Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-23
CHANGE TN SCHEDULE
CITIZENS OF SEATTLE WILL
ENTERTAIN Mr. ROOSEVELT.
More Pressure for Canal Commission
erships-Invited to Honor Ex-
Representative Grow.

offices of the White House are diminishing
considerably, an Indication that senators
and representatives are fast getting out of
the CITY, Some of the callers today had no
other business than to pay their respects
before leaving for their homes. Most of the
others were comforting with the President
or Secretary Loeb about visits to be made
by the President on his western trip. Eff
forts are making in every state to adjust
the itinerary as to admit of more stops.
Cities and small towns are clamoring for
opportunity to welcome and entertain the
President. and are bringing all kinds of
pressure on their senator's to have them Sc
cure the desired visits. AS much as posi-
BILE. in view of the schedules, Secretary
Loeb is accommodating the requests of sem
ators. He talked today with Senators Gull
lom, Hansbrough Clark, Warren, Hepburn.
Foster Ankeny, Representatives Cushman,
Humphreys and a number OF others.
The President wishes to Stop at as many
places as the train schedules will allow, but
cannot afford to overtax the schedule and
get behind, as that would disarrange every
thing The Washington senators and rep
resentatives secured Encouragement OF
the schedule on that point.
A Merry War in Seattle.
The Encouragement of the Washington
schedule was accomplished after all kinds
of heartburnings in that state, especially
in Seattle. In that city the people and the
newspapers grew wild because they
thought Seattle had been Disseminated
against in the Presidents visit, and the
whole thing was charged to Senator Eos
ter, whose home is in Tacoma. The people
of Seattle wanted to have the President
with them in daylight, so that they could
give him all that was coming to him, and
they declared that Senator Foster Cor some
of them did had not treated them fairly.
Seattle is the home, of ex-Senat tor Wilson
and is, consequently, the seat of the hos
tility to Senator Foster in that state. AS
originally arranged, the Presidents tour
of Washington contemplated a stop at Ia
coma on the Afternoon of May o. the Pres
ident to spend the night there. At o'clock
on the morning Of the 28d he was to leave
Tacoma for a visit TO. different points on
Puget sound, reaching Beattle at O'Clock
in the afternoon, spending the night there
and the entire Sundayy~ther 9th. But the
people of Seattle claimed that there was no
steamer on the sound that could land the
President in their city at A O'Clock Saturday
afternoon and that he would not get in
until bly, O'Clock, too late for the
people or the city to see and entertain him
to their hearts content All kinds of tele-
grams have been pouring into Washington
and to the White House. Finally Seattle
put her new representative in the House
ABOARD train and urged him to fiy to
washington and have the schedule
changed
,,Representative-elect Humphreys reached
SWasnlngton last night and. accompanied by
senators roster and Ankeny and Represen-
tatlVe Cushman, went to the White House
thlS morning The battle of hours was
fought out with the President as referee
. me seattle people got part, but not all of
what they wanted, and the schedule as now
arranged, is for the President to leave Ia
coma at y O'Clock, according to program
make snort stopSat the Bremerton naval
station ana go direct to Seattle, arriving
nm TIL, o
giving TWO and a half hours Of DAYLIGHT
Leaving Seattle at $3.50 o'clock the Presi-
dent Will visit Everett another sound
CITY, ana return to Seattle late in the day,
spending Saturday night, Sunday and Sun
DAY night there. Commercial and political
)eaiousies of all kinds are constantly en-
terlng into the demands for rearrangement
OF scheduies, and Secretary Loeb is proving
nlmself as an adept at smoothing down the
ltle hurries that sweep around him
lhoughtful, cool and considerable he sends
everybody away feeling that they have re-
ceNeu an that they are entitled to.
me President will leave Washington
week from Wednesday and will be absent
from mere until the 9th of June. The prob
aplilty Is that when the President leaves
here April 1 he will spend little time in
washington until next September or Oc-,
tober Upon the conclusion Of his western
"Trip ne may stop in Washington q short
tlme but toward the last Of June he will go
10 oyster bay and remain there, spending
For the Canal Commission.
A number Of democratic senator's have
urged the President to appoint ex-senator
James K Jones of Arkansas as a member
OF the interoceanic commission to have
charge OF the construction Of the isthmisn
canal. The senators who have urged
senator Jones are from democratic states
, which have no candidates of their own.
mere are a number of democratic candi-
oates ior places on the commission, among
mem being ex-Gov. Savers Of Texas, ex,
man, Georgian and Louisianian
Senator Cullom, who was at the White
House today believes that the Cuban SEN
ate VIII succeed in putting through the
states Senate. If it does not do so he
thinks that protocol may extend the
time SO as to prevent the treaty expiring.
he has no fears that the treaty will have
to be made over again. Senator Cullom
IS not going to Illinois for some time. He
mas an engagement to preside at meeting
ph1a April Is, and before that time intends
TO take short rest at Atlantic City.
In Honor Of Ex-Repressntative Grow.
The President was sinvited today to at
tend rousing demonstratton in June next
In honor of the long public services of
Galusha A. Grow, the venerable Pennsyl-
vania representative who retired from
Congress March 4. The demonstration is
to be held at Montrose. Susquehanna
county and win be e. neta1ae affair. Lead
ing men of the state are to take part. With
the retirement of MI. Grow In March he
had served his state almost continuously
for f1fty-two years, and has been factor
In Congress in the most critical periods of
the country's history. The President said
that he could not now determine whether
he would be able to be present and do
honor to Mr.. Grow. but that If 1t were pos.
sible nothing would give him, more pleas
ure. The invitation was pressNlted by Jas.
T. Dubois and Edward Karr Of Pennsyl-
yania and B. H. Warner Of this city.
Place for Maryland Man.
Senator McComas talked With the Presi-
dent this morning about the selection Of
Maryland man for place as one Of the
commissioners of this country to meet with
representa- tfves of China, Mexico and other
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