Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1901-04-18
M,klNLEY ON WHEELS.
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HE Cabinet.
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He Cabinet.
Washington Correspondence.
President McKinlcy's tour TO the Pa
clnc coast and thence eastward TO
Buffalo, whence the return to Wash
ington viii be made, win be one Of
splendor. The train upon which he
will travel win be most gorgeous and
costly.
President Mckinley will travel
across the contlnest surrounded by
his cabinet, with the exception OF Sec
retary Gage, who remains In Wash
ington. Il Is proposed to transact Inn
portant business while en- route. The
cabinet oficers viii keep In close
touch with the heads of bureaus OF
the respective departments. The pres
ident will transact all OF the vast
routine which the chief executive
must look after while in Washington.
A corps of expert telegraph operators.
representing the two big telegraph
companies, will accompany the train
TO handle official messages, and every
telegraph station along the lines Of
the railroads which are to be ira
versed will be subject TO their orders
to the exclusion of all commercial and
Newspaper business. Cabinet meet
ings are TO be held on Tuesdays and
Fridays, Just as they are now held In
WASHINGTON. The questiSns pertain
ing to domestic and foreign policies
will be discussed. Cipher dispatches
from all over the world will be laid
before the president, experts from the
state department being in attendance
to reduce them to English. The con-
clusions reached upon all public ques-
tions will be conveyed to the acting
heads Of the departments In this city,
and will by them be disseminated to
all those concerned.
Trip for Recreation.
AS this is to be a trip for recrea-
tiOn and pleasure, the president wants
| It understood that he will avoid formal
receptions wherever possible and
make speeches only where he cannot
escape doing so. They want to see
everything that will! serve to give
them an idea of the progress and ad-
vancement OF the country, and its
commercial growth and mercantile
stability. They will pay a special
visit to the great cotton wharves OF
| New Orleans to witness the loading
OF steamers Of all nations with the
staple product of the fields Of the
South. The party Is due in San Fran
cisco, May s, and will participate in
the launching Of the battleship Ohio
and will remain five days. The coast
is to be followed north to Salem, Port
land, Seattle and Spokane, and thence
the party will move eastward into
Montana, where, after an inspection
Of the vast copper mines. they will
pay a flying visit 20 the Yellowstone
Thence they will go to Ogden and
Salt Lake and then eastward through
Colorado, stopping at Denver for
protracted visit. From Denver the
train goes to Topeka, Leavenwortf
and Kansas City. St. Louis will bt
honored by a visit of two days. The
Mississippi valley will be traverset
from that city to st. Paul, with stops
at Keokuk, Burlington and Dubuque
From Train to Steamer.
From st. Paul the party goes t.
Minneapolis and then to Duluth, wher'
steamer of the Great Northern line
will be waiting to convey then
through Lake Superior, the famous
Sault canal, with its wonderful locks
the Straits of Mackinaw, Lake Huron
the st. Clair and Detroit rivers, ant
Lake Erie to Buffalo. The trip dowI
the lakes will possess novelty an'
interest for every member of thu
party, even for those who have al
ready made 1t, and at the same tim,
will constitute q recreation afte
nearly FIVE weeks of travel by raj
through plain and prairie, desert AM
mountain and valley.
The president will visit the Pan
American exposition at Buffalo. The
he is to 60 to Niagara Falls and max
trip down the American rapids
After he has done that he and hi
party will embark on new specia
train for Washington, arriving ther
. June 16.
President Mckinley will trave
about $4,000 miles on the fastest
safest, most comfortable and best
equipped train America can produce
He will visit rs states and territol
les. and touch the southern, wester
and northern boundaries OF the cour
try.
Mr.. Mckinley and the members c
his cabinet are to be accompanied b
their wives and several other ladies
we'll known in Washington society
will accompany the party.