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Show full advantage of his appoaranro tonight to-night to acclaim him ch,cf executive of th nation. A fanfare of instruments ushered ho president upon the stage but the notes of the instruments were drowned drown-ed hv th applause of tiio crowds who had listened to Handel great choral work, "Juda Maccabeus." A chorus of 00 voices backed by an immense organ and tho full Thomas orchestra pounded "O. Liberty, Thou Choicest Treaaiiro. Seat of Virtue. Source of Pleasure," and was aiiKii-mentcd aiiKii-mentcd by 200 boys voices when tho tremendous chorus "See the Conquering Conquer-ing Ht-ro Comes" ivjs reached. Mrs. Thomas and her two sons Ic-cupled Ic-cupled a box at the concei t and hoard the president's eulogy of the husband nnd father. The statue of the dead musician had been placed In the corridor cor-ridor of the building. It was covered when the audience entered but tho draperies were removed at the conclusion, con-clusion, of the president's speech aud the departing audience had a chance to view it After the concert the president was whirled to the Queen City club where Lawrence McDowell former solicitor general of the U. S. and the president pres-ident of the May festival association, associa-tion, was his host until the presidential presiden-tial party left for St. Louis shortly before midnight. ME CITY WELCOME TJFI CINCINNATI. May 3 President Taft wound up a day spent In renewing renew-ing old acquaintances by appearing b;fore a brilliant throng nt the opening open-ing of Clnnclnnatl'f annual May music mu-sic festival tonight, aa dedicator of a heroic statue of the Iato Theodore Thomas, first conductor of tho festival and head of the Thomas orchestra cf Chicago. Having respected the president's wishes that ho be treated as a "citizen of Cincinnati" all duy, the. public look |