The leader., 1905-11-04
NEW ORLEANS
GOES FRANTIC
A Rousing culminati9n Of the Pres
ident's Southern Trip.
THE PROGRAMME SHATTERED


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 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 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 signal testimonial Of pop
ular esteem and of grateful recogni-
ton of the service which he has rem
dered the city in her period Of stress.
| New Orleans remembered not only
that the president had acted with char
acteristic pTomptness when asked to
send federal surgeons to take 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 large
share of the public opinion of the
country opposed his venturing into
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 Demonstration.
The densely crowded streets, the elah-
crate decorations, the wild applause
i that greeted him along the whole route
of the parade and the remarkable dem,
onstration in his honor at the luncheon
we're 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 well started on it. 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 at this
points was so tremendous that neither
the police nor the troops were able to
move it, and the president, foreseeing
q possible catastrophe in the event of
a panic, finally gave up the attempt to
speak and left the platform.
Public Address Abandoned
The crowd iammed 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-
| Iivered the address When the presi-
| dent decided to abandon his effort he
shouted to the throng to go home and
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into the mayors parlors, well nigh ex-
hausted. To those about him he ex-
pressed himself as Immensely pleased
with the demonstration in his honor.
4 Frantic Banquet Guests
The demonstration at the luncheon
was scarcely less exuberant. When
the president entered the superbly-
decoratedd dining hall the 625 banQueters
rose as oneman and gave way to frantic
cheers. Every thought that he uttered
was the signal for 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 ova-
ton.
Address From COIcred Men.
The only opportunity which the coll
ored citizens of New Orleans had to
meet the president was while the pa
rade was passing the Iroquois club,
and the president stopped there to re-
ceive an engrossed address expressing
the sentiments Of the colorea popula-
tion towards him. The president made
/ short speech in response.
After a short rest in his hotel the
president held series of receptions.
An immense crowd packed Gravier
and St. Charles streets as the dinner
ended, and the appearance of the pres
ident on his way to the river provoked
thunderous applause. AS the Magnolia
left her landing presidential salute
was fred, amid the indescribable din of
the whistles Of the factories and river
craft mingled with the lusty cheering