaper club, lo the Traffic club, to a mass meeting, to members ami guests of tho Hamilton club, and twice at functions provided bv the Jrish ."ellow?hii) club, his host for th! day. In these speeches tho president, whose increased ease in oratory was quite generally gen-erally remarked, touched upon "statesmen "states-men correspondents," who colored facts to suit their views, and to railway men of the Traffic club, he expressed his trust in the sense of justice of tliiJ American people. lie averred that ho had learned more in the first year of his administration than he could hope, 1 to nsitimilato in the next three. Jn an informal talk at the first of the two entertainments provided by his hours a luncheon at noonday his weariness iinconsciotisly crept into his speech. 'When I arrived here yesterday lie said, but the slip caused nothing noth-ing moic than a smile, of ,which tho president seemed unconscious. It probably prob-ably seemed that lm had been hero two daws, for the forenoon had been crowded crowd-ed with oratory and handshaking enough for forty-eight hours. Speaking of tho prosperity of the country the president referred especially espe-cially to advances mado in the south. Praise for tho South. "I like to dwell upon that," said the speaker, "because down in the soul 11 ihcro wa.. a time when she was hindered and hail seemingly little chance of any real progress. But now she is malting more progress than any of ns. east, west or north. And T know that you, notherners that you are, welcome that fact, because you realize there was a time when she did not have quite a fair showing." The president's brother. Charles P. Tafl. unobtrusively dodged into the crowd during the reception given by the Newspaper dub. and was also present pres-ent at I he luncheon. A harp of shamrocks, sham-rocks, sent from Ireland by John Redmond. Red-mond. Ihe Irish Nationalist lender, was presented to the guest of honor. At the conclusion of this luncheon, all hough it was timo for him to start for the mass meeting at the Auditorium, the president sought his room for half an hour of quiet. Crowds made the hotel corridors noisv. but policemen Continued 011 Page Three. 0N fSl PATRICK'S DAY df fon Pago One. SujjKjoor of'the presiden-,rJEtaU presiden-,rJEtaU ,vIl chanced to wStfpnt!. When the presi-mlic presi-mlic seemed much re- ffir?- no,hing of weari--lv.Mu8 manner when he CtH tllc (bousands who rilM?'c Auditorium. JUfowspaper Man. Jo or a man atteiupled ElirW-'jqnt, into the build-J5k? build-J5k? )v w" secret ser-K9& ser-K9& nuestioncd. ho tie-P'lc.ncwHpiipcr tie-P'lc.ncwHpiipcr man. but ..K?0r for whicli he said 1 1 (111 ?"ltpd in a denial of JI H E wns locked up after i -AP4Vi the, name of IU" At tho station it was fco be under tho influ- aW .'nlerrupl.ed the J0j11lteiltlond the name of tfWtioii movement." said Lv beginning to Theo-i Theo-i 4k? y,logcd aprda use) . Vvin 1 c"iov that anv V'y.waH it inspired iC,iV 'V8 wonderful ac-ttTflfK ac-ttTflfK 0(1 v 1,1 forwarding " ' JFth "l0V(,ment7 (Ap-X (Ap-X lttvor of giving credit where credit belongs (applause) and of withholding it where it docs not belong. be-long. Rap at Some Statesmen. "There arc people in tho house and in tbc senate, conscientious, hard-working, prominent statesmen, who look at the micstTon of conservation as it might have' been looked at twenty or thirty vears ago. They still favor lofting oiit the land and getting the settlers on it, instead of a careful method of con servation and preservation. 1 am not criticising them. They Hav that 1 don't; understand and that we in the cast don't understand the situation because we don 't breathe the atmosphere of the west. "Well. I think we arc convincing a great many of them that we arc in the right and they are in the wrong, but there arc some who are perfect A.iaxes in debate fhe3- say they will continue con-tinue to debate this question and -will stand against tho conservation programme pro-gramme ns long as their shoo leather lasts. 