The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-14
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dent was Governor. told the President ne
was looking fine. >,
NO better than YOU are, Woodruff said
the President. you look better every
Former Chief Of Police John MoCullagh
came along soon after, The President.s
hand went away out for John. There's
my old colleague, he said while he wring
Former Alderman Frederick A. Ware
came along with Frederick a. Ware, DR.,
aged 0. The latter shook the Presidential
hand very gravely, holding on to the parental
hand very tightly as he did so.
Young man. your father and i once
served the Government together" said
the President. and little Freddie Ware
looked pleased. Almost every district
leader was in line, and the President knew
them all. Hamilton Fish. Edward Lauter-
bach, Judge Lynde Harrison, Judge Town
send, exCommissoner OF Immigration VIII
liams and a host of others came in for warm
greetings. There was a break in the
line which allowed the President TO spy
lance. Mr. Odell hurried along in response
10 that smile, and pretty soon he and, the
President were shaking hands
Hello, Governor said the President
to Odell, I'm going to see you four years
from now. when I'm out OF Office, and we'll
get together and talk things over az fellows
who'Ve been in office.
Mr.. Odeil essayed smile. but it was not
much of one. The President laughed very
hard and kept bis hand a long time before
he let him go.
Everybody in the clubhouse had shaken
hands by $50 o'clock-about 400. it was
estimated. When the handshaking was
over the President was taken down stairs
while the band played Dixie for the part
ing and the members lined up in the hall
and stairway and gave a farewell cheer for
their distinguished fellow member Be
fore leaving the President told President
Stern of the club that he thought the new
clubhouse was perfect. Although an old
member of the club, he had never seen
its new home before.
OFF TO THE DINNERS.
The mounted police escort was waiting
and the President was driven To the home
of his sister, Mrs. Douglas Robinson, at
1872 Madison avenue. W. D. Murphy and
Secretary Loeb accompanied him. At tho
Madison avenue house the President had
two hours to visit and TO dress for dinner
-Four policemen stamped up and down In
front of the house and remarked to two
secret service men that the weather seemed
to be getting colder The nine mounted
policemen were luckier. They went of
for supper.
Before O'Clock n little knot of shivering
folks gathered in front of the house, includ-
ing four girls with shawls over their heads.
A carriage drove up and a Japanese gentle
man got out and went up the steps. He
didn't get in.
II was 7lo when the President. with
Louis Stern and Mr.. Loeb. came out. The
drive to the Waldorf. Astoria for the RE-
publican Club dinner was without incident.
WALDORF FULL or s1EuTHs.
The Waldorf was policed an hotel mover
was pol!ced before. When the President
had PASSED through the lane at the door
the bluecoats disappeared into the celia
trrtfh u,Nfi rif
until their presence was again needed at
his exit
Nobody but Mr.. Roosevelt and his es-
corts was allowed to pass the private en-.
trance, the east door on the ThlTty-third
street side. Even after the President was
safe at Ia ole a dozen common cops, Cen
tral Office men and Secret Service sleuths
were on guard All they. did was TO shoe
guests and reporters TO the west doors on
Thirty-third street. Here you had to have
a ticket or "A very innocent appearance to
get past the guard
The ticket takers were on the groun d
floor Beyond that were cloak rooms and
corridors galore. II seemed a furlong
route to the banquet halls and every rod
there mrked SecretService man in evening
disguise II was admitted that there we're
fifty plain clothes men about the place,
and there seemed TO be go. While the
President was at table Secret Service
man stood at every possible inlet, gazing
shiftily about.
Guests who were so foolish "a to try to
reach the dinner from the Ihirty-fourth
street entrance had TO RETREAT to the street
and skip around to Thirty-third street.
The half of the hotel in which the feast
was spread was Isolated from the rest OF
the building with entrances only on the
southern side and then only for the prop
erly accredited.
When the President left the hotel
at so most of the crowd about the
doors had become discouraged and had
left Drawn up at the Thirty-third street
door. however were twenty-five police
men under personal command OF Capt.
Cottrell and Inspector Cortright. The
Presidents carriage. followed by three
carriages containing Secret Service men
and fanked by mounted policemen, made
the drive TO the Hotel Aston in about ten
minutes.
The route was up Fifth avenue and then
through Forty-hfth street TO the Forty
fifth street entrance. Drawn up there
were twenty-five more policemen. under
command Of Capt. Flood Of the West
Forty-saventh street station. The President
passed through to the Press Club dinner.
The President left the Hotel Aston at
1890 O'Clock and was driven directly to
Douglas Robnson's house with Secretary
Loeb and Stenographer Latta. The squad
of mounted policemen escorted the Presi-
dents carriage and the strict guard was
maintained until he had entered the Robin
son residence.