The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-16
NASSAU COUNTY
OUT IN FORCE
President Grsets His Old Friends
and Nsighbors.
OYSTER BAY DECORATED
PRECAUTIONS TAKEN TO GUARD
ROOSEVELT.

lnYsTER BAY, n. y, Sept 15.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt today received his
/ friends and Heichbors Of Nassau
/ county, and between 6,009 and 1909 people
shook his hand. A reception was held
al his country home on Sycamore hill and
I from O'Clock until nearly O ne was busy
/ shaking hands and renewing old acslualnt-
anees. He met people today whom be had
| not seen for thirty years. ana shook
hands with men who had known him
when he was a child. The president thor
Oughly enjoyed the affair and WAS as
fresh when it was over as when h began
lie expressed his feeling 10 a woman In
The crowd who asked him II he was get
Not bit" he replied. 1t takes more
than q trolley car 10 knock me out, or a
crowd TO tire me-
Flags and Bunting.
The weather could not have been more
delightful. The decorators did their work
thorOughly, ana when the sun rose this
morning 10 shOne on village Respondent
with color. Almost all the buildings and
private houses were adorned with flags
and bunting. The most effective decOra-
ton was along the road leading from the
center OF town TO the road that winds I'D
Sycamore hill Here at a distance of
every hundred feet were hung large
American flags, which formed a canopy
OF stars and stripes under which the peO-
pie rode on their way TO Sasamore hill
The crowds began 10 arrive early from
points on Long Island. and BY noon the
village streets were crowded Delegations
came from many Of the places near here
and several trains add I'd their quota 20
the crowd.
At 1 o'clock the members Of the COM
mittee, headed by a band, started for
Sycamore hill. and they were followed by
vehicles Of all descriptions. filled with
Long Islanders, many OF whom had come
lone distance to greet the president.
President Well Guarded.
The precautions to guard the president
against any possible harm were of the
most thorough character. In addition to
Sheriff JOhnson's 800 special deputies,
who had been sworn in for duty today, a
large number of secret service men and
policemen from New York in plain
clothes were on the porches and about
the grounds No one was allowed to go
past the president with a camera or
stick OF any description. Cameras, va
Uses, canes, umbrellas and, IN many
cases, OvercOats and Women's wraps
we're taken from their owners and piled
up under a tree near the porch.
IL was 2:45 o'clock when the reception
began. President Roosevelt stood on hts
porch and shook hands with all. After
passing him, the visitors passed off the
porch. along a road leading 20 the side
Of the house. where lemonade was served,
and thence by another road out of the
grounds.
on the porch with the president were
Mrs. Roosevelt Mrs. William Roosevelt,
Miss Christine Roosevelt Miss Lorraine
Roosevelt, Mrs Erid Merritt. Frank L.
Travis, Assistant Secretary Loeb, Father |
Powers and Rev. Henry Homer Wash |
burn.
All Sorts of People.
All sorts Of people. in all conditions Of |
life, filet by the president. White and |
black, poor and well-tO-dO women, with |
babes in arms, and several with dogs 1
pleasant smile and shake Of the hand. |
Many We're in line who had known the |
president most OF his life, and their de- |
light in renewing an old acquaintance /
was apparent, but none gave the presi- i
dent more pleasure than the greeting of /
two old family servants, Maggie and |
Bridget Mitchell, who had been servants 1
In his fathers family. They came from /
New York. where they now live to greet |
the president and 10 show him a photo
graph Of his father and one of himself |
when he was years old. The president /
was delighted to see the pictures and /
the old servants. and presented the sis
tiers to Mrs. Roosevelt.
His Picture Taken.
During the reception a number OF bands.
stationed on the lawn In front OF the /
porch, discoursed music. Garry Owen"
"A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight" /
and America" seemed to be the favor
ties, for they were repeated a number OF
times. The Hicksville battery at the foot
Of the hill also did its share to make the
affair a success, and fired a continuous
salute. pleasing incident occurred |
toward the close of the reception The
New York policemen wanted their pic |
ture taken with the president. When the |
request was made OF the president he |
at once.
This Is one time l really want a pic
-ure taken" he said. II know these men
and admire them. | am proud 10 have /
my picture taken with them"
Before the reception closed the bands
which came from Brooklyn and villages |
pm Long Island filed past the president.
lie shook each man by the hand and
thanked him for the music he had made.