The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-03-27
PRESIDENT WILL
DO THE TALKING
Has Declined to Be Muzzled
During the Eoming Tour
of the West.
IN YELLOWSTONE PARK
Ground Will Be Covered With Deep
Snow When Roosevelt is There,
and It ls Believed He vii:
"snowshoe It."

Snow When Roosevelt Is There,
and II ls Believed He VII;
| "snowshoe It."
Washington, March 2s.-Presidene
Roosevelt Is going to do his own talk
Ing and do it in his own way on his trip
through the west. The constitutional
| guarantee Of free speech is supposed to
| be general in Its application, but kings,
| presidents and other rulers are hedged
Rbout by conditions that sometimes
limit them In the exercise OF this dis
hnotively American prerogative. Mr..
Roosevelt has established something OF
4 a reputation already for independence
of thought and action and has quite re-
pently given an Illustration Of his de-
termination to carry out his own plans
\ and be responsible for the result. An
eminent senator, who is known to have
| been the cloSe political advlser of a for
| mer president, called upon Mr.. Roose-
welt the other day and tried to induce
! him to handle the negro question with
gloves, in the course of any speeches he
might make on his coming swing
around the circle. The senator called
! attention, to the strength Of the negro
vote in MANY of the northern states and
suggested that the president should be
particularly guarded in his references
| through the west. The president lis
tened, an unusual procedure on his
| part, and then informed his caller that
he had some ideas on the race question
and was willing to go before the coun-
| try with them. He made 1t plain that
ne, and not the senator, was the candt-
date for the republican nomination for
the presidency and that he would be
the sufferer if he got off wrong on the
: race problem. That being the case, the
president insisted that he would have
to fall back upon his constitutional
right to do his own talking. He also
left the impression that he would dis
Euss the race question, along with
trusts, tariff and other public issues,
and was quite willing to rest his case
with the voters.
Things to Talk About.
It is expected that the president will
inform the public, in the course Of his
tour, Of his determination to call the
FIfty-etghth congress in extra session
next November for. the consideration Of
two questions, Cuban reciprocity and
financial legislation The leading rel
publican senators have opposed this
proposition and have strongly advised
the president against it. They have
called the presidents attention to the
expense that would be occasioned by
an extra session and have urged the i'm
portance Of allowing the members Of
congress an opportunity to remain at
home and take a part In the state cam
paigns After listening to these argu-
ments the president has all but off,
cially announced his intention Of call
ing the congress to meet on November
3. This will give the politicians an
opportunity to look after their political
interests at home and then come to
Washington in time to get In month 8
work before the time for convening the
regular session Of the congress in De-
cember. Usually the congress wastes
the month Of December in Juggling
with committee appointments. The
president believes that much will be
accomplished if this work is gotten out
of the way at the extra session SO that
the actual business Of legislation may
be taken up on December l instead Of
going over until after the holidays.
To Force Reciprocity.
Back Of these reasons for an early
session Is the presidents determination
to have the Cuban reciprocity legisla-
ton disposed Of. In this he will prob
ably force some leading senators tc
the party have been ostensibly in fa-
vor OF the Administrations Cubar
| policy, while actually encouraging the
beet sugar senators and others to op.
pose the treaty. They have kept under
cover very adroitly and voted to ratify
the house would have to concur before
1t was effective. Their hope now thai
the house will again become obstreper'
GUS and prevent the final enforcement
Of the treaty. The presidents calling
Of an extra session will bring the issue
to a focus, The president takes thu
position that If the Cuban planters arr
to derive any benefit from reciprocit!
treaty it will have to be in effect mex
January when the years sugar. crol
Is being marketed. He is determined
to have the question finally disposed
of by that time. An extra session calle(
in November will give ample opportun
: ity for the settlement of the propositio,
one way or the other.
Advocates Of a reform m the cur
rency system are anxious that it be &C
conaplished early, in time to be of u.s.
when the stringency occasioned by tn
annual demand for crop moving none.
arrives in September and October. Thi
will, of course, not be possible If the ex
ira session Is not called until Noven
ber. The president and his advisers II
the treasury department arc fully con
, longer do prosperous business with
: out additional financial legislation
They are confident, however, that ther
will be no crisis this year and that ther
need be no extra session for purpose
Of financial legislation. The presiden
1 WILL study the SITUATION OH MS WeSlei
tour and be governed by his observa
tions as to whether immediate hnanc1a
: legislation is necessary.
Tho Humorous Side.
= There is a humorous aspect Of tn
: coming trip. He is going to the yellow
stone park on hunting trip and tou
of observation. to arrive early In Apri
Those familiar with the park are pre-
dieting that the president is plannin
to give on exhibition as a anowShO
artist. The park is never opened unit
about the middle Of June and there
d more snow in April than at any othe
a season. It showed there twenty-seve
n Of the thirty days in April last year an
all the roads arc impasga2le at tn.
season.