THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 23, 1918.
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Traveling, with Roosevelt Through
Iowa, Nebraska and Old Missouri
. Strenuous Trip
Inn a Strenuous
: Company by
Vf Special Train
Description in The Bee of
May 3, 1903, Specially Writ
ten by Victor Rosewater
"l When President Roosevelt and his
r party reached Omaha they had cov
ered 4,011 miles by rail since starting
Aut from Washington and had still
two-thirds of their journey to com
rffcletcWhen they shall have returned
f'tp' thf. national capital, the special
train placed at their aisposai wm
:have been hauled 13,955 mUes. When
A the president arrived in Omaha he had
"sbeen out 27 days out of 66 days that
i hu varation tnur is to Consume. For
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Kins great , trip, encircling nau inc
- country, ana aimosi cquM iw a felv4v
ground the globe, every possible con
venience was, of -course, prepared and
.. every ucku mm vuuiu us
'provided for. The presidential tram
h equipment is without question the
nearest to the moving palace that has
been reached in modern railroading.
It nrnvirfea a. soecial car for the presi
dent and his immediate guests, with
observation room, smoking room,
sleeping apartments, bath and ref ec'
tory, a compartment car for the sec
p-etaries, stenographers, secret service
'men, etc.; a sleeping car for the news
J paper and telegraph representatives,
luxurious smoking car with barber
- shoo, etc., and a special baggage car.
"The combination smoking-room car
was part of the beautiful exhibition
train that was diplayed at the Chicago
world's fair, refitted with darker
I draoeries.
Keeps Everybody Busy.
t ; President Roosevelt seems to enjoy
1its trip and to get the most out of
' Ijeyery' minute of it. But it is by no
means all play. At the principal stop
ping point each day the mail which
f$ of urgent importance is delivered,
being transmitted from Washington
Id the special care of the postmaster
at that station with instruction for
prompt service to the presidential
train. The three stenographers who
go along are not required simply to
take down and transcribe speeches
although they take down every word
the president says in public but
"they are kept busy with official cor
'rfcspondence and documents much of
the time en route. The president
'when not entertaining guests or en
Tgaged at work, devotes himself to
Reading. He keeps up with the con
sents of the newspapers each day and
Rouses in the current magazines, with
jrow and then a book. With such con
stant interruptions it is amazing that
lit manages to do as much solid read
ing as he does.
' r '. Precaution for Personal Safety.
jjThe utmost precaution is taken for
He president's personal safety. A
C .....t m ama main r frm .
ktantly with him whenever he is ex
posed to the public and no one can
,' 'get'tiear the president unless fairly
known' to these men or on business
jftatintitles him to access to his pres
ence. One of the secret service men
always rides on the box of the car
riage -.conveying the president and
'others have places in the carriage im-
,. : rneuiaiciy iyiiuwiiig. vv ncu nn.
"dent mounts a platform or reviewing
stand these men always cling close to
him. The president is literally sur
rounded by bodyguards whenever he
'moves they catch hold of him and
.j ... . . al . i
. pusn mm aiong, tnrowing xne crowas
back and moving almost on the run.
.' Before people know, it the president
' is wniSKca in oi uui ui mo
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ana ariven away ar a iast nauvy.
- ? "President Roosevelt is easy to
i handle," said one of the secret serv
ice men tome. "He is less trouble
to us than was President McKinley,
' - "for he helps us out. If anyone gets
in his way or the path becomes block
faded he will push along with the rest
of us,' whereas President McKinley
would; stand still until we cleared the
road. j,.
"The great trouble as a rule with
'the police and the guardsmen who do
"duty these occasions," he contin
ued. ?is':. that they hold the crowd'
back up to the time the president ar
rives and then become so intent on
sseeing the president that they forget
' fjall abovt. the line behind them and
"are overrun by the crowd just at the
.wrong time, We pay less attention
,to the president than we do to the
people around him. I always size up
Jevery person within a radius of 20 or
,j30 feet and keep watching in front
'.for the slightest sign of anything
wrong. Since the Buffalo affair we
are, of course, particularly careful to
inspect the hands of . everyone who
comes near. No one with" his hands
!in his pocket or under a cape or cov
ered in any way will succeed m pass
ing very close to the presidential
"party. We try to be polite and often
"get people to show their hands with-
'out letting them know what we are
about, but if necessary we pull their,
hands out of their pockets or force
;them back."
; All Are Rough Riders.
The route laid out for the president
could , have been materially improved
. if the inaln object were mere com-
. fort in "travel. - All members of the
party protested that the trip from
7 "Clarinda to DesMoines was the
Worst they had encountered, and won
dered why such a jolting line had
been selected for them,
i "We'll all be rough riders before we
get through with this," exclaimed one
of the wits.
.' Inquiry developed the fact that the
- itinerary in several states was prac-
tically a reproduction of the itinerary
that had been made out for the presi
; Went when he contemplated a western
tour last fall, which was interrupted
jn Indiana. The tour then came im-
jtnediately before election and the
xongressional "districts traversed were
supposed to be more or less doubt
ful. The choice of railroads and stop
ping,, points becomes more readily
.understandable in the ngnt ot this in
formation. This explains also the
queer-mistake that put down in the
official information book as the chief
5tem on the program for Omaha a re
View of an electrical pageant the
tlectrical parade Ak-Sjar-Ben had
planned and executed at the time the
resiaeni was xo nave ween Tiere --rasi
diariet among the red letter days of
the tour- All members of the presi
dential party had nothing but fine
words tor their entertainment in
Omaha, and spent much of the morn
ing following in recalling its pleasant
features.
