The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-03
"a STATES 10 BE rRAvERsED
Most Strenuous Journey Ever Under
taken by 9 President.

Most Strenuous Journey Ever Under
taken by President.
Alphabetically arranged, the states
and territories the 0resident will visit
a-as
Arizona. Nebraska
California Nevada.
Colorado New Mexico.
Idaho. North Dakota.
Illinois. Ohio.
Indiana. Oregon.
Iowa. Pennsylvania
Kansas. South Dakota.
Minnesota. Washington.
Missouri. Wisconsin,
Montana. Wyoming.
The special train viii go through the
states of, California. Idaho, Iowa, Mon
tana, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Mary
land and Wyoming twice 1t will be in
Illinois three times.
With the exception of the state of
Missouri, the president will not be in a
single state which he does not expect
to carry in the next national convention
and a the next national election
Upon his arrival Al St Louis on the
evening of April %, the president and
party viii be escorted to Odeen han.
where a few minutes visit will be made
to the National and International Good
Roads convention; thence to the ST.
Louis university, and later to the s.
Louis club, where the president and
party will be entertained during the
stay in St. Louis. On the following
viii go to a reviewing stand to review
the parade. and in the afternoon viii
attend the ceremonies incident to the
dedication of the buildings of the Louis
lana Purchase exposition. Later the
president and his party will dine at the
administration building, and will view
the pyrotechnic display in the evening.
In the matter of distance covered the
tour viii be equivalent to a trip half
way round the world 1t will extend
from the Atlantic to the Pacific and
from the Mexican border to the Can
adian line.
The president will be absent from the
White house for siXty-six days and will
lntersperse his journey with a stay in
the Yellowstone National park of six
teen days, in the Yosemite National
park of four days, and each Sunday
viii be devoted to rest
Thus, while the trip is to last sixty
six days, the president will pass at
least twenty-eight of them of the spe-
cial train.
The president is accompanied by Sec
retary Loeb. Assistant Secretary Barnes
Surgeon General A. p. Rixey. Q. S n;
John Burroughs of New York, Nelson
P. Webster, M. c. Latta. J. i. McGrew,
F. H. Tyree, r. H. Taylor w w Stone
and John Mccoy. the last named repre-
senting the Pennsylvania railroad. Be
sides these there are seven newspaper
and magazine correspondents, two tele-
graph operators and three stenog-
raphers.
No ladies will accompany the party,
nor any members of the cabinet The
train consists of six cars.
As said. this is the longest tour ever
arranged for a president
President McKinley's tour to the Pa
cific coast. which was cut short by the
illness of Mrs. Mckinley, pas planned
at about 10000 miles In 1900 Mr.. Roose-
len, L
the circle which lasted 63 days and
embraced about $1,000 miles of travel.
But Mr.. Roosevelt was not president
then.
During this trip the president win
make six set speeches. which are al
ready prepared. The first is to be made
at Chicago, the second at Milwaukee,
a third AT Minneapolis, fourth at
Sioux Falls. Il fifth at St Louis and the
sixth at some other point in the north
west How many extemporaneOuS
speeches the president will make no one
knows but if his threat holds out he
will come near equaling Senator Nor
gan's record at the capitol last winter
Mr.. Roosevelt loves travel. and he is
fond of meeting the people. Men who
have Travelled with the president say
he never wearies physically OF spirit
ually. He has keen zest for all new
scenes new faces new characters fie
enjoys nothing better than getting close
to the people. the common, everyday,
working people of the country. Into the
business of getting acquainted and of
seeing the sights and enjoying the out-
ing he enters with an almost boyish
enthusiasm.
The features of his tour from which
the president expects to derive greatest
pleasure are:
/ The sixteen day jaunt in Yellow
stone Park
,. The four days tour in the Yose-
mite.
yon of the Colorado.
A. A fifty mile ride on mustangs
across country with Senator Warren of
wyoming from Laramie to Cheyenne.
Just before he left Washington, the
president said:
I don't expect to fire a shot while
am away. I know I am entitled to d
little shooting. I used to think I could
not live unless I had a bit Of shooting
once a month. But tIlere'n be no shoot
ing on this trip. There isn't any fun
hunting with crowd and lot Of
photogra pliers, and with bulletins going
out every five minutes about whether
fellow makes q hit or q miss"
One thing the president insists upon,
and that is that there are to be no
spectacular features to this trip. He
doesn't want to be in the center Of the
stage all the time If he could have
his way about it he would go alone
without newspaper men or photog-
raphers. "I want to get out in the
woods and the mountains and live in
the open air and have a little genuine
rest and a good time" says Mr. Roose-
welt.