The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-14
HIS WESTERN TRIP
The President Will Leave for the
West and Northwest About
April First. "
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Talk of an Outdoor Masonic Affair
at Medora or Way Up
the Gulch.
From The Journal Bureau, Room IS, Pest Build
ing, Washington. 49,.

From The Journal Bureau, Room IS, Pest Build
ing, Washington.
Washington. March 14.--Plans for Presi-
dent Roosevelt's western trip are rapid
ly assuming FORM The party will leave
Washington April t. going straight to
Chicago, whence it will leave at midnight
of the I'd for WISCONSIN, which will be
visited on the third and fourth. These
points include Milwaukee, Madison, La
Crosse and Waukesha. ~
Then the party will visit the twin cities.
going thence to South Dakota points, in
Guiding Sioux Falls, Yankton and one or
two others conveniently near. Thence
the president will go to Omaha. >aseI
The destination will be Yellowstone
Park. in which the party will remain two
weeks for a complete rest. There will be
no hunting, for hunting is not allowed in
the park, and the newspaper men will be
quarantined outside at Cinnabar. The
president and Secretary Root will ride
horseback through the park and climb the
mountain sides to their hearts content,
with no correspondents or camera fiends
to annoy. The speaking tour preceding
the entrance to the park will last for ten
days. II = *#.... ..-.'
1t is not quite decided whether the
party will make a tour Of Iowa before
goirg to- = elowstone, but it Is hardly
thought likely, LOT tuG Iowa Itinerary IN
cludes some two dozen stops and two or
three days of travel.
Coming from the park. Nebraska and
Kansas points will be visited and the par
ty will go to st. Louis, from which city
they will go via Santa Fe to the south
west and California, and thence. up the
Pacific coast. Tho Puget sound country
will be reached about May i. >f'.< ... -
Fifteen Set Speeches.
In all, the president will! be gone about
two months. He Is writing his speeches
carefully and submitting them to his polit-
ical advisers. The speeches will cover the
work of congress. especially on trust legis-
lation, which will be fully explained.
The administration plans as to the en-
forcement of the antitrust laws will be
mapped out and the public will be taken
into the presidents confidence regarding
all programs hasing to do with the bureau
of corporations in the new department of
commerce and labor. 2. ~
The president will write about fifteen set
speeches to be delivered at appropriate
points. The other speeches will be shorter
and of less public Importance.
How About Medora?
Representative Marshall of North Da-
kota called at the White House to-day
to invite the president to visit Medora,
N. L., III July. MeQOra was the preSl-
dents postoffice address when he was q
western ranchman. The Scottish Rite
! Masons Of North Dakota propose holding
a splendid convention in July and they
| want the president to be their guest and
| take the degrees to which he is eligible,
| being a Master Ma son. It is proposed to
! hold the lodge meetings either in Medora
on the Eaton ranch near there, or in d
! big canon near the Eaton ranch. probably
| the latter. for there's no hall in Medors
large enough to accommodate the crowd
| that will be present. If the meeting is III
| the canyon it will of course be out OF
| doors. and guards will be stationed al
! proper points to ward off eavesdroppers
| The meetings will be held by day and
night, the time being set to catch the
full moon of July.
A class of perhaps a hundred will take
the Scottish Rite degrees at this time
and It is very earnestly desired that tn
] president may get one of them. He ex
pressed his thanks for the invitation
which, he will accept if possible. Tha
acceptance. however, is at present uncer
! tain and will be governed. entirely by th
state Of public bsiness in midsummer. Th
chances Of acceptance are about even.
! w. w. Jermane.