"We had just the best time at
Omaha we have had at any place we
have visited so far on this trip," de
clared one of them who is well
known, in a tone that showed that he
meant it "Your people Know now io
give their guests a good time. They do
not overdo it, but just make us feel
at home, Neither do they forget all
about us in the effort to get the most
out of it for themselves. We have had
more elaborate banquets than. " the
little dinner at the Omaha club, but
none that was as enjoyable."
"That's right," chimed in another.
Those Omaha chaps are a fine lot of
fellows. They had us all parcelled
outin advance and the man who took
me in tow was a regular prince.
From the moment I landed at the
depot till I got back o the train he
was right on the spot to help me get
everything in sight."
"I just wish we had stopped in
Oma-ha for a week instead of only
one night," added still another. "We
won't forget the Omaha folks no mat
ter how the other towns may try to
lay themselves sut I'd just like ts
take that club house home with me."
Lightning Change Artists.
A little incident that happened at
Des Moines is worth relating. As
the train neared the town the word
came forward that for what is called
"the daily minstrel parade" the presi
dent would be pleased to have his
company appear in frock coats and
silk hat$4 This announcement always
starts a lively commotion with a
crossfire of remarks on this order:
"Where's my vest?"
"I wondered what happened to my
hat it looks as if a cyclone had struck
it"
"This dressing and undressing is
the worst bore why can't we wear
our cowboy hats all the time?"
" Lightning-change artists are not in
it with the presidential troupe. On
this occasion the sky was overcast and
the air damp with rain, doubtless
enhancing the grumbling, and the four
photographers got together with an
agreement that they would all leave
their cameras on the train.
"We can't get anything in this
place anyway and it's no use lugging
the things along," was the argument
that won.
No sooner was the drive about
Des Moines completed and the speak
ing platform reached than the sun
light came streaming plentifully forth
and to cap the climax the president,
to make himself better heard and
seen, climbed upon a table and made
his address from its top. And there
right within 10 feet of the president
was a big camera manipulated by a
local photographer, who slid the
plates in and out as fast as he could
feed them. It was the chance of a
life time no one could tell when
such favorable conditions would come
to the photographer again. On the
return to the train the lamentations
of the official camera men were long
and loud.
He Practiced Up at Riding.
I. must add a little story that I
picked up at Grand Island, where
the president spent last Sunday. As
part of the program he had insisted
on a horseback ride over a route of
25 miles, and the local people, to
make the honors go round as far as
possible, selected a special commit
tee to look after the ride entirely
separate from the reception com
mittee for the formal exercises the
next day. One of the horse com
mittee, to prevent anything from
going amiss and to make sure he
kept up with the procession, bor
rowed a nag two weeks ahead of
time and spent all his leisure hours
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practicing In the saddle so as to be
in good condition. Later word was
received that the president would like
to attend church in the morning.
Here was a chance to distribute honors-
still further, and another com
mittee with distinct membership was
appointed to escort the president to
church. When all the committee
men were called together for final
consultation so nothing might be
neglected, one . of those present is
said to have broken out: "I don't
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Howard H. Baldrige
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
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Attorney at Law.
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SMITH, SCHALL & HOWELL,
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On of Omaha's Legal Leaders Who Hat Been a Worker for Civic
Greatness Since the Days of 1888.
HUtory la cntially biography, tald Carlyla. Omaha'a kbtorr, tlHnf
of Ita rise to metropolitmn greatneia ia but a eomblnation of tha biorrapblei
of it leading eitiitna who hava bmn dominant factor ia making poaatbla thla
'""if 'tha Biblical Injunction j "By hie worka ye ahall know Wm," wea fol-'.
lowed In the can of Myron Leslie Itarned, attorney, 500-2-4 Be Building, it
wonld neceslUte the compilation of a email volume. Mr. Learned la ona of the
man who, with sincerity, offer tha invlution, "Grow With Growing Omaha."
Ha was born at South Vernon, Vt, February 19, 186S. After complet
ing his earlier education in the public schools of Northampton, Mass., he en
tered tha law office of the Hon. Daniel W. Bond of that iy, studying law
there until 1B8, when ha entered the Boston Unltersity Lew BchooL
Thirty yeare ago ha eaet his lot with Omaha In 1888 he eame
to the eity and became the law prrtner of John L. Kennedy, which partner
ship existed until 1807. This combination ot talent formed tha logical agency
for the transaction of big business. When Mr. Learned began practicing
by himself he carried with him the prestige gamed by years of experience. :
This experience is now called into play in the handling of the business of an
ever-Increasing clientele of patrons. . .. A. .. ,
As one of the Nebraska delegate attending the convention that nomi
nated W. H. Tsft for the presidency, as chairman ot tha county republican
central committee for a number of rear, also a member of the republican
stat central committee for several years past, and as a legal and elvlo leader
during all the year ha has been an active resident ot the eity, Mr. Learned
stands high in tha councils of hi fellows.
In 1910-11 he was indorsed by the County end State Bar Associations as
candidate for tha United Btate Circuit Judge to fill the vacancy caused
by th promotion of Judge Vandenter. , Hi diversified aetivitla have
brought him honor by election aa governor of th Nebraska chapter ef th
Society of th Colonial Wars. Tor a number ot year he waa president of the
mWhenbGrowIng Omaha requires eubstantlal assistance, whea the repub
lican party is Ir need of active aid and when th progressive business man
seeks advic thai tsaana dollars Myron L. Learned ia th man consulted. I ,( .
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