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Show KOOSffilT TRIP 13 KIERIOUS NEW YORK. Feb 23 Not a w.rd would Theodore Roosevelt say today about politics. He spent the day at Ills editorial offices, preparatory to starting1 tomorrow on a rather ms-terlous ms-terlous trip to Boston Colonel Roosevelt Is to spend five days In Boston., but declines to say what he Is to do there or where he is to stay, further than that he will visit friends and give the litor-ar litor-ar side of his makeup an inning b talking books with some literary people. peo-ple. Colonel Roosevelt s reply to the western governors who requested him to stnte his position in regard to tho presidential nomination Is to bo given out during his absence. It was suggested to the colonel that the reason ho was going to withdraw from publlo view in Boston was to escape from the commotion which his letter to the governors might cause. He' smiled and said -nothing Colonel Roosevelt talked with several sev-eral politicians today. One of thorn was William U Wsud. Republican national committeeman, who is lending lend-ing the Roosevelt boom in N'ott York. Captain George Curry, congressman from New Mexico, took; li,nch with Colonel Ro6scveIt. Captain Currv served with Colonel Roosevelt. In tho Spanish warr TJe colonel made n i short 8pcoclLi4odaj' ..t0 40 members ' of the Young Australian league, bovs from Australia .pn a tour of the country' w;ho c,allcd upon. him. , BOSTON Mnss., Feb. 23!The ac- tivitlos of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Roose-velt in and about Boston will begin tomorrow evening with a dinner of the Porcelllan club at Harvard and probably will conclude with tho meeting meet-ing of the Harvard Overseers Wednesday Wed-nesday ' forenoon Colonel Roosevelt is expected here tomorrow afternoon It was reported hero today that Colonel Roosevelt might extend his New England trip so as to visit Gov- j ernor Bass at Concord, N H , one i of the leaders of the progressive raooment in that state 1 A considerable portion of tho five days will bo occupied with conferences confer-ences between Colonel Roooovolt and progressive Republicans of Massachu- setts, according to sovernl leadeis here, who also sav the opportunity will be seized to organize the progressive pro-gressive raooment in New England I moro thorough! |