St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 4, 1910

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STAND W Ti : Hold a Confererice With Ald- ‘rich, and Expect to Save Most of President’s Measure. _ 43 ARE IN THE PLEDGE : Executive to Be Asked to Use ~ the Club on 4 More Re- | publicans. ‘ WHOLE PLAN OUTLINED 5 Se i ; Belief That. Democrats Will _ Aid: in Passing: Several _. Administration Laws. ig ‘WABHINGTON, May 4—Adminis tration senators ahnounced today that there would be no weakening in their fight with the ‘Insurgent’ Republicans. They said that they would win and save a large part’ of the administration legislative | pregram. This announce- ‘Ment was made at the ‘conclusion ef a - Jong conference ‘in which it ‘is said that. forty-three Republican Senators were : _ Pepresented. They: met ‘in Senator Al- - @fich’s room to consider whether the -@ismantiing. of the ratiroad bill meant that the whole administration program - had “gone to pot” or whether there was eet “chance to pie rs out of the t “to” potoneg out “his ‘program and @ will be asked to tse the club if ity t© Bring‘ four moré Repub- tate” e. The Adrhinistration e some eDmocratic support for most ‘the Taft bills. ~ | a \ Wiidletiahe Is Considered, te ‘the ‘conference today the political the “senators present agreed that if the ce party measures failed they would have hing except: ‘‘A long ‘empty session voue on enh to. go before ’ geome Resublisenk who have on cvspiee 4 of the party meas- ‘prttoni. plans call for the strik- n out of the sections ef the railroad ill under which provision would haves en made for the financial operations f raflroads and to pass the measure ith the commeree court feature and ‘sections against which no serious 0: | hed. been raised. on nd nt “Ss eo tS Tre x ;, > S A a te $5 RIES are tg Hi raergry _ VOL. WL 62. ive Declares at Coliseum Hope of Nati TAFT AT UNION STATION AND ST. LOUIS CLUB Tae GUARD EVERY STEP PRESIDENT TAKES Every step which President Taft took on Missouri soil Wednesday was care- fully guarded by. 197 armed men. Two United States secret service operatives, Wheeler and Jarvis, were at his side in.,the observation car when he arrived. at Union Station. At no time were they 10 steps away from him. They were.at his heels whén he started for the Simmons auto which was to bear him away from the station. One stood on each side of the machine as the President and’ his party entered it, ‘and immediately afterward one of them, Wheeler, took a seat beside the Presi- dent, while ‘the other climbed into an auto close behind him and followed him to the St. Louis Club. _In this machine were two other secret | Contindea on Page 3, Column 6. a few facts. and figures St. Louis merchants bought display. advertising in the St. Louis newspapers yesterday, Tuesday, as follows : Post: Dispatch, 18 Cols, NO. Src

‘ Snanchots Taken by Staff Photographers of the Post-Dispatch. 7 (1) the car, laughing. President Taft and Walker Hill, president . (2) Presidential party taking automobile at Unic. . ‘Behind him ts President Taft. Secretary . ‘ness Men’s League, at Union Station. avn. Oapt. Archibald Butt, aide to the President, is standing at the side of Wilson, getting in the machine, has his back turned to the camera. Walker Hilt, president of the Business Men’s League, ie to the right of Secretary Wilson. (3) mobile. (4) RISING TEMPERATURE WITH — SHOWERS WEDNESDAY NIGHT PREDICTED FOR ST. LOUIS “The father of twins who were MY TAFT WON'T born one day leu late for the census was greatly disap- pointed,”’ comiment- ed the man who was rubbering at the Taft parade. “He seems to be a patriot, all right. eager to swell the count,”’ observed the one at his side. “Every little bit helps. +” “IT see one of the joy riders whe hurt Simmons got six months.” “That'll * make him slow up for awhile, . anyway. Vid you notice ‘what Secretary, Wilson says about high prices? _ Blames it alt on woman.” . p “Ten't that dust. like. a man?” 6 - - ao a t2 sd Ried

