Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-08-30
PRESIDENT WILL
BE TRA|LED VI Est
BY LEAGUE FOES
Labor Revolts and II. c.
|. Urged as Reasons
for Sticking to Desk.
ITINERARY Of WESTERN
TRIP COVERS 80 CITIES

Washington, Aug. o9.-.As the final
itinerary for President Wilson's speak
ing tour in support Of the peace treaty
was announced. today, republican sena-
tors began conferences to decide on
plans for sending opposition speakers
along behind him
While resolutions were being offered
in the house by republican members. call
ing upon the president TO abandon his
tour aud engage himself in Washington
with domestic affairs of the nation. re-
publican senators who opposed the treaty
met with Senator Mccormick of Illinois
Nothing was finally decided and another
conference viii be held tomorrow. after
which it is expected definite program
will be announced.
Representative pnhenburg, repub-
iican, Illinois, introduced the resolution
proposing that congress declare that
the president should postpone his
proposed tour Of the country, at least
until such time as we may know defi-
nitey the problems which confront us
growing out Of the countrs's industrial
situation and the cost of living prob
lem"
A second resolution, by which the
house alone would ask the president to
remain in Washington, was offered by
Representative Stringe, republican,
Kansas, who, in an address in support
of his measure said domestic and inter-
national conditions were such that the
absence of the president would be
fraught with very grave dangers
No Action So Far.
The resolution said the railroad labor
situation generally indicates the ne
cessity for immediate steps to bring
capital and labor together for a better
understanding; that congress would
soon adopt tho presidents suggestions
to combat the cost of living. and that
renewed absence OF the president at a
time when his signature IS required TO
place in effect measures adopted by
congress to reduce the high cost of liv
ing would occasion serious delay in solv-
ing this vital problem"
The resolution went over without de-
bate
Where Wilson viii Speak
President Wilson will visit thirty cities
during his tour of the country in the
interest Of the peace treaty and will be
absent from Washington until Septem
Der 30 The itinerary was announced,
today 1T the White House. The address
will be delivered as follows: September
A. Columbus, O. evening September i,
Indianapolis; September ). St Louis:
September q. Kansas City. September
6 aud Z. Des Moines September s. morn
ing address in Omaha, Neb., and evening
address at Sioux Falls, $. D.; September
9. St Paul and Minneapolis: September
10. Bismarck y D.: September II. fore
noon address in Billings, and evening ad
dress il Helena; September T.. forenoon
address in Coeur u Alene. Ida, and after
noon address in Spokane; September IL
and IA Tacoma, with evening address in
Seattle. September Il: September Il,
Portland, Ore; September II and IS, |
San Francisco September 10, afternoon
and night in San Diego; September 20
md 21. Los Angeles; September %,
Reno, Nev.. September o. Salt Lake |
City: September "a, late afternoon ad
dress in Cheyenne, Wyo., spending the
night in Denver; September 25. a fore
noon address in Denver, and afternoon
address IN Pueblo; September 26. fore
noon address in Wichita. Kan, evening /
address III Oklahoma City; September
y, mid afternoon address in Little Rock, /
and night address in Memphis; Septem-
Der 2S and 20. Louisville.