The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-02
EXPECT ROOSEVELT
TO COME TO UTAH
Commercial Club Feels San
guine Former President
Will Visit Salt Lake.

Secretary Joseph z. Game of the Com
mercial club yesterday addressed a COM
municatiOn to the Industrial club of Chey-
enne, WyO asking information as to the
time of holding of the Frontier Days cele-
bratiOn in that city, which IS to be hon
Ored by the presence of former President
Theodore Roosevelt
AS soon as a reply is received the Salt
Lake Commercial club will extend a
formal invitation to the former chief eX-
ecutive to include Salt Lake in his west
eTn trip next summer.
At a meeting of the banquet committee
of the club the first Of the week a de-
cision to invite Colonel Roosevelt here was
reached, and the club Will use its every
influence and endeavor to bring about
such an event.
1t IS now positively determined that
Colonel Roosevelt will visit in Denver and
Cheyenne this summer, and being so far
west due pressure viii be brought to bear
on him TO include Salt Lake in his itin-
erary. President Joy II. Johnson, Secre-
tary Game, and, in fact every member
Of the club is anxious to have the former
President again visit this city. and to this
end will do everything within their power
to bring it about.
1t is now three years since Colonel
Roosevelt visited Salt Lake. The fact that
he was formally accepted the invitation
to come to Denver and Cheyenne leads to
the belief he can be induced to come 20
Salt Lake. In the event of a favorable
reply to the Commercial clubs invitation,
commenced at once.
Agrees to Come West.
Colonel Roosevelts acceptance of the
invitation to visit the west this summer
was given to Frederick G. BOnfils. owner
of the Denver Post and the Kansas City
Post, in Cairo, Egypt, this week. The
former President waxed enthusiastic over
the bully time" he anticipates at FROM
tier Days celebration in Cheyenne and
the Spanish-American War veterans and
the Rough Riders encampments in Dem
yer. He had previously agreed to visit
the west, IF nothing interviewed" but his
decision reached in Cairo, after his con-
ference with Mr.. BOnfilS, Is believed 10
settle the question for all time.
This has only FASTENED the Salt Lake
Commercial club to renewed vigOr in eX-
tending an invitation to Colonel Roose-
welt TO come to Salt Lake. While the
banquet committee still has the matter
in its hands, once a favorable reply is re-
ceived it would at once become an issue
of the club as a whole and each and every
member would work with might and main
to arrange a most fitting celebration GOr
the former occupant of the White House,
who is shortly to return to this country
after year spent in the wilds of Africa
and who is just now making brlef tour
of Europe where he is being royalty feted
and entertained.
Colonel Roosevelt has twice visited Salt
Lake. once while campaigning and the
second and last time when he occupied
the presidential chair. During his visits
to Utah he made hosts of friends here and
now that an opportunity is believed to
present itself for another visit here, the
club members, and Salt Lake in general,
are anxious that everything possible be
done to bring about a realization of the
desires.
The dates of the Rough Riders and
Spanish War Veterans eneampments in
Denver are September 6, and 8, and the
Frontier DAYS celebration in Cheyenne
the latter part Of August. it is felt that
the matter of having President Roosevelt
come to Salt Lake viii be an easy one TO
arrange, as there will be fully week n
which he will be at leisure and in winch
he is certain to visit a number of cities
and towns in the inter-mOuntain country.