Garland Globe | 1908-02-15 | Page 2 | Taft Gives Warm Wselcome

TAFT GIVES WARM WSELCO.ME. Mlssourlans Pay $2.50 Each for Attending At-tending Banquet With Secretary of War. Kansas City. William H. Taft. secretary sec-retary of war, was given a memorable memor-able ovation by 15,000 people In Convention Con-vention hall Mondny night, when ha was tho guest of honor and principal speaker at the most elaborate banquet ban-quet ever attempted In this city, given by tho Association or Young Republicans or Missouri, and attended by 1200 persons, many or whom camo from Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and distant Missouri cities. Tho demonstration dem-onstration accorded Secretary Taft when ho entered tho great banquet hall and again when ho rose to speak has never been surpassed by the wcl-como wcl-como given any mnn In tho history ot this city. Each of tho 1200 banqueters ban-queters paid $2.50 for tho prlvilego of attending, but tho balconies of tho hall wero frco to tho public. t