Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-09-04
M0NTPELIER'S GRAND WELCOME
One OF the Most Brilliant Events in the
History OF the Capital City.


all directions. the regular and special
trains having brought large number from
as far south as Randolph aud as far north
as Richford.
As the presidential train whirled around
the curve below the city presidential sa-
Lutte, fired from Capitol hill by cadets from
Norwich University. Mortified, mad. the
echoes in the valley and told the waiting
thousands along the entire line of march
that the chief executive of the nation had
arrived. As the President stepped from his
car he was welcomed to the city by Mayor
j. NJ. Boutwell, and by him escorted to the
first of fourteen carriages waiting to carry
the presidential party in the parade. In the
first carriage We're the President Governor
Stickney and Mayor Boutwell,. In the other
thirteen were the members of the presi-
dental party, distinguished Nermonters
and guests and the newspaper men.
Troop ID of cavalry from Fort Ethan AL
len, and "A battalion of the First Vermont
regiment made up the personal escort to
the President. This battalion was in COM
nand of Mayor f. !. Howe of Mortified
and was made up of Companies II OF Mont
palier, + of Mortified and l.. Of Barre. The
remainder of the parade was composed Of
a platoon of police headed by Chief Rca-
gan. the Montpelier and st. Adams bands.
high school cadets, local labor orSaniza-
! tons and brooks Post, c. \. r. About co
veterans were in line and not a man fell
! the intense heat.
The streets over which the parade pass
ed were profuselN decorated with flags and
/ bunting. The line of march ended at the
| state House ward, where the President was
! turned over to Fletcher -. Proctor, presi-
dent Cf the State Society Sons of the Amer
| lean Revolution whose guest he was dur
inC the last hour he was in the city. The
front of the State House Il spacious stage
was built On and around it were seated
the Sons and Daughters of the Revolution,
and scores of invited guests. Tho Prcsi-
dent entered the state House by the rear
| entrance and were escorted to the plat
form by the Hon. +. -. Proctor, president
of the Sons Of the Americas Revolution.
| After the presidents March" was
played by the Montpelier Military band
tho St Adams Glee club sang an original
melody written by s T.. Royce Of St. AL
bans. 1t contained several happy ref
crenCes to the President ut some of which
Mr.. Roosevelt laughed like a school boy
| In front of the chairs in which the Presi
! dent and Col Proctor sat was a table. The
| President began speaking from the floor OF
! the platform but after a few minutes he
| jumped on the table where he could be
better seen and heard and from there de
| livered the remainder OF his speech. IN /;
minutes after he had concluded his specia
train was on the way to Burlington. As il
pulled out the President stood on the reai
platform, hat in hand, repeatedly bowling
his acknowledgements to the dense GROVE
\ that kept up a continual cheering. In one
i OF tho Pullmans of the train a dozen train
4 ed newspaper men, stripped for business
were pounding out on as many typewriter
long stories for the Sunday pap,rs Til,
crowd melted away as fast a it could b,
\ landed on special cleCtrics and trains anC
Presidents day at Montpelier was over
/, In introducing the President. Speakcl
Proctor of n,
state Society Sons of the American Roy
oluton. said:
/ Ladies and Centlomen:-Our State an,
| the Vermont Society of the Sons of tn,
! American Revolution are Jointly honore,
to-day in welcoming as guest and orato
one whose strong personality and bril-
liant career so perfectly exemplify tina
/, high type Of patriotism, which it is tn
object of our society to inerllate and hon
c or 1t Is my great pleasure to present T.
t YOU the first citizen and patriot OF tn
0 land our Honored President
MIR. ROOSEVELT'S ADDRESS.
e As Mr. Roosevelt rose to speak he wa
f greeted with cheers that lasted for some
y time. They were caught up again an
, again by the solid mass of humanit
t packed in the State House yard and tn
t President repeatedly bowed his acknou
10 Judgement. When he could be heard h
= said
',aiN'i.' Gnu s'"' ny ic'i"'
"lH-'', mn anu women VI vermont
am 6''" W w hote II, Nour nc"utlll
on" i ".I e9Pe.,'ly slau 10 Noii'
N.Y. ~ ~ w. % WV S",,' VI Wv -
c,etF oI Whlch you are Iresluen'' th@ %
,''S OF tHe Sol'S OF tlie american heNoiu
= tl"h' IL Is great thlnS 10 nave hau tort
s fathers who did their work well in tn
f world, always providing that the fact O
n having had them drives us onward to tr
I 70 40 our part IN the world nov, lnSte l.
a Of being seized as an excuse for refusin
d to do our own share.
i | like TO see man who is good cit
I zen, who comes from line OF good clt
= Z"ns nut ! am sure We all feel nothln
+ hut an added contempt for the wretche
creature who makes worthy ancestors a
v excuse for his own failure to do what n
. should do. But when | came up here t
d Vermont when | see you people do nc
q feel as though | could teach you anythin
+ but / hope | can give expression to ceI
t tain thoughts that you and l have.
V Now, gentlemen and ladies', the men VIII
n in the American Revolution founded tn
# greatest republic upon which the sun ha
- ever shone. who not only fought but plan
V ned and acted Alright in civil life. Ndid nc
n devise any new scheme of human conduc
: they acted according to the we'll trie
, truths in accordance with which all su
o cess worth having has been obtained fror
v generation to generation through the agei
. Just this afternoon | was reading a wor
derful old poem of Piers Plowman' {
4, the lith century in England and it is cur
a Gus to see how closely the poet speaking t
@ his fellow countrymen, adheres to tn
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