Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-06-23
CLAIMS
COL. ROOSEVELT
49,
Special Train Carried Him to His
Village Home.
THIRD GREAT EPOCH OF LIFE
once He Came Home as a Warrior
Again az President Of Republic
Now )as Fellow
vlllager.
THIRD GREAT EPOCH OF LIFE

welt Is back nome. rNUL III In0 uiO"u
sense in which he used the word
home" when he declared all Ameri'
ca was his domicile, but home In the
spacious family residence at Sycamore
Hill, overlooking Oyster Bay.
He came back to his fellow towns
people, he told them, after the third
great epoch of his life.
"Once |. came back to you fresh
from the wars and you greeted me-
he said II came back later as the
president Of the greatest republic
that ever existed in this world and
again you met and greeted me. To-day
came back to you as your fellow Will
ager and 1t fills my heart with graft
tnde that again you are gathered here
to meet and greet me-"
But II he came back to his home as
"a plain citizen, It was not to receive a
plain welcome.
A Continuous ovation.
Roosevelt's journey from Long Is
land City to his home was continu'
GUS ovation from his own people.
A special train chartered by the
RooseveIt's Neighbors association and
the Roosevelt's committee of Nassau
county was in waiting at the depot OF
the Long Island railroad. The lass
car on the train was the car Of the
president Of the road, which had been
turned over to Roosevelt and his I'm
mediate party.
The train was surrounded by the
400 Roosevelt enthusiasts from Oys
ter Bay The first members OF the
Roosevelt party to arrive were Quen
ton and Archie the ex-presidentf
youngest sons, both rugged out in red
white and blue, Col Roosevelt walk
ed bareheaded through the lines Of
his friends calling each by name and
grasping many outstretched' hands as
he passed.
Arrive at Oyster Bay.
Through Seacllff and Glen Cove the
train poked along to Oyster Bay ant
then the home coming took on Its true
local color. A rope had been tiet
around the posts in the little depot t.
hold back the crowd and the Oyste'
Bay police force vainly tried to keel
the people back, but he (the polic'
force) was a nice old party and h
was brushed aside while the ZOO
! residents Of Oyster Bay jammed them
selves around Roosevelt and yellet
themselves hoarse. Above all roare'
the Oyster Bay town band.
The police fought his way to tn
coloners side and escorted Roosevelt
through the crowd to stand in tn
big vacant lot across the road from
the opera house After a parade b.
the volunteer fire department and
song Of 200 school children, Unite
States District Attorney Young mad
the welcome address.
1--WE welcome YOU" he said, INC
because Of your laurels Of war an
peace, but because we love YOU" y
my friends and nelghbors," reptile
Roosevelt, Il hope l need not tell 20
how glad am to be back home.
am glad to see you all, men, wome
and children.
i More Than the Lions.
Il have had a most interesting tri
lions and everything. thing Ell
joyed the trip more than the lions.
enjoyed 1t most because Of contras
started in Africa, where civilizatio
has not advanced one iota, an
finished 1t in the capitals Of Europ
where civilization and culture hav
reached their highest embodlmen
1t was wonderful transition"
Then he made his remarks upo
citizenship, thanked everybody an
made his way to the spot where he e
pected his carriage to be. 1t WI
missing, and the crowd which forme
about him was so dense he was l
voluntarily carried along until
sought refuge in the opera hous
about which the firemen formed
Gordon until Roosevelt escape
through the big door, There was
big motor car back of the Duildin
which was Communicated, and Roos
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