Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-03-22
ROOSEVELT TO.
GIVE OUT NO :.
STATEMENTS ).
DENIES IN ADVANCE ANY
PURP0RTED INTERVIEWS
Former President Leaves For
Africa Tomorrow Morning In
SiStS He Goes Strictly as Pri-
vate Citizen and Will Not Talk.


lBy Morning journal Special Leased Wire1
oyster Bay, n. Y, March 2f-Hap-
py in the prospects of his departure
Tuesday morning for his long planned
African "safari' or hunting trip. ex-
President Roosevelt was the soul of
good humor today at his home in Sag
amore hill whore the members or his
family gathered for the final reunion
before the long journey to the jun
giles.
Mr.. Roosevelt was up with the sun
today and later walked to church
three miles away accompanied by his
wife, Quentin. Archie and Ethel The
Rev Henry Washburn, rector f the
church, Incorporated a special prayer
for Mr. Roosevelts safe return in the
regular prayer.
NJ. Roosevelt was shown a dispatch
stating that gentleman from the
west would join the expedition here
rs an additional member.
Il don't know anything about it,.
said Mr. Roosevelt. IF any one else
is going l don't know it, II they try.
! think there will be some way to
stop them There is story that a
man went to Texas with a % calibrc
revolver and a cowboy said to the
new conner stranger, if you shoot me
with that thing and | find it out I'll
kick you out of Texas Well If | find
anyone trying to follow me / may
think of the cowboy story
To the correspondents who called on
him today Mr.. Roosevelt said
Il want to sav today that l do not
intend to make tement and
Will not make any statement regard
ing my African trip or one any other
subject here, at Naples or MomDasa,
so that any appearing as coming from
me Will be false on its face"
Mr.. Roosevelt seemed surprised |
when informed that several delega |
tions from civic and political organi- |
try would he at the dock and that sew
eral thousand people would undoubt-
cdly be on hand to give him a parting
cheer as the steamship goes out.
Gracious me- said Mr.. Roosevelt |
arc all those people coming? The |
French Ambassador NJ. Jusserand. |
wrote me that he would see me at the |
dock. If a big crowd is coming | Will |
write the company to see that. he has |
no trouble in getting through the |
crowd.
Il will leave here early Tuesday !
and may go by the tube to Hoboken |
from New York. There VIII be no |
speeches or statements from me at
the steamer"
The intelligence that many packages |
have been received at the pier from
various friends containing everything |
from an assortment of pills to cure all
the evils that flesh is heir to in the
jungle to ammunition and guns, caus-
ed Mr.. Roosevelt to eXclaim:
Il might say now that | have en-
gagged all my equipment and | won't
take them. | won't even look at them.
Its no use to send those things to
me"
Mr. Roosevelt said he was private
citizen and as such he was entitled |
to private citizens rights and would
decline to make any statements on
American political affairs
The members Of the Roosevelt fam
lily at the Reunion today besides Mr..
Roosevelt and his wife were Mrs.
Nicholas Longworth, Ethel Roosevelt,
Theodore Roosevelt. Jr., and Archie.
Kermit and Quentin Roosevelt.