Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-25

States for two reasons. Rest and rec reation in hunting and scientific re- search are only the minor ones. He intends to put himself beyond the reach of those persons whom, he believes, would inevitably seek, if he were with. in reach, to use his influence with the administration of President William H. Taft. MT. Roosevelt is, of course, aware of the manner in which the charge has been circulated that Mir. Taft would be only Roosevelt man as president, and whatever MT. Taft, as president, might do, it would be ascribed to MT. Roosevelt s influence. It is because of this situation that Mr Roosevelt de- cided to take himself out of the eoun try where it would be impossible for anyone 10 repeat any such charge against President Taft. MT. Roosevelt has well selected place where his se- clusion in this respect is secure, for hardly could n more inaccessible local ity be found. In this connection, MT. Roosevelt, some months before the Re publican National convention had nom- i:nated MT. Taft to the presidency, mak- ing a statement in which he said: eff Mir. Taft is nominated and elected pres ident, which would be very gratifying, it would make impossible any criticism if l were abroad, to the effect that was dictating to him and being fol lowed, or that I had dictated and had been turned down in any suggestions"
 In travelling abroad Mr. Roosevelt will not make any such tour as did General Grant after retiring from the presidency. General Grant was re- eeived in state by emperors and kings wherever he went on his tour around the world He was feted as no other American ever has been. Mir. Roose- welt will avoid all that, it being his desire to travel as a plain American citizen, and spending q good part of his time in the pursuit of game; he will put himself out of the way of social entertainment.
 Statements have been made to the effect that the game preserves in Brit ish East Africa under control of the British Colonial government are to be opened 10 the president and his com panions to shoot at will No advan- tage of these offers will be taken, MT. Roosevelt having made up his mind to decline to do any shooting on govern ment preserves where the hunting is not open to all. The feeling of the president on this matter of shooting on government reservations he explains in this way: A person taking advantage to shoot on government reservations in Africa would be exactly in the same position of any foreigner who came to America and was given permission by the United States government to shoot at will in the government reservation at Yellowstone Park, where the American buffalo, to be found almost nowhere else, roams unmolested. The president declares that such permission rightly would arouse resentment.
 MT. Roosevelt shares with other sportsmen the feeling that the wild ami mals on reservations hould be protect ed to the utmost and that under no cir cumstances should permission be given to kill them, except, possibly, when predatory animals became too numerous for the safety of other practically de- fenseless animals. Permission for one person to shoot on reservation, Mir. Roosevelt believes, would lead eventu- ally to permission to others and that in the end the game reservation would not be a reservation at all in its proper sense.
 It is Mir. Roosevelt's B desire that his African hunting expedition shall not be looked upon as one with sport as a main object A limited number of specimens of mammals and birds will be killed for the uses of the United States National Museum. Other killing will be confined to the limits of the necessary food supply of the camp. On his trip MT. Roosevelt hopes to secure for sci | entifc purposes two adult specimens, one of each sex, and a specimen of their young of animals he is likely to meet on the Dark Continent. For the ordi- nary needs of the museum the presi- dent and the naturalists and the direc- tor of the Smithsonian Institution, whom he has consulted, think these will be sufficient, but whether they are suf- ficient or not these are all he has in mind to kill; no matter how plentiful the game may be.
 1t is the known wish of the presi- dent that the expedition into Africa shall be made with the privacy that marks, or should mark, any other scien- tifc expedition. MT. Roosevelt wants an outing and chance to do a moder- ate amount of shooting, with first view to getting results that will be of | some benefit to science. While a nun. Der of the American newspapers would like to send correspondents with Mir. | Roosevelt, it is needless to say that no newspaper representative will accom- pany the party.
 During his summer vacation last | year, which he spent at his summer home in Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York, MT. Roosevelt did most of his l planning for the trip. During the hot |