The Washington times., 1901-09-16
THE PRESIDENTS DAY.
hundreds of Telegraph Messages
Sent to Mr.. Roosevelt.

I
BUFFALO. Sept. 15-President Roose-
Welt rose early this morning and faced his
! first day as President thoroughly recov-
cred from the trying and fatigning expe-
rience of the day before. He was joined
at breakfast by the Rev. DR.. 5. S. Mitcn-
/ ell, the pastor of the First Presbyterian
| Church.
a great quantity of mail and telegraphic
matter has already arrived at the house
| and some of il concerned matters. which
were urgent and compelled his instant at
tention. He was fully occupied until the
hour OF his starting for the Milburn house
TO attend the funeral of President Me
! Kinley.
Notwithstanding the Presidents decided
objection to anything in the nature or a
| body guard. he has been oYerruleo by
some of those who are close TO him and
there are a considerable number of secret
service men nearer to him than he real
| iZes Strangers today who visited the
Wilcox house found themselves very care,
| fully Scrutinized before they entered, ana
there was always a quiet manEered man
| of formidable physique quite near the
door of the room in which the President
happened to be.
4 few persons of harmless enough ap-
/ pearance but Of evidently unsettled minds
| have been gently guided away from the
neighborhood today.
Presiden; Mckinley lying in state IN the
city hall President Roosevelt entered the
carriage of George J.. Williams. which
has been placed at his disposal during his
stay in BuffaIo. He invited Attorney
General Knox, Secretary Root and his
| host, Ansiey Wilcox, To accompany him
20 the Wilcox home. The carriage was
closed and the rain poured down Except
for the uniformed men on bicycles, who
followed close behind, no one could have
guessed who was inside.
The President and TIE Cabinet ofhcers
who had returned from the City Hall
with him. We're Joined at luncheon by
Governor OJell. William c. Warren, and
Representative Littauer. After luncheon
the President and the Governor, with the
others. spent an hour or more in con-
versation in MIR Wi!coXs library.
All through the afternoon there was a
constant stream of callers. Some Of
eral Brooke, General Sheridan, General
Harrison Gray Otis, Senator Henderson,
| Senator Hawloy, and committee Of
members of the Grand Army of the Re
public.
The veterans desired to urge upon the
President the appointment of one of their
House. They learned that President
Roosevelt dces not believe he ought to
undertake the consideration of aDplica-
tiors of oflice-seekers until the body Of
President Mckinley has been laid in the
Secretary Long. Secretary Hitchcock.
Postmaster General smith. and Secre-
tary Wilson dlned with the President
this evening Ever since the death OF
President Mckinley telegrams have been
pourning in upon President Roosevelt
Some of them are from men whose names
are known all over this continent, and
beyond it, and others come from men who
are hardly known To the postmaster Of
their own small towns.
There are three sentiments which run
through all of them, almost without ex-
ception. They bear a message of sym
pathy for the President, for the members
Of the Cabinet, and for Mrs. Mckinley.
They express full confidence in Presi-
dent Rooseyet's s ability to meet the tasks
before him and they nearly all include a
PRAYER that he may be sustained by d.
vine mower There were almost 800 Of
the messages at a late hour this after
noon, and the number has been grow
ing constantly. They are impre ssiye wit
nesses 10 the general impulse OF the peo-
pie to- stand by their new President.
A very large number Of the kilograms
come from the South, rather more, in
fact Ehan from any other part of the
country. Texas sent more than any 9TH
er State, except New York.