East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-09-11

adopted, New York city had 3S, 00C
inhabitants In 1917 II had 115,5OO,
Philadelphia, 10000; Baltimore. 55,.
600; Boston, 10000; Providence, TO-
900; Hartford, 5000; Pittsburg, 1000;
Cincinnati, 1000; st. Louis. $500. Chi
cago was but n fort and Indianapolis
was an unbroken wilderness. The
country was not crowded yet
Washington Travelled by Carriage.
The trips of the early presidents
were made with some special object
/ in view. Those of Washington were
made to feel the pulse of the people,
TO study conditions at first hand and
learn the prospects of the new gov
ernment In 1889. shortly after his
first election as president, he started
on a tour through the eastern states.
He left New York, the capital at that
time accompanied by his two secre-
taries, and was absent a month. He
travelled in his own carriage and went
by way of New Haven. Hartford.
Worcester Boston, Salem and New
buryport, as far as Portsmouth, ~ II.
He had never been as far north be-
fore. He returned by a different
route through the interior of the
country to Hartford, and thence to
New York.
Slight From Hancock.
The only person who offered him n
slight on the entire trip was John
Hancock-he of the bold and flow
ing signature to the declaration of in
dependence. Hancock was a vain and
pompous man. At this time he was
governor of Massachusetts,. The gov
ernors Of other states FASTENED TO
their borders to welcome Washington |
and escort him with troops to their |
capitals. but Hancock. for frivolous
reasons, suffered Washington to en-
ter the state. ride to Boston and pass
a night there before he called.
During this trip Washington pur-
posely avoided Rhode Island because
the state had not yet ratified the
constitution. II ratified the constitu-
tion next year and as soon as possible !
Washington paid the state
a special visit
During the same years, 1890. he
made quite an extensive tour of the !
southern states. On this trip as be- |
fore. he travelled in his private car
riage with a colored driver and out |
rider. was gone three months and
taveled 1887 miles. His route was
Richmond. Wilmington and |
Charleston. as far as Savannah, and
returning by way of Augusta. Column |
bia and the interior of North Caro- |
lima and Virginia. SO long a journey
by land travelling nearly every day,
involved considerable fatigue and
could not have been undertaken for
pleasure alone. Washington's object
was to come in personal contact with
the people and study political con-
ditions.
Monroe's Visit to Detroit.
In the first year of his administra-
tion, 1917, President Monroe made
trip which had good results. On June
2. three months after his Inaugural
tion, accompanied by his private sec
retary and the acting chief engineer
of the war department.. he started on
a trip 0stensibly to inspect the nation
al defenses. From Washington. he
Travelled through Maryland northward
to New York. through all the New
England states, visited the fortlfica-
tions at Plattsburg, N. Y, travelled
through the forests to the st. Law
renee, inspected Sackett's harbor and
Fort Niagara, went to Buffalo and
Lake Erie to Detroit.
Thence he turned eastward again.
returning through Ohio. Pennsyl- |
vania and Maryland and reaching
Washington September II. after an
absence of more than three months.
Monroe had served in the revolution |
ary war and during this whole trip
he wore the undress uniform of a rev.
officer-blue coat buff |
vest and trousers and cooked hat He |
was six feet high, broad shoudered |
and he had seen a good deal of the
world and had dignified and cOur-
teous manners. Though not an elo-
quent speaker he could deliver a |
address. as he did |
many on this trip. He was not a pop
ular idol like Washington, nor had he
a large personal following like JEFF
ferson, but the was president of a .
peaceful and prosperous country, and !
wherever he went the people show
cred honors and attentions on him.
The trim was an unqualified success
and contributed to ushering in "the
era of good feeling" Four years later
Monroe received every electoral vote
but one.
Jackson on a Tour.
In June, 1893 President Jackson
accompanied by his private secretary
and two members of his cabinet,
made a brief trip to New England.
his first visit to that section Of the
country. The route was by rail to
where the presidential par
ty divided honors with the Indian
chief Black Hawk and a party Of war
riors, thence by steamer to Philade-
phla New York and Boston. The
facilities for travelling were improv-
ing. The fatigue and excitement Of
the trip proved too much for "Old
Hickory" and at Boston he was Ia
ken sick and had to be bled. At Lo-
well he was greeted by a military
disnlaN and by q nrocessinn of 2000