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The Presidents Tour.
By the time a President has been four
wears in office and has been elected for a
second term, it is entirely natural that
he should have his mind fun OF ques-
lions of domestic politics or social econ
omy affecting differently the various
geographical and political divisions and
subdivisions of the country. After one
Administration Il man in the White
House will have had his head filled
with the alleged interests. conditions,
and exceptional advantages of more
areas. climates. and systems Of develop
ment than would patch Paradise for a
mile-as Solomon justly remarks. The
end of a first and the beginning of a
second Presidential term. therefore,
presents golden opportunity for a
President to seal his determination to
make a record as great and beneficent
ruler of a republican empire by tour
of the land that he may meet its peo-
pie. hear their complaints. study their
interests both from the local and ma
tional points of view. and the better Mt
himself for the ensuing quadrennial pc
riod TO protect and advance the general
good of the country.
From this point of view we are con-
WINGED that President McKinley's long
iaunt to the Pacific Coast and back. by
way OF many lines, States, and points.
is an enterprise as well conceived as
the itinerary of the excursion has
been ably and scientifically evolved by
Secretary Cortelyou. personal min
lister of whom any ruler ought to be
proud. for his ability, his capacity in
dealing with people. and his genius for
the accomplishment of exactly the OBJ
jects of his commission.
Tomorrow morning at half-past ten
The President and his encourage and in
vited guests will start on what we are
sure wifi be a memorable swing around
the circle" though not in the Andrew
Johnsonian sense. because its purpose
is educational and with an eye to ad-
ministrative perfection rather than po-
litical Vixen Mckinley returns
To Washington on June Is he VIII have
covered an itinerary of ten thousand
five hundred and eighty-one miles and
he will have met and conferred with
more citizens than any of his pred
ecessors ever pretended to know
Perhaps IL may be objected that a
plan which is practically certain to
make an opposition President, already
a most popular character. more popular
should not be commented upon amiabiy
by a Democratic journal We are new
ertheless unable to follow Mr. Mckinley
into his railway carriage with any par
tisan hope that ii will break wheel or
that he may find bad weather or cold
reception as he travels through the
grand picturesque, and glorious Amer
lean country which we know that at
heart he loves as we do. He and We
have divergent ways Of showing it, but
the principle is the same. No; we are
heartily glad that he is about to IA
lniliarize himself with the multiform
development OF the land. and with its
varying local conditions which render
the problem of our domestic politics and
economy one of the utmost completely
In the South Mr. Mckinley will find
the heartiest weleome-one which win
make him forget that he is a Repub-
Iican and cause him to remember that
he Is the First Citizen of a great Re
public whose people bow to the will of
a constitutional majority and where one
and all honor the man who has been
elevated to the highest office in the
a., Il. Ia,
other sections, no doubt il viii be
brought TO his attention that the ap-
parent and proximate interests of the
South call for executive and legislative
consideration which may be imprac-
ticable, in view OF other and conflict
ing sectional interests. But they will
be worthy of attention. We have so
great country and our potentialities
of resource and enterprise are so vast
that they may be susceptible of adjust
ment, not to say benevolent assimila-
fion," and the Hon. William Mckinley
is no dull student of such problems.
In the Northwest. in the region Of
wheat fields and where the people are
crystallized in their sturdy American
ism as the snow which covers their re-
gion FOR half the year, the President
will encounter a civilization with which
he is not uEfamiliar-that in which
agriculture is the prime factor. On the
Pacific Slope he will meet the fruit
growers, who. by means Of irrigation.
have transformed desert into "A Gar
den of Eden. 81 san Francisco he will
see the grand port OF our Western
coast, and at Yuma, the hottest place
in America, except Philadelphia. in
summer. and the point TO which a
wicked soldier OF the garrison dying
in his sins sent back afterward to get
his blankets. He will see many men
and many conditions. but they viii all
smile on him. The adventure. in our
opinion, viii be good for the President
and for the country
In this connection it may be allowed
10 us, with the greatest respect, 10 ex-
press the hope that the Zip may prove
Ileasurable and beneficial TO the Lady
Of the White House. whom all Amer
leans delight 20 honor, and whose
health and happiness are matters Of
momen; to every gentleman who doffs
his hat 10 the Stars and Stripes.
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