Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1911 — TAFT LEAVES FOR SPRINGFIELD, ILL [ARTICLE]

TAFT LEAVES FOR SPRINGFIELD, ILL

Guest of Ohio National Corn Exposition Officials Today. TO MAKE SEVERAL ADDRESSES Trip Througr Indiana and Illinois to Be Made on Trolley Line* —Will Leave Illinois Capital Sunday Morning for Washington. Washington. Feb. 10. ■ — President Taft left Washington last night on a trip to Columbus, 0., and Springfield. 111. The chief purpose of the journey is to attend the celebration in Springfield on Saturday of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, but before he gets back to Washington he will have fired some important shots in behalf of reci procity with Canada. At Columbus, at Decatur, 111, at the University of Illinois, and before the Illinois legislature the president is prepared to hammer away at reciprocity. He has been writing speeches on that subject for the last,two days. Before he gets back, officials expect that the country Will have a clearer conception of what reciprocity means. ? The trip is to be one of the busiest Mr. Taft has taken in manymonths Attired in evening clothes he rushed to the train from the dinner given in his honor by Secretary of the Interior Ballinger. At Harrisburg his private car was attached to a Pennsylvania railroad mail train that was held almost an hour for his benefit At Columbus today the- president win make an address at the auditorium to the Natoinal Corn Exposition. After this address hewill take a motor ride through Columbus and later win become the guest of Ohio State university until evening, when he is to attend a banquet given by the exposition officials. The presidential party will leave Columbus late tonight. Early Saturday morning his car will be switched from the Pennsylvania at Logansport, Ind., to the electric line controlled by Representative McKinley of Illinois. On the ride through Indiana and Illinois over this road Mr. Taft will stop at Urbana, 111., the University of Illinois at Decatur, at Bement and Springfield. In Springfield he will be the guest of Gov. Deneen. In the afternoon the president will make an address to the Illinois legislature in the house of representatives. In view of the recent attacks upon the Illinois legislature growing out of the Ixirimer scandal the speech there will be awaited with especial interest. From the house of representatives he will go back to the executive mansion, where he will hold a reception and at night he will be the guest of the Springfield Chamber of Commerce The return trip to Washington will begin Sunday morning and the president is expected back here early Monday. Representative McKinley, Secretary Norton, Capt. Butt, the president’s physician. Dr. Richardson, one of the White House stenographers and two secret service men will be in the president’s party.