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WHEN THE
W " PRESIDENT TRAVELS.
oß> lOrS AMOI'ST W LABOR IN-
F> (11)ENT TO A PRESIDENTIAL
TRIP.
„ r , McKlßler'* Comlne .Tourney to
tlie furlfio Coast the Longest Ever
l ndertaken by a Chief Magistrate
if 11,Is Nation—His Cabinet and
Oilire Force Go With Him, and the
executive Functions of Govern
nient Are Carried on as if at
Wusliington, AVhich Is in Constant
( (imiiiunication by W ire—The
Train Virtually a Capitol on
\\ |?eels— Private Secretary Cortel
,ou the Presiding Genius of the
iri,,— His Plans Cover Every Min
ute of the Time and Every Detail
„f the Joarney—Little Strategies of
,lie Railroad Officials to Escape the
tin mitering Croxvds—Booklets of
t)lt . journey—The Cnllnury Prob
lem.
Washington, April 2.—For months past
number of the clerks In the executive
pfjl. es at Washington have been devoting
4 considerable portion of their time to
making the preliminary arrangement* for
the longest trip ever arranged tor a Pres
ident of the United States. The constitu
tion provides that no man, while serving
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INTERIOR OF THE PRIVATE CAR USED BY THE PRESIDENT.
in the highest position within the gift of
the nation, shall journey beyond the con
fines of the country, end In the case of
the present occupant of the White House
at least duty wholly coincides with in
clination.
With this journey to the Pacific coast,
to be present et the launching of tive
battleship Ohjo, President McKinley may
virtually be said to complete an inspec
tion of the vast domain whose destinies
tie directs, Just as railroad officials pe
riodically make visits to the various
branches of the system under their con
trol. The tour of the President to Chi
cago and the Northwest in the autumn
of 1899 carried him across the states of
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois
and into lowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota and
the Dakotas. Another Journey took him
through New England, and a third em
braced the greater portion of the South
ern states along tile Atlantic seaboard.
Now comes the most extensive journey
of all. Proceeding first to New Orleans,
the special presidential train will tra
■verse the Southern Pacific route, skirting
the Mexican border and cutting across
Arizona and New Mexico to California.
perry building, ban francisco to be the scene of the biggest public reception in the
HISTORY OF THE WEST. "FAMOUS WHALEBACK, CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, ON WHICH THE PREB
- IDENT MAY MAKE a PORTION OF THE TRIP DOWN THE GREAT LAKEB."
A-i'r thr stop at San Francisco the tour
v’ i ' Vi " 80 north ' through Yellowstone
ark, and Into that Puget Sound country,
'siting Seattle, Tacoma, Portland and
nthr-j <itle*. Returning stops will be
nn i, : ,t ,s a it City, and possibly at
v > r, and from Duluth to Chicago the
pain win proceed down the Great Lakes
steamer to Buffalo, where the visit to
'!* ’’"'-American Exposition will oon
the tour proper.
'■ preparation for a presidential Jour
, ’ 1,1 a ny length begins as soon as the
iii ttnent Is made that such a trip
n 'oniemplation. Invitations and re
eats of every imaginable sort begin to
in by the bushel from almost every
t) l; l*Ke and hamlet through which
" In Is to parti, These are all eare
,' ' '“hulatsd and filed, as Is also every
iii , 1 ’ °l ln, “ r mtion bearing In any way
t,lf ‘ prospective Journey. Some of
l‘ 'l' iuitions which come to the Prerl
h -ike the form of exceptionally hand-
- uventrs, as, for Instance, the gold
' "I ballot Isjx and the large en
n,r ! of solid gold sent to Presi*
( 'b Klnley sonic time since by Call
. ' organisation* who thus besought
*’ their guest,
j,, , * la fore the tittle set for the
‘' * MertUry to tbf
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sisfants get their schedule down to the
rmlnt where they can lake Into considera
tion the distance between successive stop
ping places, and finally they actually fig
ure out what speed the train will have to
make during every minute of the journey
In order to arrive home on time.
All this done, the plans and specifica
tions, as they might be called, are turned
over to the official of someone railroad
system whose duly tt is to pass upon (heir
feasibility. The revision is no sinecure
for the people of the White House might
Inadvertently have planned to Journey
where railroad communication is lacking
Officials of Innumerable other roads must
be consulted personally and by corre
spondence. It must be determined wheth
er the desired connection* can be made at
the various junction points, and finally,
Investigation must be instituted to ascer
tain whether the condition of the differ
ent stretches of roadbed will permit the
making of the rates of speed contem
plated.
That the President’s secretary, Mr.
George B. Cortelyou, who also serves as
his tourist manager. Is an adept at the
work, Is attested by the fact that he
arranged ihe schedule of the northwest
ern trip, embracing fifteen days, covering
more than five thousand miles and tra
versing nearly thirty different railroad
systems—so accurately that when the rail
road officials came to revise the prelim
inary draft made, the only change they
found necessary was a twenty minute
Increase in the running time.
When the itinerary has been definitely
arranged, the Information tvhich might
he of use to the members of the presi
dential party Is presented in a handsomd
little ornamental booklet which gives Ihe
names of the members of the party, the
population of each city to be visited, to
gether with the time of arrival and de
parture, the running time between stops,
the programme to be followed where the
party is to leave the train temporarily,
and a map of the United States with the
route outlined in red.
It may be noticed in this connection
that every minute of the time is ac
counted for before the party leaves Wash
ington and only the most unexpected cir
cumstances will induce a digression. In
other words the ‘‘prominent citizen" in
any of the cities visited 1 who desires ro
entertain the President at din
ner during the stop in his
city must secure an acceptance of the in
vitation before the chief executive leaves
'Washington, or he will have scant chance
of playing host.
