Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-06
PRESIDENT At OYSTER BAY
Special Train Conveys Roosevelt from
Pittsburg to His Summer Home.
OVATION EXTENDED ALONG THE ROUTE
Speech In Relation 60 Trust situation
said TO BE Merely Forerunner Of
Determined Effort 20 Have
Congress Take Up Matter.

OYSTER BAY. L. l., July 5.-President
Roosevelt arrived here at $40 this after
noon and was given a very cordial well
come. When the train approached the
little station Of the Long Island railroad
every whistle in the village, through q
prearranged signal, was set going and the
old friends and associates Of the president
gathered on the platform to extend their
greetings. When he alighted they COM
pletely surrounded him and for a time
prevented his children, Kermet, Ethel and
Archie, who had been awaiting his coming,
from getting to him. When finally they
did so he embraced them in a manner that
gave unmistakable evidence of his delight
at being home"
Mrs. Roosevelt did not com to the
depot, but Assistant Secretary Loeb was
there. After exchanging greetings with his
friends and neighbors the president en-
tered an open surrey with his three chill
dren and started in a violent rain and
thunderstorm for Sycamore Hill.
Neither he nor the children seemed any
the worse for their drenching.
During the Journey from Pittsburg to
Oyster Bay the president frequently spoke
OF how glad he was at the prospect OF
being with his family and escaping to q
considerable extent many of the oflcial
cares which had beset him in Washington.
The trip across New York to the Long
Island railroad depot was made in car
riages under the escort Of four mounted
officers. One Of these was Patrolman
Hefferan. whom Mr.. Roosevelt. when po-
lice commissioner, had rewarded for signal
bravery in stopping a runaway horse.
The president took occasion to refer to
this fact Tho ecapas and fooao arouod
the Long Island depot across the river
were familiar to the president and he fire.
quently stopped to shake hands with some
old friend.
object of Trust Talk.
1t has been ascertained that the presI-
dents speech at Pittsburg' yesterday in
relation to the trust situation was merely
the forerunner Of determined efforts by
him to have congress take up that ques-
tion and enact definite legislation at its
next session for the control and super
vision of trusts.
Recently the president and Attorney
General Knox held a conference with Rep
resentative Littlefeld of Maine, whose
knowledge OF constitutional law is ad-
mitted. at which Mr.. Littlefeld was in
vited to prepare a bill for the regulation
and control Of the trusts that will go
before congress with the endorsement and
influence Of the president back Of 1t. The
bill will be submitted at the beginning
Of the next session, but before this is
done the president, Attorney General Knox
and Mr.. Littleheld will have frequent con-
ferences as to the details.
In addition to this proposed action the
president is going to talk upon the trust
question a good deal on the several trips
to be made by him in the fall. He has
announced to his friends that the question
is a vital one and that he proposes to
push 1t vigorously until there is some ac-
tion taken by congress.
The question Of the location Of the ex-
ecutive Offices at Oyster Bay still remains
unsettled. All the White House pa~rapher-
MALTA is in the meantime carefully stored
in the depot here. The matter will be de-
cided probably on Monday.