Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-06-02
SPEECHES BY ROOSEVELT
Only Reference to Campaign Is.
sues will Be Made in His Reply
to Notification Committee.
That body 10 Meet Mt Oyster nay
Pilgrimagcs Of Political Clubs
to he Discouraged.

President Roosevelt Is refusing ,nvi-
tations to appear In different parts of
the country to make speeches and ad-
dresses, and at the same time is discour-
aging all talk about plgrimages Of po-
litical nature to oyster Bay and to Wash
ington. From now on until after the
election in November, the President will
remain in the background preserving
silence OH matters relating to the public
questions of the day, says the Wash
lngton correspondent of the Brooklyn
Eagle.
MIR. Roosevelt will make but two polite
utterances between now and election
time, and only one of these will be OF n
strictly political character. On Dccora-
ton day he will visit the Gettysburg
battlefield and address the assembled vet
Grams. His remarks arc expected to be
of a patriotic order and without particu-
lar reference to political issues. The
ono political speech that Is scheduled
for utterance prior to the presidential
election will be delivered at Oyster Bay,
and will be in reply to the committee
that will notify him of his nomination
for the presidency by the republican ma
tional convention. That speech will be
an important one for In it the Presi-
dent will crowd everything he wishes
to say regarding the pending issues. 1t
will be an Endorsement of the position
of his party, which by that tim" will
have been set forth in the platform
of the convention. Mr.. Roosevclt's re-
marks on that occasion will be taken
as the text for political arguments and
speeches to be made in the campaign
to follow
In deciding not to appear at political
gatherings President Roosevelt is merely
following the preccdents of the Office
he occupies. 1t is held to he entirely
proper for candidate for the ircSi-
dency TO exert his utmost cndcarora to
bring success 10 the ticket that bears
| his name, provided he is not already
! an occupant of the White House. Ac-
| cording to the ethics of that high Office
| he is barred from anything bordering
| on an open scramble Tor reelection. Will
| liam Mckinley made An effective cam
paign in 1896 and materially assisted
his party by his individual efforts. In
addition 10 delivering a great many
speeches in Ohio and other states, he
received thousands of republicans who
travelled to his homo at Canton. 20 pay
their compliments to their candidate for
president In the campaign Of 1900, how
ever President Mckinley took no part.
President Roosevelt will follow the same
plar.
Political managers in different parts of
the country who do not understand the
restrictions imposed on the President have
urged Mr.. Roosevelt to agree to make
the coming campaign. Enterprisng lead
ers have sought to have date named
when they could bring the members
of political clubs either to Washington
or Oyster Bay to pay their respects to
the President. All requests of this kind
have been politely refused with the state
| ment that the President had found 1t
| mpractcablc to make engagements for
| the future.
| The Presidents plans for the summer
| and fall have been mapped out. After
| his return from Groton. Mass, he will
busy himself with White House matters
until Monday next, when he goes m Get
| tysburg to deliver 4 Decoration lay adj
| dress. He will return to Washington and
| remain here until July ]. On that date
| he will proceed to oyster Bay to receive
the committee Of the national conven-
ton This news could be received at
Washington just as well as not, but II
| was thought better to have the notfca-
ton take place at the Presidents sum
rner home. This business over. the Fresi-
dent will come back to Washington for
two or three weeks, when he will re-
turn to Oyster cay and stay there until
after the middle of September.
President Roosevelt has been putting
in his odd half hours tho past week
posing before the camera of one Of the
| local photographers. He has had a dozen
1
| been made for several more trials al
| the photographers studio this week. The
| President is trying to get a picture that
| can be usel during the coming prcs!den-
| tal campaign Secretary Cortclyou, rs
| the prospective chairman of the nat!ona
| committees and Private Secretary Loet
| act as Jurors in passing on the mega
| tves The photographer brings up a
batch of pictures that have been develop
| cd and mounted in variety of styles
| He has full lengths. bust sizes. profile
| and front views. ono is rejected because
| it Is too stern, another is condemned
| on account of n palpahlc smirk. while Z
| third is declared unsuitable because o.
| the absence of all expression. Then an
| other engagement is made and the Presi
dent and the photographer try It again
| When n satisfactory likeness has beer
obtained it viii he Autographed in grca'
numbers and sent broadcast over the
| country.