The Washington times., 1902-07-03
Mr.. Roosevelt Spends a
Busy Day at the Tenn
porary White House
LUNCH PARTY ENTERTAlNED
Drives Out in the Suburbs With Cen
eral Wood and Colonel Scott and
Walks BacS-Last Day But One in
Town.

Mounted on the box seat Of 4 mod
est-looking brake, and handling the
reins with the skill of the accustomed
driver OF good horses, President Roose-
welt yesterday drove into the suburbs
with Gen. Leonard Wood and Colonel
Scott OF the latter's star.
The start was made from the tenn
porary executive Offices at o'clock, and
the trip extended in the direction OF
the Chain Bridge. by way OF Sixteenth
Street and the suburban roads. \
groom was taken along on the box
beside the President to bring the horses
back TO town. while the President and
his companions returned on foot.
A Luncheon Party.
On the last day but enc cf his stay
in Washington for t5o --ee2-, @--
Roosevelt had a sG.C
as his guests at soc
terday They were
torney General KnoS, t,--..-l..-,. Gta-
eral Payne, Senator Hanna. ana Senator
Allison. Secretary Moody joined the
party later.
The President had q busy day with Of
fetal and personal callers yesterday.
They came early and late throughout the
day. Among the members OF the upper
house of Congress were Senator's Lodge,
Gallingcr, Bard, Foster OF Louisiana. and
Stewart.
Civil Service Commissioners John r.
Proctor, William Dudley Foulke, and
James Il. Garfield we're callers. who ar
~ y h.
Pittsburg Trip Discussed.
Representative Dalzell, Of Pennsyl-
vania came in for short chat about
the Plttsburg trip, and assured the Pres
idont of hearty welcome from his con-
stituents there.
Representatives Babcock and Over
street saw the President. and told him
that as members of the Republican Con-
gressional committee. they desired to
keep in touch with him regarding fall
campaign work 5ir Rabcock presented
to Mr.. ROosevelt ss1dsone pearl
knife, the hand is made from
the pearl clam Of Mr.. Bah
cocks district a upper Missis-
sippi River.
Among the numeTors callers yesterday
Nlo i-lliAt " 5dg s5tkA-Eg were Gtil- Il
II. Bingham, the father Of the House.
and Representative J. r. Young. both OF
Philadelphia; Gen. Charles Dick, CT
Ohio, with Gen W. ". Dudley; Repre-
sentatives Adams of Pennsylvania, Alex
ander of New York. Curtis and Miller
OF Kansas, Monden of Wyoming, Crum-
racker of Indiana, Dayton of West Vir-
ginia, Mercer and Burkett of Nebraska
Joy of Missouri, and Martin of South
Dakota.
A Social Gathering.
President Roosevelt had among his
guests last night at the temporary
White House Secretary Root, Senator
Warren of Wyoming. and Representative
Hepburn of Iowa. The gathering was en-
tirely social one.
In the felicitations which were ex-
changed the prominence of the Senator
in the irrigation legislation and of the
Representative in the canal bill con-
sideration were commented upon, as
measures were passed by Congress
covering both these subjects
Mr.. Hepburn leaves in few days for
his home in Iowa, where he will spend
most of the summer.
Senator Warren, who leaves town
early next week. said that as the pro-
posed 100-mile horseback ride in Wy
oming is so far in the future, he had
not thought OF mentioning it to the
President again last evening