The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-15
KEPT HIS WORD.
President Roosevelt FulfiIIs
Promise Of Six Years Ago.
Attends Banquet in His Honor
in ssLittle Hungary"
TOLD THEM HE WOULD
When He Was Governor, If He
Ever Became President.
He Dined and Spoke in a Base
ment Cafe.
THEM HE WOULD

and spoke at the restaurant Little
Hungary" Guarded by mounted police
and secret service men, through streets
cleared and cordoned by patrolmen, he
drove from upper Fifth avenue into the
crowded district which lies around Sec
ond avenue and East Houston street, a
region of small shops and tenements
and largely populated by foreign-born
citizens.
From the moment his carriage enter
ed the district he received an ovation.
Never before has president of the
United States visited this little-known
part of New York, and never before
had a fraction of the thousands that
cfeered him seen a nations ruler. Elec-
trio lights winked and blinked charac-
teristic legends, gaudy bunting fluttered
in the wind, and the great East side
showed it's enthusiasm in every imagl-
nabIe way. Across Second avenue at
Sixteenth street a huge electric device
blazed forth the simple word, De
Lighted" a word frequently used in
the decorations.
Police Precautions.
The district through which the presi-
dent drove and in which he dined Is
NOT the safest in the great city, and
the notice took no chances. So string
emf were the precautions that not q
dasblight photograph was allowed to pc
taken, and uniformed police, pam
clothes men and detectives fairly
swarned inside and out Of Little Hun
parv'' They were stationed on the
roofs and fire escapes IN the nelghoor-
hood and for two blocks on either side
Of East Houston street a Gordon OF po-
1ice c,,+ off the crowds The ordinary
police cards permitting entry into f1re
lines and similar places We're suspehaeo
nv order of Police -CommlSSloner NC
Adoo and no one without an LlVltatloi
70 the dinner or a specially issued po-
lice card was permitted 10 pass eii0
faulty drawn line of patrolmen;
The night was almost the coloesp Oh
the winter: but it did not depress the
shirts of the crowd. Before dusk. the
East side streets began TO pour IorliA
their quota, bound toward Lite a4H-
ear.v.'' and these were SWelled py SlsHt-
seers from all over the city. the IatteI
nerharts more anxious to see the East
side on a gala night than TO eaten
glimpse of the president
| The snow of many storms, ice cNpet 49,,
Nv alternate thaws and freezes, was
4 breast high in the side streets, ana over
/ these heaps the CROWDS scrambled 4Au
slipped to secure vantage points. 1 ny
stood uncomplainingly on the icy c Leses
and fingered through the Ions houls %
tha BANQUET to again cheer the preSA-
dent on his departure
No One Allowed to Pass.
nv & o'clock East Houston street
and the intersecting thorougn1ar IoI
several squares in all directions were
/ blocked by as cosmopolitan crowd
as could be gathered in any city IN
the world At that hour the ponce
Logan to clear the streets ana ara"
their lines, through whlch aumlsslo.l
vvas gained only by special ticket. A
troop of mounted police rode slowly
into the crowd, and, working east ano
! west gradually moved the SlghtseeEs
/ into the side streets Where ahotnei
! line was established TO keep tuel ~
| the best
humor and no disorder or reslstance
4 Every entrance to a residence OF
store within the police line was guaru'
1 tons opposite the cafe stood ponce
men to keep these vantage points
/ clear of any evil-disposed persons. me
men took up their stations Win ens
i certainty of well arranged plans anC
4 T,Shanever some belated homecomel
whose residence was within the guard
ed zone appeared, he was accom-
panied to his door by an oIncer an
left with the caution TO remain III
The tenants of the nearby houses
i had been warned in the Afternoon BY
the police to get home before 4, tne me me
were drawn, and most OF theIu ap
/ peared to have done SO.
Windows Were Closed.
Driven from the streets, the.
Il crowded the front WINDOWS anu ~
! on the fire escapes or the teneIhents
4 r'hav were posted in this way by TN
hnndred. The buildings were bristlini
4 with faces from every point OF want
4 ape and q hurried conference OF Pc
/ lice officials was held They eVloenCi.
4 did not like the situation AS a resui'
! every one was driven from the f1r
esca1es and from the open windows
which were ordered locked, out NJ
objection was made to the occupant
looking through the glass; On ever.
fire escape, with olN ,,niforr1e,
people in the houses, was d uIlIoTIlie'
. I1oIicernan From the entrance
little Hungary" could De seen NOR
than fifty policemen in uniform OF
II peered over the cornlces ana slh
others were stationed in the hallway
of the teeming tenements.
President Roosevelt was puncIuaI I
his schedule He was que t: a. ~ al
five minutes before that time cheerln
) began on Avenue B. The pohce nne
! came to attention ana pand sta
toned near the cafe struck up n
star Spangled Banner, but after Tn
: onaninr hsr no horn could be heard
: THE wave of cheering swept ahead Q
= the presidential party, ana grew mt
l a roar such as East slde tenemeh
. dow order was forgotten The sashe
went up simultaneously. waving tro1
. his carriage window and bowling, tn
l president returned the polyglot greet
iNs' An Old Promise Kept.
There was no delay; a lane wa
e made quickly through the peopl
t A a block from its intersection wit
E EAST houston street, and the cal
: riages, with their mounted police e.
| cort. swept up to the door OF u
2 - :, ,,,-.,+ At the entrance to tn
c cafea there - ere was Welcoming cheer. an
}. the president doffed his hat: TT
q mounted police lined up opposite II
4 entrance until the party entered Il
i IN the carriage. with the presideel
Awere Marcus Braun president OF u