The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-17
NJ INLEY PREPARES
FOR WESTERN TRIP
Will Be Gone from Washington
Six Weeks or More.
CITIES TO BE VISITED
SALT LAKE AND OGDEN IN.
GUIDED IN ITINERARY.
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
! Washington, March 12.-That Presi-
dent Mckinley and the majority of the
members of his cabinet will be absent
from Washington for six weeks or
more this spring is not news to the
people OF the country, and there is
something novel in the fact that the
! executive branch of the government
viii be conducted for five weeks on
wheels and for one week on water.
1t is now positively known that the
! presidential tour of the west Will con-
/ sumo at least six weeks time, and
there is a possibility that it will be ex-
/ tended beyond this period. President
] Mckinley is looking forward to this
| trip with a great deal of interest, and
so are the members of his cabinet and
others who will journey with him from
/ Washington southwest to New Orleans;
| thence to FL Paso, Tex; from that
/ point to New Mexico and Arizona; then
| through California to San Francisco;
from that point to Seattle, Portland
! and Tacoma
/ on the way east the president will
pass through Salt Lake City, Ogden
] and may be able to visit Boise City,
/ in Idaho. There is also a possibility
] >
on be changed so that he can spend
! some time in the Yellowstone park,
/ located, as is well known, in Wyoming
| and Montana. 1t is thought that to
! make this trip at least five or six
weeks time will be required
| The presidential party will spend at
| least two days in Los Angeles and
! four or five in San Francisco; and,
| therefore, ten days or two weeks viii
be given to sightseeing in the Golden
! state. Washington and Oregon, Utah
| and Idaho, and possibly Wyoming and
Montana will receive attention from
the chief executive during his forth
/ coming journey.
| After having made the trip to the
west coast and thence returning to the
Mississippi river, the president viii
probably be able to spend a short time
in st. Paul and Minneapolis. At this
writing it is not definitely known
| whether he will be able to do so. 1t is
a certainty, however, that he viii go
to Duluth, and from this lake port he
| will make the trip to Buffalo to inspect
the Pan-American exposition.
May Be Gone Two Months.
1t will thus be seen that the presi-
dent will be absent from Washington
| at least six weeks, and there is a pos
sibiIity that it Will be two months.
During his absence from the capital
city the affairs of state, as mentioned
above, will be conducted on wheels and
| on water. On the magnificent train
| which will carry the president and his
assistants from Washington to the far
| southwest, and from there to the west
coast and back, there will be PreS1-
dent McKinley's very efficient secre-
tary, Mr.. George CortelyOu, with
corps of assistants from the White
House, telegraph operators and others
necessary to make it just as convenient
for the president to manage the affairs
I with, which he deals as would be the
case if he were in Washington.
Everything possible to make it con-
! venient for the president to handle the
governments affairs will be provided
for upon this special train. and the
/ governments services, therefore, will
not suffer because of his absence from
/ the capital city. During his week on
the Great Lakes, the president per-
| sOnally will not have as quick cOmmu-
nicatiOn with his assistants in Wash
EingtOn would be the case We're he
on land. Some provision, however, Will
be made for frequent stops at various
cities on the Great Lakes, so that the
( interests of the government will not
suffer even during this weeks journey
/ on the water.
AS before stated, the president will be
! accompanied by all of the members Of
his cabinet with the possible exception
] of his attorney general. The regular
! sessions of the cabinet will be held on
| Tuesdays and Fridays, as usual, dur
/ ing the presidents western trip.
| Without doubt, this viii be the most
notable journey that any chief eXecu-
| tive of the United States has made
! Previous to this, the trip that Benja-
min Harrison, when president of the
I United States, made to the west coast
/ is the one most remembered in the cap
| ital city. The people Of the country,
apparently feel perfectly satisfied to
permit President Mckinley to take
/ this vacation and the residents of those
| states through which he will journey
seem to be enthusiastic over the fact
that he is soon to visit them.
Deal With Serious Matters
There is a possibility that the pres
ident and his cabinet will be COM
/ PEELED to deal with some very serious
matters during their absence from the
I capital. The Philippine situation viii
by no means be settled before the
/ president leaves for the west on May
1, and the Cuban controversy is likely
to be a matter which will give the
president some wOrTiment during his
trip. The Chinese question is still
in the air and it seems unlikely that
it can be settled for some weeks or
[ months to come The statement there
fore, that the executive branch of the
United States government will be on
wheels and on water for six weeks or
more from May to June Is, inclusive,
seems to be founded upon fact.
The president, as before stated
has received cordial invitations from
nearly all the western states to stop
at various cities in order that the peo-
pie may either give him lavish enter
tainment or at least secure a glimpse
of the nations executive and those who
are with him. The people of the south
have been just as anxious TO have the
president visit them as have those in
the far west.
This shows a, friendly feeling upon
the part of the residents of the south
to the present Republican executive.
and this disposition upon the part Of
the people in this section is highly
appreciated by Major Mckinley. If it
/ were possible, the friends of the pres
ident say he would be highly gratified
if he could pass through every state
south of the Mason and Dixon line. AS
this feat cannot be accomplished the
president Will be compelled to confine
his trip to those states in the lire be-
tween Washington and New Orleans,
the capital of Louisiana. and Texas,
the Empire state of the southwest
J. S. VAN ANTWERP.