The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-24
he MAY COME
IN OCTOBER
The President Is Anxious to Make
His Northwestern Trip Later
in the Year. -.
He Awakes This Morning in Good
y. Shape After an All Nights
Sleep. -.
Yesterdays Secrecy Due to an At
tempt Not to Alarm the f..
Stock Market. D..
BY w. w. JERMANE.
Special Representative Of The journal on
the Presidential Train.

the Presidential Train.
Altoona, Pa, Sept 24.-The president
was awake at o'clock this morning, after
a fine nights sleep. Last night he read
for an hour or two propped up in bed With
pillows before going to sleep and said this
morning that the nights rest was the
best he had had since leaving Jersey City
last Friday afternoon. Secretary CorteI-
you is warmly complimented over the sue
cess which attended his efforts yesterday
to prevent the news Of the presidents
condition from going to the country until
after the stock market had closed. The
announcement Of the postpOnement OF the
balance Of the trip and Of the fact that the
president was to go to hospital Tor q
surgical operation, would, Of course, have
created a panic If made before the close
Of the days business. This explains the
mystery connected with yesterdays move
ments at Indianapolis, and tells why the
o'clock bulletin signed by Mr.. Cortelyou
did not get on the Associated Press wires
in indianapolis until $780, The Indian
apolis News did not get the story In time
for its regular editions and issued several
extra editions.
Secretary Cortelyou's most difficult task
in connection with the affair was the writ
ing of the kilograms canceling the remain
der of the trip. These were sent yester-
day afternoon to chairmen Of the local
committees in every city Of the itinerary
heart had been so strongly set upon max
ing this trip and the several cities and
states along the route had made such
elaborate preparations to receive him, that
it easy task to sit down and die
tate the telgerams Of cancellation.
The president was more worried over
the postponement than over the incident
that had made it necessary. Before 60
ing to sleep last night he did not once
refer to himself, save in reply to DR..
Lungs occasional questions, but he spoke
many times Of the keen disappointment
he felt at not being able to complete the
itinerary. He appreciated fully the ef-
fort the people beyond Indianapolis had
made in order that his welcome might be
complete, and knew of the hearty good
will and respect which lay behind it.
His own disappointment at being COM
PEELED to turn his face eastward last night
was as keen that of any of the north
western cities whose hospitality he has
been compelled temporarily to decline.
The northwestern trip will be made, per-
haps not in the immediate future but just
as soon as it can be arranged without
interfering with the public business.
It is announced semiOfficially that the
president will have fully recovered in time
to review the Grand Army parade in
Washington Wednesday, Oct. 8. In fact
If the injured leg heals as rapidly as there
are reasons to believe it will, the presi-
the last OF next week.
The president, before starting on his
present trip, prepared his principal ad-
dresses with great care. Taken as a
whole, they were to form a complete state
ment of his policy, and he now feels that
that statement has gone to the country
in but a fragmentary way.
In another place I have told that he
considered the tariff commission speech
of so much Importance that he made it
in abbreviated form at Logansport yes
terday after the postponement Of the trip
beyond Indianapolis had been practically
decided upon.
The Minneapolis speech was also to
have been an important one and the pres1-
dent was anxious to make it in an abbre-
waited form yesterday afternoon from the
balcony Of the Columbia club, just before
going to the hospital. The physician ad-
vised against this, however, as it would
have required more of an effort and a
longer time than they felt the president
was equal to at that particular moment.
The Chicago, Lincoln and Kansas City
speeches of the abandoned trip were also
to have been important The president
was anxious to have the country in full
possession of his statement Of the admin
istrative policy before the November cleo.
lions and it is no secret that he expressed
an earnest desire before the train left In
dianapolis last night to complete the triI
before election day, say about the middle
of October. This, however, he may not b.
able to do. for other engagements for thu
middle of October have been made in tn,
eastern states and must be kept. But
should the way open, the northwest ma.
see the president earlier than now Seems
probable.
w w Jerroane