Omaha daily bee., 1891-04-05
PRESIDENTS AS TOURISTS.
Harrisons Tour to the Pacific Coast and How
II Will Be Taken.
GEORGE WAsHINGToNS GORGEOUS STYLE
Andrew Jackson's Pench ant for kiss-
ing Babies-Thc Trips of Lincoln
and Hayes-wonderfui Trav-
els of General Grant.
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the biggest and longest ever made by pres
ident while in Office. II 1t is taken at all it
will include the biggest cities of the country,
and it will be memorable as the first tour a
president ever made to the northern part of
the Pacific slope. President Harrison is a
good traveller He enjoys the changes of
scenery and people, and he keeps himself
alive to his surroundings. He Is ready
speaker and is very careful in his statements
upon all occasions, so that there is little
danger Of hurting his party by imprudent
utterances and actions. He has a good con-
stitution, and the trip will be taken with all
modern travel conyenicnces, ana the pres-
dent will have time TO rest between towns.
UNFORTUNATE PRESIDENTIAL TOURISTS.
II he comes out Of the tour, however, un-
scathed, he will be much more successful
than his predecessors Nearly all the presi-
dents who have travelled have met with mis-
fortunes on their tours, and the most unpleas-
ant things of their administration have hap
pened at such times. Garfield was assassi-
mated when he was starting out to travel to
Long Branch. Tyler came near being blown
up on the Trenton. Andrew jackson had
his nose pulled on trip down the Potomac,
and Andrew Johuson's famous Swing around
the circle" aided materially in his defeat for
denomination. President Arthur got sick
during his tour to Florida. and one of the
most bitter insults offered to President
cleveland was the newspaper slander ut
tered concerning bis wife and while he was
visiting st. Paul.
now WASHINGTON TRAVELLED
The custom of presidential touring dates
back to Washington, He had the most style
about him of all the presidents, and he rode
nv In n ..olp .ls. s.,t,t
drawn by four horses, and accompanied by
postlllions and outrders. He had regular
fetlnue OF followers ana the letters of the
times show that many of his tours were Ia
ken FOR political reasons. He appreciated the
value OF style, and he was very careful as to
his equipage. He once whipped stable boy
because he did not clean his horses quite as
well as he thought they ought 70 be cleaned,
and he made his hostlers wash the teeth OF
ms horses and clean them with tooth picks
daily. IL was his test Of a well groomed
horse to rub him over with his fine pocket
handkerchief, and if bit of dust came off or
he linen was soiled In the least the horse hau
to be gone over again
HIS FIRST TOUR
after he assumed the presidency, was a trip
TO New England, which he took in connection
with his private secretary six servants and
some noted men. He started from New York.
aud Alexander Hamilton and Chief Justice
Jay escorted him out of the city. At this
time he visited Boston, but he skipped Rhode
Island which was then out of the union
Washlngton's second tour was taken from
Philadelphia in 1871. AT this time he went
10 the south and took tour through the
southern states. He had fine turnout as
usual, and he had a saddle horse led with his
coach in order that he might rest himself by
riding on horseback when he got, tired He
had his whole tour outlined be-
fore he started, and his cabinet
ministers had memorandum of his itinery,
ana MS private secretary saysthat he plan
ned the trip so wet that he carried the mem
orandum out to the letter He was a fast
traveller, and during this trip he covered
hearty seventeen hundred miles in sixty-six
uays, with one set Of horses. He carried
good supply Of provisions with him, but he
mad no idea of the luxuries of the colored
porter who can mix cocktail or get up a
dish of terrapin on halfhours notice Pres-
dent Harrison's car will be stocked with all
the decacies of the season. IL will contain
ped rooms and bath rooms, 1t will probably
nave library and piano and the touch Of
an electric button will bring the president
anything he wants.
A STORY OF ANDREW JACKSON
Andrew jackson was one of our leading
presidential tou rists, and he was one of the
best mixers among the presidents. He was
good Judge OF human nature, and always
adapted himself to his surroundings. He
was worst shipped by the democracy and dur-
ing his tour thousands of babies we're pre-
sented for him TO kiss He was a kind
hearted man and he did kiss few hundreds
OF them, but he often relegated the duty to
MS cabinet, who accompanies him. Colonel
A. h. Boteler, who was member of the CON
gress Of the United States before the war,
was attend ding Princeton college when Jack
son made one of these tours and he accom-
panied the procession from Princeton to
Trenton During the trip, so he
tells me, while General jackson and
riH oil,
the carriage together a lean, long, lank,
homely woman, was seen rushing across the
field with baby in her arms. She headed
on the procession and crawled through the
ience Just as JACKSON and Eaton came up.
President Jackson stopped the carriage and
spoke 10 her She held up the baby and he
noticed that its face was well covered with
molasses. He seized the child and then hold
ing 1t out before him said, madam, you have
o fine son here, and he may be president OF
the United States some day. He will doubt
less do credit to you and his face Is a sweet
one." he thereupon thrust him towards
General Eaton, and said, "Here Eaton, YOU
Kiss him, " ana this the secretary of war did.
making the woman smile with joy.
AMoYTH ON THE ROAD
1t took Jackson month to come from Ten
nessee to WASHINGTON. He had an old fash
loned family coach which had been presented
TO his wife about the time he built the Her
mitage. Ii was very heavy but he would
not rlde IN any other, and IL Is my remem-
brance that he refused the gift of one which |
was sent TO him by his friends. part of |
this old coach was in the hands of a southern
planter some years ago, aud one of the pan |
els OF tho cream chariot which President |
Washington used is in the national museum
II was painted by a celebrated Italian painter. |
and Is a work of art.
MADISON AND MONROE
Jefferson did the most of his TRAVELLING ba |
lore he got into the White House. AS presi |
dent he spent most of his time here and mr. |
going from one place to the other |
on horse back. He was a good borsemnn
ana he often road about the country nen,. |
Washington alone, Madison did much the |
same, though be always rode in his coach To /
Montpelier He took one or two excursions |
down the Potomac, and II was left 10 Monroo |
TO make the second great presidential tonr |
Monroe visited New York and New England ,
and he had series OF ovations from the be- |
ginning To the close of his trip. He was we'll !
treated at New York aud he was the FIRST |
president Of the United States who visited |
Rhode Island. He met old John Adams MT |
Boston aud dincd with him, and went mn to |
Cortland, Me-, and then went as far west "a |
cleveland aud came back by way of Pitts |
burg He Travelled more than three thousand !
miles In his carriage, and his tour was, per !
haps, the most remarkable that a president !
over made
JOHN QuINCY ADAMS AND LAFAYETTE
A new statue is now being erected TO La |
favctte in WASHINGTON IL is inst nnnosi,a |