Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-09-29
PRESIDENTS TRIP.
To Southern States is Practi-
caIly Arranged.
NEW ORLEANS UNCERTAIN
owing to Quarantine His Trip to That
City May Be Delayed-President
Now Occupied on Message to
Congress.

A special from Oyster Bay says:
Arrangements for the trip of Pres
ident Roosevelt through the south
have been completed, except those per-
tanning to his visit to New Orleans
and Little Rock
On account of the prevalence Of
yellow fever in New Orleans, it is
not unlikely that the president may
defer his visit to that city until a
later time. He is being urged not
to 60 to New Orleans SO long as the
yellow fever epidemic continues there,
but he has received assurances that
the fever will be stamped out before
the tentative date of his visit, October
"a.
A suggestion was made recently
that on account of the quarantine
placed by the authorities of Arkan-
sas on passengers from New Orleans,
the president should visit Little Rock
before going to New Orleans.
1t was announced officially Saturday
night that If the quarantine regula-
tions of other states should prevent
the presidents entrance into Arkan-
sas or his return to Washington by
rail, after having visited New Orleans,
he may consider the plan of making
New Orleans the final stop on his trip
and returning from there to Washing
ton by sea.
However, no definite plans have
been made for the New Orleans and
Little Rock portion of the trip, and
they gill not be completed for two
weeks.
Working on Message.
President Roosevelt will complete
his summer sojourn at Sycamore Hill
and return to Washington next Sat
urday.
The president, Mrs. Roosevelt, and
members Of the executive force will
leave Sycamore Hill about II O'Clock
Saturday morning On special Long
Island railway train. They will &c
by boat from Long Island City to
Jersey City and thence via the Penn
sylvania railroad to Washington, reach
ing the capital shortly after six
O'CLOCK.
The president is devoting consider
able time each day now to work on
his message to congress. For some
time he has been assembling data for
the message, but since the adjourn
ment Of the peace conference he has
been writing the data into definite
form. The message will not be com
pleted until some time early in No
vember, because each member of the
cabinet will have to supply material
for discussion of the work of his de-
partment. This information will be
contained in the annual reports of the
cabinet officers, which have not beer
completed.
Three topics highly important at
this time to the American people will
be discussed by the president in his
message. They are the federal regula
tion and supervision of life insurance
the relations between this country and
Venezuela and Americas interest in
the fiscal affairs of the government
Of Santo Domingo.
Other important subjects naturally
will be considered, among them the
scandals disclosed in the department
OF agriculture and the interior; the
work of the department of justice in
the beef trust cases; the regulation
of railroad freight rates; the progress
made in the construction of the Pan
anna canal, and the conclusion of peace
between Russia and Japan.
The consideration Of all matters ex
cept those of immediate Importance il
being postponed until the president
shall have reached Washington.