Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-08-25
BABY'S GODFATHER.
President Roosevelt Officiated
alta Christening at New
port, r..
WENT m LODGE
En- Route to Nahant, Mass Large
Crowds Gathered at the Stations
and Gave the Chief Executive En-.
thusiastic Ovations.

Nahant, Mass, August 25.-Presi-
ent Roosevelt left Newport yester-
day at o'clock in sumptuous train
CT our special cars. Accompanying
him to the depot were Mr.. and Mrs.
Winthrop Chanler and Senator and
Mrs. Lodge, the two latter journeying
with the party to Nahant, the home
OF the Lodges. where the president
spent the night.
A more quiet day could not have
been spent by the president AS is his
custom, he rose early and, after eating
a light breakfast, left the Chanier
house about 9 o'clock, and went out
70 meet Mrs. Roosevelt, who had come
up on the Sylph during the night.
President Acted as Godfather.
The president was aboard the ship
for about two hours. Mrs. Roosevelt
accompanied him ashore and spent
about half an hour at the Chanler res
idence, taking look at the baby, but
&C not remain for the christening.
She left shortly before the event for
Oyster Bay The president remained
at the Chanler villa where the cere-
mony of christening the baby was per.
formed by Rev. John Diamond, of the
Episcopal church in the presence OF
the president, who acted as godfather,
Senator and Mrs. Lodge, the latter
acting as godmother, Mrs. Julia Ward
Howe, and large number of the per-
sonal friends of the family.
The affair was regarded as one of
the most suspicious events of the sea
sen at that fashionable resort, due not
only to the social prominence of the
Chambers, but to the fact that the pres
ident of the United States would act
as godfather to the child for whom it
was named.
Travelling on Sunday was something
new for the president, but in this in
stance he was obliged to depart from
his usual custom, as he went to New
port for no other purpose than to at
tend the christening and it was neees-
sary to make the short journey to
Nahant yesterday in order to maintain
his schedule.
Enthusiasm Over President
That the enthusiasm attending the
presidents journey shows no abate'
ment was made evident yesterday by
the crowd gathered about the depot
at Newport, which cheered his arrival
and continued cheering until the train
departed and was lost to view
Stone Bridge, r. l., Fall River,
Taunton and Mansfield, in Massachu-
sets, turned out in force to greet the
president, and as each place was
reached the train was slowed down,
the president appearing on the rear
Platform and bowling his acknowledge
ments.
At Boston the entire party disem-
barked and entered the special, which
was standing on another track, the
crowd in the meantime keeping up a
continuous cheering.
Upon arriving at Lynn, where car
riages were in waiting to take the
party to Nahant, the sight was one
long to be remembered.
Thousands Cheered the President.
Stretched from the depot through
the city and across the peninsula to
Nahant, a distance of four miles, were
folly sixty thousand people, who
cheered again and again as the pres
ident passed. There were two miles
Of carriages on either side of the road.
The president rode with Senator
Lodge and was escorted from Lynn to
Nahant by a troop of cavalry.
The arrival at Nahant was a signal
for another outbreak of applause and
The two places seemed to vie with each
other as to which should be the more
cordial in its greeting. Flags and
bunting were displayed everywhere.
This afternoon the president will
deliver an address from the steps of
rhe public library building in Nahant.