'I What I want is an act of congress validating all the withdrawals of land that have been made and giving nie power to make such further withdrawals withdraw-als as ought to be made, until congress has determined tho proper disposition of those lauds." ' The president said he was meeting opposition from tlnose who wish an immediate im-mediate disposal of hind and those who Question the constitutional power of the president tor make withdrawals. Speaking of his withdrawal of 3.000,000 acres of oil land in California, the president continued: Would Help Congress, 'I. want io enable congress to make proper rules for the acquisition of titles to these lands, and with reference to the prospecting over them to find the oil. Xow, gentlemen and they are alwaj-s gentlemen with the long purses, who can do that sort of thing, because they can stand litigation are locating on that oil land, although J have with drawn it. The little fellow does not do so, because he does not want to faco a lawsuit. We are apt to get into litigation liti-gation over lands withdrawn, and if it is decided the withdrawal power docs not exist, you can sec where the embarrassment em-barrassment will bo, because if the power pow-er does not exist and the squat ters have the right to fix title to the land, wo will wake np to find a great; deal of that land gone, when now. by an net of congress, wc can keep it in the public domain and relieve ourselves from any such embarrassment." PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS TO NEWSPAPER MEN CIITCAOO. March 17. President Tafl was the guest of honor or principal princi-pal speaker at functions of various Irish and other organizations here today. to-day. Addressing the Chicago Newspaper Newspa-per club, the president warmed to his subject, "The Press," 'and touched on phases of journalism in which apparent appar-ent lv he feels deeply. "Mr. President and gentlemen of the Newspaper club," began tho president, "I havo been trying so hard to get up a St. Patrick's day speech that I ought to make to this important assembly. 1 value the opportunity to speak to the men who do tho work on tho Chicago papers and are not responsible for their editorials. "I could not believe, knowing 'the editorials, that this was a representative representa-tive newspaper crowd, becauso I havo seen so many apocryphal statements, so many unsound arguments and unjust conclusions, that they must como from somo other source than this intelligent audience. "Tho newspapers, of course, aro essential. es-sential. We say we do not read them. Well, wo have to read them. There is aVlislinguishcd member of tho tribunals in Washington who ays he never reads the newspapers. Whether he gets his news from his wifo or how he acquires tho information as to tho progress of the world I don't know. "Skin Grows Thicker." "The difficulty that r find is that I havo to read them, and after a tuuo of sensitiveness what shall 1 call it? of a sense of injustice, one's skin, grows thicker; one is able to forget phrases of contempt and criticism; grows stronger, and when a newspaper newspa-per man ultiinafoly learns that, after all. if we can only survive two or three days of attack and assault and unfounded un-founded statements, most people will forget it. "Now, I "don't know whether you number among your members bnly newspaper men, or men who combine the profession of the press with statesmanship, states-manship, or whether you have among you the men who are reformers down to tho ground and at tho same I into arc engaged in handing out their views and news suited to their views as statesmen-correspondents. statesmen-correspondents. "If you haven't this you lack a distinguished dis-tinguished typo of newspaper man, a distinguished type, T am bound to say, that has not contributed to tho accuracy accu-racy of the news furnished the public. "I speak with somo knowledge, because be-cause I havo had to examine that character char-acter of statesman close at hand, and f think ho centers about Washington, and therefore I believe T am addressing address-ing pure newspaper men; men who do not exaggerate merely for the purposo of helping or marring a cause, but men who are in search of news to present it; to (he public. "T am glad to be here and to look into your faces and to assure you that, while am a quarter of the way tlirough my term. T have learned, I think, a good deal more in that first year than J am likely to assimilato in tho next three." Sees Breakers Ahead.' The president, acknowledging tho election to honorary membership in tho Traffic club of Chicago, said: "I am very glad you elected me he-foro he-foro the next interstate commerce bill became a law. T. am not sure whether f would not. havo listened with a good deal more tremor and fear to tho inquiry in-quiry as to how many voted 