The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-05-07
CONSTITUTION IS LAUNCHED
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 deck The signals were those of Au- gust Belmont. James Stillman, Oliver H. Payne, Frederick G. Bourne, and Henry M. Walters. In addition there was the flag of MT. Duncan, the man. ager of the boat.
 As the vessel reached the water the flash of the searchlight grew more in tense and greater became the display of rockets and roman candles. Twelve minutes after the yacht started the cradle was" floated from under the biges and the Constitution was fairly afloat.
 The New York party repaired almost immediately to the tender Mount Morris where more bottles of wine were cracked and general nerriment ensued. There was great cheering from the crowd in the south shop when the bow of the Constitution was fairly clear of the gable end of the structure.
 'She is larger than the Columbia. !" exclaimed Newbury Thorne, once she was fairly afioat.
 T think so, too," was the reply of MT. Duncan.
 In half an hour the ceremony was over. The clear, starlit night was ad- nirable for the pyrotechnic display The spectators generally came to the conclusion that the new cup defender is actually a much improved Columbia with all her sterling virtues and none of he rtrifling faults. The yacht was hauled out of her mooring. She will be taken along side the dock to-n1or- row and her mast will be stepped.
 Thus quietly and with ample cere- mony the Constitution was baptised. There was no hitch: everything work ed without a fault. The Herreshoffs seeing that only small crowd was present, practically opened the shop to all corners. The expenditure of fash light power was insignificant and no accident resulted from it's explosion It was possible to see much of the yachts shape as she rested on the ways illum- mated by the brilliant electric lights which showed the grace of her form. Once clear of the shed she was lost in the blackness of the night.
 c. Oliver Iselin, who raced the Co., lumbia two years ago, says he thinks the Constitution is larger and finer boat and is sure that she will make record.
 The story Of the days arrangements prior to the launch was marked by no stirring episode. All day the newspa- per men and artists hug around on the street seeking information as to the programme from the yachtsmen who landed from the fey incoming craft.
 In the arternoon the incident of inl- portance was the news that the Her. resi1offs had called up Chief of Police Hoard to keep off intruders upon the privacy of the Herreshoff domain. The chief said he would do his duty
 After this MT. Duncan was inter- viewed by the newspaper men and he promised to intercede with MT. Her reshoff for them Accordingly 1t is un derstood he told J. B. Herreshoff that a little ordinary courtesy might be ex- tended to the newspaper men generally without any fear of the indulgence be- ing taken advantage of to the detri- ment of the Herreshoff corporation. He offered to pledge himself that the newspaper men would take no advant- age of copying with a view to money making, of the wonderful labor-saving devices and unpatented machinery with which the shed is filled. John 5. Herreshoff, the head of the firm, re- tented. He invited the members of the press to be present at the launch, and that is how most of them saw the function