The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-10-31
TRIP CLOSES
New Orleans Has Most DemOustra-
tive Day in Its History.
MARROW ESCAPE IN COLLISION

The Entire south Gave the President
snch Welcome as No Other Chief
Executive Has Ever Received Before
Returns by sea-omciaI Boat Hit
During the Night.
New Orleans, La Roosevelt day in
New Orleans was the greatest day the
city has ever seen.
Theodore Roosevelt was received
with an enthusiasm never shown for
any former visitor. The reception OF
President Mckinley a few years ago
was mild compared with the greeting
to the present Chief Executive. and
the carnivals of past years were mere
mockeries.
The crowds were greater, the enthu-
siasm more intense and genuine. 1t
reached such a height as to nullify the
program, and, instead of a formal re-
ception and parade, partook of a popu-
lar demonstration that swept every
thing before it.
Much of this was due to the local out
burst resulting from the popular belief
that it was to the President and his
prompt action in giving the assistance
of the United States Marine Hospital
Service to wipe out the yellow fever
that escape from an awful epidemic
was due.
"Hurrah for Teddy" greeted him at
every corner, and run for President
again and we all will vote for you"
was hurled at him with an earnestness
that made an impression, although he
frequently shock his head. 1t is
doubtful if any man was ever more
popular in New Orleans than Theodore
Roosevelt.
The President was welcomed not
simply as the Chief Magistrate of the
Nation, but as the saviour of New Or
leans. This idea pervaded the well
come and all the speeches made during
the day. The President seemed to APP
preciate this fact, and his warm praise
of the fight against the fever here and
his promise to do all that he can possi-
bly, do to prevent it ever getting in
here again aroused the utmost graft
tude. the expression of which the po-
lice and militia could not control
The crowds in the streets were so
great that the military and civic par
AIDE which had been carefully ar
ranged, could not force its way through
and at Lafayette Square, facing the
City Hall, where it had been arranged
that the President should speak to the
people. more than $4,000 persons as
sembled, aQd such was the crush that
the President deemed it advisable to
m fa1si a l1xy ont dnxxy47 4ha cpooah ho had
intended to deliver.
It was well he did so, for the crowd
was unmanageable, and catastrophe
like that which attended the corona
ton of the Gar some years ago was
threatened There were numerous ac-
cidents. dozens of fainting women, and
the President, realizing the situation,
after a few words told the crowd to go
home and be good. He left by side
door of the City Hall to avoid the
crush, while the crowd fingered there
for several hours in the hope that he
would return and resume his speech.
There has been something of new
order in this trip of the President. for
the character of his welcome, in every
place he has visited. has seemed more
Western than Southern noisier and
breezier than has been the case when
a Republican President visited this
part of the country
After travelling through four States
in Dixie, Mr.. Roosevelt must believe
in the unmistakable sign that the
South claims him just as loudly as the
East, where he was born, OF the West.
where he spent several years of his
young manhood. Here in the extreme
end of the black belt the President has
been as cordially received as in any
other State he ever travelled through,
and in Florida and the other Southern
States the receptions have signified a
good deal more than the traditional
courtesy of the people of the South.
At the end of nine strenuous hours Of
varied entertainment President ROOse-
welt at $50 o'clock at night boarded the
lighthouse tender Magnolia and began
his return journey by sea to Washing
ton, d. G.
The lighthouse tender Magnolia.
while conveying President Roosevelt
down the Mississippi River from New
Orleans to the Gulf, where he was to
board the armored cruiser West Vir-
ginia for his return to Washington,
was in collision about midnight with
the fruit steamer Esparta Both YES
sells went aground on the river bank,
and the Magnolia was disabled. No
one was injured. The President was
transferred to the revenue cutter Ivy.
and he resumed his trip and boarded
the West Virginia on schedule time.