The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-03-03
CANNOT GO HUNTING.
President Roosevelt Followed by Too
Many Correspondents.

President Roosevelt does not expect
the pleasure of any hunting this year.
/ 1t is a great disappointment to him,
but he is getting tired of that kind of
| sportsman's hunt with red-fire accom-
! paniments and vivid newspaper stories.
! Those who know him realize that his
| is the true spirit of the hunter. The
! thrilling ride or dash after the game,
the quick shot in the solitude of the
woods, and communion with nature as
eXemplified in the trees, in the noises
! of the BIRDS and the animals, and 9TH
erwise, are what he longs for. He sees
no way of getting it, however, because
/ of the persistence with which he is fol-
lowed by newspaper men, and he does
not want to play to the galleries" 1t
| is absurd to him, and while his whole
nature yearns for a few weeks of COM
plete disappearance from public affairs,
public men and the newspapers, he has
not been able to evolve any plan that
will secure him just what he wants.
1t has been suggested to him that
Secretary Cortelyou communicate with
the three press associations of the
country and with all the leading news
papers and ascertain If they will not
agree to call their correspondents off
the trail of the President long enough
stone Park with a few close friends
and there enjoy himself as he did
years ago, before he became President
Something of the kind may finally be
done, but there is not one to make
promise for the hosts of smaller news
papers and for Independent newspaper
and magazine writer's who would fol-
low close after the President, and ne
cessitate the maintenance of a guard
to prevent access to him. The Presi-
dent does not want to do this. 1t would
look too much like monarchy for his
democratic nature, and yet there is a
longing in his whole makeup to get
one mole chance at the bear family,
many of the relatives of which so COM
pletely evaded him when he slipped
away into the Mississippi swamps last
November, There are bears in album
dance in the Yellowstone, and western
senators and representatives are plac-
ing before the President the most allur-
ing stories of the fine sport he would
have If he should go there
The President has promised to go
west and to the Pacific coast this
spring and summer, and he will begin
his journey in April, going fist to st.
Louis to assist in breaking ground fUr
the great exposition. From there he
will journey slowly westward, making
a longer trip than that of the late Pres
ident Mckinley nearly two years ago.
To breathe the atmosphere and free
dom of the western plains and noun
tains and yet be deprived Of a hunt
VIII be sore punishment to the Presi-
dent, and his friends are almost sure
to try TO arrange a plan by which he
can escape the glaring readiness and
the sensational stories of newspapers.
The President recognizes the deep in
terest that would attach to his move
ments and the desire of the public to
keep track of his doings, but he does
not think it is necessary that every
thing he does should be chronicled min
utely each day, especially full details
of the escape of every bear.-Washing-
ton Star.
HER IMPASSIONEn CALLED