The Washington herald., 1908-05-17
ROOSEVELT AS 4 TRAVELLER
HAS VISITED EVERY STATE IN THE UNION
SINCE BECOMING PRESIDENT

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riding astride as one Of the party. he
ordered the negative destroyed forthwith,
On the way back to Washington. Mr.
Roosevelt made a number OF speeches
the most important Of which was at Der
yer, where he outlined his national rail-
road-rate regulation
The Presidents last journey was that
OF last October. when he went to Louis
lana on a bear hunt On this trip, which
trayersed fourteen States. he went down
the Mississippi River on packet with
The deep waterway commission, from
Iowa to Memphis, Tenn. More than q
week was spent in the canebrakes, but
only one bear fell before the Presidents :
gun. This trip added more than $500
miles to his total.
In November, 1902, a trip had been made
INTO Mississippi. where for a week the
PRESIDENT was lost TO the world. but this
TINE bruin kept well out of sight of the
spectaeled hunter, and not a single
trophy was brought back.
dr' Kooseyelt's enthusiasm for athletics
is unoounded, and several Of his trips
were prompted by his desire to cheer for
tIe crimson OF Old Harvard, and he has
been an interested spectator at the Army
Navy football game at Franklin Field.
Philadelphia.
The trips Of President Roosevelt almost
cost him his life on two occasions. It
will be readily recalled how an electric
car hit the Presidents carriage at Dali
ton, Mass. September 3, 1902. In the
vehicle with him were Gov. Crane. Of
Massachusetts, and Secretary CorteIvou-
while Secret Service Operator William
Craig. who rode on the box Of the car
riage, was killed. The President was
painfully bruised. but hastened to the aid
Of the others.
It was not until several weeks after
that it was learned how seriously he was
hurt, and an operation on his leg, where
an abscess had formed. caused the aban-
donment Of a Western trip at Indianap-
oils on September g. The trip had been
planned 20 extend 10 i've states, and was
scheduled TO last until October z After
a few days in the hospital, the President
returned 10 Washington, where he was
under surgeons treatment while try
ing to settle the great coal strike.
The second time Mr.. Roosevelt figured
in an accident Of consequence was On
the occasion Of his memorable visit 10
New Orleans = in October, 1865, while
Louisiana was still infected with yellow
fever. The return to Washington from
New Orleans was made on board a war
ship. II was on the journey down the
Mississippi that the vessel was Tammed
BY fruit steamer. fortunately without
causing any injury 10 the Chief Execu-
tive.
study Of the tours Of President Roose-
velt shows an interesting chain Of tran
sitions- Until the last few years privats
cars were placed at the disposal OF the
President by the heads of the great rail-
road systems. but President Roosevelt
was the first to decline these favors. and
an appropriation Of a lump sum OF
5000 per anRum was set aside for the
use OF the President 10 cover the cost Of
any trip he might consider in the interest
Of the country to make.
Further development OF Presidential
travel viii be watched with interest, now
that President Roosevelt has run rough
shod over several cherished customs and
traditions, including the unheard-of act
OF actually setting foot outside the Unit
ed States during bis visit 70 the Canal
Zone One development has been the ten
dency Of Cabinet officers 70 make extend
cd foreign journeys, as witness the ex-
tensive WandeTings OF Secretaries Root
and Taft,
The inclination seems 10 be in the direc-
tion OF wider travel, and now that prece-
dents have been smashed without cata-
clysmic consequences, what the future
holds cannot be surmised. Perhaps now
that We are world power it may be-
come the proper thing in the interest Of
cordial world relations for each Chief
Executive OF this democracy TO make. in
his term OF Office, at least one triumphaI
-our among the crowned heads Of Europe,
VINO knows? We have seen startling
caps and bounds in the realm Of the
bizarre. since William McKinIev Iaid
iown his life, September Il, 1901.