Arizona republican., 1914-05-26
Will Arrive in Nation
 Capital This Afternoon to Deliver Lecture Before
 the Geographical Society.
CONFERENCES ARE
 ALSO PLANNED
Will NJ eet Progressive Leaders in Congress and Discuss Various Phases of Approaching Cam paign.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH]

WASHINGTON. May 25.-Colonel Roosevelt returns to Washington to- | morrow on one of his few visits made | since leaving the White House The primary object of the trip is to de- i liver a lecture before the Nationa! Geographical Society on his South l American trip, but it is believed here | he will hold conferences with the Progressive leaders in Congress. This ! may develop d plan Of action for ! the Progressive party in the coming | Congressional campaign. If the re- suits are nothing more, party lead
 CTS expect Mr Roosevelt to show the
 way in which the Wilson adminis-
 tration may be most advantageously attacked by campaign orators and campaign literature
 1 He will have a busy afternoon and night ahead of him here He is due l to arrive at 3:20 o'clock. escorted
 from Philadelphia by several mem | bers of his party in Congress and c. k. Davis, secretary of the Pro- gressive National Committee
 1 Al the train the colonel will be met by Gilbert H. Grosvenor, direc- tor, and other officials of the Geo. graphic Society. He expects to go di- ! rect to the National museum to look over specimens procured on his Af- rican hunting trip several years ago l From the museum he probably will | go to the White House to pay his respects to President Wilson. He was
 invited to lunch but was unable to ! leave oyster Bay in time to keep ] the luncheon engagement.
 1 Next he will go to the home of
 Senator Henry Lodge, one of his in | timate friends who is giving a re l ception in honor of the members of | the diplomatic corps
 l Mir Roosevelt was said today to
 be particularly desirous of seeing Sir
 Cecil Spring Rice. the British am bassador, and Jules J. Jusserand. am- | bassador from France Sir Cecil l Spring Rice was the best man at Col onel Roosevelts wedding and was a close friend of his when the colonel was a civil service commissioner l
 best known members of the tennis
 cabinet in the days when the colo nel was president
 The colonel will take dinner at a downtown hotel with officials of the Geographic Society and has no en-
 agreements afterwards until the time of his lecture at o'clock. The lec-
 ture probably will last nearly two
 hours and after it's conclusion FoOse-
 welt will be driven to the Progress sive party headquarters where d con-
 ference with other party leaders in
 Congress will be held Every mem
 Der of the party in the House who is in town is expected to attend. but
 Senator Clapp will be the only rep
 resentative from that branch of Con-
 gress.
 Senator PoindeXter and other Por-
 gi essives is a member of the com
 mittee which left today to attend tho
 funeral of the late Senator Brad ley.
 ; No definite plans have been mad. : for the conference at party head
 quarters. The colonel will be told
 however. just what success the part!
 has had in attempting to "'
 l it's legislative program at the pres | ! ent session, and each man will out [ line the steps he takes, necessary il his own district and elsewhere, t , gain victory in November. The colo nel will be advised also of what hi 9 supporters in Congress believe ar
 weak spots in the administration
 Reports that Colonel Roosevel
 might confer while here with leader : of the Republican party were not re garded here today as significant Q That Washington and outside polit s ical leaders are greatly interested Ii l the coloners visit became apparen : today when the general public ha s it's opportunity to obtain seats fo 2 the lecture. There was line tw y blocks long leading up to the hom : of the Geographic Society, and tn
 demand for seats in official life ha
 been brisk.