Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-11-07
PREPARING for
TRIP TO PANAMA
WILL REMAIN A week
President Viii &c Busy Preparing
His Message During Ertare Trip-
The chanese Question.

WasninsoR. NOS -fteSaden&
and Mrs, Roosevelt today c*.aaaasles.
ei their final preparations far the
long trip 10 Panama. The naval
Yacht MayfloEer. which has ~ often
b. en- the home al the president on
his minor naval ventures. Is In read.
mess 10 carry the chief executive
down The Potomac To n point off
Wolf Top light, where he will board
the waiting Louisiana early tognoT.
row. The new armored cruisers
Tennessee and Washington will az
company the Louisiana on the six
days trip 4 Central America
The admIrals stateroom on the
Louisiana viii be- occupied BY the
president. while the captains quar-
tiers will aerve as the temlorar::'
abode of Mrs. Roosevelt. They are
separated from the res nj the ship
by a temporary bulkhead. Seven
s~taterooms and three bathrooms
comprise the suite. BY request o(
the president no special attempts
al decorating the rooms have been
made.
The president viii probably be- alb.
sent from Washington about three
weeks. at least Twelve days Of which
win be spent OF the ocean. The
time spent Gn board ship viii n be
wasted. how ever. as the president
has expressed his intention of eoa
tinuing his work on the message To
congress. On the return trip he will
write that part Uf the message deal
ing with canal affairs and will make
recommendations based on his per
sonal observation and lnEestiga"
tion.
During all the time the president II
al sea he will be In daily eommunI-
cation with Washington by mean OF
an almost perfect system Of wireless
telegraphy with which the Louisiana
has been equipped.
Upon reaching his destination the
president will take up quarters ut
the Hotel T1voli, at Ano0n, near Pan
anna. where q handsome suite OF
rooms have been reserved far the
presidential party.
Although President . Roosevetts
I a In Panama will not exceed a
week. his great capacity for work
and trained powers Of observation
will probably enable him to 90 thor
oughly into each and every detail
of the mammoth project. IL too
long a time is not required for the
Panama Investigations. 1t Is likely
that the president will make a brief
stop at Porto Rico on the return trip
Violates Precedent
Aside from the purpose Of the 'trin
there II one phase Of the matter that
IN causing wide comment In Wash
ingtou. and that Ia that Mr.. Roose-
welt is violating all precedent In
leaving the shores of the United
States during his term OF Office,
The custom of combining a president
In his travels to the boundaries of
this country has been honored SO
long nv past incumbents Of the office
that 1t has become an unwritten
law. like that which forbids a third
form for n chief executive. II IL
pojntcd out that II President Roos"'
welt disregards one supposedly vital
urecodent he is lNQeEyi tn pay
scaut attention to others and the
advocates of a third term are taking
heart from the incident.
The Chinese Question
II IL known that one Of the sub
iects which will be thoroughly IN
v~estigated by the president while
In Panama In that of the employment
ol Chinese in the construction o.
the canal. From the first MIR. Roose'
welt was opposed to the importation
of coolies and consented to the pro-
iect reluctantly only when informed
by the men In charge OF the WORK
that no otrer class of labor was sat
isfactory In the tropics, II has iate-
ly been suggested that the unem'
Moved negroes who cause so much
trouble In the south might be used
adyantageously and the president
may investigate the practicabiiity
n At, n1an