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Show Each Day Mapped Out to iiiinuteTsip Regarded as of Political Significance-Fourteen Significance-Fourteen Speeches Will Deal with Public Questions Oyster Bay. N. Y., Aug. 23. Theodore Theo-dore Roosevelt left here this morning morn-ing for New York, where he will make his start lor his big speaking tour through the country. Tho colonel's colon-el's trip to tho city was made in a motor car. and not a few early risers ris-ers In the village bade hlrn goodbye good-bye as tho machine whirled through tho streets. From this morning when boleavcs the Grand Central dtatlon. In the private car, Republic, until Sept. II, when' the Republic Is duo back. Col. Roosevelt will be kept constantly con-stantly on the move making speeches, attending receptions and dinners reviewing re-viewing parades and traveling. Each day from start to finish has been mapped out almost, to tho minute and he will have few of his walking hours ' to himself. Although he has made It clear that bo is not going west to talk uartisan- ship politics, his trip Is regarded as of political significance. He Is to make fourteen speeches, which will deal with public questions figuring In party platforms, and he will declare his beliefs in regard to them. During the trip he will also hold many con ferences with political leaders in the west. First Speech at Utica. Col. Roosevelt Is to make the first speech of his trip today at Summit park, near Utlca. Instead of leaving J the train at Utica, as had been plan- J hed, he will go dlmcl to Orlskany, nine miles from Utlca and proceed by automobile to Summit park, a mile away There he will speak to the farmers of Herkimer and Oneida counties coun-ties who are holding a picnic at the park today. He will spend the night at the country coun-try home In Mohawk. Herkimer coun- ty, of rouglass Robinson of New i York, his brother-in-law. remaining thtre until shortly before his car leaves Utlca at midnight tomorrow j night. Then he will proceed with no , stops until Cheyenne, Wyo., where ! he will make his second speech at the Frontier Carnival. During the entire en-tire trip he will travel 3.403 miles. Preparations to Receive Him. Preparations are everywhere being made to receive Col. Roonevelt. At many towns and cities where no special stops are scheduled, committees commit-tees have been appointed to greet Mr. Roosevelt, who Is expected to make numerous speeches from the rear platform plat-form of his car. Mr. Roosevelt, accompanied by William Wil-liam B. Howland, Ernest Hamlin Abbott. Ab-bott. Harold J. Howland and Frank Harper, his secretary, will travel in the private car Republic. A car tilled , with newspaper men starts with the J Republic from New York and carries seventeen representatives of news agencies and newspapers. Another newspaper car will be added at Chicago, Chi-cago, making a tmal of about thirty-live thirty-live reporters, who will travel with the colonel on this trip. The three special cars will be attached at-tached to regular passenger tralus. The train arrangements for the entire en-tire trip have been made by E J. O'Hayes, Jr. general passencer agent of the New York Central, who accompanies accom-panies the party. |