The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-07-13
pooSEvELT'S ACCEPTANCE.
cowwyrrEE RECEIVED on THE
II rrp.XDA OF HIS HONE.
SENATOR woIcott Makes the Formal Ann0I Wss.
ms,t 10 Him Of His Nomination Io' w.
President In q Very isformA, "A,ss..,
=, the Governors Friends ana Ne's"o
OF ui. speech OF Acceptance.

rIe co,.,nor.. Friends and Neighbors
-. Ms speech OF Acceptance
rbsodors Roosevelt was formally nou-
hi. ,omina tion as the Republican canoi-
Cor the yice-Presidency at his home IN
.,. pav Yesterday. A distinguished COM
=, politicians OF tho State and nation went
pan, Raw for the ceremony on a special
IN. speech Of senator wolcott OF Colo
uI" tina chairman OF the Notification Commit
Nl,,L,,atsd by the Philadelphia Convention
ans brief. but was delivered win all ue oenA
w.. ,,cerity and directness. The reply OF the
co,srnor was even more orlel. Al INC
"a NJ bs reply TO the committee uoV.
pnossyel, added a few unpremeoi"teo
..u,rss 10 those in the group about MIN VINO
IA h.en associated with him N the admihisua-
40, or the Empire State for the last W years
,,,s, luncheon and an ordeal with nine impor-
,,ro,a nhotccrarhers the committee ana the
-,.t r,tarued TO New York in the train oy
-, ,bev had come. Most Of the out-of-town
..r,,,esren made strenuous inquiries a. 10
d.. r., .f direct way Of reaching coney Island,
,.h t.y .oudly believed was the coolest, spot
t,caah5u'-. ~ soon a tn y got OIL at the Long
Island cry station.
senator Nolcott was the chairman OF the
xont.ltou Committee nor merely IN name
T.. Ans the boss He gave notice to those VINO
h,5 ,a.r asked 70 go with the committee thar
a., ,,,.,sron was to be strictly Informal. and
,ha, ia were requested 10 attire themselves
accord relv. There was not u high hat or a
C,ock cont n the party Senator Wolcott him
.sfVoraa cool, highs suit. becomlngly set on
a,, ,.nk shlrt and an expansive pink tie.
70, all og tho pc pie who had been asked 10
,o 10 OYSTER Bay on the special train waited
for the hour set for starting from the New
yo-k side. ten minutes past 10 O'Clock, before
cross - 70 Long Island City. Many went over
/, the rr,t boats they had a chance TO take.
Secretary W. Youngs. after perfecting the
srancements for the reception OF the
committee in Oyster Bay. had hurried to
,,rn to make himself useful 10 Senator
Wolcott. Mr. Youngs stationed himself at the
tcset takers door at the foot Of East Thirty
fourth street and helped out OF trouble those
who had left their invitation cards al home
Those CARDS we're not only train and ferry tex
ssbut provided rs well for the transportston
Of the guests from the oyster Bay station 10
saramore Hill. When Mr.. Youngs. after a
brief scouting expedition out into rhirty-fourth
street, returned to Senator Wolcott and an
nolnced : az everybody had come who vas
coming there was a group OF forty or fifty per-
sons who novel of toward the ferryboat.
In the Long Island City station perhaps the
most prominent figure that greeted the COM
nittep vas that Of Patrick Jerome Gleason,
once the ~undisputed monarch OF Long Island
City. He was acquainted with many Of the
politicians who passed through the station and
49,. k,nl, rrI,h than, warmly Ha WA in
vited by somebody TO go to Oyster Bay. but
rather sadly declined. saying that he hardly
felt that he would b. In his element there.
The train which bore the committee 20 Oyster
Bay was made up OF five parlor cars and the
private car OF President Baldwin. The commit
tee and the guests trooped into the cars indls-
criminately. and disposed Themselves as coolly
as possible. The run was made at the rate OF
fifty miles an hour as soon a. the train was
clear OF Long Island City. Every window In the
train was opened wide, and nothing In the ma
ture Of a screen or blind was allowed TO inter-
fers with the rush of air through the cars,
There was some dust. and cinders new now and
then. but dirt was a MINOR inconvenience when
air vas e. be- obtained.
The stations along the road were only dimly
visible through the flying clouds OF dust. but
behind the veil could be seen groups OF men
and women waving their arms and opening
their mouths. II they made a noise II was not
heard on the train. Pretty much all the popu-
lstion OF Oyster Bay was on the platform OF
the station when the train rolled In. Senator
Wolcotf, who Is a simple and credulous person.
had been told that there were only six car
riages in Oyster Bay in which the party could
h. oarr,aA nru,pl tha ha,, 20 G.ua-nara nm
Mr.. Youngs had been ~chagrined that Senator
Wolcott had been induced to believe this state
ment. On the arrival OF the train Mr.. Youngs
smiled ,riumphantly and the Senator opened
his eyes wide. All the space around the station
vas filed with carriages. Not all Of them would
have been deemed worthy Of a place In a court
proce sion in an European capital, but all OF
them had four wheels and all the horses that
drew them had four legs. 50 long as these con-
ditions we're fulfilled nobody was disposed TO be
hypercritical
With dignifed haste the company moved
across the platform into the carriages. When
the head Of the procession began to move 1t
became apparent that the drivers OF some OF
the carriages did not know the way to Saga
more Hin. Then the truth leaked out; the willy
S~ecretary OF the Governor and his aide, the
genial Amos Knapp. had Communicated all the
Wheeled vehicles Of Huntington, Sea Clih. Cold
Spring and other neiRhboring towns The
procession OF carriages strung out from the
station almost to the eastern limit OF the strag-
Cling village. When the head carriage drew up
a. GOV Roosevelt's 'front.' door. the last carriage
was Just entering the leafy. winding o up
the side Of the hill.
Gov. Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt welcomed
their guests on the front steps. Quite q large
number Of friends Of the Governor from towns
along the eastern shore Of the Sound had al
ready arrived and had been awaiting the ar
rival Of the committee for half an hour or
more In a very few minutes the broad
yeranda OF the house was crowded. Had IL not
been for the fresh breeze that was blowing out
from the fields ware the gray haze that over
hung the further shore Of the Sound the
verlnda would have been ~uncomfortably
warm.
Senator Wolcott clapped his hands together
sharply lust once. buttoned his coat and asked
the members Of the Notification Committee to
gather around him. c. =. Hernley Of Indiana
ana Alexander Laverty OF Nebraska, were the
uf't 10 reach the Senator's side. They were fol.
Owed by Z. e. Rawlings Of Ohio, John 6. Long
o. Florida, Or John r Jones of the District OF
Columbia, Jlm"o T. BRADLEY Of Kansas. II. II,
~oper ot Connecticut T.C. Reynolds OF Wiscon-
IN, John II. Murdoch OF Pennsylvania. Albert
MAA4'e ot New Hampshire. ". l.. Williams OF
lna'dh territory, J j. Marsh Of Iowa. John B.
Ihomp-"n e Colorado. Alvin d. Connor Of Del
aware N'D"rt Pierce of Maine, Gen. Francs
'uion 'renD" Of View York, Lucius B Darling
hh2d' Island, o {. Braua "a proxy for j. q.