New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-16
GREETS PRESIDENT.


..gsn 20 fire the Presidential salutes which
ere kept up the entire day. Trains came IN
heavily loaded with people from the SOUTH SUI ',s
80 the North Side. There was scrapine anu
sc,atchinE as they slipped from the ooaches 10
he rlatfogm In all roads the horses We're jog
cling into town with the people Ii was 1nei INA
rhe scene at oyster BAY fli6hA nav
IL Cone Neck road. from executive heaoQuaI-
.ore 10 the entrance 10 the PRESIDENTS pa 80
.-,o-ican flags ten feet square were hunS IN Ihe
-s.55la Of the road Every telegraph pole had
tr,a small flags crossed on it, F1ass were placeu
IN the windows of every mouse
TOWN OF FLAGS AND BUNTING.
1,.,,,ine covered the archway of the doors.
,,,.en roofs of houses were hidden beneath the
= white AND blue bunting. Pictures of the
,.a,5en+ were TO be seen everywhere. The
,ole town was tastefully arrayed for the &C
cseion Welcome" signs We're printed on White
cards and hung under flags looped from corne!
"a -o--,ar and fastened in the centre with neat
- AT the entrance I'm the woods just be-
-c-e the Cove Neck road turns into the Presl-
sar=,S nlace there were huge flags draped ne
aaa Two high trees forming half diamond
sbar,ed design. which was surmounted by the
word welcome" Along the Cove near TINS
,,oint were the landings where the people ar
go in yachts and also where the hackmen
s-orped with their passengers
Toward the close of the reception the me ne, Oh
,-;sito-s spread out more. and the President
s1ent more time with the people on the porch-
When ii was suggested that he stand in the
middle of a group of New-Gork detectives TO De
Photographed he willingly consented.
These men. with the Secret Service men ana
xrariffs deserve much praise for the manner
a. which they managed their part OF the recep-
,iar They required each person TO lay on lne
--o,1,,d before entering the porch all umbrellas
800 and bundles. Head Usher Stone and AS
$s+sn- Usher Pussy came to Oyster Bay from
-. 1K-lsta House TO assist at the reception.
a. a ouarter before q O'Clock this evening the
,,a-e Of A hand was heard at the foot of Saga
.fo1,r;ca Townsend. we'll known Democrat
teTe vas seen with hands stretched in the air
eo5 hat in hand. leading the local musicians 70
-ba Presidents house. But this was not the
oolz- evidence that the Presidents toWnspeople
had Joined hands to pay tribute to MN IN
-.-srtix ron-partisan spirit William f. Sheehan
For,7,er Democratic Lieutenant Governor OF
Tev-Ydrk had his grounds deliberately decorat-
sd and the Oyster Bay procession. after gain
s~inc in the centre Of the town, marched up 10
Mr. Sheehar's house, and then went to saga
more Hill 90.
TIE committeeman who preceded the oyster
Raw people TO Sycamore Hill and shook hands
WITH the President were: Executive committee
" Eulen Roosevelt. Jerome B. Johnson ana
ro-ynsend n Cook: reception committee. A L.
cheney and Albert NJ. Bayles; committee on
decorations Julius Bloom. John Bingham and
EranT i-onklin: committee on transported ton.
Maurice z Townsend, Edward R. Summers and
Tnbn A Fisher and finance committee, Franklin
Hall and Thomas J Ellison.
A. o'clock the President had received all the
caIle-s his assisting party here preparing to
leave the porch and he and Mrs. Roosevelt made
rasdv for dinner. The reception, which was
me first handshaking reception the President
F,as held at Oyster Bay in more than a year,
YES SAID by every one to have been great sue
cess.