The details of the conduct of the presi
dential train are left solely to the railroad
officials. The President’s secretary ad
vises them how many persons will com
post the party at the outset and what
guests are expected to join en route and
'now long they will remain. Beyond that
they need feel no responsibility while the
distinguished tourist* are on board the
train.
One of the phases of the preparations
requiring the greatest forethought Is
found in the culinary plans. To provide
all the delicacies procurable for the Pres
ident's table, and have them ready, fresh
and appetizing at Just the moment desir
ed, even though the train has been speed
ing for hours across a barren desert is,
as may be imagined, a pretty severe tax
' upon human ingenuity. The railroad com
panies usually take special pride In the
quality of the repasts set before the Pres
ident, and frequently there is provided at
each meal a souvenir menu card that }s
notable as a work of art.
The President's train ns constituted on
a long trip such as the prospective one
to the Pacific coast, consists of six vestl
btiled Pullman or Wagner coaches which
represent very nearly the maximum
weight which can be drawn by a passen
ger locomotive on some of the most tor
tuous stretches of roadbed. This special
train, for the first citizen of America Is
simply composed of half a dozen regu
lation sleeping and thawing room ears,
grouped for the occasion, and yet Is la
• question whether It would not com par*
fgvoraMr In comfort If not in magnifi
cence with the splendid palaces on wbeia
built for the Czar of Huerta, the lata
Queen Victoria, of the Khedive of Egypt.
From the moment the presidential "sf*e
(.uy puli, OUI at tile station at Wash
ington until It is safely back, It Is the
Inga Try as tluy tor t ip g i dwi
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. ArRTT, 28. IDOL
railroad officials who are quite at home
bringing order out of chaos after a bad
wreck admit that they grow nervous
when the President of the United States
is In their care. Something of th s uneas
iness extends to every employe down to
the most isolated track walker.
On board the train are representatives
of the railroad which furnishes the ‘ spe
cial” and several officials of the line over
the rails of which the train is speeding.
At every stop, no matter what the time
of day or night, these men are receiving
and sending telegrams. Sometimes it is
necessary at th<f last minute to enter a
city by some other route than was plan
ned, in order to avoid crowds which
would seriously Interfere with carrying
out the prearranged programme. On cer
tain occasions the route of the Presi
dent’s train has been changed without his
knowledge after he retired for the night
in order that the slumber of the chief
executive might not be broken by the
sound of clanging bells and shrieking
whistles in towns where a small portion
of the inhabitants would be awake to ex
tend a noisy welcome to the distinguish
ed visitor even though he did not tarry
within their gates.
If the railroad officials did not resort
to this innocent trickery to outwit the
persistent crowds, however, the President
would never arrive anywhere on tln.a,
and it is probable that his entire excur
sion would be turned into a nightmare.
These self-same crowds constitute one
of the factors of the situation which help
to trace wrinkles in the foreheads of the
officials. Thousands of eager citizens of
both sexes swarm over the tracks and
surround the President’s car every time
the train stops. Not only is it a ques-
tion of getting away from the ambitious
handshakers at th® time planned, but the
train must pick its way carefully through
the mass of humanity. Time and again,
too. enthusiastic admirers of the President
will cling to the car after Ahe train has
started in order to grasp his hand and
then the “special” must be slowed down
to drop them off, perhaps a mile or more
down the road.
The engineer -of ihe presidential train
has ito meet all the difficulties which con
front a motormnn in a crowded shopping
thoroughfare, and he has vehicle that
can not be brought to a sudden stop with
such ease as may a street car. For all
that there have been few accidents during
presidential Journeys. President McKin
ley makes R a rule to make a graceful
acknowledgement to each engineer be
hind whose iron steed he rides. When
ever he dismounts from a train he hands
to the man in the cab the carnation from
his lapel—his weli known insiguium of
special favor.
President McKinley's forthcoming trip
will be unique in one respect. Never be
fore has the government of the United
States been transferred to a railroad tram
to such an extent ps It will be during a
month and a half this spring. The pres
idential "special" will virtually consti
tute an Improvised capitol on wheels. Not
only will the chief executive be accom
panied by his private secretary and all
the members of his cabinet, but on board
will also be a force of assistant secreta
ries and stenographers much as is main
tained In the executive office at the Whlta
House—from which indeed they will be
transferred—and. with the assistance of
these men the chief magistrate will be
able to conduct the affairs of the nation
quite as satisfactorily as If he were en
sconced In the executive mansion at
Washington.
A discriminating assistant secretary will
be lu charge at the White House and will
forward to the Presidential party alt mall
matter that should receive prompt atten
tion, also communicating with the Presi
dent by wire with reference to unexpected
questions which may arise. The assistant
secretaries of the varkme departments
will pursue the same course. The cabinet
will hold regular sessions on board the
train, and In addition each member will
have submitted to him every day all mut
tent bearing upon his branch of the gov
ernmental machinery aave the merest
rohtlae.
Most elaborate plans have been mud*
for enabling-ths official* In Washington
to keep in close touch with the presi•
4HU tipi train The Telegraph and Cipher
liuregu of the tswative mansion -the
president's private information bureau,
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the train at any hour of the day or night.
Communications between the flying seat
of government and the White House will
be transmitted in the President’s private
code, atd inasmuch os telegraph offices
of one kind or other are almost as num
erous as mile posts along the lines of
the great railway systems, it will be pos
sible to place a message at any time in
the hands of the chief executive within
a very few minutes.
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—The Minnesota game warden is hatch
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they have never been before. That will
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—According to a recent regulation pu
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after be required to commit to mbmory
191 Biblical verses and 198 verges of
hymns in additiejp to the catechism
Knee High
Juveniles have a word com
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