New-York tribune., 1907-09-23
PR ESIDENT'S JOURNEY
BUSY SUMMER SEASON.
Message to Congress Practically
Complete The Trip South.

summer vacation at his Sycamore Hill home Will
end at 10 o'clock on Wednesday morning when
he. with Mrs. Roosevelt. members of the family
and the executive staff. will take a special train
for Washington.
During the three and a half months the Presl-
dent has occupied the homestead he has had
the quietest and at the same time the busiest
vacation since he became an occupant of the
White House The records show that since June
u the President has received 12J persons At
Sycamore HILL Some of the callers have been
distinguished foreigners. and a few have made
purely social calls. but most of them have been
government officials on business While visitors
have been comparatively few. the work which
the President has accomplished In other direc-
tiOns has been great
His annual message to Congress In practically
completed. The document needs only finishing
touches. and few of these. In addition to writ
Ing his annual message the President has pre-
pared seven comprehensive speeches One OF
these was delivered at Provincetown. Mass.
Gently. and the others will be made during the
Western-Southern trip, which is to begin imme-
diately on his return to Washington
In striking contrast TO the extreme quiet IN
which the President has lived at Sycamore Hill
during the summer Will be the whirl through
the Middle West and South. This trip Is to-
begin next Sunday afternoon from the White
House The foundation for the trip the at
tendance OF the President at the unveiling OF the
national monument to President Mckinley at
Canton. Ohio, on September so. The President
Will make the principal address at this cere-i
rnony. From this point the President has been
tmportuned to extend his trip IN every direction.
He has, however. restricted 1t to a trip down the
Mississippi River. beginning at Keokuk- Iowa.
and ending at yicksburg. Miss. with short stops
on his way back north at The Hermitage. the,
home Of Andrew Jackson and at Nashville,
Tenn. The President will speak at Keokuk. St
Louis, Cairo Memphis, vicksburg, Hsrmitags
and Nashville At all Of these places local prep
arations have been made for the Chief EIecu-
tive's visit.
At Memphis the President has decided to
break the strenuous work Of living up to the
programmes arranged by local committees and
Of gratifying the thousands eager to shake his
hand on October 4 he VIII plunge into the
densest part of the canebrakes of Northeastern
Louisiana There are bears. Wild boars few
panthers and other game to be found in the
canebrakes. but the trip has been officially des-
ignated camping expedition" 1t IS to con-
tinue for seventeen days. and at It's termination.
on October 81. the speech promised to Vicks-
burg will be made. The desires Of the people OF
The Hermitage TO hear the President VIII be
satisfied on October %. and Nashville will hear
him the day following. Washington will be
reached on the return trip on the afternoon OF
October 23.
The special train by which the President will
travel from Washington TO Keokuk viii be taken
from Jersey City to Washington on Wednesday.
and will be occupied by the President and party
returning from Oyster Bay at that time
The trip down the Mississippi River is 10 bS
made in the steamer Mississippi and the
local committees. newspaper correspondents and
others who accompany the President westward
VIII be accommodated on the larger steamer
Alton. which will follow closely the Mississippi
When the President goes into camp he viii
isolate himself from individual callers
for it is the intention. on previous trips Of
this nature to keep the location Of the hunting
headquarters a secret When camp IS broken
rsneous speeches now on his programme Thsss
will be at vicxsburg and Nashville.
Washington Sept 22-whne the preparations
for President RooseveIt's Western trip have not
been completed the programme has been ar
ranged so as TO make II certain that the journey
will be OF the most notable ever undertaken
bv him He will leave here a week from to-day.
and will be absent from the seat OF government
until October 23 or "a. The trip has three dis
tinct objects-She dedication OF the Mckinley
nlausoIeum Canton the inspection OF ths
Mississippi River. with view TO arousing In
IN
KeoEuk Iowa. and the Great Lakes and a
period OF recreation for the Chief Executive be-
fore the beginning OF the duties OF the winter.
Incidentally there will be some speeches on ths
return tourney which will deal with current
issues.
The stay at Canton on Monday September 90
will be only a little longer than TO permit ths
President to pay his tribute to the memory OF
his predecessor, but he will there meet VICE
and
persons Of note and will make a long Speech
He will then go direct to keokuk. whers on
Tuesday, october l. he will be the guest at a
notable public reception. will deliver an address
and begin his Journey BY boat down the Missis-
sippi This is said to be. with the exception OF
a short voyage by President Pierce. the first trip
on the river made by a President AZ
Keokuk the Presidents party viii be met by
the Governors OF twenty-three states, all inter
ested in projects looking to the deepening or
the channel of the Mississippi and the general
Improvement OF inland navigation. and these. on
another boat will constitute his guard OF honor
TO Memphis where the party will arrive en- Oc-
tober f. There will be two important stops on
the voyag@at St. Louis on October and at
Cairo on October Sand at both points speeches
bearing the countrys future VIII oe GellN-
cred by the President
Fseports from all points at which stops are to
be made Indicate that the party will be enter
tanned on lavish scale. At keOkuk there Will
be a water pageant Many citizens viii convoy
the President down the river craft of all sizes
for twenty or thirty miles. and number OF
them will accompany him all the way 70 Mem
phis AT Memphis the President viii find the
Deep Waterways Convention in session. and viii
deliver a speech
Then the President will turn his back on civil
in 0a