Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-29
PRESIDENTS WESTERN TOUR
Some Details Of the Long Trip He Proposes
10 Make.
TARTS WEDNESDAY ON RECORD JOURNEY
VIII Travel 14,OOO Miles Through
Twenty-Five states and Two Ter
ritories and Make Six
Set Speeches.

ent of the Chicago Record Herald, gives
the following details of the great western
trip which President Roosevelt will start
on Wednesday:
President Roosevelt is ready for his rec
ord-breaking tour of the west, on which he
is to start next Wednesday. He Is IN hne
physical condition and says he has already
the fragrance Of the woods and the noun
tains in his nostrils. 1t is to be a record
breaking tour, sure enough. About 1900
miles is the total distance to be Travelled.
AS the tour is TO continue for sixty-six
days, more than 300 miles must be covered
! each day. But the actual travelling will
be done in about forty days, or at the rate
OF $50 miles a day, Including the many
both in time and distance, ever made by a
president Of the United States. President
Mekinley,s tour to me Paciae eoest' W me
was planned at about 1000 miles. In 1900
Mr.. Roosevelt made. a campaign swing
around-the-circle which lasted sixty-three
lays and embraced about 1000 miles OF
travel. But Mr.. Roosevelt was not presi-
During this trip the president will make
six set speeches, which are already pre-
pared. The first is to be made at Chicago,
apoiis, a fourth at Sioux Falls, a fifth at
| st. Louis and the sixth at some other point
In the northwest. How many extempor-
one knows, but If his throat holds. out he
! viii come near equalling Senator Morgan's
record at the capitol last winter.
Looks Tor mucn treasure
Mr.. Roosevelt is eager for the fray, He
likes spoechmaking, though he doesn't care sir
He wants TO make all his set speeches IN
halls, He loves travel and he Is fond of
eled with the president say he never wear
les physically or spiritually. He has keen
Characters. He enjoys nothing better than
getting close to the people, the common,
everyday working people OF the country;
| OF seeing the sights and enjoying his outing
he enters with an almost boyish enthusi-
The features Of his tour from which the
president expects to derive greatest pleas
IRE are: '"
First-The sixteen-day jaunt in Yellow
s~ecohd-The four days tour in the Yo-
Third-ohe days ride In the Grand Can
Fourth"A 6fty-mlie ride on. mustangs
across country with Senator Warren OF
Wyoming from Laramie to Cheyenne, Q,
! am away" said the president today. y
know l am entitled to a little shooting.
used to think / could not live unless I had
q bit of shooting once e month. But there'lnl
any fun hunting with a crowd and n lot
OF photographers, and with bulletins going
out every fve minutes about whether a
fellow makes a hit or a miss"
Nothing Spectacular.
One thing the president Insists upon, anu
this is that there are TO be no spectacular
features to this trip. He doesn't want 10
be in the center Of the stage all the time;
II he could have his way about IL he would
90 alone without newspaper men or pho
tographers. II want to get out IN the WOODS
and the mountains and live In the open ar
time" says Mr.. Roosevelt. But even the
president Of the United States can't have
nnbmotoEraphers and publicity. The press has
It's rights and the public has It's rights
and the press must sT ney carrespn SSnaS rs
on the train and a whole battery of photo
graphic cameras In the yellowstone PARK,
Caravan behind. While the retinue OF re-
porters, photographers,, st~enosraphers teI,
s tEaIn af ceiInsnsSsbaTr.r t the ey pressi az tny with sp john
Burroughs, the naturalist. and a few guides
is to do the Yellowstone country thor
nings, Just outside the corporate limits of
Washington, and one of the bookmakers
money that the president does do a little
shooting during those sixteen days OF ramb-
ling in the recesses OF the famous game
When he gees into the Yosemite the pres
ident will again try TO shake the report
guide, has promised him the time Of his
RIFE in the famous valley.
Details of His Train.
While ON this 14.OOO-mile tour Of the couu-
try President Roosevelt and his party will
use from first 10 last a magHlncent Specl1l
train OF six cars provided by the Pennsyl-
Yania Railroad company and the Pullman
people. Barring accidents, the same cars
will be used throughout the entire journey.
The entire train is 20 be composed OF:
The presidents private car.
A compartment sleeping car.
A Pullman sleeper.
A dining car.
A combination smoking and baggage car.
One full baggage car.
Nearly thirty people Will be on the train,
az follows: The president, Secretary Loeb,
Assistant Secretary Barnes. four ~stenogra-
2heTs, two telegraph operators, four mes
scngcrs, two servants, making fifteen per-
sons in the presidents Immediate party.
Each OF three press associations will have
a man aboard; there are TO be four pho
togTaphers, one for Golfers Weekly, one
for Harper's Weekly, one for Frank Les
lies Weekly and a fourth independent pho
photographs at reasonable prices to all
newspapers and magazines, In each state
about half a dozen OF the prominent local
newspapers will be permitted TO send a man
on the train I'LL II passes into the next
state.
II Is TO be a WhOpper OF a rip. The spe-
Cial train will leave Washington next
"Wednesday. Chicago Is the hrst important
stop. Then come IN rapid succession Nil
and Fargo. At Cinnabar the president will
pat on his corduroy and go out 20 sleep
on the ground and have a gunless look at
the elk, bear. deer and other same In the
for a fortnight. Thence down
through Nebraska TO 81. Louis, where he