The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-30


Of admiring muIutudes, Theodore
Roosevelt, president of the United
STATES, entered Salt Lake city yester-
day morning between cordons Of peO-
pie and with an escort representing
practically the. military strength Of
Utah.
The ovation was not TO the represent
aLNe OF a party or class. If party
preJudices and class distinctions eE-
listed they were sheathed, for they were
not with his approval The reception
was not 10 the man, but to the presl-
dent. 1t represented the homage Of a
proud and mighty people TO its greatest
executive His entrance was welcomed
with simplicity and enthusiasm becOm-
ing the dignity of a republican system
OF government.
The wild splendor of the plains. the
precision of military discipline and or
der and the quiet of civic life were rep
resented in the spectacular ceremony
attendant upOn his visit to this city.
SAT- Lake surpassed herself in the
beauty and strength Of her display. 1t
was not Overdone nor underdone. It
f2vas elegant and Impressive and mag
niicent.
City Begins to Awake.
The awakening OF the city began at
daylight In the gray of the morning
the glistening stretches of pavement
looked as # they had never been used.
Buildings and streets were a mass Of
color People began to make their ap-
peaTauce, occasional voices and now
and then the blare of trumpet echoed
through the still silent thOrOughfares-
The walls of the buildings were blan-
keted with flags. Miles Of bunting
stretched from pole TO pole along the
curbings, fest0ons Of color crossed the
thoroughfaTe while down the center Of
the main avenue was a hedge of flags
and banners and bunting extending as
lar as the eye could see.
The street corners were great squares
of red. white and blue. Color. color,
color Tt archcd, Spawned and stretched
from wall to wall and from curb TO
curb. It looked for all the world as if
cyclone OF color. carried this way and
taat. had suddenly. by some mystic
sTeH, become suspended in the air.
People ThrCng The Streets.
The noise increased, the sounds
blending into q roar. People poured
out of The side streets into the main
avenues An occasional uniform is
seen. HOOfs ciaJtcr over the pave
lHeltts. The slow current Of lie, push
ing toward the center Of the town, is
disturbed more and more by the hur-
lled movement of men who are TO take
part in the spectacular events later on
Progress is growing more difficult as
the crowds thIcken. The high and the
lowly, rich and poor. proud and humble,
good and bad. are masSinE at points of
vantage along the line OF march.
PA \ men recently cut Of the saddle,
soldiers from the barracks, women
from the bOudOir and drawing room and
the Wage-earuer from every walk of
Ilfe- Splendcr, poverty, piety and vice,
hemmed IL between me CaparisOned
walls of a city IN fete day attire.
Lines are forming. organized bodies
are moving and banners Sre waving.
Chaos is giving way To order and har-
mony is developing out OF the disorder
and tumult. Now and then there is the
measured beat Of q drum and again
the rumble or heavy cannon and jolt
ing caissou. Down South Temple street
the sun is already casting uncertain
rays. and CLEANS upon the buttons and
dances from the polished trapDings Of
military organizations which stretch
in long. Unbroken dles from the depot
10 the walls Of the temple.
Military and Civic Activity.
Rough riders. soldiers mounted ana
cE foot and spectators are choking up
the avenue with contrasting forms o.
military and civic life. Ropes are be
ing stretched from corner to corner and
this now listless. cOngesting crowd viii
become a heaving, swayinS. excited
mob. Indifferent TO order and discipline,
if steps are not taken now 10 keep II
under subsection.
At $50 O'Clock there is a stir down
towards the depot 4 train from the
north has just pulled into the station.
The engine is covered with flags and an
ar Of expectancy sweeps through the
multitude. Soldiers stand ready 10
make a prompt response TO orders Mar
shals are giving few last and hasty
directions. Uniformed officers of the
United States army and groups of citi-
zens are waiting ON the platform.
Two long lines Of United States sol
diers from Fort Douglas form an ave
nue. from the flashing eQuipagCs at
the track TO the gates leading out Of
The depot grounds. Opposite the gates,
lined two deep and standing company
front is detachment OF the Twelfth
United States infantry Eyes blinking
in the bright sun are strained toward
the train. In front of the station the
locomotive is putting like some painting
monster after a hard and tresome run.
Arrival of the President.
From the rear of the last coach sew
eral men in faultless attire and with
shiny silk hats steD out and as they
alight make their way with more or
less difficulty to the carriages. The
rear seat of one of the finest convey
ances is covered with a gorgeous Amer
lean flag. a man of determined bear
ing takes his place I'm the folds Of the
flag Even at this distance the waiting
thrOngs have recognized the president
Of the United States.
A cheer breaks from the crowd and
tumbles along in a surge of sound
There are quick orders. Soldiers come
to a present arms" Carriages wheel
marshals drive the spurs into steeds
already frantic with Impotence. There
are bugle notes and one of the greatest
of the city's military pageants. with
America s chief executive at the head
of it. is under way.
From Main street the eye leaps over
companies. troops and batteries lined
in imposing array along the street and
notes the heavy column just swinging
around the corner from Third West
into South Temple Arms. musical in
struments and decorations are flashing
I'm the brilliant sun Colors are mass
ing into solid columns Blue, red and
yellow. set off by the ornaments of au-
fhority. give an effect Of splendor. rr-
SIC is being heard through the roar The
column IS advancing and amid the
cloud of darker uniforms one can al
ready distinguish the white uniform Of
Marshal Haywood.
Great Column Is Moving.