The Penn's Grove record., 1903-07-03
THE PRESIDENT At HONE
Oyster Bay Citizens Give Him
Rousing Welcome.
UNVEILS A TROPHY CANNON

Thu Warm W elcome Made Moro De"on
st,ative by Eival Committccs-Isoose-
velt, in q Speech, Says He IL Just :
NeigIb n, and Ailudes to His FTP
Across the Continent.
Oyster Bay, N. Y.-President Koose-
Welt returned to Oyster Bay, anu -
taense enthusiasm, and the summer
capital of the United States is now es-
tablished at Sycamore Hill.
Two rival sets Of citizens OF tnis
ordinarily quiet village Wed Tor tne
honor of first greeting him. There were
two bands, which sometimes played
different tunes at the same time; TWO
marshals, two well-defined parts III the
parade, and two baseball games.
The Presidential special got IN at
4.3O o'clock, five minutes late. Inc
station platform and the space Ior q
considerable distance near 1t were
packed with people. When secret
Service men and detectives piled OH
and got busy with the crowd, the
President. accompanied by Secretary
Loeb, appeared on the rear platform
Of the train. A mighty shout went up
and the air was filled with futtering
handkerchiefs and swinging hats.
More than 800 children from the Cove
school, which President Roosevelt
children attend, and from the High
School here were drawn up before the
train arrived in two lines along the ave-
nue.. The girls were all dressed In
white and each carried an American
flag. The two brass bands also were
there. One in military uniform played
for the Board Of Trade, the schoob
teachers and the school trustees. The
other band belonged to Maurice y.
Townsend's staff.
Townsend announced a few days ago
that the Board of Trade committee
for the celebration did not contain rep
resentative men. He proposed, he said
to get up a celebration that would be
of the people. He had seven colOred
veterans of the Civil War and about
as many old white soldiers, besides
himself, backed up in front of his band
at the entrance to the station as the
President, fanked by the Secret Ser
vice men and the detectives, started
off on foot through sand several inches
deep up Andria avenue. Townsend's
tooters didn't foot, and the Board of
Trades uniformed musicians fell in
behind the President in the place Of
honor.
But they didn't play, either, and 1t
was said that this was a part of the
compromise effected between the fac
t%ions-that the Board of Trades band
should lead the way up to the Town
Clerks Office, but that neither should
play during the trip up, and that Town
sends band should furnish the music
on the march toward Sycamore Hill
after the exercises.
The President and his escort had not
gone far between the lines of cheering
school children when a short. thickset
man, without hat or coat, rushed out
and made for the President with out
stretched arms. The Secret Service
men sprang at him. One landed with
his fist IN the mans jaw and knocked
him completely over the rope at the
side of the road. AS the intruder fell
his shoulder struck a little girl in the
chest and she went down, too. The
breath was knocked out of her, and it
took several minutes to bring her
around. The man who ran into the
road said he only wanted to shake
hands with the President.
Mrs. Roosevelt and five of her chill
1ren, Quentin, Kermit, Archie, Ethel
and Theodore, Jr., with Mrs. J. West
Roosevelt, were at the Town Clerks
office waiting for the President. The
President waved to them as he came
Up. There he stepped over quickly to
he old Civil Wal cannon which the
Navy Department recently presented to
The Oyster Bay Board of Education
and unveiled it. Turning, he greeted
ais family and then called loudly for a
chair to stand Oh. Everybody was
cheering when he began to speak and
ne had to make two or three starts be-
::ore he could make himself heard.
President Roosevelt began by saying
hat he thanked his friends and neigh
oors more heartily than he could ex-
press for coming out to greet him. He
serred to his recent trip across the con-
.inent. and what impressed him most
IN that journey, he said, was the es-
sential unity of the American people.
He was glad to be back among those
whom he knew so well, and to whom
he is not the President, but their old
leighbor and friend. He was particu-l
larly pleased to see the children. in
whom he believes. and those of Oyster
Bay seemed to be all right in both
quality and quantity. In closing he
said he was deeply touched by the
warm greeting which he had received,
The President and his family started
Tor Sycamore Hill in two open car
riages. Immediately after the exer-
.ises Townsend and his band started
right in behind the Presidents car
riage. MARTY" tried to shake hands
with the President over the carriage
wheel. A Secret Service man connect
ed with him and Townsend went to tho
roadside. The President saw him.
beckoned to him and Marty got his
shake.
On Sunday the President and his
family attended the Christ EPISCOPAL
Church, Of which the Rev. DR.. Wash
burn is pastor. The President spent
the greater part Of the afternoon stroll
Ing about the grounds of his home. He
sat on the piazza and later took a short