New-York tribune., 1906-11-07
THE PRESIDENT VOTES.
orTCK TRIP TO DO III.
p,,,rus at Once to Washington
ater Short Stay at Oyster Bay.
From The Tribune Bureau J

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From The Tribune BursaHl
washington. Nov. 6.-Within less lnah liiue
s-ov, The tine he left Washington last
-.s+t 70 travel to oyster Bay 70 vote fres'-
ar, Roosevelt's ballot was sHfely oeposi'e1 IA
~. box at polling precinct NO . II ms "0''''
town - -. no. ,,ada
80 without any incident more startling
- ,.s rousing cheers that greeted the pas
- - his train returning to-day through the
So So sn6 his personal appearance on the plat
-. e various points. The private car Signet
- s+tacbed 10 The regular Pennsylvania train
-, .,,a cspital az I2.35 g. n. IN addition
:. .h. President and his secretary, number
:. v-ere House employees whose homes are in
- York and New Jersey were taken along
counting ALL those in the party. the ReDuo-
80 vote OF the two states mentioned was
s.-,Dea to the extent Of Just an even dozen.
FRIENDS JOIN PARTY.
7ss President reached Jersey City on the
..,.,vsrs t-fp at 7-0S q. n. and there boarded
-. long Island Railroad Company's tugboat
T.,,sste-. which conveyed him around the
1..,,r sna OF Manhattan Island 10 Long Island
,-..- ,zhs-s q special train was waiting 10 bear
- - Oy-eter Bay Dr. ". J. Lambert Joined
~ Marty at Jersey City. and at Long Island
rsrv The Presidents cousin. ". Ernlen Roose-
81, his daughter, Miss Christine. and Miss
forsine Roosevelt. daughter OF Mrs. J. West
Roosevelt were added 70 the party. Congress
rsn Cocks. of the Presidents district, got on
the special train al Long Island city and went
rith the President 10 Oyster Bay At Jamaica
u : Youngs United States District Attorney
fo- the Southern District OF New York, Joined
Tie party
The Presidents train reached oyster Bay at
aOs o'clock about twenty-five minutes earlier
Fhsr had heen expected, and as a result the
crowd Of villagers az. the station was smaller
nsr usual Those present. however, made up IN
enthusiasm for thei- lack Of numbers. and the
President had 10 run the gantlet Of e score Of
,sge- haudshakers before he could reach the
yellow wheeled rig awaiting him at the side Of
he platforrn. il did ror take more than five
minutes for The President TO reach the polling
,laos in Fishers Han He hurried upstairs.
shook hands with afteen or twenty Of his old
.etghhors. giving each a greeting by name and
hen walked through the gate which barred the
!aclosure occupied by the Judges. inspectors and
..e-ks and the voting booths from the rest Of
he hall AS the President shook hands with the
election officials Inspector James Mills cried out:
Theodore Roosevelt takes ballot "a"
p
reuped inside the first booth al his left He
vas nor inside more than fifteen seconds before
- emerged ana handed the ballot across the
Kooden table Just as he emerged from the
canvas booth Photographer who was standing
outside the raj wiki his camera focused. and
lis charge Of faslIgtr powder ready 70 FIRE.
r1arpeC the cap and The explosive let 90 with
-epou and e binding glare. Every one in the
ro0u Jumped as though he had been shot, and
re President exclaimed, with e laugh: That
5oUldec like an anarchist" Every one laughed,
ana as the smoke cleared away some one sug-
Eested 70 the President that II was one OF the
first guns of The election"
THE RETURN TRIP
That's right" h- exclaimed with a laugh.
Before the President left the voting place he
lhock hands with a score more Of old friends.
Eho had hurried 10 the haU as soon as they
heard h was there Leaving the polling pre-
2nct the President drove out the Cove Road
Ead around Sycamore HlII with his cousin, Mrs.
Ees- Roosevelt and returned 10 the station
few minutes before 1910. the time scheduled
'or his departure Tor Washington
Secretary Root and Mrs. Douglas Robinson.
he President sister, joined, the party al Jersey
-ltr on The return trip Mrs Robinson left The
rair al Trenton. and Mr.. Root remained on the
Bgnet as The Presidents guest all the way 70
NasLLrE-nr.
Al West PhLadelphia. where engines were
changed, q crowd Of students from the Uni
vers-ry Of Pennsylvania gathered on rsp,1 al
!orIl beside rLe Z gnet and gave The PresifetfC
heir college yeL The President Went out on
me rear platform of his car and greeted them
cordially
Where did Pennsylvania play last Saturday."
be asked.
We didn't play at ALL" replied one Of the
Students
I looked in the papers 70 see how you came
plt but couldn't find anything about you con-
4nued he President Then one Of the boys
sreC. "Ea~-ard won"
Yes. believe Harvard ala win by a fUl1e."
agreed the President
AS The train pulled out the President waved
tls hand no rhe boys and cried Good luck"
Washington was reached on the return trip at
b.l5. and the President was a once driven TO
the White House