Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-06-21

watched his progress through Europe
with delight. Wherever he has gone
he has been honored as man and as
an exponent of the principles of the
government of this country. He was
Ireceived everywhere in Europe and
lhonored as no man from this country
ever was honored. We glory in all
that and it only remains for me to say
now, Mr.. Roosevelt that we welcome
you home again"
Mr. Mayor, fellow townsmen and
onel began. A tremendous wave of
cheering went up and the word
I"Americans" received especial empha-
sis.
His voice was little hoarse but he
spoke with his usual force and decla-
matory effect.
Replying to Mayor Gaynor Colo
mel Roosevelt said:
Il thank you Mayor Gaynor.
Through you l thank your committee
and through them l wish to thank the
American people for their greeting.
l need hardly say 1 am most deeply
moved by the reception given me. No
man could receive such a greeting
without being made to feel botn very
proud and very humble.
Il have been away a year and
quarter from America and have
seen strange and interesting things
alike in the heart of the frowning will
derness and in the capitals Of the
mightiest and most highly polished of
civilized nations. 1 have thoroughly
enjoyed myself, and now l am more
glad than 1 can say, to get home, TO
be back in my own country, back
among the people l love, 1 am ready
and eager to do my part so far as l
am able in helping solve problems
which must be solved II we OF this,
the greatest democratic republic upon
which the sun has ever shone, are to
see it's destinies rise to the high level
of our hopes and its opportunities.
This Is the duty Of every citizen but
it is peculiarly my duty, for any man
who has. ever been honored by being
made president Of the United States
| is thereby forever after rendered the
debtor of the American people and Is
bound throughout his life to remem-
ber this as his prime obligation and
in private life as much as in public
life so to carry himself that the Amer
ican people may never feel cause to
regret that they once placed him al
their head"
Did 1 follow copy, boys" he ask
ed as the cheering still fingered over
his closing sentence.
ITO a word" came back an appre-
ciative chorus from the press stand.
The exercises at the Battery were
surprisingly brief and simple and al
most before the people realized they
were over Mr.. Roosevelt, the mayor
and Cornelius Vanderbilt, chairman
Of the reception committee, were
moving toward their carriage in the
lime of parade The crowd had their
fill Of impressions but the real excite
ment of the day was only beginning.
While Colonel Roosevelt and his es-
cort were waiting in their carriages
for the head Of the parade to form,
the l44 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 a long wild
yell. The colonel was on his feet in
an instant Il certainly love all my
boys" he shouted back, and again
there was a yell almost hysterical in
intensity.
The parade started at 11.30. In
front of the Rough Riders and leading
the line was a detachment Of mount
| ed police. Then came the mounted
band of the squadron, the New York
national guard, the Rough Riders fol-
lowed by the Roosevelt carriage and
eighty other carriages in which rode
the visiting mayors, governors, men,
bers of the house and United States
senate and members of the reception
committee. Eight mounted police
men, all former cavalrymen, who serv-
ed in the Spanish-American war, sur
rounded the Roosevelt carriage.
The line of march in the lower city
was through a seething whirlpool of
enthusiasm. The tall cliffs Of the cam
lyon that is Broadway were speckled
with faces at the windows. Every
thing imaginable was waved allow and
aloft. Whirls of descending ticker
tape, thrown from windows in the fl
nancial district, filled the air with
spirals.
Colonel Roosevelt was as enthusias-
tic as the crowd. He remained stand
ing almost constantly throughout the
two-hour journey.