Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-31
At THE WHITE HOUSE
Presidents Last Day Before
His Trip.
AWAY FOR TEN WEEKS
THE TROUBLE IN IOWA ABOUT
ARRANGEMENTS.
AWAY FOR TEN WEEKS
Representative Babcock Not Organic
ing Against LaFollette and Not
Likely to Retire From Congress.


Likely to Retire From Congress.
This was President Roosevelts last day
in his office for nearly ten weeks. Tomor-
row morning he will leave for the west and
the Pacific coast on the most extensive
trip ever undertaken by chief executive
of the country. Two years ago. lacking a
month, President Mckinley started on his
famous western tour. That was to nave
lasted seven weeks, but was shortened
three weeks by the illness Of Mrs. McKin-
ley in San Francisco. President Roosevelt
will be on the road nearly three weeks
longer than the projected trip OF the fate
President Mckinley.
The party to accompany the Presioene
will be the smallest that has yet gone with
him. There were eight cars IN the tram
that took President Mckinley to the west.
There will be only six cars on this journey.
Two Of these will be baggage cars. one
will he a full baggage car and the other
combination baggage and buffet car Inc
last car on the train will be the Elys1an'
President Roosevelt's car.
1t has an observation parlor end, three
state rooms, two section rooms. dining
room in the center, kitchen and servants
quarters The next to the last car Will pe
the Texas a compartment car, r,,,nr hnr
third will be the Senegal, a regular
sleeper. The fourth will be a dining car
and the other two baggage and combina-
ton cars.
No cabinet officers will be with the Pres
ident at any stage of the journey Secre-
tary Root will probably join him for a day
when he is in ST. Louis, but will not go
west of there with him. Prof. Nichoias
Murray Butler, president of Columbia Col
lege, will join the President at st. Louis
and go west with him, making the entire
journey from there back to Washington:
The train will be in charge of w; IL.
Johnson, Pullman conductor, who has been
out with the president number OF times
before and the Presidents table will be
looked after by Murray Butler, Pullman
dining car waiter, who has accompanied
Presidents on such trips for many years.
He knows the Presidents tastes as we'll as
anybody at the White House and just what
time he desires his meals.
A Burning Iowa Question.
. Almost the entire state of Iowa, certainly
all the political portion, is intensely agi-
tated now over the question whether Rep
resentative Hull of Des Moines will ride
in the carriage with the President when
the chief executive visits Des Moines, or
whether Governor Cummins and the mayor
of Des Moines will have this honor. 1t Is
a question pregnant with political pros
pects 1t all grows out of the well-known
fact that the Cummins faction in Iowa is
making fight on the denomination OF Rep
resentative Hull from the Des Moines dis
trict and that Governor Cummins is openly
supporting Judge Prouty for the nomina-
ton. So comes the portentous question
about who will sit next to the President;
in other words, which faction will be rec
ognized as closest to the President. The
mayor of Des Moines, it may be explained,
is warm supporter of Governor Cummins,
and he and the governor are cooperating
In the arrangements for the reception But
NJ II,,11 to a1cn fpcy ON hn
ments.
The horrible prospect that Mr.. Hull will
not get to ride in the first carriage in the
procession looms up throughout the repub-
lican party in Iowa like dark cloud. VIII
Cummins or the other side of the factional
fight receive the Presidents benediction?
Custom and precedence in such matters
would seem to be against Mr.. Hull but the
settlement of the question will probably
rest with the President In the end. An
ordinary landau. with seats for four peo-
pie, is always used for the President. The
President and his secretary invariably oc-
cupy two of the four seats. There is
room for two others. The governor of
the state Is naturally the person to be the
attendant of the President on an occasion
of that kind. Is the mayor of the city or
the congressional representative the proper
person to occupy the other seat? The Pres
ident it is declared is really guest of
the mayor of the city, and the mayor would,
Of course expect to be seated in the car
riage with him. This being true, there is
no room for Mr.. Hull. VIII Secretary Loeb
give way W nilH 81 tAdt Inc Situation may
be smoothed over. or will 1t be finally de-
cided that Mr. Hull can ride in the second
,. Garriase Mlsnoot ms polieical prestige oe
1nn ger =, Hyhicb 70 n,ork o,,t a. tiioii'h
Not Organizing Against LaFollette.
Representative Babcock of Wisconsin
called at the White House today and pre-
Sented his son. c.. e. Babcock of Necedah
W., or o,,as ....o,-- -. - -
Us VS. ea.o ineiey ~ eApieSs ~ 'iie
PRESIDENT my regrets that VIII not be out
In Wisconsin to be with him when he gets
there on his western trip" said Mr.. Bah
cock. Il have been aiding in the arrange
ments for his reception but have been
called east and cannot return for some
time.
"Oh. yes, I see that l am credited with
organizing a movement to defeat the po
litical aspirations of Gov. LaFollette- but
people who know INV methods Of nolitica1
lighting know that never fight man
Whenever | make a fight If is an the nrin-
cinie of q tbing-issuas and not 49,, I'LL
are the usual warm-weatber stories , nsse sse