The Washington times., 1901-11-06
PRESIDENT AT THE POLLS
Fellow Cheer MI
Roosevelt at Oyster Bay.
The Party Carefully Guarded on the
Trip Down Long Islnnd-A visit to
Sngamore Hill Follows the Cnst-
ing of the Executives Ballot.


NEW YORK. Nov. 5.-President Roose-
velt who arrived from Washington on
Monday evening, went down to Oyster
Bay this morning and voted. After spend
ing an hour there, divided between the
polling place aud his home. on Sycamore
Hill, he returned to this city, and i'll the
afternoon took the 1925 o'clock train for
Washington.
The President. who spent the night at
the home of his aunt, Mrs. James A
Roosevelt, at West Fifty-seventh Street,
was up bright and early for the trip to
Oyster Bay. and, with Secretary Cortel-
you, Assistant Secretary Loeb and Harry
Pinckney, his coloied steward, all OF
whom are voters on Long Island. left the
house at SIS for Long Island City. Mr..
Roosevelt was also accompanied by his
cousin, William E. Roosevelt. The party
went to the Thirty-fourth Street ferry in
a carriage. preceded bYs a hanson full of
Secret Service men. ana Ss@lowed by am
other, in which were Central Office De-
tectives Funston and Woodbridge. There
was also Secret Service man with the
driver of the carriage in which the Pres
ident Was
At the ferry the party left the carriages
and walked on board the ferryboat, which
had only few other passengers. Drawn
up on the boat were four policemen of
the harbor squad. detailed as a guard.
The President returned their salute as he
walked aboard he boat, and then MOTTO
ing one of them, a smile of pleasure
crossed his face, and walking up to him,
he held out his hand.
Hello, Thompson. he said: Il ap-
pointed you, didn't I?''
Yes, you did. Mr. President" said
Thompson, and l am mighty proud of it,"
He also fined me five days pay"
Thompson said, after the President had
passed; but L m kind of tickled at that,
too"
At Long Island City a special train of
two cars was in waiting to take the party
to Oyster Bay. the train hands at the
station all took off their hats to the
President. who shook hands with several
Of them. on the way down a stop was
made at Mineola. Secretary Cortelyou got
Oft to catch a train for Hampstead, where
he voted In spite of this stop, the trip
down on the special was made in forty
seven minutes. and it was just 9:47 when
the engine pulled into the station at Oys-
ter Bay.
There were in the neighborhood OF a
hundred of the Presidents fellow-towns-
men on the platform, eager to welcome
him, and there ensued a demonstration
that made the Secret Service men, with
the memory of the tragedy at Buffalo in
their minds, look a little anxious for a
minute. jerome b. Johnson. the candidate
for sheriff on the Republican ticket, was
on hand, and when the President spied
him. he rushed over, and, shaking him
by the hand, said:
Hello, sheriff; l want you to ride up
with me.
The President then jumped into his own
blackboard. and was driven with Mr. John
son and James Il. Oracle, nelghbor, to
the polling place in Fishers Han, Main
Street. There was a larger crowd here
than at the STATEN.
The President received ballot 125. All
the inspectors and clerks ranged them
selves III line, and the President, after re-
ceiving his ballot. went down this line
shaking hands with and calling each man
by name. Then he entered the first booth.
1t took the President Just a minute and
half to prepare his ballot. and, when he
walked out. his name was called again
ard he watched the ballot deposited. 1t
was Just 10 o'clock. Then he went into
the other part OF the room, and shook
hands with a lot more of his fellow
townsmen. The ticket voted for was the
regular county one, and did not include
any Town officers. 1T was the general be-
Lief that the President had voted the
straight Republican ticket, but no remark
dropped from him gave hint as to that.
The Secret Service men, all but one, re-
mainea outside while this was going on,
and the President almost got away from
them in consequence. He had made up
his mind to go up to his place and look it
over with his cousin and Mr.. Oracle, and
the party got into the carriage and were
off before most of the detectives knew
of the plan. AS the President started
some one in the crowd said:
Now, boys, three cheers for our neigh
Dor. the President" and they were given,
with a tiger. That started the detectives
and they leaped into their carriage and
the President up the road.
The first to greet him at his home on
Sycamore Hill was his dog, that jumped
all over him and ran beside the carriage
up the road. The President spent about
thirty minutes looking over the place
and then was Sven back - the train.
which left Oyster Bay promptly at II
o. clock
The President stood outside on the
ferryboat on the way across East River
and IT was then that the detectives were
on all sides of him. At New York the
party. which had beer rejoined by Mr.
Ccrtelyou at Mineola. took carriage
The President had luncheon at the house
ana at 3 o'clock the party was driven to
the Pennsylvania ferry. Although the
cavalcade numbered four carriages it at
tracted little attention.
A carriage containing Mr. and Mrs
Perry Belmont preceded the Presidents !
onto the boat, but when Mr.. |
Belmont learned Of the fact he got out
and apolog>Ssd to Mr. CortelyOu for 60
ing before the President. Then he talked !
with Mr.. and Mrs. Roosevelt through the |
window OF :heir carriage until the Jersey
side was reached. Mrs. Belmont re-
mained in her carriage.
As the Presidents carriage left the !
boat the detectives and squad of uni
formed policemen with two uniformed in
spectors formed close Gordon around it.
The party boarded the private car Lu-
cania, which was hitched to the regular
$50 train for Washington.
President Roosevelt arrived in Washing
ton last night at 80 O'Clock from Oyster |
Bay. where yesterday no cast his ballot
The private car Lucania was attached to |
the regular New York express. and was
by the same party which left
with the President on Monday-Mrs. |
DIR. RiXey. Secretary Cortelyou. |
Assistant Secretary Loeb, besides several
and Henry Pinckney, the White |
House steward, who votes at Oyster Bay.
The President was most deeply gratified !
at the returns which told of a general F'u- !
sion victory in New York. Few men |
have watched the campaign there from "A |
distance more closely than the President, |
and none was more anxious for a Tam |
many overthrow. When at last it became |
evident that Seth Low was elected. the |
President was much relieved and freely |
expressed mis- pleasure at the result. The |
victory for the mayOralty was evident at |
an early hour but the returns In the |
1istTIct .:ttOrncyshIp contest We're slower. |
When Il became evident that Jerome was |
TO be included IN the list Of victorious |
Fusion candidates. the President was |
much pleased. |
Although the hour of the Presidents |
arrival had not been made public there |
was quite a large number OF people at |
he Sixth Street station. The trip from |
New York had been unmarked by special |
Incident. and the train was on time to |
he second. There were a number of Sc |
,ret Service men on hand, and several |