The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-23
The President In Earmine,on.

l Pennington, Oct, 22.-President
 Roosevelt's day in Pennington has pro- Vided quite a suitable addition to the
 historic annals of this pretty and ordi- l narly quiet old town.
 The intention of the presidents sis ter Mrs, Cowles, to make the occasion a private affair was considerably over come by the anxiety of the people to see the president and to grasp his hand. Throughout the morning there was no particular demonstration, but in the middle of the afternoon the turnout of townspeople added to the influx of sev- eral hundred from Hartford and ad Joining townships, enlarged the throng to proportions much beyond that to which Pennington is accustomed, The absence of a publicly announced programme gave an element of uncer- tainty to the day. Everybody on the
 street was inquirins when and where
 they could see the president. but the
 mass of people went away satisfied, for
 the president made three quite Roose-
 welt in-dashes through portions of the
 town. In the last of these he rode out
 in an open carriage through the heart
 of the big crowd assembled at the prin-
 cipal street corners just at the conclu-
 sion of the ceremony of planting Mo
 Kinley memorial oak.
 New England dignity was here for
 the moment forgotten, and men and
 women, youths and maids pushed and struggled to touch the presidents hand as he, leaning far out of the carriage, endeavored to reach as many as possi- be without delaying more formal re- ception which awaited him at his sis ters home.
 Most of the throng at the tree-plant- ing exercises had waited long in ex pectation that the president would there address them, and it was to see and be seen that he made the extra unan- nounced trip through their midst
 The presidents day was filled with enjoyable rides, walks and receptions. It concluded this evening with a dinner given this evening at the home of Com mander and Mrs. Cowles, the presi- dents sister. Among the guests at the dinner were the president and his daughter, Miss Alice Roosevelt; Secre- tary Cortelyou, Assistant Secretary Barnes, United States Senator's Joseph R. Hawley and Orvile H. Platt and their wives, and Governor George P Mclean.
 Between his two rides the president and a few friends took long, rapid tramp to Pinnacle Mountain, President Roosevelt and daughter leading the jaunt at a. decidedly rapid pace.
 An interesting incident of the morn ing drive was the greeting by one hun dred and fifty school children, attired in white, waving flags at the president as he rode by.
 The afternoon was chiefly devoted to to the young women of the Porter school and second to the guests invited by Mrs. Cowles to meet | her brothers The two Connecticut sen- l ators and their ladies assisted in receiv- | ing.
 One of the features of the day was | the planting of the Mckinley oak on l the public green, opposite the pictur- asque and historic Elm Tree Inn, Pres | dent Roosevelt declined to take part in | his on the ground that it would not be in good taste to do so on this occasion after having declined other similar in l viations. Governor Mclean and Mayor of Hartford, were the prin- 1 cipal speakers at the exercises.
 The town was well poiced by deputy l sheriffs and constables, the customary | warning having been sent out in ad- vance by the chief of police at Wash lngton.
 The secret service men followed the presidents party so far as possible, but were unable to always keep track of | the rather rapid changes, and on the tramp to the mountain the president was unprotected in that respect-a fact. however, which was entirely satisfac- tory to himself,
 The president will leave Pennington 1t 8:10 o'clock tomorrow morning and will arrive in New Haven about an 1our later. where he will be the guest ,f Yale university