The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-23

stble for them. They were carefully
thought out in the seclusion of Oyster
Bay, and as an entirety will represent
his views on all of the great questions of
the day.
Tough on Michigan Insurgents.
In Detroit the question of expediency
came squarely before him and he DELHI
erately ignored it. It was represented
to him that he ought not: to bear down
too hard in Michigan on Cuban reciproci-
ty, because of the prominence of Sena-
tor Burroughs and the Michigan house
members as insurgents. The president
felt, however. that the people of Michi-
gan were probably more vitality interested
In Cuban reciprocity than In any other
question Of the day, and that, If he were
to appear before them and talk about the
tariff, about trusts about imperialism,
he would to certain extent disappoint
them, and to that degree make his Michi-
gan speeches a failure. So he said to
himself that, while in Michigan he would
talk Cuban reciprocity If he talked moth
ing else, and his Detroit address accord
ingly took the form it did.
This will be his plan for the whole of
this trip. If he knows that a certain
state Is especially interested in certain
question, he will discuss that question,
let the consequences be what they may.
At the same time however, If these dis
cussions are as careful and conservative
as those at Cincinnati and Detroit, no
body will be hurt. and the president and
the party will be gamers.
Rival Candidates for Senator.
Unconsciously, so far as the president
was concerned, there was bit of Michi-
gan senatorial politics in the Detroit visit.
At the station to meet the train was
l1J
R, "A. Alger and D. M. Ferry, the seeds
man, both candidates to succeed the late
Senator Mcmillan. Ferry Is past 70 and
shows his years. He Is the candidate
Of the state republican machine, whose
managers are the federal officers, appoint
ed by Mcmillan, and now led by his ED
est son. OF this crowd, Senator Bur-
rows is a member. It will be necessary
for the machine to elect McMillan's sue
cessor or lose it's grip on. the state organ
ization, and so they picked out Ferry as
their candidate. He is without political
record, but has been a prominent citizen
and business man of the state for many
years. The sentiment Of the people of the
state is with Alger., They think that rank
injustice was done him when he was COM
PEELED to retire from the cabinet, and
that his election to the senate would
amount to a new certificate of public and
| political character.
down the station platform to the presi-
dents car. The president alighted, was
introduced by Alger to Ferry and the other
members Of the committee, following
which Alger took him in tow, ignoring
Ferry, placed him in the Alger carriage,
got in beside him and drove away, much
to the dismay of the Ferry people who
were present. q. s'.. 81 ( ".
The election of Alger and the downfall
of the present republican. state machine
would mean the retirement Of Senator
Burrows at the end Of his present term
and this was urged as another reason why
the president should $50 Slow on Cuban
reciprocity while in Michigan. The presi-
dent however, believing that the people
of that state wanted to hear from his
own lips an expression Of opinion on this
great question, disregarded the advice Of
his more conservative advisers and in his
Detroit speech expressed his mind freely
and vigorously. What the result may be
to Burrows cannot now be foretold. L
may not harm him at all; 1t may increase
his handicap. -
H. ThIsI Is No. So. :
l. The first presidential tour Of which 6
distinct record has been preserved wa!
that of President Johnson, after the close
of the civil war. 1t was an innovation
and is remembered as the Swing around
the circle" It lasted for about ten days
and was confined to the states east of thu
AlleghenieS, and was the talk of thu
, country. On the presidents train to-da.
one of the White House attaches asked
me If knew how many Of these tour!
had been made since the first year of Nc
Kinley. The question seemed easy
p. Thinking to make reply that would ex
Eceed the real number, said that in al
probability a dozen would cover them all
mot So" said he. ITO be exact, the tou
. which President Roosevelt Is now takin,
is the fifty -third since the beginning o
the first Mckinley administration. Sec
rotary Cortelyou is no sooner done will
one itinerary than he begins to prepar,
another and so it has gone for severa
years. President Mckinley made more O
these trips than all Of his predecessor
combined. and President Roosevelt seem
i to be carrying out the Mckinley polio,
in this as in other respects
1t is understood that as soon as tn,
presidential party has returned to Wash
ington for the fall and winter, Mr.. Cortel
you will begin the preliminary arrange
ments for trip across the continent ant
back, Ito be, made next spring, probabl.
. in May, for congress will adjourn on tn
4th of March. The president Is looking
4 forward to this trip with a great deal 0
interest. 1t will cover sections Of the IA
west with which he was familiar In tn
! earlier years Of his life, and he counts OF
); renewing a great many old-time acquain
tancesr He will go by the southern rout
]: and return by the northern, making nu
merous stops through North and soutl
Dakota and Montana, with which state
he was identified during the cowboy an
ranchman phase of his career. Severa
| times in the present trip the presiden
. has referred to this next long tour, an,
it is evident that on the personal sid
. it will be the pleasantest yet made. I
will s.last4probably month. and may g
even to forty days. There will be nothinl