Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-09-04

favors to ask and thinks no time like the
present to press his claims. Perhaps visit
tors have not been disposed of, when the
next stopping place is reached, and the
shouting of n multitude OF people warns
speech. A clean cut address under such
circumstances with little time to indulge
in meditation would not be expected from
many men. nut President Roosevelt goes
through the ordeal without a murmur,
and the people who have heard him are in
position to judge for themselves as to the
manner in which he acquits himself.
But even If there were no constant sue
cession Of visitors to occupy the time and
attention of the President, time would not
hang heavy on his hands There are de-
tails of administration that must be at
tended to no matter what pleasure or So
ciai function alures the President There
are usually with him one or more of his
cabinet officers, his private secretary and
the assistant secretary, two stenographers
and other assistants and kilograms are
being received and sent from almost every
station at which the presidential train
halts Matters of state are considered
the same as If the President were In WASH
ington. and when he gains time to even
think of what he will say Is mystery.
Tho schedule of the Presidents trip is
made ont In advance and the list of local
committees is furnished to the Presidents
secretary. so that he can note special
features of his journey like the introduc-
ton by some noted man like a chief
Judge at particular point but even these
slight advantages would not suffice to
equip any one but the most ready man
for speeches like those delivered by Mr..
Roosevelt.
Under conditions like these few mon
would think they could find time to read,
but it is characteristic of President
Roosevelt that he is seldom far from a
book. as Secretary Shaw reminded him
playfully on the way from Windsor to
Montpelier. It was also characteristic
of Mr.. Roosevelt that he should
find valuable lessons for application
to the problems of the present in
| in an ancient book like Piers the
Ploughman" the 14th century poet and
light is shed upon the rapdity of the
Presidents intellectual methods by the
fact that half an hour before he emhod-
led in his mastery address before the
Vermont Society of the Sons Of the Am
erican Revolution at the state capital his
quotations from that author, he was
snatching a glance at the ancient tome
on his train.
While the President is thus seen to be
an extremely busy man, il is to be borne
in mind that every possible provision has
been made for the speedy disposition of
business MS well as for tho promotion OF
his comfort and welfare. For example.
his own private car, the "Mayhower,' -
| which has figured so prominently in con-
nection with presidential tours. includes
within its walls, A stateroom for the dis
tinguished traveller. as well as tho obser-
walton room at the rear of the train, where
he usually sits ready to respond to calls
upon his attention from people along the
way There are also offices and berths for
tho secretary and assistant secretary, for
the Presidents physician and his personal
attendants. Another Pullman car contains
a spacious dining room and buffet with
quarters for the members of the Prcsi-
dents corps Of assistants who are not ac-
commodatcd in his private car. A third
car is "A combination structure, including
accommodations for baggage and a loung-
ing room provided with a well assorte
library. \ fourth Pullman car is provided
for the representatives. of the great metro
politan newspapers, and the fifth is occu.
pied by tho correspondents Of the hsso-
ciatcd Press the Publishers Press. tht
Scripps MaCrae League of newspapers anc
the correspondents and photographers who
cover the presidential trip for the illus
trated journals.
The newspaper quarters are not the leas
interesting features of the presidential
train, and readers may like to know how
the news of the Presidents utterances anC
doings are disseminated When the chic
executive makes an address he is Away
accompanied by an official stenographer
and tho short hand notes are TRANSCRIBED
: on typowriters after which manifold cop
les of the speeches are furnished to thu
ly headed by the sentence telling where the!
were delivered. The correspondents mus
make their own story of the various in
cidents of tho trip and fill in with any par
ticular to which they desire to call atten
ton. Secretary Cortelyou Is always obllG
ing. and no difficulty Is experienced in SC
curing any information that can be give
out concerning the President and hi
movements. Each newspaper or news as
ISOLATION has one or more sections of
sleeping car and these are fitted up wit
typewriters and other raphernalia of tn
reportorial sanctum.
The man who sits down and calm
reads the story Of the Presidents trip i
his paper little dreams of the rush and tn
tension under which the men work in pre-
= pairing the same for him. A dozen or NOR
speeches a day with side trips and socia
- functions make the presidential reporter
C hustle, but even after their storices ar
prepared for the daily papers their trouble
q are not ended Telegraph facilities are a
- ways limited and there Is strenuous CON
A petition to see which correspondent sha
file his story at the telegraph office frs
4 The second or third man may get his tt
= port through all right, but the last CORE
spondent to take his account to the tel'
p graph Office may discover that it reache
.. his papers office go late as to necessta'