Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-08-05
TAFT TRAVEL PLANS
President Expects to Spend
Several Weeks on Tour.
MAY GO TO THE COAST
Extension Of the Itinerary to Be De-
termined Later.
OPENS CAMPAIGN OF 1912
Many Important Speeches to Be
Made, Some of Them in In
surgent Territory.
OPENS CAMPAIGN OF 1912

Arrangements for President Taft's long
trip through the west, although not com
plete are already definite enough to in
dicate that he will spend at least four
weeks in travel. BY friends of the Presi-
dent this trip is regarded as the begin ming
of the campaign of 1912. 1t is we'll under
stood that he will speak upon many
topics that have been of vital interest in
the last few months and republican lead
ers are looking for material in those
speeches on which to base much cam
paign literature.
One significant point in the trip is that
the President will invade several of the
''insurgent' states. Kansas, Minnesota,
Nebraska. Iowa and even Wisconsin being
included in the tentative itinerary.
Coast Trip Undecided.
No definite plans for a visit to the
Pacific coast have been made. and of
late the tone of the Presidents letters
has indicated that he may not go that
far, but it is still possible that he will
change his mind and take a look at the
Pacific ocean once again.
The trip, as now planned, will. begin
about September Is. The President will
vile, Tenn, where he is scheduled to
open the Appalachian exposition the 18TH
The next definite engagement IS at Pitts
burg, to attend the steamboat centennial.
From Pittsburg the President Will Jour-
ney west to Hutchinson. Kan. Where ne
has definite engagement to speak at the
state fair. On his way west he probably
will stop in at least one Michigan city
and at Chicago He will pass through
Iowa, according to the present plan, and
may make some rear-platform speeches in
that ''insurgent" state.
In Insurgent Country.
From Hutchinson the President now ex-
poets to go west still farther. through
Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota and
Wisconsin. where, at Milwaukee. he will
visit the White House cow, Pauline
Wayne. Kansas and Iowa will be visited
again on this leg of the trip. Somewhere
up in the Dakotas the trip will END, unless
the decision is reached to extend it to the
coast If this decision Is made the PTesi-
dent viii go to Colorado, visiting Colo
RADIO Springs and Denver; run over TO
Salt Lake City. Utah; jump from there
to California, and then up the coast line
to Oregon and Washington, and then back
east. If he goes to the coast he has
promised to make trip to Mount RAINIER
near Tacoma
More than 400 invitations have been re-
ceived at the White House, but OF course
only a few of these have been accepted
or will be accepted. Accoring to the pres
ent plan, the President will be accompa-
MED only by Secretary HilIes, MAI. Butt
and the usual stenographic and secret serV-
ice force He plans to be back in Beverly
October is unless the coast trip is made.
He will spend several weeks at Beverly
in October and November, recuperating
from the trip.
Invitations Are Numerous.
Gov w r. Stubbs of Kansas has writ
ten President Taft asking that he address
the boy inmates of the state reformatory
when he goes to Hutchinson, Kan. his
first definite date in September.
Representative Campbell is urging the
President to take in large portion of
southern Kansas on his journey. Mr..
Campbell has suggested that Mr.. Taft.
stop a Wichita. Winfield, Kansas City,
Coffeyville, keishly. independence. Cher
ry Dale, Canute, lola, Ottawa and some
half dozen other places.
Representative Burns of Nashville is
working hard to have the President visit
the Tennessee state fair at Nashville
about September II, when he goes to that
state.
Senator Brown of Nebraska recently
wrote President Taft asking him to in
duce Secretary Wilson to attend the Ne
braska state fair at Lincoln during the
week of September 4, and make an ad-
| dress on reciprocity. Mr. Wilson promised
to attend
Wanted in Alabama.
| Representative Underwood writes the
| President, asking him to attend the good
| roads convention at Selma October -.
| Tie Veterans Association of Jefferson
| county, Kan, at a meeting at Valley
| Falls, passed resolution approving the
| Presidents arbitration policies and urg-
| ing Senators Bristow and Curtis to sup
| port them in the Senate.
Senator Owen and Representatives
| Davenport. Carter, Morgan and Ferris.
while at the White House today. asked
| the President TO visit the state fair at
| Oklahoma City September -, the day
| after he is at Hutchinson, Kan.
| An invitation has been received to at
| tend the unveiling of the Barnard statues
| at Harrisburg October 4.
| The Occidental College at Los Angeles
| CAL asks the President to visit that in
stitution and promises him some luscious
| Strawberries