The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-06-12

President Roosevelt finished his ten
weeks tour OF the West June at Z
y. m, at which hour his special train
arrived at the Pennsylvania station at
Washington. Nothing In the way Of
demonstration had been planned
and there was no formal reception
Mr. Roosevelt will fnd much less
work awaiting him than might be
imagined from the length Of his alb
sence from the White House All i'm
portant communications have been
forwarded to him. and by means OF
the telegraph ana mail he has kept
right up with his Official duties
ON the Tuesday following his re.
turn the President goes to Cleveland,
o.. to attend the wedding OF senator
Hannas daughter ON June TO- lie
Is to speak at the National Saenger.
fest at Baltimore ON June 10, and
the next day he will attend the Uni.
yersity Of Virginia commencement
exercises at Charlottesville.
II has not been decided when. the
President will 20 TO oyster Bay for
the summer. but he probably will go
before the end OF June. Mrs, Roose.
welt and the children have arranged
TO move to their summer home about
June 10. and II il thought the Presi.
dent will soon follow them
Never before has President of the
United States made a swing round
the circle like the tour OF President
Roosevelt During the trip. which
lasted fifty-siX days. he covered up.
ward OF 1900 miles. and addressed
upward OF 100000 people.
IL has been remarkable trip in
many ways. To begin with. the work
mapped out by Mr.. Roosevelt was
such that no ordinary man could hope
to 90 through with IT, When Presi
dent Nicholas Murray Butler of Col
umbiR University, left the President
about fortnight as6. he estimated
that Mr. Roosevelt had made about
$50 speeches up TO that time. A study
OF the Itinerary shows that before h'
returned to Washington the tota
reached about 400.
OF these about half dozen wer'
formal. carefully prepared addresses
The manuscript OF them was fur
nlshed the newspapers In advance
The others were extempore and II IL
evidence OF the Presidents versatility
and resource that he has seldom re
peated himself The language has al
most always been different although
there has been a recurrence of ideas
Another remarkable phase OF IN,
tour Is the fact that twice the Presi
dent OF the United States has beer
cut on from the world-for two week.
while he was IN Yellowstone Park ant
afterwards for two days, while in the
Yosemite. Only once before has
President OF this country hid him
self President Cleveland had tina
distinction, and there was excuse FOL
H. He went to Deer Park Maryland
for his honeymoon and only his mos
intimate friends knew where TO fnS
him.
The other trips which Presiden
Roosevelt has made have been nj
fected by accidents. When he wa
in Connecticut last summer he mar
rowly escaped death in a trolley col
llsion. Later, when he went on
tour. he was compelled to abandon /
In indianapolis because OF an abceE
which developed ON his leg. Bu
nothing has marred Mr.. Roosevelt
grand tour. although he narrowly 81
capped injury In the Yellowstone, whel
a detective revolver cartridge explod
ed while he was shooting at mark
and a piece struck him over the eye
Altogether Pres.uent Roosevelt hal
most magnificent time on this trir
He left Washington on April l. II
Chicago he made his first stop o
any length and his first formal speech
He said:
Il believe In the Monroe doctrin
with all my heart and soul, but
would infinitely prefer TO see
abandoned than TO see us put II fol