Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-06-27
PRESIDENT NOT DISTURBED BY
THE NEWS.
CHATS WITH REPORTERS
Told of Conventions Action While
Sitting on the White House veran-
da With Family and Friends-Re-
ceiVes the Important Fact Without
Display of Exuberance.

washington, June z4.-SuTTOunueu
by the members of his family, Presi-
dent Roosevelt received the announce
meDt that he had been nominated
unanimously for the presidency by the
republicans assembled at Chicago.
The news was received by tel
ephone at the white house by the re-
port of the Associated Press in adj
vance of its receipt over the special
telegraph wire running from Chicago
to the executive offices. At 2:13 p. m.
the bulletin was given Secretary Loeb
sometime before the president had
left his Offices in the executive build
ing and gone to the white house for
luncheon. Secretary Loeb immediate
ly conveyed the news to him there.
Seated on the southern veranda of the
white house,-the favorite resort OF
the president on warm days or even
negotiating with Mrs. Roosevelt,
his sister-in-law, Miss Carew, and other
members of his family, the president
received Secretary LOeb's important
announcement.
The president rose from his chair to
reCeive the affectonste congratula-
tons OF those about him. He was the
most unconcerned, seemingly, of all.
He chatted animatedly for a few min
utes with Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss Carew
and Mr.. Loci and then accompanied
his secretary to the executive office.
Outward indications that Theodore
Roosevelt was about to be chosen
unanimously as the standard bearer Of
his party were absolutely lacking at
the white house in the morning. The
president appeared at his desk at the
usual hour and began the immediate
transaction of routine executive busi-
ness with Secretary Loeb. The i'm
portant subjects disposed of, he re-
ceived several visitors for whom en-
gagements had been made. No mem
bers of the cabinet called during the
early hours of the business day. The
president was kept in close touch with
the situation at Chicago through the
press bulletins and private messages
from the convention hall which were
received over a special wire at the
white house.
On his return TO the executive offices
after he had been informed of his NOM
ination, President Roosevelt greeted
cordially a number of newspaper men.
He expressed his pleasure at receiving
the warm congratulations of those,
who in the performance of their duties,
are kept constantly in touch with the
president and his work.
Sitting tilted back in the big arm
chair at his desk, the president chatted
freely and frankly with those about
him. All were his personal friends
and the president realized perfectly
that the little confidence of the "exec-
utive session." as he himself termed
il. would be held as inviOlable. He
talked and acted, not as president OF
the United States, not as the standard
bearer of great political party, but as
Theodore Roosevelt, the man and
friend.
With genial raillery he chartered
with one. exchanged comments on
men or things with another, laughed
heartily at a cartoon of himself, to
which his attention was drawn,
! sketched in a freehand way, recalled
some interesting situations, personal
and political, and. in conclusion, again
thanked his friends for the expressions
of their congratulations.
Aside from Private Secretary Loeb,
Assistant Secretary of State Francis
B. LOOMS was the first official OF the
administration TO extend his cOngratu-
lations. Later in the day, however,
other officials called at the white house
to felicitate him upon his nomination.
During the late afternoon and
early evening kilograms from parts
of the country poured into the white
house offices, by the score, each bear