The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-19

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greeting without being made to feel
both very pB ss, a aWny very yenr o and
quarter from America and I have seen
strange and interesting things alike
In The heart of the frownins wilder.
and most highly polished OF civilize1;
nations. / have thoroughly enjoyed
myself, and now j am more glad than
can say to get home, TO be naS =
in my own country, back amons Peopie
love.
SO far as am able In helping solve
problems which must be solved II we
OF this. the greatest democratic re-
public n-on which the sun has ever
shone. are to sec its .destinities rise 10
the highest of our hopes and It's op-
portunities. This is the duty OF every ,,.
citizen. but 1t Is peculiarly my, my d hnn
for any man who has ever been non
ored by being made President OF mo
United States is thereby forever AFTER
rendered the debtor OF the american "a, n
life 10 remember this as his prime OBJ
iiga ton. and in private life as much
as In public life, so to carry hlmseil
that the American people ,p.. may nay h epee
placed him at their head" .,od
a.Did i follow copy. boys" he askea,
as the cheering still fingered over his
closing sentence.
ITO a word" came back an appre-
ciative chorus from the press stana.
Brief Exercises.
The exercises at the Battery were
surprisingly brief and simple. and al
most before the people realized thes
were over, Colonel Roosevelt the mayor
and Cornelius Vanderbilt, chairman OF
the reception committee, were moving
toward their carriage in the line of
parade The crowd had It's fill of I'M
pressions, but the real excitement OF
the day was only beginning.
While Colonel Roosevelt and his es-
cort We're waiting in their carriages for
the head OF the parade to form, the
144 Rough Riders. who had come from
every part of the country-some of
them from as far as Alaska-had their
first chance to greet their old chief.
AS the Roosevelt carriage drew up
behind them they gave long, wild
yell. The colonel was on his feet in
an instant
II certainly love all my boys" he
shouted back, and again there was a
yell almost hysterical in intensity.
The parade started at 1880. In front
OF the Rough Riders and leading the
line was a detachment of mounted po-
lice Then came the mounted band OF
Squadron A, New York National Guards.
followed by the Rough Riders, fol-
lowed by the Roosevelt carriage and
eighty other carriages, in which rode
the visiting Mayors, Governors. mem
,bers of the House and the United States |
Senate and members of the reception
committee. Eight mounted policemen,
all formerly cavalrymen who served in
the Spanish American War, surrounded
the Roosevelt carriage.
Settling whirlpool.
The line of march in the Tower City
was through seething whirlpool OF
enthusiasm. The tall cliffs of the can
yon that is Broadway were specified
with faces at the windows. Everything
OF descending ticker tape. thrown from
windows in the financial district. filled
the air with spirals.
Colonel Roosevelt was as enthusiast
tic as the crowd. He remained stand
ing almost constantly throughout the
two hours journey.
Shortly after the parade passed City
Hall Park, woman. leaning from a
window OF factory In which babies
hats are made, tossed out half dozen
tiny bonnets toward tho colonel's car
riage. Leaning forward he dexter
ously caught one of them. inspected it
sravely ana then broke into broad
smile.
Above Blocker Street, stu in the
downtown district, a man with meg
aphone yelled: Who'll be our mex,
President"
AS though by prearranged signal
the crowd answered. Teddy" in on,
stentorian voice.
All through the parade it was
Teddy Teddy. bully for you. Teddy
Eat EN- alive! Good boy, Teddy"
The colonel bowed, smiled and bowed
again. inscrutable. AS the parad,
swung through Fourth Street into
Washington Square, and thence into
Fifth Avenue, the Spanish War vet
Grams. other than the Rough Riders
fell into line behind, the Roosevelt
neighbors and many political clubs
winding UP the procession. Then the
band played the classic of the Span
ish War, "There'll Be Hot Time in the
Old Town Tonight"
AT Fifty-ninth Street, where Central