Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-02-15
ROOSEVELT
Pays a Visit to Friends
in Little Hungary.
Delivers His Address on Gen.
eraI Principles.
Has I Call From Crank During the
Day-Thc Days Incidents.

New York. F-b. l4.-\fter two days
OF receptions and dinners in New. York
City. President Roosevelt left. to-
night. q rcr the Pennsylvania railroad
fer Washington.
The events Of today included :: rcc.p-
ton ii tie University Club and. to-
night. the event at his Visit-thu liiinc"
given by the hungarian Republican.
Club III the restaurant Little i!uI-
:-lry' Oh The East side. where Il Prs
id"l.t mas ncVr" been before.
The fact that Nj. Roosevelt MAS 10
traverse places where he has not btcI
inrv he WAS governor of New York
and l,E"re 10 Other President while i'll
cGice L; been led to unusual no!i,.r
PRECAUTIONS. hut nothing unusual lap
i;oEcd.
The President left the Hungarian
tlub dinner after making Il briN
speech in Which he told OF the duties OF
an .tirol.,an citizen as he SAW them
ana W.& driven directly to the Des-
br0sse' street station accompanied by
squad OF lloun,ed police. When H.
lracilcd Ill" ferry house he nlightei
from his carriage. shook hands vitE
the members of the mounted squad and
lncn Went 10 the mems cabin in tho
ferry boat.
The boat arrived il Jersey City 4;
ll.I6 and snlr" minutes afterwards he
bn;irdCd his special train.
From tho time the President arrived
on the Last side. tonight. unit! his &c
ri:rturt TIC greatest precautions were
Il, l.: L..,Fp
guarded his ,,orson and police in uni
form ana in plain clothes we're sta
toned all about the restaurant ANA for
blocks each side 50 that the crowds o.
East side Residents who had gathered
II see the chief Executive Of the ma
lion We're dLie 10 get not Within three
blocEa Of him.
" hen the President left the banquet
room. lie WIS heartily cheered by peo-
Pie iii The windows and doors Of ;eme-
EentS nearby. Mr.. Roosevelt waved
his hat III RESPONSE as he entered hi;
t2r!'iaSe ana started for the ferry.
\eI YORK, Feb. 14.-iTor the irsI
I'm" *it.ce the q rs when he WAS ;soV-
'rnor oi Now York. President Enrsa-
Welt. t',:'ic'l,. revisited the heart Of I'll"
Faust side. where as Il guest Of thu
hungarian Republican club. he dinnd
F; nG spoke 1T tho restaurant "l.ittl"
Hungary" Guarded rs mounted police
and secret service men. through streets
,ic;.r"d ana cortloned by patrolmcn. hc
drove from upper Fifth avenue into tho
cloWGed district which lies around Sn:-
D.ri 3vrlue ana East Houston street
- region al shops and tcnemrnts ana
E'rEely populated by foreign bnrn citi-
IONS. From ;he moment his carriag"
entered tin. district hc received IN oNl-
tiou. NeIt:' before has a President of
the l'nitod States visited this iitti.
known part OF New ork ANA never D.
fore had Il fraction OF the thousands
that "hc"red him seen Il nations ruler
Electric liGltS Winked and hlinkrl
characteristic legends, gaudy b,nti:l',
fiuttercG in the Wintry wind ana The
lre.t East side showed its enthusiasm
by every imaginable sign ana sound
.tcrcs, :Icooni avenue nj Sixth street.
hiIGr ,.'", trnS blaz"d forth the singh"
word "irlio htrd.' Il word frequently
used iii the decorations. Many small
sln,, keepers apparently had spent Il
weeks r'ruh; in elaborate leo ortt IONS
aul it had been many ye;'l:; sine" Thy
East side saw such I night.
The district through which the Pres
iu"nt drove and in which he diued II
rot the safest i'll the great city and the
police tok no chances. 50 stringent
were the precautions that not a flash
light photograph was allowed to h"
taken and uniformed police. rl'in
clothes Nlcn and detectives fairly
SWallrcd inside and cut of Little Hun
curry They were stationed OF The
roofs ami fire escapes in The neichbor-
hood and fur two blocks on either side
Of East Houston street Il Gordon Of To-
lice ut off the crowds.
Tn" night Mas bitter coll-alnrst the
, oldest q the winter but il did not
cel rrSs thn spirits Of the crowd. i;c-
tore ,i,iek the I;ast side streets began
to pouh forth thci.' quota bound to-
n, ara Little Hungary" and these w"r"
s,.,lird ~ sicht sters from M over
/ he city. the ltttcr lrrhaps NOR" Hnx-
io,1S tn er-. the East side con- Il gala
nicht tI,an to catch a glimpse uf til
President.
Iy i o'clock East Houston strr"r
ana the interesting thoronghfares for
several blocks in all directions were
blocked by as cosmopolitan Il crowd as
could be gathered in any city in the
world. 1t that hour the police began
to clear the streets and draw their
lines. \ troop Of mounted police rod.
SLOWLY into the crowd ANA working east
and west. gradually moved the sight
sears into the side streets where anoth-
~ Inc was established Ia keen Then,
back. TIL crowd was in the best of hui
NOR ana no disorder or resistance oc-
Cured. They allowed themselves to
be carried back.
Pres. Roosevelt WAS junctual in his
arrival He Wa% due ut $50. ana five
minutes before that time i ro4r .;
cheers rolled up from Avenue T.. The
police lines came I" attention naI !,
land station near the cafe struck ~
"The Star Spangl"d Banner" But ar-
ter the opening bar not horn could BE-
heard.
The wave of cheering swept ahead
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