The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-09-21
The President Refers to His
Speech at State Fair.
CONFESSION OF FAITH
Thus He Characterizes 1t to North
Star Congressman.
WILL SEEK WELFARE OF ALL
Patriotic Answer to a Southern Rep
resentRtiVe's Noble Offer
of support.

From TAS ,Jotr4GT Blsrea4. Room <5, POss
BUttdtrgs WGShtngtOa.
Washington, Sept. 21.-At 10 o'clock this
morning Representatives McCleary, Heat
wole and Stevens, accompanied by Eli s..
Warner. surveyor general of Minnesota,
paid their respects to President Roosevelt
at the White House. Their visit lasted
ten minutes. The president expressed
himself as glad to see them and thanked
them for their cordial pledges of support.
Il now recall with great satisfaction, :"
said he, my speech in Minnesota on La
Dor Day this year and am glad, in view Of
what has since happened, that 1 had that
opportunity to make confession of faith
regarding my attitude towards the policy
of President Mckinley. Since the sad
events OF the past two weeks 1 have had
occasion more than once to recall that
speech. Had 1 said nothing else, it would
OF itself have been a pledge of my inten-
tions in the new place which have been
called upon to I'LL"
The president has the livenest remem-
brances of his Minnesota visit and asked
after a number of gentlemen whom he
met there.
Senator Hansbrough was one of the
he entered the cabinet room. President
Roosevelt left the group, including the
representatives of the Cuban government,
General Wood and several other repre-
sentatives and senators with whom he was
chatting, and grasped the senator's hand
with the remark in his hearty voice:
This is my representative. l was
once a deputy sheriff in North Dakota, the
first and only Office had there. l there
fore regard myself as belonging in part
to that state
Senator Hansbrough assured the presi-
dent of the warm feeling that North Da-
kota has for him and promised loyal
support OF his administration.
DOdges the SIeuths.
The question OF guarding President
Roosevelt has already been discovered to
be a difficult one. He insists on walking
about the streets unaeeompanied,, and
without warning to anyone. He ducks
out of the White House and goes chasing
up one street and down another as if he
were a committee clerk. He refuses to
be guarded by secret service men, and
gives them the slip on all possible occa-
Eions. If Chief Wilkie would obey. orders
there would be no detail of men to guard
him. But there is just one man in the
United States who declines to take orders
from the commander -in-chief of the army
and navy. Mckinley used to object to
shadows which were always in his path,
but Wilkie was incorrigible. So now it
has developed into race between the
president, who is right light on his feet,
and the sleuths, who have grown rather
logsy in their former service. Yesterday
Roosevelt gave the secret service men
nervous prostration by disappearing in the
middle Of the day. He had gone to the
Cowles house to luncheon and walked
alone both ways. They thought for half
IN hour he had been kidnapped and were
more worried than a little. To-day the
game began again when Roosevelt started
put and walked from the Cowles house to
the executive mansion, arriving at 9
o'clock. Secret service men say they have
10 show. The presidents walking pace
teeps them on the trot. They have begun
What promises to be a strenuous exist
lnce. w. w. Jermane.