Show IT OF 1 1919 Bl bR it OR GREAT MAN Lake Pays Splendid to President tire City Turns Out to elcome Nations Nation's Chief Wilson then president the United States visited Salt Ice l k City September 23 23 1919 on nationwide campaign on behalf the he league of ot nations' nations covenant S corps corps of ot staff and special writ writ- g every detail of that visit The he Telegram and and delving back backS backo S o the files of this paper one finds e of contemporary comment a certain hand to the love teem leem and reverence in which the theople ople kople of Utah held the great te teof of world union both as a man the nations nation's chief magistrate from The Telegrams Telegram's L ri dance of space devoted colIn colin col- col in after column to exhaustive re- re arts of that visit and from Mr Alison's lIson's Ilson's Tabernacle address s fol- fol W b bUsING SING WELCOME J y streamer on the Issue of Sep Sep- 22 announced Voice of Ity to Proclaim Rousing Welcome President Wilson Tomorrow en followed a descriptive story of oft t e I it l Lakes Lake's kes ke's preparations for the lson visit Flags banners anners and lf streamed from every avail avail- bl le anchorage along the streets I hero the presidential party was to ss ass Factories business houses I i planned in response to appeal from Mayor W. W Monterry Mont I erry irry to suspend daily routine and pur pur a huge concourse of people into I v Very ry vantage point along the line School children of the Ity Ity to be transported In special decked with the national pd id d' d their school colors had been signed reserved areas by the comI com com- I In charge Police and sher- sher fa forces t to a man had been den de- de lied ild n d to work with the secret serIce serice serice ser- ser ice to assure full tun protection to the visitor while con contin- contin l Lents of Boy Scouts and other vol- vol were ready to assume the f of ot keeping the tens of thousands of eager citizens In order I nd from congesting the traffic fanes nes along which the presidential arty arty was to pass CHOICEST WEATHER F Even the weather bureau co- co In the preparations to President Wilson an un un- un- un re welcome to this city to io according accor Ung to the report vie ith v-ith other and larger cities In a a. welcome to the man iran hour by publishing under special head Inspired by Weather J. J Cecil Alter the prognostication ration cation President to Get Sample r Choicest Weather Th Then n came September 23 and at appointed hour of p. p m. m nth c that punctuality once sup- sup to distinguish monarchs the presidential special came to halt In Ine he e Union depot I Kayem Grier writing tor for The told of oZ the e ger throng tithe station the greeting by Bamberger and Mayor erry the stroll through the staJon staJon station sta sta- Jon tion to one continuous ovation rom the cheering multitude URGE OF MULTITUDES a Long Long before the eagerly awaited trance of President Wilson Into intoe e gait Elt It Lake this afternoon a multi- multi tade de that has never been excelled or spirit surged out from ery nook and cranny of the city rid fd d waited with Intense interest first glimpse of the most I of man in the world The TheW W j grams gram's lead story had it a front page four-column four Ju of f The president f fayes VeS his hat today for the first line me under the sunny skies of H h taken at Ogden where r fully oooo persons from every cUon tIon of th the northern half of the thet t tale Late te gathered to greet the presIe e Ual party In the Junction lt ity and w were re met with the of- of fial faal Wilson smile Both Both Ogden and Salt Lake paid jr Hi Wilson the mightiest ovation v. v vcr vr r given to an Individual In the theys they's i ys y's history And literally hun- hun r reds ds traveled down from Ogden nd d outlying points to be present tithe ithe Tabernacle for the address PEAKS JN N TABERNACLE Solicitation for the distinguished led those In charge of ot his tc peal leal l visit to apprise him of the ther r h acoustics of ot the great j bernacle auditorium because I I th the presidents president's voice has been Drained r r ined to the utmost on his pres- pres nt tour and It t Is known that he heas heas heas as as refrained at nt times Umes from dis- dis pasion of important details because tithe the condition of his throat and j iQ exertion necessary to make heard Salt Lake Utah t ere fe anxious to Hear bear every word J president might utter on the all- all topic pf Pr the day And troubles need eed be no hip hip- rance here as in the marvelous he w would uld have flO peed need his voice fr from m conversational Itch That aft afternoon rno n The Telegram rl ted President Wilsons Wilson's address ss Nev the burden of ot which a as In the heading League Plan 1 ilS Efforts to Enslave World s n Says r AVE f AVE OF ENTHUSIASM If s the presidential party en- en in the finest a automobiles I bt traversed the streets of city Salt Lake and Utah lived r bIo buo the promise of their I fons Tens of thousands of enS en- en S citizens gathered here her om all