The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-21
MAY SKIP CHICAGO
IN ANY EVENT THE PRESIDENT
WILL VISIT THE TWIN
CITIES
TRIP TO THE TWO DAKOTAS

1t Is Under Consideration, and Prob
ably Mr.. Mckinley, After Greeting
the Thirteenth, VIII Go on west
to welcome the other Returning
Volunteers Date for Departure
From Washington Not Yet Fixed.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.-Whila no Of
fetal announcement was made today, it
IS generally understood that President
Mckinley has made his arrangements to
reach the Twin Cities on the morning
of Oct. 12.-The date of the departure
from Washington has not yet been fiXea,
but it has been decided that Mr.. Nc
Kinley will be in Galesburg, ILL.,, on
Oct II. He is still holding the inter-
vening days open for Chicago in the ho-e
that the labor troubles may be over.
If they are not, however, he is still to
come to the Northwest.
1t is understood that the visit to North
and South Dakota is also about agreed
upon and that the itinerary is now being
prepared President Mckinley will go
from Minneapolis to Fargo for the ur-
pose of meeting as many as possible
of the returning volunteers of that
state.
From Fargo he will go south, possibly
stopping a few minutes at Wahpeton
and go or down to Aberdeen. S. D.,
for short stop. His principal stop in
South Dakota, however, will be S QUIZ
Falls, where he expects to meet three
fourths of the members of the First
South Dakota volunteers. Several com
panies of the regiment were Ia SGD In
the Black Hills and cannot get over
to Sioux Falls because there is no rail-
road connection. But all the rest OF the
regiment he will see From Sioux
Falls he will go to Sioux City, where
he may stay a day. The town which
catches him on Sunday will have him
all day, as it Is his rule never to travel
on that day.
Today Secretary Wilson, Judge Yeo
mans and ex-CongressInan Perkins, Of
Sioux City, accompanied by several
South Dakotans, called on the president
in the interest of the Dakota and Iowa
trip. He was interested IN what they
said, and expressed himself as waning
to accept the invitation.
Senator Cullom, Of Illinois, IS to meet
the president, and by SPECIAL invi a loA
accompany him on his NcrthwC s. tr1I,.
Senator Davis, chairman of the s, nate
committee on foreign relations, has held
two conferences with President Mckin-
ley This morning he was an carly
caller and remained with the pre- sident
some time. Mr. Davis as usual WAS
not communicative, but the feet that
he had an appointment with Secretary
of State Hay Immediately after his
talk with the president rather point.
towards the cor sideration Of the --latest
phase in the Philippine question. 1t is
expected that the reply to the Chinese
protest, against the application of the
exclusion act to the Philippines by Cen
Otis, will soon be Forthcoming and :Gat
Wa Tu Fang, the Chinese minister here,
will be assured that there is no dispo-i i
ton on the part of this government to
take any undue advantage of the mi i
tary situation in the Philippine or to
abrogate any provisions of existing
treaties.
Senator Davis was in consultation with
Secretary Hay for upwards of an hour.
He stated that his stay in Washington
will be indefinite, and he will undoubted-
ly look after some department matters.