Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-09-13
Strenuous Program Ahead for Pres
ident from Then On.
IN OMAHA ON THE TWENTIETH
Number Of Members of the Cabinet
Are to Accompany Him.
MEETS MEXICAN PRESIDENT
After Greeting on American Side of
Border Taft VIII Return the
Compliment by Crossing
the Rio Grande.

BEVERLY, Sept. 12-when President Taft
motors into Boston Tuesday afternoon to
be the guest of the Chamber OF Commerce
at a dinner that evening he will have
actually started on one of the most notable
trips ever taken by a chief executive Of
the United States. After spending the night
at hotel in Boston, the president will
leave at 10 a. m. on Wednesday on the
first stake Of his long Journey, the fifst
stopping off place being at Chicago, where
Mr. Taft will be entertained part OF the
day by the Commercial club and the re-
EnaInder OF his stay by the Hamilton club.
Extending through thirty states and both
Of the far southwestern territories the
presidents trip will reach its climax at
FL Paso, Tex, on October 16, where he will
meet President Diaz Of Mexico. A lunch
will be given In honor of the two presi-
dents. The meeting will be surrounded with
all the pomp and dignity which such a
rare occasion demands and after Mr.. Taft
has formally received President DiaE at
Ell Paso he will cross the International
bridge to Ciudad Juarez, officially to re-
turn the call Of the chief executive of the
southern republic. During the evening OF
the 10th, President Taft will be entertained
at a state dinner on Mexican soil.
The presidents territory covers an itin-
erary of 12,759 miles and his private cars,
the Mayflower and the Haselmor, will be
handled over twenty-five different railroad
systems, The Southern Pacific will get the
longest haul Of 2,289 miles. The Maricopa s.
Phoenix railroad In Arizona get the short
haul Of thirty-five miles. The voyage down
the Mississippi river from st. Louis to New
Orleans on the steamboat Mississippi covers
LIS miles and occupies four days and five
nights.
Sightseeing in Mountains.
In addition to the meeting with Presi-
dent Diaz and the voyage down the Mis-
sissippi river, a trip which President
Roosevelt mAde several years ago, the
striking Incidents of President Taft's tour
will include moonlight ride through the
Royal Gorge and a night trip over the
highest passes Of the Rocky mountains
an inspection of one of the greatest ir-
rigation projects in all the west at Mon
trose, Colo; q visit to the smelters at
Butte; a flying visit to the Occur D'Alene
country of northern Idaho; a two days
stay at the Alaska Yukon exposition at
Seattle; a day of sight seeing down the
Shasta route In California; q three days
visit to the Yosemite valley; day spent
about the rim of the Grand canyon in
Arizona and four days on the ranch of the
presidents brother, Charles p Taft near
Corpus Christi. Tex.
Five of his nine cabinet officers will at
different times be the guests of the presl-
dent for portions of the trip.
Personnel of Party.
Leaving Boston Wednesday, the presi-
dents party will consist of Captain Archi-
bald W. Butt, his military aide; Wendell
w. Mischler, assistant secretary; Charles
C. Wagner, executive stenographer; DR.. ].
B. Richardson of Washington; Gerrit Fort
assistant to the vice president OF the New
York Central lines. who will have all of
the transportation arrangements for the
entire trip in charge; James Sloan, Jr., and
Joseph f. Murphy, secret service opera
tives; Arthur Brooks, messenger. and six
newspaper men.
The cabinet officers who will be with the
president at the meeting with President
Diaz are Secretary of State Knox, Secretary
of War Dickinson, Postmaster General
Hitchcock and Secretary OF Commerce and
Labor Nagel. The secretary of the interior,
Mr.. Ballinger. Is expected to be with the
president during the greater part of the
time he spends in the northwest. The presl-
dent has also invited a number OF United
States senators and personal friends to
make portions of the journey as his friends
John Hays Hammond is to join the presl-
dent at Spokane, Wash, September 2S and
make the remainder of the journey with
him back to Washington.
Schedule of stops.
The revised schedule OF the principal stops
to be made by the president follows:
September 16-Chicago, afternoon and
evening.
September 1T-Nilwaukee, forenoon; La
crosse, late afternoon; Winona, MINI,
evening.
September IS and 1s-Minneapolls and st.
Paul.
September 2O-Des Moines Ia. forenoon;
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