Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-09-04


half hour before the presidential train was
scheduled to arrive tile people began to-
assemble at the railroad station and 10y
80 O'Clock all Of the space available was
occupied by the cNpc"tant multitude.
shortly before 1870 the poli' by persuasion
and by force cleared the car shed and wait
ing room of the station Of the crowd which
was kept outside of ropes strung at either
end of the building. he depot itself APP
pearcd at good advantage as the thorough
renovation which 1t has been undergoing
the past week. had just been completed.
The waiting room was artisticdlly dec
Grated with flags aud bunting which were
fcstooncd in graceful folds about the apart
mcnt, this work having been executed I'M
der the direction of Henry j. Nelson. The
President and his party were met by d re
oeption committee consisting OF Mayor -.
=. iiawloy, the Hon. u. q. BE cdict, Col.
H. b. Snallcy, cx-Ciov. L. a. Woodbury.
and the Hon. Robert Roberts, who rep
resented the city, and by DIR. w. Seward
Webb ana cX-Gov. j. W. stewart The
party entered carriages and escorted by
four troops of the Second cavalry under
command of Lieut. -tol T.. -. bimmck of
Fort Ethan Allen. they proceeded up Col
lcgt street To St Paul, then up Main and
Church to the stand facing city iIal PARK
in front of the Fletcher Free library. Red
lights burned on either side OF the process
sion throughout the line of march added
was dgniicd and magnificent.
Long before the President arrived the
people began to gather at the City Hall
Park To extend greeting and it is proba-
BILE that there has never been such a mass
of people thcrea at any one time before They
were all good naturcd and despite the
crush were very enthusiastic when th
President appeared and gave him a mighty
cheer. The park had been especially dec
GRATED for the occasion with colorcd cleo
trio lights and presented an attractive dp-
pearance. ON St Paul street was Il large
/ electric design with the words, Welcome
President"
on the stand erected In front of the
Fletcher Free library were the members
of the board OF aldermen and W. H. Mo
l<illip, Chairman, J. y. M,G,ary, Elias
/ Lyman. II. w. Allen. j. II. Booth. w f..
ficrdcc j. ii Holden. NJ II. McMahon, c.
S. lsham. c. +. Smith. y q. Pierce, B j.
Derby, who composed the committee in
charge of the arrangements, AMI other
prominent citizens.
As soon as the presidential party arrive d
the President Was G. sCortcdto the stand and
was introduced 10y Mayor iIaWicy. y, was
given an enthusiastic greeting, after which
he spoke briefly. II. said.
/ thank YOU most warmly for the greet
ing YOU have extended to me this evening.
/ | have enjoyed greatly my trip to-day
through your beautiful State. Vermont mss
/ VI
Whi, h sro was by population entitled in
/ the Affairs OF the country. Vermont na~ al
ways furnished far more than her proper
Tomato share of leadership because III Nc.-
mont You have always kept true to the cd
American idralS-tho ideals ut individual
initiative. of s"lf-hclp OF rugged inlcpcud-
cncc, of desire to work. and willingness #
need he to Ight. Oric, of hear. hear" APP
rlauSo, chc,rs) tcol aud say it with all
sincerity. that when | come to Vermont |
come not To- teach but to learn. A. Il u8-
tiou we shall succeed very largely i'm pro-
portion as we show tn >riri, that tNis
state has ever shown in peace and in VIZ.
. The PEOPLE of Vermont work hard. For
7 that ! do not pity them. ! admir-" them
Ii is good thing for mankind to work.
I Tho people of Vermont work with honest
! of purpose. tn" people of Vermont show
by their life actions that they are true to
an ideal. 1t is a pleasure to men and women
here my fellow citizens, To hHV" the "aN-
b airy, the regulars, drawn mp in line to re-
/ Cci'c MS as We came in and it has n'cn
/ pleasure to-day wherever | stopped To
see the men who fought i'm tho great civil
I War on hand to boar their part in wclcouI-
ing the chief exec utivc of the nation. zap
plauseJ know that the rest of you will
pardon me for saying that greatly though
! value the greeting of all Of You. vet
value most the greeting OF those who in
the supreme hour of the nations need r, 50
has always lc"n pleasure to me tn come
here to your city. ! have had tho great
good fortune Of addressing your ciuzor $
moro than once and tonight it is with 2
peculiar sense of gratitude that | thank
YOU again for tho greeting that YOU have
seen IT to extend to me. cheers and APP
plausol.
A. soon as he ceased speaking the
\ President returned to his carriage and
with his party WAS whired to GOV. Wood
hurV's home for a brief reception. The
streets along tho way were lined with 90
thusiastic cheering people. to whom the
President cordially bowed his nchuowl-
odgcmontS.
: RECEPTION At COY. WOODBURY :
The dc, ORATORS at GOV. Woodbury..
. home were on the most elaborate seal.
ever seen in the citv. From tho arch il
the roof over the front main entrance en-
F., tending down to and oven below the hal
cony were l,0 rcd. white and blue light.
arranged In symmetrical order and haC Ike,
by asparagus vine and English ivy. Oi
either side of this mass Of electricity wcr,
four wild" strcamers Of red white. blu
. and white stars on n blue field. cxton liz {
from the roof to the balcony. from oitho
side of which were two large American
flags. Directly over the main entrance il
: the Vcstibulo wero two smaller flags ant
blue stars ON white field Tho yard VIZ.
made beautiful hv some immense ny
drdrHnGcas and ferns.
The President received tho guests stand
ing on rug on the cast side of the larg,
parlor At either end Of the rug were larg,
palms and hYdrarecas with blue ast,r,
and golden glow on the mantel al the real
and snilax and rod astcrs ON tho mirror
Tho flowers in tho reception room Wer,
yellow zinuias and yellow datliaS and If
, the library Wcr" ZnnIaS and nasturtiunls
Tho general color scheme in tho dininl
' room. whore light refreshments vor,
served. was pink tho most prominent flow
crs being sweet peas and astcrs. t,acl
doorway in the house WAS 1rapcd Wit
} asparagus and many red mountain hsl
, hcrrics; each chandelier was wound Wit
smilnx and the newell with golden glow
while palms were scattered about the hall
The decorations were the work of c. A
GchiCkc.
y The receiving party consisted Of Prcsi
' dent Roosevelt Secretary If the Trrasur,
q l.. NJ Shaw and George r. Cortlovou. 50,
rotary to the President. Each guest wa,
presented to the President by Gov Wood
W oodbury and to Secretary Cortelyou y,
| Edward T. Woodbury.. After a heart,
handshake and a pleasant word of grcetin,
from the distinguished VISITORS, each guos
passed along to the other rooms i'm in
spacious house or to the large piazza OIL
the west side Privatos I.awton. Shcpar,
and Davis of Company NJ. V. n. c.. actc,
as orderlies. directing the guests
About 250 invitations were issued
tho number being limited at the re