Show TAFT GIVES WARM WSELCOME Missourians Pay 250 Each for Attending At-tending Banquet With Secretary of War Kansas City William H Taft secretary sec-retary of war was given a memor nbh ovation by 16000 people In Convention Con-vention hall Monday night when he was the guest of honor and principal speaker at the most elaborate banquet ban-quet ever attempted In this city given by the Association of Young Republicans of Missouri and attended by 1200 persons many of whom came from Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma and distant Missouri cities The demonstration dem-onstration accorded Secretary Taft when he entered the great banquet hall and again when he rose to speak has never been surpassed by the welcome wel-come given any man inthe history of this city Each of the 1200 ban queters paid 260 for the privilege of attending but the balconies of the ball were free to the public |