The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-01
PRESIDENTIAL TRIP.
MI. Roosevelt Is Going tosMakeai
Tour Of the Whole Country.
HE WILL GOTO THE PEOPLE
In an Effort to Secure the Nomina.
tlcn for the Presidency.
HE WANTS TO DEFEND THE ARMY
And Say Something Concerning thecam~
palgn Id the Philippines.
POLITICIANS ARE OPPOSED TO IE5
Wood Is Also Going 10 Cause Him MuoI,s
Trouble and He Wants to Get the I.
Explanations Over With.
E WANTS TO DEFEND THE ARMY
And Say Something Concerning thncamr
palgn Id the Philippines.
POLITICIANS ARE OPPOSED TO IT.
lsnecial to Tho post.)

Washington, juno 30.-President Roosc-
welt viii Swing around the circle" and III
will be the biggest swing any presi-
dent has made President Johnson madc
nearly as long trip In his historical
swing" President Cleveland went OUT
during his terms. and SO did President Har-
r.son, but they did not cover the country
as President Roosevelt will, nor for the
same reason.
The idea came to tho president when he,
saw what q success his little excursion to
Charleston was. He lei II be known ha
would visit few cities. He has been
overwhelmed with invitations He has
accepted nearly oil.
The dev arpment OF the idea into thu
gigantic "ew'hg" that is now In conton-
plation arises from the presidents over
whelmlng ambition I" be nominated and
elected president In 1904 When he learned
that the politicians are against him, secret
ly, for that nomination, ana that tho,
financial interests Of the country refuse
to have anything 10 do with him, and Will
try to defeat him, he decided that he wouldl
lay his case before the people" He nrxt
thought it would be good thing for hkmI
to 80 Into the congressional eampeixanf
and called the congressional campaign come
mittee OF the republican party to the White
House and told them so. They deanurred!
They said 1t was not customary for preait
dents to go into campaigns, and willis they
would be very grateful for all the cid thu
president could give them, they Thought
he would better make his epeechs incl
dental, II be made any, and not public.
The president apparently agreed. se-
creely, however. he decided that he would
mako political speeches II the noceasity
arose. and no win make them. too.
ARMY NEEDS DEFENSE.
He wants TO defend the army and the
administrations Philippine policy. He
wants to look after General Wood ana seo-
retaries Root and Knox ana his trust cru
sade, aud, lastly. he wants to prepare the
way for some plan OF tariff revision. The
republican leaders think that II the sob
ject OF tarIr revision is gone into before
the presidential elections in 1904 the nc.
publican party has a good chance to lose.
Ihsy want to stave II OF IL they can
Inc president is u tarin reformer He
Is willing, indeed. anxious, to cut down
the schedules, but ne has been persuaded
to wait.
commencement is a tyne OF the addresses
he viii make In that speech he took full
responsibility for Wood aud Root aud TAFT
ana all the rest. He stood our In the open
and SAID These are my men. and | be-
ileve In them and uphold them
II 10 an open secret here that Wood will
eventually cause the administration muchi
trouble, The democrats have ammunitioni
slmllnr to. the receipts for over $1,000
paid by Wood TO Thurber to influenced
ity. Y
They say he spent Cuban mcney with
equal liberality In other similar directions
and that they have the proof. They may
not use this proof until after the next elec-
tion or they may use 1t In the congressional
campaigns. They arc guarding 1t very cares
fully. and will not hint at what they res.
They say, however, that Wood will ne ii i
great deal Of defense from the pres ar
and from others before they get tn ,ls
with him,
ALSO GOING HUNTING.
IN addition to the political side OF the
trip, with IT'S vast possibilities to thespyesl-
dontial mind in the way Of getting himself
known, there is a sporting aide that has
tecn fully considered, The president has
theirs and black bears and deer that he can
hunt In the South, He has been told OF tie
prairie chickens he can shoot the grouse
and ducks be can bring down, and the
tnrpon fishing that IL to be had Men who
could not get him otherwise came IN with
htories Of mountain businesses and wcll-i
guarded marshes where big game turks. *
and there IL not 4 time on record where
the president failed to respond His trip!
petition than anything else. although he
Will of course nit an a gpaach hnra audi