Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-12-29
WILSON TO VISIT
PACIFIC COAST
President Wilson and Party
Will Pass Through Panama
Canal Early Next March
"SWINC AROUND CIRCLE
On Return Will Make M.
merous Addresses Between
Frisco and Washington

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 26.-
President Wilson is planning to give
a personal account of his steward
ship to the people, it leaked out to-
night. He will make his first Swing
around the circle" in less than three
months.
Starting at San Francisco, he will
make upwards of 35 speeches en- route
home to Washington. In these he
will appeal to the people in connec-
ton with all the various allegations
that have been made, charging him as
leader of the nation with derelicton
of duty. He will give his own side
of all patronage rows.
Ever since his election the president
has been held close to Washington
by practically continuous sessions Oh
shall be no extra session next sum-
mer He plans to take the opportuni-
ty, a full year before the next nation
al campaign, to make his own rec
ord for the benefit of his own party.
To Start Long Trip
Starting from this city on the even
ing of March 5, the president, ac-
companied by nearly every member
of his official family, will 60 direct
to Norfolk There he will board the
battleship New York. He will review
the fleet that will gather there for
the trip that is to dedicate the Pana-
ma canal and will then head a pro-
cession straight down the coast,
through the Panama canal and up the
Pacific coast. The first stop will be
at San Diego From there he will go
to San Pedro, the port of Los Angeles
and, if present tentative plans are per-
fected, his first speech will be made
in Los Angeles
But the real political efforts will
not be forthcoming until after he
starts back east. If present plans can
be worked out so that he can spare
the time, he will speak in Salt Lake,
Denver, Omaha, Minneapolis, St. Paul,
ST. Louis, Chicago. Cleveland and GER
tain other eastern cities yet to be
selected
Want Many Addresses
Ever sinice the announcement was
made that the president would visit
the Panama Pacific exposition he has
been deluged with invitations to make
speeches en- route home. Up to the
present these invitations have been
held under consideration. But it is
stated by those persons who are clos
est in the confidence of the executive
that the attacks made upon him by
his political enemies and by certain
members of his own party have de-
termined him to have his own "say
So" He will, if plans work out, de-
fend not only the party policies that
have been enacted into the nations
laws, but his own course on every
great question that has been the sub
ject of debate SINCE he assumed office.
Has Not Travelled Much
Up to the present time President
Wilson has travelled less since his
term began than any other president
since Cleveland. He has saved prac-
tically his entire allowance for tray
cling expenses. But the exigencies
of the situation resulting from the
European war, which have threatened
the success of the San Francisco eX-
position, have made it necessary for
him to do his part in making the show
a success. En- route home he will
ESSAY a real swing around the
circle" and. according to the men most
in his confidence, he will at that time
open the next presidential campaign
by outlining what he believes should
be the issues.
Only one thing can interfere with
this plan. That will be developments
in the European war which would re-
quire the presence in Washington OF
the president to aid in peace negotia-
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