Evening star., 1914-12-31
President Promises Senator
Kern to Visit Indianapolis
Jackson Day.
WILL EXPRESS VIEWS
HE DESIRES PUBLISHED
Friends Expect He Will Travel Con.
siderably During 1915 to
Get Acquainted.

freeldent wilson played golf the
morning with DR.. Grayson. his aid
and when he returned to the White
House devoted his time until luncheon
to consideration of correspondence and
| official papers.
number OF congressional callers at
the executive offices conferred with
Secretary Tumulty. These included
Representative Underwood and Senator
Kern. The Indianapolis senator COM
pleted. arrangements for the trip the
President Is to make to Indianapolis
January s. Jackson's birthday. The
President Is to speak at a Jackson day
celebration in Tomlinson Hall under
the auspices of the Indiana Democratic
Club.
The President will leave here the
night of January I, reaching 1ndianap-
oils about / o'clock the next day. He
will go to the home of Senator Kern
for luncheon, and will receive num-
Der of Indiana democrats there. Later
in the afternoon he will make his ad-
dress. He will return to Washington
at s o'clock the night of January =.
Will Reveal His Thoughts.
The President has lately received
MANY invitations to visit different
parts Of the country, but he accepted
the one from Indiana for reasons Of
his own, believing that place the most
satisfactory one at which to express
1t is expected that the address will not
only be important. but considerably
longer than any speech the President
has made since he entered the White
House, covering much ground on ma
tional questions and politics.
n 10 mi / tOdAv.
the President will touch upon the for
eign situation, unless 1t is again 10
impress upon Americans the patriotic
necessity Of suppressing their personal
gle and patrioticaIly to support a strict
policy of neutrality. There are evi-
dences that feeling is stronger in the
country today on the European war
than in a long time. and it Is working
toward a crisis, unless genuine Amer
in more ways than one.
The Presidents friends have urged
him for long time to get out among
the people, but he has declined to ac-
been sitting. His trip to Indianapolis
was believed today to foreshadow .
change OF policy which will result In
his making numerous trips throughout
adjournment Of Congress and before
that body reassembles again next win
ter.
Will Travel During 1915.
1t is considered betting that the
President, if he is to be nominated by
his party next year, should make a
closer acquaintance with the people OF
the country in 1915, rather than make
extensive trips in 1916, when these
journeys would be charged as political
in, har pa Nfa n L
dent goes to the Panama-Pacitic expo
slIlon next spring 1t Is expected he will
make a number of stops on his way
back across the continent. thereby
western citizens. Later in the year he
will probably appear in the middle
west, east and south.
Political friends of the President
have steadily complained that he has
made mistake in sticking SO close to
Washington when the people wished
to have him among them oftener upon
important local and national occasions.
TOMORROW will be observed as holi-
day at the executive Offices. and moth
ing except urgent business will be at
tended to. The President is not ex-
pected at the offices during the day.
He will probably play golf early in the
morning and ride or walk In the aft
ernoon. The New Year dinner will be
partaken of with members Of his
family. No guests will be present. it
May Speak at Convention Here.
President Wilson probably will speak
before the convention of the American
Electric Railway Association, which is
to be held here January 29. He has
been asked to attend the banquet of
the association or a session Of the con-
vention and has given encouragement
to the invitation.
The President today was asked to in
clude some point in Colorado in the
itinerary of his return trip from the
San Francisco exposition. Representa-
tive Taylor called at the White House
to learn the details of the plan for the
trip. but was told that the final ar
rangements have not yet been made
The President is not expected by Of
fcials to make an active campaign for
the presidency in 1916 because of his
feelings against the President taking
the stump in his own behalf; therefore
unusual attention is being paid to his
plans for the trip from San Francisco
Daniels Will Make Trip.