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McKINLEYS LONG TOUR
His Trip Will Belt Almost the En-
tire United States.
Chief Object or the Journey IL to /ttend
the Launching Of the Battlesh;p
Ohio on the Pacific Coast.

Washington, D. C.-Because one Of
the new battleships, to be called the
Ohio, is being built in San Francisco.
Cal, President Mckinley is going to
take the longest journey ever made by
n President Of the United States. The
trip will belt almost the entire United
States and will involve at least $4,000
miles Of travel.
The President, on his special train,
will leave Washington on Monday,
April 90. He will probably return to
Washington about June TO- after hav-
ing been In at least thirty Of the forty
five States in the Union. and two, If
not three, of the Territories.
In every way the President will
travel in manner beftting the dig
nifty of his Office. In the six cars con-
stitutfng the special train will be GEN.
tired almost the entire Executive and
Departmental Government of the Uni-
ted States, for the President is to be
accompanied by his entire Cabinet,
with the exception of Mr.. Gage, Secre-
tary Of the Treasury.
President Mckinley and his Cabinet
Ministers will have with them their
secretaries and stenographers. Secre-
tary Hay will direct foreign affairs,
leaving DR.. Hill. the Assistant Secre-
tary Of State, to see the diplomatic
representatives of the foreign Powers
In person In Washington. Secretary
Of War Root leaving Colonel Sanger,
his assistant, the nominal Acting Sec
retary Of War, will be in touch with
the War Department and our consul
lar possessions by wire. Secretary
Hitchcock will be able to turn the trip
to much advantage in the way Of in
specting the public domain. the forest
preserves and national parks. Secre-
tary Long will he in constant commu-
nication with his bureau chiefs, and,
OF course, will be master of ceremo-
MES at the launching Of the Ohio. Mr..
Knox, the new Attorney General.
Postmaster-General Smith and Secre-
tary of Agriculture Wilson are ar
ranging their affairs so they can be
absent from their posts.
Private Secretary Cortelyou IS now
arranging the itinerary. The first long
stop the President will make will be
in New Orleans. Thus the first stage
of the Presidents journey will take
him through the States Of virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor-
gia, Alabama and Mississippi.
Leaving New Orleans Mr. Mckinley
will pass over the Southern Pacific
route through Texas. New Mexico. Ari-
zona and California. He will make
several stops in Texas. The President
will probably spend week in Cali
fornia, during which time he will "do'
the State pretty thoroughly, visiting
the Yosemite National Park and other
points of interest. This will end the
second stage Of the trip.
The third stage will take the Presf-
dent through the States Of Oregon,
Washington. Idaho, Montana, possibly
Wyoming, Utah and Colorado. He
will visit all of the principal cities in
Oregon and Washington, and will
probably make stops over night in
Salt Lake, Utah, and Colorado
Springs. Leaving Colorado he will
traverse the States of Kansas, Iowa
and Illinois. He will possibly also
visit portion Of Missouri.
1t had been the original design to
have lake trip beginning at Duluth
and terminating at Buffalo. This idea
has been abandoned, however, and If
the President makes a voyage on the
lakes it will be from Chicago, leaving
Lake Superior out. It Is not thought
ne will 30 into Nebraska or South Da-
kota, but pressing invitations are COM
ing from so many quarters that it IS
becoming a perplexing problem as to
what State shall be excluded from the
itinerary.
Arrangements are being made for
President Mckinley to start the ma
chinery of the Pan-American Exposi-
tion in Buffalo on May 1. Connection
will be made between the Exposition
and some. telegraph Office on the Presl-
dents route. He will leaye his car.
touch a telegraph key and the thing
will be done.
1t is settled that President Mckin-
ley will practically end his tour, so
far as speech-making and receptions
are concerned, at the Pan-American
Exposition. the first week in June.
There he and his party will be enter
tanned by the citizens of Buffalo. after
which he will come to Washington for
short rest, preparatory to going into
New England, where he will be late
in June and early in July.
Mrs. Mckinley is looking forward to
the trip with great pleasure. Although
not of robust health the Presidents
wife is a splendid traveller, and she
will make the entire tour with the
President.