The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-27

There is trouble in Oyster Bay. The
Oyster Bay referred to Is not the one in
Australia, but the one in Queens county,
New York, and it is easily located by the
fact that New York city is about thirty
miles southwest of it. After finding New
York city one can find Oyster Bay without
much difficulty. The distance between the
two towns is not great, and if one does not
care to walk 1T, one can take a steamboat.
enjoys the distinction of being the home of
the President of the United States, and
hence the trouble, part of it. Besides
being the home of President Roosevelt,
Oyster Bay has birthday and a history
dating from its first settlement on June %,
trouble that now prevails there. Oyster
Bay is justly proud of being the home of
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, and for some
years past it has been honoring him with
public demonstrations. 1t did so after
his return from San Juan, again after
still again after he became Vice Pres-
dent and now it is about to welcome him
as President. He will arrive there to-day,
and arrangements have been made to give
him a royal reception and welcome. The
vice president of the Oyster Bay Board of
Trade who is chairman of the committee
on arrangements. has formulated his plans
as deliberately as the population and re-
sources of Oyster Bay will permit. The
Board of Trade will participate in a body.
and all of the leading citizens, who are
on a subcommittee, will take part. The
and march, bearing American flags. and
will sing q new national hymn written for
the occasion by a lady of Oyster Bay. The
president of the Board of Trade, who left
the details of arrangements to the vice
president, will deliver an address of well
come to which President Roosevelt will re-
spond, after which he will be escorted to
the green east of the town clerks office,
where. by request of the town officials, he
will unveil civil war trophy gun secured
by the enterprising sheriff of the county
from the Navy Department. There would
programme but for the Intervention of Oys-
ter Bays birthday anniversary on June 90
Acting on his own authority. and. as it now
appears, somewhat prematurely, the leading
minister of Oyster Bay planned a celebra-
ton for June %. to which he invited the
President. Before learning that the Presi-
dent could not attend on that date, the
minister went ahead and appointed COM
mittee. engaged brass band and took other
When he learned that the President would
not arrive at Oyster. Bay until June '27, he
changed all of his arrangements to that
date, including the committee. subcommit-
tees. brass band. etc. The result is that
there are two celebrations set for the same
day-the reception OF the President and the
memorial celebration of Oyster Bays two
hundred-and-fftieth anniversary, with
double committees. double brass bands and
Besides the fact that oyster Bay is not big
enough TO handle two celebrations In one
day. there is danger of collision between
the committees and subcommittee and
OF discordant clashings between the
two bands. This complication should
have been averted before il became so
acute. II it was absolutely necessary for
Oyster Bay to celebrate the anniversary OF