New-York tribune., 1906-05-06

:, shs May issue Of The Atlantic NTonthlv.s ,no,
,.,srun writer and observer. John Brrrougn.
-,ses og Camping with President Roosevelt. a.
tsgi1B By saying;
80 TIE time made the tEip 20 Yellowstone parle
rs.h President Roosevelt. "a the spring OF sep. !
r-onlssd some friends TO write up my Impressions
= he President and OF the park but 7 have bean
s,v n getting around to &c. The President him.
- hssing the absolute leisure and peace OF the
-rEse House. wrote his account Of the trip nearly
-, years agoi But with the stress and strain OF
- I.Se al Slabsides-administerin the affairs OF
= ,,anv Of the wild creatures OF the woods about
.J have not I'll this blessed season found the
-. 10 put on record an account OF the most in
ing thing I saw in that wonderful land
-, Of course was the President himself
.rrben accepted his invitation was well aware
-, during the Journey / should be IN a storm
,+re most OF the time which Is not always a
-,.,sant prospect 10 a man OF my habits and dis
.,.,,,on The President himself is good deal OF a
- man os such abounding energy and cease
- activity that he sets everything in motion
,mnd him wherever he goes. But I knew he
rls be pretty well occupied on his way TO the
~ IN speaking 10 eager throngs and IN receiv-
- psrsonal and political homage in the towns
"a cities we were 70 pass through.
= had known the President several years be-
,,-s he became famous. and we had had some cor
-,on6ence on subjects OF natural history. HIS
-. IN such themes IS always very fresh and
-, and the main motive OF his visit TO the park
: ,tfs time was to see and study IN its semi
s.,ss-,cated condition the great game which ne
- zo often hunted during his ranch days; ana
:. -as kind enough to think II would beam aodi-
- pleasure 10 see It with a nature-lover like
-, po- nv own part knew nothing about
=. -,-,e nut I knew there was man in the
- z5th whom 1 should ike TO see it as
Roosevelt A.. r,r.s,-
,.-+ ,ntended 70 hunt IN the park A woman IN
-. v--o-e me 10 protest against the hunting
a .ons5 would teach the President to love the
--s-sls ss much as I dld-as Il he did not love
- ,,,cb more. because his love is founded upon
,-T1e5pe and because they had been part OF
=. re she did not know that was then cher
,..,rg the secret hope that might be allowed to
.s,,+ a cougar or bobcat, but this fun did not
,o-,s 70 ne The President said. I VIII not fire
~ n .he park; then I shall have explana-
s,rs 70 make Yet once did hear him say in
!. vr5ernsss 7 feel as if ought TO keep the
,-np IN meat I always have I regretted that
hs eould not DO 80 on this occasion.
NOT TO BUTCHER GAME.
.T have never been disturbed by the Presidents
tvn.ing trps II Is 70 such men as he that the big
,-,a lsvitirnately belongs-nen who regard II from
ba oo,nt of view of the naturalist as well as from
shst os the sportsman, who are interested in its
r--ssrxsiion and who share with the world the
6slieht they experience 81 the chase. Such a
hunter az Roosevelt is as far removed from the
game Butcher ss day IS from night; and as for
re killing Of the 'varulnts'-bears, cougars and
bnfcats-shs fewer of these there are, the better
sor The asef=i and besutiful game.
The cougars. CT mountain lions. IN the park
certainly needed killing The superintendent re-
ported that he had seen where they had slain
nineteen elk and we saw where they had killed
2 deer and dragged its body across the trail. Of
course. the President would not now on his hunt
ing trips shoot an elk or a deer except TO keep
the camp in meat and for this purpose It IS as
legitimate as 10 slay a sheep or a steer for the
table at home
we left washington on April J. and strung sew
eraI o. the larger western cities our thread Of
tr4vel-Chicago. Milwaukee. Madison. ST. Paul,
Maneapols-as well as many lesser towns, in each
Of which the President made address, some
tines brief. a few occasions OF an hour or more.
re gave himself very freely and heartily 70 the
Te07le wherever he went He could easily match
their Western c0rdiality and good fellowship.
Wherever his train stopped crowds soon gathered,
or had already gathered, to welcome him. HIS
advent made a holiday in each town he visited.
A. ali the principal stops the usual programme
First his reception by the committee OF citi-
appointed 20 receive him. they usually board
e1 his private car. ana were one By cne intro
duced 10 him; then a drive through the town with
concourse Of carriages; then 20 the hall open
az platform. where he spoke TO the assembled
fhrong: then TO luncheon or dinner. and then back
70 the train and OF for the next stop-a round
Of handshaking. carriage driving speechmaking
each day. He usually spoke from eight TO ten
anles every twenty-four hours, sometimes for only
few minutes from the rear platform Of his pri-