Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-04
GOING HOME TO CAST VOTE
Roosevelt Leaves Virginia and is on Way to
New York,
-HE ENJOYs HIS OUTING vIRY MUCH
Makes speech ht Remington, Ia which
He speaks Of Battle Fields and
of NaIor of Blue and
Gray.

BRANDY, Va, Nov. 3.-The special train
bearing President Roosevelt and party left
here at $50 a.. m. for Washington. The
party arrived at the train in carriages from
the home of Representative Rixey soon
after . o'clock.
The president is in excellent health and
spirits. having enjoyed his outing greatly.
On the station platform after his arrival
the presiden, held an informal reception,
many of the residents Of Brandy and vicin-
ity embracing the opportunity to meet and
shake hands with him.
Just before the special train pulled out,
President Roosevelt, stepped on the rear
platform of his car, and. in response to
the hand olapping from the crowd, thanked
the people for their greeting.
At Remington, in response to demands
of a small Concourse of people the presi-
dent, speaking from the rear platform OF
his car, said:
] want TO say what a very great pleasure
II has been to ne to be here and TO see
your beautiful country and to be received
everywhere with characteristic Virginia
hospitality. I had the good fortune to visit
two or three of your battle fields, the first
and second battles of Manassas and Cedar
Mountain, and 10 be shown over them by
men who had worn the blue and men who
had worn the gray. We are all. alike now
and can all glory alike I'm the valor OF each
side, and the devotion to duty as each side
saw its duty, (A~pplause.)
WASHINGTON, Nov 3.-President Roose-
welt and party left here at HAS this morn
ing on a special train over the Pennsyl-
vania railroad for oyster Bay. where the
president will vote tomorrow. No news
paper men accompanied the president. as
permission TO do so was refused. The only
members of the party besides the president
prcra GaoroN,r, CortoIya,, A,-,,tauV 1000
tary Loeb. DR.. Lung, the presidents physi-
clan, and four secret service men.
The special will reach New York at 5:15
this afternoon and Oyster Bay at : p. m.
The presidents special from Brandy, Va,
arrived here at II 20. a few minutes behind
it's schedule time. The president immedi-
ately came out on the platfsrm and doffed
his hat to the crowd. He spent some time
shaking hands with old friends and ex-
pressing his satisfaction with the brief trip
into Virginia.
II had a great time he said. ut was
splendid sport. l did not shoot anything,
to be sure. But it was the outing l wanted.
That was all l was after anyway, and I got
It. l enjoyed 1t immensely
The president was in exceedingly good
humor and laughed heartily over the re-
marks of his luck on the shooting trip.
OmoRiIs Go Home TO Vote.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.-Notwithstand-
ing the fact that this is regarded as an
of year" in politics, an unusually large
number of government officials have gone
home to vote. With the exception of the
secretary of state, there is not a single
head OF department in Washington. today
and with that exception every cabinet
officer win vote at his home tomorrow.
Secretary Hays legal residence is in
Washington and he has no vote. All the
cabinet officers except Secretary Hitch
cock have made speeches during the cam
paign, Secretaries Moody, Shaw and Will
son remaining on the stump to the very
close. .,.
Many of the assistant secretaries have
also gone home to vote. and in the case OF
the Interior department, both assistants
having left the city for that purpose, It
was necessary for the president to desig-
nate an assistant attorney general as act
ing secretary OF the interior TO sign the
oficial mail.
In the Postofiee department over 100
| chiefs OF divisions and clerks have departed
for their homes to exercise their suffrages
and a relatively large proportion holds
good in the other departments.