'No.' " Vuirly buried in green emblems, banners ban-ners and hunting. Chicago today received re-ceived President Taft as its guest in one of the biggest. SC. Patrick's day celebrations the city has ever known. From the time he stepped off his special spe-cial train at the Thirty-third si reel station of the Pennsylvania railroad at 7:57 a. in., the president saw hardly a building or an individual that was not decorated in green. Met at the station by a national guard regiment and n large reception eoinmittco. President Taft swung into the line of a St. Patrick's day parade, which marched through Michigan avc-nuo avc-nuo to the downtown district and escorcd him to the La Salle hotel. The presidont came to Chicago as the guest of the Irish Fellowship club and the-entire day until his departure for Rochester, N. Y at 11 o'clock tonight, to-night, was crowded with events. After meeting the local endowment committee of tho Americnii L'ed Cross society, he attended a reception given l)v the Chicago Newspaper club nnd tfien at noon visited tho Traffic club. A luncheon by the Trish Fellowship club vens scheduled to begin an hour later and brief rest was allowed the president to prepare for his appearance appear-ance at tho auditorium at p. m. to deliver his address on "Conservation." "Conserva-tion." The conservation meeting was arranged by eighteen Chicago clubs. Two receptions in the afternoon were planned, to be followed at G p. m by tho banquet of tho Irish,1 Fellowship club. Fifty Bquaro feet of sod brought from Ireland were put in the banquet hall. Soon after President Taft had loft the train the procession halted for about five minutes owing to repeated attempts of a woman, who gave her name as Jennie Mud, to get into tho automobilo containing tho president and his party. Tho woman struggled violently witli detectives, who essayed to stop ,her, and tho sceno occasioned considerable excitement. Tho woman was .finally subdued and arrested. Sho had no weapon in her possession. TAFT DRAWS LESSONS FROM ST. PATRICK'S LIFE CHICAGO. March 17. President Tuffs address at the banquet of the Irish Fellowship Fel-lowship club was as follows: "Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the Irish Fellowship club: "It is two years since I tasted the tine flavor of your hospitality at a luncheon where my stay was only too short for my pleasure. When your honorable committee commit-tee visited mo, therefore. I yielded to the temptation and agreed to again bo-come bo-come your guest when you should meet to celebrate the dny that awakens the heart-throbs of every thorough son of Ireland. Ire-land. " "St. Patrick's day In the morning.' I never iulto understood tho significance of the last words of the phrase unless they meant the brightness of the morning morn-ing did not wear away until long In the night of that day in the spirit of those who are loyal to the anniversary. "On such an occasion as this ono's mind turns naturally to tho history of that beautiful Ireland, 'with her back toward England, hor face to tho west,' and the part that SL Patrick played in her civilization and development. Recalls Irish History. "St. Patrick was born probably on the banks of the Severn at a town that he called Bannaventa. 3S'J years after the birth of Christ. Jle was the son of a British celt and Roman citizen named Calpurnltis and hi9 wife. Concessa. They were of the same race as those for whom he lived and died. "When, during the mutation of tho Roman empire, protection was withdrawn with-drawn from Britain, young Patrick, at the age of 10. was captured by nu Irish marauding force and taken to Ireland, and there for six years, in tho far western west-ern part of Connaught, served in bondage bond-age ns a herdsman. "Escaping from the island on a ship from WIcklow harbor after tho six years, he landed In France somewhere near Bordeaux, Bor-deaux, and wandering across the then Isolated Iso-lated face of Caul, lie reached Provence. In southern France, and in a monastery but recently foundered on the island of I.arinus. found refuge In the cloister of St ITonorntus. and there became a monk. "After a few years of monastic life ho returned to Britain to visit his homo and friends, and while there he definitely formed the purpose of redeeming the island of its captivity from paganism and bringing it within the Christian church. "St. Patrick introduced Into Ireland the Latin