The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-05
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TRAVELS
TO OYSTER BAY TO EXERCISE
HIS FRANCHISE
TO HASTEN BACK AT ONCE
Itinerary of Trip From Washington
Was Not Given Publicity, and
Crowds Were Lacking
Along the Route.
COMPLIMENT FOR WORKERS

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. = President
Roosevelt left today at IL O'Clock for
Oyster Bay, L. l., where he will vote to-
morrow. He was accompanied by Mrs.
Mrs. Roosevelt, Secretary Cortelyou,
Assistant Secretary Loeb and Pinckney,
the White house steward. The party
Travelled in special car attached to the
regular Pennsylvania train.
NEW YORK, Nov. 4.-President and
Mrs. Roosevelt and party arrived in New
York at $50 O'Clock tonight, an hour and
twenty minutes behind schedule time.
The party remained in New York over
night and tomorrow will be taken to
Oyster Bay, l.. l., where the president
will cast his vote. He will remain scarce
ly more than an hour in Oyster Bay, re-
turning in time to take an afternoon train
tomorrow out of the Jersey City depot
for Washington.
The president was in excellent spirits
and enjoyed to a degree the little respite
from official exactions. He spent most
OF the trip from Washington chatting
joviaIly with the rest of his party or on
the observation platform of his car
Owing to the care with which the exact
itinerary of the trip was guarded from
the public. there were but few people
along the line waiting to see the presl-
dent until Newark was reached. There
crowd pressed about the depot gates.
At Baltimore the president spent the TWO
Or three minutes stop pacing the depot
platform alone. The day was cloudy and
threatening and he remarked that it was
a fitting contrast to the weather con-
ditions he hoped for tomorrow.
The only untoward incident Of the
Journey was the delay due to freight
wreck at Claymont, Del, which made it
necessary to shift the train to the Baiti-
more & Ohio tracks, on which it ran as
far as West Philadelphia. AS the train
lay in the yards for some minutes the
president stepped to the platform and
smilingly greeted a group of railroad en-
ployes who climbed on the platform and
shook hands with him. He told them
that he was glad to see their interest in
politics, as evidenced by the municipal
campaign buttons they wore.
When the train pulled into the Jersey
CITY depot it had made up few minutes.
A big crowd had gathered and a. num-
ber of secret service men, detectives and
newspaper men followed the party to the
ferry boat where carriages were waiting.
Arrived at New York the president and
party were driven to the residence OF
the presidents aunt, Mrs. James H.
Roosevelt.
The president will take ferry early to-
morrow morning for Long Island City,
where a special train for Oyster Bay Will
be in waiting Secretary Cortelyou will
leave the others at Mineola and drive
over to Hampstead to vote, while the
president and his assistant secretary, Mr..
Leeb, will cast their ballots at Oyster
Bay.
Mrs. Roosevelt will remain in New York
and return with the president to Wash
ington tomorrow evening.
President Well Guarded.
About 10 o'clock tonight the president
left his aunt's house and in company
with one of his cousins, William A.
Roosevelt, went in a closed automobile
to the Country club. where ten or
dozen personal friends gave him an in
formal reception. No list of those pres
ert was given out but it is known that
Prof. Nicholas Murray Butler and Prof.
Brander Matthews were among them.
After this President Roosevelt returned
to his aunts residence to pass the night.
On the way to and from the club the
president was closely guarded by de-
tectives-a dozen in all-and detectives
and police guarded the house in which
he slept all through the night