Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-06
ROOSEVELT IS HOME
Capital Gives Returned Tray.
 eler a Hearty Welcome.
RECORD JOURNEY FOR A PRESIDENT
Covering Fourteen Thousand Miles by Rail and Several Hundred In StagecoRches, Carriages and
 Horseback.


 by Rail and Several Hundred In
 StagecoRches, Carriages and
 on Horseback.
 WASHINGTON, June 6.--Presiden, Roosevelt has arrived in Washington from his memorable trip of over two months throughout the west. He was given q hearty reception by the people of the capital, who lined the sidewalks as his carriage, escorted by the bat talion of high school cadets, was driv en to the White House. The president cordially responded to the greetings given him and repeatedly stood up in his carriage and waved his hat and bowed his acknowledgement He looked the picture of health.
 There was a large gathering of off cials at the Pennsylvania railroad sta ton, when the president arrived. They included Secretaries Root, Hitchcock and Cortelyou and Postmaster General Payne, District Commissioners West Mcfarland and Riddle, Captain w. s. Cowles, the presidents brother-in- law, and Colonel Symons, the superin' tendent of public buildings and grounds. Drawn up in line were Com mander in Chief kimball of. the de partment of the Potomac of the Grand Army of the Republic and detach' ment of Spanish War Veterans under command of Colonel Hodgson.
 Promptly at ' o'clock the train bear ing the president and his party rolled into the station. There was a shout of puoc;Rnnt poNSnUolf made his appearance on the platform, and it continued. while the president was in or about the station. The president spent a very few minutes in exchang- ing greetings with the assembled off, cials. He talked longer with Postmas- ter General Payne than any of the others the latter throwing his arms about the president and apparently whispering to him, ftrtf.. <. : The president, accompanied by Cap tain Cowles in full uniform. then en- tered a carriage and, with his party, which, besides the officials at the, sta ton, included Attorney General Knox, Secretary Wilson and Senator Fair banks of Indiana, were escorted by the battalion of high school cadets along Pennsylvania evenue to the White House grounds. .....
 At the entrance to the White House grounds the cadets halted, and the president and his party passed them in review. The avenue was lined with people, and the applause which greet ed the president on every hand was outspoken and cordial The fire engines of the city were stationed at the inter secting streets on the avenue, and the ,tolling of their bells added to the wei come to the president.
 While the review of the cadets was taking place a large crowd of people repaired to the rear of the White House, where the Marine band gave a concert in honor of the arrival home of the chief executive. They expected that the president would appear for a moment to acknowledge the greeting home that had been given to him, and in this they were not disappointed. The band played ''The Star spangled Banner" and then as- the president ap- peared on the portico struck up Hail to the Chiefr'
 The president said:
 
 you very, very much for coming here to greet me this afternoon, and have appreciated more than can say the welcome back home that I have re- eeived today. I have been absent aver two months, and have travelled many miles During that time one thing has struck me, and that is the substantial ness of the American people. One can travel from ocean to ocean and from Canada to the gulf and always be at home among ones fellow Americans. thank you again, my friends, and now am going in to my own folks.''
 The trip just completed has been in some respects the most remarkable president ever took. Mir. Roosevelt and his party travelled over 14,00O miles on railroads and several hundred miles in stageeoaches and carriages, but not an accident marred their jour ney. Not five minutes delay was oc- easioned during the whole trip on.ac- count of train conditions, and the schedule adopted by Secretary Loeb before the party left Washington was carried out. with military precision. Rarely was the train late in reaching it's destination, notwithstanding that it. passed through the flooded district in Iowa. The health of the president and his party, too, was remarkable.
 During the sixty-five days that the president spent on the road he made 265 speeches, and had it not been for Secretary Loeb's fifmness he would have made nearly double that number. From the day the president left Wash ington requests began to pour in for changes in his programme and for ad- ditional addresses, but Secretary Loeb in most every case said "No.''
 One of the remarkable features of the trip was the nonpartisan spirit dis played in the reception of the presi- dent everywhere. Democratic as well as Republican mayors united in ex