Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-29
BACKBONE AMERICAN
Presidents Happy Brief Ad-
dress at Bridgeport.
AT OYSTER BAY TODAY
TERMINATION OF HIS NEW ENG
LAND VISIT.
Trim to His Summer Home Made in the
Yacht Sylph-Reached Saga
more Hill.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. June 29-After
short address to the crowd of several thou
sand people assembled at the railroad sta
ton here President Roosevelt left Bridge
port shortly after o'clock this morning
on the government yacht Sylph, bound 1or
Oyster Bay. 1t was the termination OF MS
New England trip. the principal OBJECT OF
which was to attend the reunion OF his class
at the Harvard commencement. Inc ar
rival Of the Presidents special train at 30
was greeted by salute Of twenty-one
guns and the footing of factory whistles
One of the first objects which met the
Presidents eye as he reached the tempor-
ary platform erected at the north END OF
the station was a trained bear which bore
a placard marked "One you didn't get.
AS the President saw it he remarked quick
ly, ITS a good thing you are not In Colo
RADIO" to the great amusement of the crowd.
Mayor Dennis Mulvihill introduced the
President, remarking that it was the sec
ond time he had had the honor OF present.
ing him to the people of Bridgeport.
President Roosevelt said in part Yes
terday was the twenty-fifth anniversary of
nv graduation at Harvard. | attended the
reunion there of my class, and, as l am
little hoarse you will excuse me, J. know.
1t is of course a great pleasure to be here
in Bridgeport Travling. as l have been
since L last saw you, nave BohS i'SHe
across the continent, from the Atlantic
straight to the Pacific.
People Essentially American.
"The things that have struck me most in
reading the different faces of my fellow
citizens from ocean to ocean, have been
not the difference in faces, but that the
backbone of the essentially American is
the same everywhere, and l feel more and
the Amer
lean is a pretty good fellow. l am happy
to say that there is no possibility or any
further disagreement In the country alohg
sectional lines, and firmly peileVe tnat
we are going to continue this government
along the lines laid down by the men who
in the day of Washington founded this re-
The Presidents concluding sentence, I
want to thank you all for your cordial
greeting from the mayor to the bear, was
received with a volley OF cheers
The President was then escorted TO the
dock about 800 yards away, where the
government yacht Sylph was moored Ac-
companied by the members OF ms party
he went aboard the yacht, which 1mme-
dtately got under way and started down
the harbor escorted by a hotilla or Bridge
port yachts.
OYSTER BAY, N. Y. June 29.-President
| Roosevelt arrived in Oyster Bay today and
was given an unusually demonstratiVe
greeting by the residents or the village
The President made the trip from brluse-
port, Conn, on the naval yacht Sylph. BY
previous arrangement his neighbors greeted
him at the dock of the Seawanhaka-Cor-
inthian Yacht Club at Oyster Bay, the
President landing from the Sylph in
launch.
The passage from the landing to the dec
grated railway station. where Mrs. Roose-
Welt awaited In a carriage with Quentin and
Ethel Roosevelt. was lined by school chill
dren, dressed in white, and waving flags
The President passed through this line to
the railroad station. where he was greeted
by Mrs Roosevelt and his children. and
where large crowd was awaiting him.
Forming In line the villagers passed the
President and shook hands with him, after
which the President drove to Sycamore
HILL The avenue from the station to the
Sycamore Hill grounds was hung at inter-
walls with great American flags. The Pres
ident expressed himself deeply touched
| by the reception which his neighbors had
| extended him, and, as he drove homeward
! remarked; This Is the best demonstration
l ever saw IN Oyster Bay
The President spent the afternoon quietly
at Sycamore Hill with the members of his
| family. He and Secretary Loeb transacted
| some official business, but none OF very
important nature.