pateh reporter Arrival at St. Louis Club, President Taft leaving automobile. Capt. Butt is standing , beside ‘the machine, obstructing the v President Taft as he looked when: he arrived. PS SS eae Patty. Me XK < Secretary Wilson and Walker Hill are in the rear of the auto- lew of George W. Simmons, who is shaking hands with —_ BUSY DAY FORTAFT | OPENS: WITH UNION TATION RECEPTION President Taft; hearty and = smiling, arrived in St. Louis at 8:30 a. m. Wednesday, .made his Reception Com- mittee laugh by mistaking Eaward De- voy for Dan C. Nugent, and Chief of Detectives Smith for the Mayor, and showed the greates* fondness for Sec- retary of Agriculture Wilsén. whom he placed by his side in George W. Sim- mons’ automobile for the drive to the St. Louis Club for breakfast. The com- mittee had‘ reserved a seat for Wil- son in the third aute behind the Presi- dent. Not.a delegate from the National Farmers’ Conventien, which’ the Pres!- dent came here to address, was in the group of frock-coated and. silk-hatted men who greéted him. Walker ‘AM, ‘president of the Business Men's 8, asked by a Post-Dis- where the farmers’ rep- oc shrugged his: shoul- = ig “This ia @ busloaes| ie * £s EE as oy agg : ay aay Prschin! tape ths was hardly a ripple of sound as the Cincinnati train backed in at the scheduled moment, 8:30 a m.. and those who could lodk up the side’ of Track 4 saw the train we and the President step out. Capt, Butt Is in Head. Capt. Archibald Butt came first, but President Taft. was close on his heels. Some of the reception committee, re- membering how the President tarried within his car after the arrival of his train last October, were agreeably dis- appointed by his promptness this time. Walker Hill and Mayor Kreismann ied the reception committee’s advance on the President. “Goed morning, Mr. Se aaek. a said, aud the President. respo 4 hearty and “Good morning.” : susehe He seemed in better physical -eondl- Aged om any of his recent visits ESTIMATE. |= 1. LOU ALS 698,716): nsiieanaanitasiaal The present population of St. Louis is 698,716, by an unofficial estimate, ac- cording to a dispatch from Washington Wednesday. If these figures be true, they indicate an increase of 123,478 in 0: years—an average Increase of 12,347 each year since 1900, or a little more than 1000 a month. The population 10 years ago was 675,238. According to the same dispatch, the population of Greater New York is 4,563,603. ‘That of Chicago is 2,282,028. UENSUS rOR The estimated population of the United States is mi increase of 15, 121,096 in 10 years. .

~ ion Is in Deep ‘Waterway. Project 1 Only Lightly by. Spea VISITOR IS OFF TO J FANS AT TWO BA Reception at Station. and Along - but Crowds Cheer Ona tern a8 er ee ‘Coes Passes, President Taft, speaking on “Conservation®’ of 8000 at the Coliseum Wednesday, commendec farm’’ movement, though admitting that tke" a. ee. - Pu c. ‘mi farm. He reminded Gov. Hadley, who had ‘sp poker ms ; ¢ Government reclamation of swamp lands, that th sponsible for the nation’s finances had. to. take a, ai from that of a State official. | He ineluded with national. resources as a proper subje Ht | : or sie recommended the establishment of a nat and a war on cancer like that now being ¥ The President, who arrived in’ | breakfast at the St. Louis Club as the guest “ o Club, was the guest of the National Farmers’ et in George W. Simmons’ ‘wutomobille: to’ the: sebaee i he took lunch as the guest of the Business Men's, Lea pared for his visit to two baseball, parks, The President heard of the Centra! Trades and Labor“ Union © resolution esking him to stay away from the St Louis-Cleveland baseball game at Sportsman's Park, because of a labor] union boycott against the eae tcam. He indicated that his ‘ would not be affected by the request, even if it should be formally presented | to him, on the ground that he disap: proves of boycotts. To Defend Railroad Bil. - At the Traffic Club dinner at the Jef- ferson Hotel Wednesday evening, the President is expected to make a vigor- ous speech in behalf of his lroad till, now being ruthlessly trimm in the Senate. The President agreed to stop, on his way to the ball game, to dedicate the downtown headquarters of the Young Women’s Christian Association, in the Missouri Trust Building. The itvi- tation was extended as part of fhe publicity movement in the associa- tion’s campaign for a $400,000 build- ing endowment fund. aterways formed one topic of the President’s Coliseum conservation talk, but most of what he said was a repeti- tion, as he remarked, of what he said in the same place last October. He de- clared against “pork barrel’ methods of waterway improvement, for the ret nl of making particular sections ous a sending certain men back to Con- YW iien an enterprise is found Wen. ” he said in speaking ought to be put through as quickly as possible and as economically as cat bie.”” ‘Water power sites, forests; irrigation, mineral and phosphate lands figured: in the President's talk, There was occa- applause from the audience, otom tilt toia’ send ess 0 Sa ahdouie. but did not overflow into the gallery. “We will agree with Gov, yy," said the President, *‘that we must rais Farmers Occupy Frat Crowd 2 wee 3 . “ yh hiaete t ” x : Me ' family might to AS ast. SL) ogy Daeg Bis dis

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