The sun., 1919-02-24
&,OOO,O 900, 900 Revenue Bill
Probably Will Be Signed
i'm Boston To-day.
TO STAY IN HUB 5 HOURS
Not Likely to Talk on League
of Nations Until Capital
Is Reached.
By a Sfdr Correspondent.

BOSTON, Feb. 23.-President Wilson's
stay in Boston tomorrow, the first epi-
sode OF his Homecoming from Europe.
will be pretty much Of a whizzbang
affair. requiring. as did the legendary
train of lightning speed, two persons
to describe it-one to say, Here he
comes" the other to cry There he
goes"
From his favorite transatlantic
yacht, the George Washington. which
lies tonight in the most appropriately
named Presidents Roads, Just without
the harbor Mr.. Wilson has flashed to
Mr.. Tumulty. his secretary, an all's
we'll message which succintly COM
| mends the simplicity and brevity of
the reception programme constructed
| by eager Boston and neatly pared
down by the astute Joseph, who is
some telepathist when 1t comes to
sensing his hosss wishes.
Whatever programme OF pomp and os-
tentation was yearned for by the Bos-
tonese. little remains but the bare es-
| sentfals, the simplest movements. for
| the President, from the moment of his
| touching foot on American soil until
| the moment OF his departure from New
| York on March or s will have to be
miserly with his time, so many mat
ters await his ear and his authority.
| He will leave his ship at II a. m. and
| will hand half an hour later, at the
| Commonwealth pier to take his place at
| the head OF a procession of the military
and of the most important plug hats
and long tailed coats within the pre-
cincts of the Hub. He will lead the
parade to the Copley Plaza Hotel, where
| Secretary Tumulty, wreathed in smiles.
! will extend the hand OF greeting and
| where David l. Walsh Senator-elect will
welcome him informally to his Demo
cratic city of Boston.
To Sign Big Revenue Bill.
Probably Mr.. Wilson'S next business
| will be to sign the engrossed copy of the
six billion dollar revenue bill. which Mr.
| Tumulty has ready to hand him. He
| may. indeed. have other affairs to at
tend to before going to lunch privately in
the Copley Plaza with others OF his i'm
mediate party. but Mr.. Tumulty has
been very uncommunicative about this
matter. The steady banging of type
writer's in the Tumulty suite is merely
an indication that mass of work awaits
the Presidents eye.
Mr.. Wilson will spend about two hours
at the hotel in Copley Square and the
two hours will be utterly devoid OF cere'
mony or Of public participation. He vii
hold himself characteristically aloof.
Half a dozen associations, labor, suf'
frage and some others, thought to wall
upon him with petitions and appeals, but
these were affably dissuaded by Mr.
Tumulty to-day. He will not, his secre'
tary assumes even take the time to ap
pear before the joint session OF the Mas
sachusetts Legislature. the two reasons
being lack OF time and the President
disinclination to go deeply into tht
League of Nations discussion until hi
has had opportunity to talk to members
of the Congress Foreign Affairs Com
mittee.
First Homecoming Speech.
At 230 P. NJ. the President will jour
ney a few blocks to Mechanics Hall tC
deliver his first homecoming speech. bu
Mr.. Tumulty hints that not too much II
, the way of an analysis OF the League o
Nations covenant or In the way OF ex
PLANTATION or Of championing is to be an
ticipated, the reason being again, Mr.
Tumulty ventures that the President will
hesitate to open his mind on this top
until he has dealt courteously an'
franalyss.A Congress. II is eSnectet
that the speech of whatever length. vii
be interesting enough, for the Presi
dents Homecoming mood may well b.
: warm and expa- ,sive.
] | At a little fore 80 p. m, or abou
Ave hours after landing he Will boar
his special train for Washington at tn
: Back Bay station and the train vii
start at precisely 1870, so that whateve
Boston sees OF Mr.. Wilson or hear
from him It will have TO see and hea
on the gallop. So far as the spectacu
lar side Of the reception goes. the parad
from the Commonwealth pier to IT,
Copley Plaza will have lively and color
{ full features, will pass through Brilliant,
. decorated and historic streets and wi
be composed Of some thousands OF sol
, diers and sailors and enlivened by mum
) | erous bands.
That enormous crowds will greet tn
President, " the day Is fair ana this ar
2 parently will be the case. goes withou
, saying for the President Is PERSONAL
| popular In this section OF Massachusett
! and his League of Nations project l
I probably as well supported here as any
q I where else In this country.
AS Senator-Elect Walsh said TO TIL
: SUN representative at the Copley Plaz
q tonight:
'The inteliectuals like the idea,' an
there Is still quite supply OF intellet
9 tuals around and about Boston Common
4 The Irish, who are also fairly numerou
!. are somewhat OF a puzzle. Apparentl
they are still waiting to take Mr.. Wilso
! on faith though there Is good deal {
= xrumbling IN and out OF the broguo b'
. cause he seems TO have left Ireland
England and did not have word to sa
. about Ireland on his European excui
: sions. Maybe this will suggest one res