language. It bocamo.lbe language of the church all over the Island, and It made a union with Rome that has never since been broken. He laid the foundation founda-tion of the milt ure nnd the spread of education and lhf development of the liberal arts which put Ireland in the forefront of civilization for a thouasnd years. "Her history thereafter is a sad one. Had the Romans conquered hor ns they did Britain, had the Saxons followed, and then the Norma ns. so as to make a homogeneous hom-ogeneous people covering the three Islands with the same history and the same interests, in-terests, and the same race, wo should not have had the tale or sorrow, of injustice, in-justice, of outrage, of poverty, suffering and neglect that fill th' pages of Irish history from soon after the Norman conquest con-quest of England to the early days of the last century. Why tbc Irish Emigrate. "Certainly not until tho nineteenth and twentieth century have governmental measures been adopted in Ireland to better bet-ter conditions of tho Irish people. During Dur-ing the centuries preceding the nietoenth and clear back to the tlmo of the Tudors. they have been subject to legislation, the whole purpose of which was selfish exploitation, not of the Irish people, but of the dominant country. The result has been that Irishmen have gone to other countries. "In all our wars the Irishmen have been to the front In tho revolution. In the war of 1S1L'. in tho Mexican war and In the civil war. They are naturally a warlike people and their patriotic Iovo. for their adopted country nindo them soldiers in the army of the union, than whom there was no more daring, no more effective than they, "For tills club, you havo no more suitable name than the Irish Fellowship club, for If you willed it the Irish club It would bo nocossarlly a fellowship club. If you called it a fellowship club, it would be a reasonable presumption that It must be Irish. "I am glad to be bore. I am glad to feel the inspiration of one's kind that permeates this entire country, and I shall long carry in grnteful remembrance your cordial giecting." "OULD SOD" FOR TAFT MYSTERIOUSLY MISSING CHICAGO. March 17. What became of the piece of tho "ould sod." on which President Taft was to have stood while addressing the Pi. I'alrlck's banquet tonight. to-night. Is something of a mystery. In some way the sod lins disappeared. The sod was imported so that' the president might address Irish-Americans from the real soil nf the Finerald Isle. It was first reported missing from tho ship on which It was being carried, hut ibis rumor proved false. Cpon Its arrival in Chicago It was stored at the La Salle hotel, where the banquet was held to- ', night. Ever since Its arrival crowds of irishmen irish-men and women have visited the hotel and cried at the sight of this tangible bit of their fatherland. These people In some cases undoubtedly undoubted-ly carried away small pieces of tho sod, but the heaviest Inroad Is said to have boon made last night. Just how Is not clearly explained by the souvenir hypothesis. hy-pothesis. When the disappearance was discovered discov-ered the official explanation Included a statement that the sod was altogether too bulky for a banquet room. TAFT NOT WORRIED BY STRIFE IN WASHINGTON CHICAGO. March 17. If President Tnft. as he sal beaming behind a bank of orchids or-chids nt the St. Patrick's hanuuet nf tho Irish Fellowship club tonight, knew of the Insurgent uprising in the house at Washington. his demeanor did not show It. . . . One of his slatr stationed at the press table, received a long telegram which lie perused with a half frown. Then ho looked at tin president, who scorned restful rest-ful and at pence with the world, and he slowly tiled the missive away In his coat. The president, who had discussed In vigorous fashion live questions of the da v. placidly read a long appreciation of Ireland's patron saint and touched upon Iho history of Ireland and hor long struggle strug-gle for Independence. It was the one effort of the day for which lie hnd scarce time to prepare, anil there was no poll-lics poll-lics In It. There were but four numbers on tho programme and one of these was a recitation. large number of Catholic Catho-lic priests in their sedate garb lent dignity dig-nity to the occasion, the whole crfect. however, being brightened by the presence pres-ence of many women. So wine was served. |