The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-05-01
PRESIDENTS ON TOUR
ARTHUR AND CLEVELAND WERE
NOT GOOD TRAVELLERS.
Latter DID Not Like crowds-Harrt
son Mas lmpatient-once Had
Train sIdetrscked In Woods
So He Could Rest.

dnyDOug travelling neeus resi-
over Sunday It is q president on q
jernt." said a man who has been out
with several presidents Fortunate
ly for Mr.. TAFT. be likes this sori OF
thing. but notice that he has ordered
rests over Sunday In his itinerary.
Il have travelled with Arthur, Me-
Kniey. Cleveland and Harrison oD
their iaunts Arthur. In spite OF his
ta.ent Tor mixing with a New York
crowd was never equal TO the job in
lie country II any town 10 this
country is up on the art Of catering
TO any exclusive taste 1t is Louisville.
Ky Arthur was the iirst Republican
president TO go south. and Louisville
spread herself to make him feel at
home Political lines were obIiterat
ed on the occasion Of his visit when
be went there to open the cotton ex-
position The Pendennis club gave
him banquet fiji for a king. but he
was glad when il was over.
When he left Chicago for his hunt
in Yellowstone he told Phil Sheridan,
who had charge Of the party, that he
was glad he was going where he could
heye uninterrupted rest.
Mckinley was not as gooG a trav-
eler as Taft. but be never showed
that he was tired. heard him say
once that he wished railroad compa.
MES would make some arrangement
by which log cabin could be attach
ed to train instead of a Pullman
sleeper
Cleveland never liked crowd lie
fretted under handshaking and always
grunted when he had to make a rear.
platform speech. When he visited Chi
cago with his bride be got the great
est reception ever seen in that city.
The fact that Mrs Cleveland broke
down urder the strain of the excite.
ment may have had something to dc
with making Cleveland impatient, but
the way he raved over the jam and
mismanagement of the affair woud
have melted the type OF any newspa-
per that tried to quote him. When he
left the city for fadison, where he
was a guest of Colonel Villas, he ex-
pressed himself as delighted over the
rest to which he was bound. saw
him at an inaugural ball in Washing
ton. ! wouldn't like to repeat what
] heard him say about the mob on the
floor.
Harrison was the most impatient
presidential traveller of all | ever
jaunted with One night the crowd
In Burlington became manageable
1T was the worst ever saw. The po
lice were as useless az a lot OF wood.
ci soldiers When the meeting was
over and Harrison anl his party went
10 the presidential train. Harrison
asked when the train was duo at the
next stop. Oskaloosa, Ia, where he
was TO open the Corn Palace the next
day When he was told that the
schedule was for noon the following
day he requested that the train be
sidetracked somewhere for the re-
mainder of the night in order that he
might get rest
ct was SO ordered, and the train
was run out of Burlington about 40
miles and placed on siding in the
woods. There it remained until aft
er breakfast For the first time in
any presidential jaunt that ever
heard 0 the president was lost to the
people of the country for te nhours
There vas no wireless apparatus
then.
The next day, when Harrison and
his nsrty reached St Joseph, Mo-. he
was routed out Of bed at sunrise TO
take breakfast at the railroad station
and talk to the people. think Har-
rison came rearer forgetting hi Pres
byierian pledge then than he ever
did befor New ork Sun.