The Tupelo journal., 1905-11-03
ORLEANS
GOES FRANTIC
A Rousing elimination of the Pres
ident's Southern Trip.
THE PROGRAM NE SHATTERED
The Crowds So Dense and III En-
thusfasm So Great That the Pub
lie Speaking Had PerfOrce
to be Abandoned. q

New Orleans, Oct. 27.-At the end OF
nine strenuous hours Of varied enter
tainment in New Orleans, which
brought his exceptionally pleasant trip
through the south to a close, President
Roosevelt, at $50 o'clock Thursday
night, boarded the lighthouse tender
Magnolia and began the first stage OF
his return journey to the national cap
ital. He will transfer to the armored
cruiser West Virginia, which lies at
anchor off the mouth Of the river to
receive him, and begin the second
stage of the journey. For four days
he will be absent from American soil,
which has never before happened
to a president during his incumbency,
but through the means OF wireless tel
egraphy it is promised that he will be
seldom out OF communication with the
shore.
A Signal Testimonial.
The presidents reception in New Or
leans was a signal testimonial OF pop
ular esteem and of grateful recognl-
ton of the service which he has rem
dered the city in her period of stress.
New Orleans remembered not l
that the president had acted with CHAR
acteristic promptEess when asked 10
send federal surgeons to TAX charge OF
the fever struggle, but throughout the
fight had sustained the people OF the
stricken city with expressions OF an
unfailing sympathy, and when a large
share of the public opinion OF the
country opposed his venturing nto
New Orleans with the fever still pre-
vailing, he refused to consider the
element of personal danger, and de-
clared his purpose to keep the prom
Use he made when he accepted the orig
inal invitation to come,
A Remarkable Denomination.
The densely crowded streets, the elab-
crate decorations, the wild applause
that greeted him along the whole route
of the parade and the remarkable dem
onstration in his honor at the luncheon
were outward manifestations OF the
spirit in which the people welcomed
him.
Probably for the first time in his
public career the president was COM
PEELED to abandon a public address be-
fore he had got we'll started on 1t. 1t
was contemplated that the military
and civic parade should pass in review
before the president at the city hall,
but the crowd which gathered al this
points was so tremendous that neither
the police nor the troops were able to
move it, and the president, foreseeing
a possible catastrophe in the event OF
a panic, finally gave up the attempt to
speak and left the platform.
Public Address Abandoned.
The crowd jammed st. Charles street
all the way from Poydras to Ninth
streets, and it spread over Lafayette
square almost from st. Charles TO Camp
steets. Probably $4,000 people were
gathered in and around the stand from
which the president was to have de-
livered the address. When the presl-
dent decided to abandon his effort he
shouted to the throng to go home and
be good citizens and then disappeared
into the mayors parlors, well nigh ex-
hausted. To those about him he ex-
pressed himself IS immensely pleased
with the demonstration in his honor.
Frantic Banquet Guests
The demonstration at the luncheon
was scarcely less %eXuberant. When
the president entered the superbly-
decorated dining hall the 625 ~banqueters
rose as man and gave way to frantic
cheers. Every thought that he uttered
was the signal fer an extraordinary
exhibition of enthusiasm, and as his
speech dealt almost entirely with local
subjects and had special reference to
the fight against yellow fever, the ban
quet developed into an increasing oya-
ton.
Address From CoIOred Men,.
The only opportunity which the col
ored citizens of New Orleans had to
mect the nreSidenf was while. the pa