New-York tribune., 1903-05-26
SOLID FOR ROOSEVELT.
Trip Through West ShooCed 1t, Says
Nicholas Murray Butler.

LOGICAL CANDIDATE FOR 1904.
Nicholas Murray Butler. president of Coluul-
bia University. OF his return from the West
where he has been travelling with President
Roosevelt, said yesterday that the trip had
served TO demonstrate the great personal popu-
)z-.ty or the President and that the chief lesson
% be derived from It was that he is the only
logical candidate Of the Republicans for 1904
Nj Butler said
The West is so5 for President Foossye 7tora7s Is
ard agTicuturists al seem 70 have I'VE iPeit in i: 33 g3
Esstion . keep Ppoe matters on & an sa eyen ~ 5es EEL
= = = "a = setgfion IN the west on the lines OF So
called antirnpsriaisrn o. q indlscrl9lTlate ta[l1
traastaag or OF attacking the army VII nave ms
Toa6le toT MS pains he SILVER f9fiston ia2 +s+ IS 50
very much alive only seven years age.
Wherever the President was received
+hagiasn evoked everywhere By his presence was
c1e OF The most impressive facts OF the TIP Men
The most cordial o. greetings ana ms uL[eL snces
rstion end agreement Bankers and railroad rnen.
wage workers. politicians sno men 7a[locent o.
T1e5 with each other IN assuring the President OF
-he- conadence and esteem and Of their support Of
55evernor Sparks the Democratic Governor Of
rcr as second andrew jackson Z President Of the
people. Mayor Schraitz. the labor union Mayor o.
-ne1tarv The Far West and the Pacific Slope feel
that foT the drst tre there is q Presiden5 EN- who en-
stands and appreciates their NEEDS and fhe5E prop
lens and thew are "o~respondingly elated over
hsyfng hin as their guest -..-..--... .,s
TIE Vest s in tbs ool TIDE q @I,q
party politics al all Big crops are expecteo ne g
Ilsulng freight and suffering and want appear 10
TIE eagerness Of the people 70 see and to hear
him was 50 great and their demands fof ms pres
,5n3ri-fees pfled up programme upon programme
5or hin uncl the weght vas almost t9o nesVS oT og
example and again IL going north from los Al Al
<zice as many stops and speeches as were seheo--
J1led. simply because OF the nuL1oeL . s-z
.ers9ns ia the Far West rode or drove over Iorty
riies 70 gree1 him. ana some rode four huncred
niles a1d were week on the read Just TO catch
5 goPse Of # him .s at the s7drs Tss habitants had
heir populatoa increased tsn1oi6 n io53r
away from any settlement OF ranc1 tte IN n
sz1 Francisco reminded ne foroi5ly of the S0ree's
= New-York on some gsls occasion lsrsd and fifty
Tie President spoke &bout TWO AuLl1Ieo at- s-iSy-
LINES six Of his spceclscs laylng otea Wen
rTspared addresses. written before Leaving WaSn ;a
proPtu ano dealt with s6iec1s gToetfer = pre-
sentsd 70 the people consistent bocy o. poLfsG p.ss1
~coSa1e ~ @ oer{ {s95S sl1S they were listened to with
ne closest attention and obviously ina1oe i u'F
The Presidents urgent appeals for high ana tIac
9se seS1eaIS @ 20 81 ~ s+Srs sa1,ties Of the West
<5r me careful and scientific Development OF a nS NJ
1r5J1iIding Of the navy. for more modern cur cur
reocy system and one better acaptea 70 ts -
~ r6e business II to-day. were most cordially &c
csiYet and heartily approved ,.,,
Ee lost no opportunity TO lay strong ehlphS1s.s ehlps1
mon Individual intelligence and ctaracter .alhel
rhan upon government aid or artificial means -
The condition precedent prosperity anu --sII,5-
ness He EXPLAINED and Upheld the rights OF Las a
individual citizen to be protected BY tne Nv n
work1rc his life task in his own Hly pt9ElQsu
only that he does 10 wrong 70 his Iell9Ns- ne I
sisted thst the tariff should be treated IS oeS S
rather than Dsrrv question; ana tI IL, ~
-rr1stou o. existing schedules should be unoertaaeh
with needs of the nztic-'s trade and coEIlIIl'e
r. mind znF not iu any partisan interest
Ir. Butler said the stories circulated about
the Inadequate preparations made for the Presi-
dents reception Z: St Louis @gere entirely IN
founded. as was the story that he had been
kissing babies Regarding the rather sudden
death of the silver question in the West. Mr.
Butter quoted an opinion of The Denver Re
publican" that under present conditions and oy
taking advantage of new mining and reduction
processes the silver mines of Colorado palu
s0crt as wei with silver at CD cents an ounce
* they did when x was al 81 %