New-York tribune., 1905-11-08
PRESIDENT CASTS BALLOT.
-, FAST RIDE TO VOTE.
Soends Half Hour IN Oyster Bay
and Speeds Back to Capital
Trs,orn Tne Tribune Bureau

.,,e.on. Nov. president Roosevelt
s. a record breaking trip to Oyster Bay to-
- cast his vote for the Republican State
.ou-nship tickets. He was absent from the
.,., AH 7pst seventeen hours and ten minutes,
use travelling all Of the time except twen-
.,ven minutes spent in his home town. where
so5 acouaintance with many of his old
ss and neighbors. The most sensational
ii',.-- of the trip was the disappearance of
,sis,ant secretary of the President BenJa-
BARNES. who missed the train on the
M ma" ,or-nev Mr.. Barnes accompanied the
-,s.n+ as far as West Philadelphia he leI'
r,-+y at that point 10 go to his hohls d.
-.,or5 \. J.. and expected 10 eaten lne
- when the latter reached Phiiaoeipnia o',
ieeh' s.cr When Philadelphia was reached
~ Barnes did not appear NJ
NJ. r,aont Is said TO have inquired If MI
-..nss had been caught repeating again. "'-t
pai"'S .l,a others had similar suggestions II
most ol - 60, tho train reached washington
Was ie.- 12o-,as had been detained and would
return on later Tram
uOi. q, OYSTER Bay began at 1230 g. H.
Inv .,zort,s nrivate car. the Rocket. oeing
'Ho 49,, FIRST section of the regular PenhsEi-
IuA . r,o,,roaa train starting at that time. 'e
''-'',- 80. VAS reached at GOS a. m' the ie9i
e's cling breakfast with Secretary boep '4'o
Stokes before the terminus
bad AS soon the train came 10
- +be big shed the party hurried 10 tile ieS
~. where the Pennsylvania tug
sDp' -,-ot,ins 10 convey them to Long lsialo
-. Al Long Island City the PresloeII "aS
..a h, his cousin, " Enlen ffooseNe Net'' ~
- ,.++er's daughter. Miss Christine "no az
....n,niea him to Oyster Bay on the spe'i"t
I cT7ep
.-.tn that President Peters OF the hois A'iS-'N
p.nroad had placed at his disposal
Tho Presidents neighbors were not expecting
-, before 10 o'clock so when he stepped on the
NM e.5sa m there were not more than
ta,s dozen persons in sight Noah Seaman
nan -.+.,-.r of the Presidents farm. was there,
lever with the big yellow wheeled carryaI'
- +ba President and his cousins went 10
r,sba-,s Hall. over the fish market IN west
,..,n4 where the polls were situated An
- half dozen villagers were standing ABOUT
- doorway, there and the President gave 1hehl
a handshake all around
Mounting the dark fight Of stairs leading 10
t,e hall he found the polling place parulone9
off in the forward end of the Dig pare Iooi ~ Gu ~
was greeted with an enthusiastic Ni
clerks and Judges of election O.,
.@Theodore Roosevelt is given ballot NO & od,
announced James Mills the polling cleih, Ane ae
President accepted the two Iolaeu P.ete' oe9 a
nan
GERS the other the slip bearing the various cor,
s+i,5tional amendments-and disappeared with
+bano inside the canvas booth de was lfislue
r. i,t+1a hoy lust a minute and a half by the
cIo,l when he came out he handed IN ms
,-o+a and II WAS announced that he had Noteu
ballot No 61 He thereupon shook hands Win
everybody around him once more and hurT1e9
downstairs Al the foot Of the steps ne i toiu
several of his old friends about MS recent trip
through the South and announced that ne mao
now spoken in every State and Territory Of the
Union. -,
But I am through" he said Now let the
other fellows do the talking
lust as the President was about TO drive
away Uncle" Amos Boreun- the Oldest stage
driver on Long Island, hobbled up to snake
hands
How are you Uncle Amos? I'm ever so
glad 10 see YOU" said the President, with a
hearty emphasis on the final you
How are You. Mr. President replied Uncle
Amos beaminS-
Uncle Amos used TO drive me over to Syosset
thirty years ago" remarked Mr.. Roosevelt 10
the crowd.
years ago"
Now look out. Uncle Amos. Don't make it
any worse than it is said the President hold-
ing up a warning finger IS he drove away
Before going to the train the President stopped
at an office in South-st.. where there was an
other polling place. and waited outside in the
wagon while Secretary Loeb voted. With
wave of his hand TO the gathering throng IN the
street the President then whirled away TO
the station and inside of another minute or so
his special train rolled out ten minutes ahead OF
schedule time. Long Island City was reached
AT 1915 a. m, Jersey City at 1888 a. m. and
Washington at 4:40 p. m.