Cary T. Grayson Diary
Title
Cary T. Grayson Diary
Creator
Grayson, Cary T. (Cary Travers), 1878-1938
Identifier
WWP17233
Date
1919 September 23
Source
Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, Staunton, Virginia
Language
English
Text
TUESDAY, A halt was made at Ogden and the President and party were taken in automobiles for a trip through Bingham Canyon. No formal addresses were made here and the welcome was entirely of an informal character. Salt Lake City was reached at 4:30 in the afternoon and the usual automobile parade took place. The President was suffering very serious fatigue as a result of his exertions; in fact, the entire party was beginning to show the strain under which every one was. The trip was far too strenuous and calclulated to exhaust every possible bit of vitality that the President had. I was becoming more and more apprehensive of the results but was doing everything I could possibly could to secure rest for the President whenever that was possible. However, his constantly recurring headaches, coupled with the fact that the irritation in his throat brought coughing spells that interfered greatly with his rest, caused me great concern. After the automobile procession through the Pmain streets, the President went back to his hotel and rested until 7:30 when he addressed an audience that filled every corner of the Mormon Temple. The meeting in the Tabernacle was interesting in the extreme. It was plain that among the audience were a number of people who were hostile to the President’s program, but he was cheered with every courtesy. The Shantung settlement again formed the chief topic of his address, as it had been a subject of the deepest controversy throughout Utah. Immediately after his night address the President returned to his train and the start was made for Cheyenne.
Original Format
Diary
Collection
Citation
Grayson, Cary T. (Cary Travers), 1878-1938, “Cary T. Grayson Diary,” 1919 September 23, WWP17233, Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.