The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-06


Even the buying of n Taft horse
requires the securing la. 'tanlry
in order that one Misty &c lGuld that
will stand the strain, One uf the
reasons that the White House auto,
mobile IS Il government michine Ii
that no mere privately owned one
would he sufficient, III the matter of
the present four. however. the roads
are now. we'll ballaSted ana he cara
strongly built, SO no fears need be en-.
tertalned on that score.
Washington Toured In a Coach.
The presidential tour has been in
vogue ever since he days of G. Wash,
ington. who used to 20 about in 4
coach and four, with children ahead
scattering flowers and citizens GA the
roadside raising their cooked hats in
homage. Washiugtou's mode Of travel
made it impossible to cover mach ter.
ritory, but then there WAS not much
territory in those days to cover There
is also n record that James Monroe
made Il coach tour of New England
and other parts Of the country Ii days
when there was such an era Of good
feeling thar rartisauS had ceased To
call each other names, am net sure
just what president WAS the first to
make Use Of the railroad for touring
purposes, but it was some time before
tho civil war. Lincoln did little tray
cling. leaving that to his generals. wh9
did quite little goiug. both On the
advance and the retreat MIR. Lincoln
visited the front quite often. however.
ana rode 4 horse along the lines. With
his tall har far aloft ana his feet and
coattals close to the ground. Andrew
Johnson WAS Il lively aud violent tray
cler aud started he term swinging
around the circle" He appealed to the
country, but congress nearly got him
In spite 0f the speed Of his circle
swinging. Grant Travelled much and
was greeted everywhere as Il hero. He
could not make speech. but the c0un,
tf.''did not seem to mind We have
SO many orators arouad loose that IL
matters little whether our presidents
can talk ~ not
There Is m record Of Hayes, Garfield
and Arthur having done much in the
touring line, but Cleveland went out
upon he read and was accused uf us
ing an encyclopedia in preparing his
speeches 10 The different towns he Wis
tied. lie wanted to throw i'll some TO-
chi color you know. and there il moth
ing like nm encyclopedia for that, pro
yided. of course. that one has 10 M t.
date Information, Benjamin Harrison
travelled much aud was widely com
plimented on his happy little speeches.
Mckinley did more touring than uuy
other president up to hi; time, and
Roosevelt beat Mckinley
The Roosevelt Tour de Force.
With the rough rider" the prpSidrn.
lial tour became mere than mere
outing and qualification Of the curl
osity Of the people II was q means Of
spreading his principles It was not
only his method Of finding cut what
the country believed. but III ayenuc
through which to tell the country what
-ihtte-tte liefed, Travel With Roosevelt
was stirring up time. II he was
not stirring up the people he WAS stir
ring ZIP The bears and Wildcats. Mean
while he was making it UNPLEASANT for
The trusts, the nature takers and sey- |
cfnI other classes Of undesirable citi- |
Gems. No uld time preacher went On |
the circuit with more Of he eXh0rter's |
2ral than cid Roosevelt. 1t WAS npt |
enough to write books. magazine anti |
cIps yeiumiauuS messages, interviews |
and letters galore. He also went out |
to Iohn Smith at kok-omo and Henry |
ZONES at Painted Post and told them
about it, Roosevelt not only believed |
in publicity for the trusts. hut In pub |
liciiy for presidents. aud he got all Of |
it there was Whenever IF r." hit |
the tran the presSmeu oiled their nla- |
chimes ard the linotype operators pre-
pared for extra hours.
Ia this respect IL II fairly certain |
that Taft will follow In The footsteps |
of his predecessor, His tour will Be ~ !
means Of telling thp country what h.
ii going to do in his various speeches
he will lay down bis policies anl en-
line he program of his administrations |
The vast number Of addresses he wHIi
be called upon to make will give aJ
pie opportunity for this At one p1iati
he can hay stress on Que policy. and ati
another he can pnunciate his purposes
in another direction. Thus his utter
anceS ON the whole tour will be found |
10 constitute u mosaic which. fitted To-
gether, will give his complete program.
In the central west and III the home OF
the insurgents he may be expected 10
offer defense Of the Payne bill, in the
northwest to outline his plans as TOD
In The south his p0iicy
further 10 allay sectlonalism aud eY. I
ervwhere bis plans to regulate the cor.
porations, his IDEAS as to monetary re-
form, his proposals for additional rail
road legislation and his opinions Oh
other questions agitatirg the particular
section in which he IL speaking or the
country at large. These speeches the L
will carry to the ends Of
The nation Here IL far and away the
most important feature of tie Taft