sections of the state I ered the president as aa he passed tween their flanking banks over three-mile three course Garfield I t Park City Murray Mid Mid- Mid Mid-I le l Sandy and other small com com- I n ties in close proximity to Salt II k ke were almost desert deserted d the port says saya and these combined I festive citizenry of ot the I I did honor to the man of B hour a special Tho ho Telegram I I I I I covered incidents 0 of the tim occasion Signed articles by Frank Hunt Vincent Vin Viii- I cent J. J Keating Herbert A. A Weston I P. P E. E Becker and Kayem Grier augmented augmented aug aug- I aug-I the routine reports of ot every phase of the visit CHILDREN ARE MASSED i When the parade headed by the first citizen of the land turned the corner on State to South Temple street it faced blocks of American flags cheers songs yells and youthful outbursts of sincerity that equaled the reported receptions receptions receptions recep recep- of the In fri La Belle BelIe Bellei i- i France writes one of these feature I specialists Again It lt was the school children who warmed the cockles of the presidential heart I In the Tabernacle It Is probable that persons heard the presidents president's presidents president's presidents president's dents dent's words Certain it is that no greater crowd ever thronged the Tabernacle and Thousands of of eager citizens were turned away from Fort Douglas had great difficulty in holding back the eager citizens who sought to gain entrance to the grounds before the Tabernacle should be filled and crowding thousands massed the streets on three sides of or the Temple square GREAT OVATION As President and Mrs Irs Wilson entered they were greeted by rousing rousing rousing rous rous- ing and continued cheering while the great pipe organ pealed the ex- ex strains of ot the Star Spangled Banner For Several minutes the crowd stood and a great waving of hands In salute Truly It was a great ovation Governor Bamberger introduced the president with a single sentence impressive in its simplicity Fellow Fellow Fellow Fel low citizens the president of the United States Renewed cheering and then as the great throng settled settled set set- tied down to hear his discourse on the famous covenant he began to speak The Telegram of September 24 1919 printed President Wilsons Wilson's Ta Tabernacle address in full It was wasa a a. memorable address logic dressed in precise English that left no doubt as to the speakers speaker's mind and carried carried car car- I ried ned conviction to those who heard Shall we guaranty civilization or I I shall we wo abandon it might well bo be taken for tor the text His 1115 conclusions I i I were that the nation wants the covenant HIGH LIGHTS OF ADDRESS Some of ot the high lights of that address taken In their entirety from his printed address are My fellow citizens we must realize that a great and final choice is upon the people Either we are going to guarantee civilization civilization civilization tion or we are going to abandon it The world is waiting on America and the government of the United States Is the only government in inthe inthe inthe the world that the rest of ot the world is waiting upon I ask the honorable and enlightened enlightened enlightened ened men who I believe thoughtlessly thoughtlessly thought thought- lessly essly favor reservations such as I have read to reflect upon this proposition proposition proposition prop prop- that by holding off from this league they serve the purposes of ot Germany I r am for making an Insurance against war and I am prudent I enough to take 10 per cent insurance insurance insurance ance if it I cannot get any more I II believe we are getting 98 per c cent nt SEEKS BROTHERHOOD I We want he concluded to be befriends befriends befriends friends of each other as well as asI I friends of mankind We want wanti i America to be a body of brethren J i Then you may be sure that I its lea leadership lead lead- 1 I will bring the same sort sort of comradeship and intimacy of spirit I and purity of ot purpose to the counsel counsel counsel coun coun- sel and achievements of mankind Immediately after atter this address President Wilson left Salt Lake Observers upon his arrival noted that Mr Ir Wilson Vilson has aged consIderably considerably considerably consid consId- and his voice was giving I him trouble forecasting the the- physical physical physical cal break soon to conic come come He made a desperate fight to win the nation to support these ideals he so st staunchly supported and his local address was among his most brilliant efforts in that cause B But t the time was not yet and soon broken in health worn out Inthe Inthe In inthe the struggle he was no longer able to carry the fight He Ho never fully recovered from that Illness which took him in the midst of ot the battle I for the league The cause was lost He retired from front the White House And though Intermittently he sent forth his pen to oppose those who I I were not of ot his mind ix In national and andI world affairs he failed steadily to I the end |