The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-29
PRESIDENT
AT HOME
Receives a Hearty Welcome From
Friends and Neighbors.
HEARS NEW NATIONAL SONG
Tells Oyster hay Residents That the
Head OF the Government Is at
Home Everywhere Drunken
Man Creates Disturbance.

Oyster Bay n. VI, June 29.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt Is again established foi
the summer in his home at Sycamore
Hill. near this town His Homecoming
was made the occasion Of a great fete.
His reception was notable for its sin.
cere and enthusiastic cordiality and
likewise for its yigor. The latter quail
Ity was due to q slight fractional differ
enee among the townspeople, the result
being that the president was accorded
a double reception.
President Roosevelt and his party
were met at Long Island City by com.
mittee headed by j. G. Trayers, presi.
dent Of the Oyster Bay town board.
and escorted home on a special train
the president occupying the private car
Of President Baldwin Of the Long Is
land railroad.
While cannon crashed out a salute
and the people cheered the president
was escorted by the reception commit
tee to the town hall. The march TO the
hall was between lines Of school chill.
dren, each waving d tiny American
flag. Business houses and residences
throughout the town We're handsomely
decorated with flags and bunting
Drunken Man Causes Excitement.
While the president was walking
from the railroad station TO the town
| hall a man rushed through the crowd
toward him Before he had got within
len feet OF the president he was seized
by secret service agents.
They dragged him away protesting
violently, and took him to the side Of
the road, where they pitched him over
the ropes.
In the excitement which followed the
intruder disappeared What the mans
object was in rushing out into the road
way Is not known, but it is thought
that he was intoxicated and intended
no harm, but Wished to shake hands
with the president
| Arrived at the hall, the president un-
yelled 4 civil war trophy gun presented
to the people of oyster Bay by the ma.
w department. Then, standing on q
chair, he delivered the following briel
address
i MY Friends and Neighbois thank
you heartily, more heartily than can
express, for your coming out to greet
| me today wonder If some Of you re
member what | shall never forget, the
way that you came out to greet ms
nearly i've years ago when | got homs
from Saratoga
Since | last saw you | have beer
across the continent. | have Travelled
from the shores Of the Atlantic ocean
across the Alleghanies, across lhe Mis-
sissippi valley, by the side Of the grea'
lakes, over the Rocky mountains, to thi
shores OF the Pacific, and the Trims
that has struck me most in that jour
ney Of nearly 10000 miles right across
the continent has been the essentia
unity Of our people that wherever al
American president goes here in til,
United States he feels himself to be q
home among those who feel as he doe
and who have the same ideals to whici
he can appeal,
And now ana coming back TO Hol
whom know so we'll The olde
among you have known for SOM
thirty years and over, and my children
are now growing up here just. as
grew up, and l hope they will do BET
ter In keeping out Of mischief Ans
naturally it pleases me very greatly t
| have you show me the feeling that yol
have shown this afternoon and 0
which you have given evidence SO of
en- before When | get back here | an
not the president am your OF
+ neighbor and friend, and in welcoming
/ all Of sou want to say / am particu
5 larly pleased to see here the children
Z AS you know, / believe in children
and | am very glad that the childre
/, Of Oyster Bay seem to be all right t
e quality and also in quantity.
sNow, ] shall not try to make an
speech to you and shall just say agar
my friends, my neighbors, those wit
whom / am knit by such close ties,
thank you from my heart, and / a.
deeply touched by your greeting M
this afternoon"
New National Hymn sung
After the presidents address til
children sang new national hymn
entitled God Save Our President
The words were written by Josephin
Goodale. The music is that of Amer
ca. The words Of the first verse al
, as follows:
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