Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-06-24
ROOSEVELT IS Home
ARRIVES SAVELY AFTER HIS
TRIP OF $4,000 MILES.
Was Greeted by Thousands of Admirers
at New York Port Saturday Makes
Short Speech and With His Family
Goes to oyster Bay-Will Now Post
Himself on National Affairs.

Himself on National Affairs.
New York. June 1S.-''I have been
away year and a quarter from Amer
lea and l have seen strange and inter-
esting things, alike in the heart OF the
frowning wilderness and in the capitals
of the mightiest and most highly pol
ished of civilized nations" said Colonel
Roosevelt in his speech today. 81 have
thoroughly enjoyed myself, and now l
am more glad than L can say to get
back, to get home, to be back IN my
own country, back among people l love.
And am ready and eager to do my part
so far as 1 am able in helping solve
problems which must be solved if we of
this, the greatest democratic republic on
which the sun has ever shone are to see
it's destinies rise to the high level of
our hopes and it's opportunities.
"This is the duty of every citizen,
but it is peculiarly my duty; for any
man who has ever been honored by be-
ing made president of the United
States is thereby forever after rem
dered the debtor of the American peo-
pie and is bound throughout his life to
remember this as his prime obligation,
and in private life as much as in pub
lie life so to carry himself that the
American people may never have cause
to feel regret that once they placed him
at their head
At $50 o'clock Mr.. Roosevelt was
transferred from the Kaiserin Auguste
Victoria to the revenue cutter Manhat-
tan, where he was welcomed by num-
Der Of personal friends and relatives
and Captain Archibald w. Butt, rep
resenting President Taft.
Shortly after this he was transferred
from the Manhattan to the revenue cut
ter Androscoggin, which led the water
parade that takes him up as far as
Fifty-ninth street, North river and
down to the Battery, where he was of
fcially welcomed by Mayor Gaynor of
New York at IL O'Clock.
saluted With 81 Guns.
1u6 pdLllSoulp dllCduy ndu od1uCCu
the returning former president at
Sandyhook with 21 guns, but ON com
ing to anchor alongside the liner the
South Carolina hoisted long strings of
remnants and the river craft joined in
the demonstration with loud and pro
longed blasts from their whistles.
Thanked by Mrs. Roosevelt, his
daughter, Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, and
his son Kermit, Theodore Roosevelt
stood on the flying bridge of the liner
above all the decks of the ship, and
with his characteristic smile overspread
ing his tanned countenance and a shiny
silk hat in hand, he waved acknowedg
ment to the pandemonium on all sides
of him.
Teddy Throws Kisses.
As the cutter Manhattan came along
. side the Kaiserin Mr.. Roosevelt made
= his way through a group of second
l cabin passengers, who clustered along
< the rail, and, spying his children OF
S the Manhattan, called to them anc
a threw them kisses.
t Mrs. Roosevelt was the first to com,
down the gangplank from the Kais
i erin to the Manhattan. In momen
Y she had thrown her arms about Archi
S and Quentin and effusively kissed an,
e Rugged both of them. She next greet
?, ed Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and hi
d fancee,, Miss Eleanor Alexander.
Mr.. Roosevelt made flying leap t
: the deck of the Manhattan and wit
o the exuberance and spirit of a schoo
n boy he slapped his son Theodore O
< the back. He then turned to Mis-
k Alexander and kissed her. He took u
d Quentin and Archie in his arms an
gave them resounding smacks.
t. These greetings over, Mr.. Roosevelt
If with Collector of the Port Loebb at hi
n side, extended cordial greetings to tn
If others on board the Manhattan. H
t, shook hands with everybody, incluc
s. ing members of the crew. In til
ID meantime the big liner was hemme
in close by mail boats and newspapt
b. tugs, while clustering about this Gel
la trail group were yachts, excursic
a boats, lighters and all kinds of me
a chant craft, all gaily decorated wit
of flags. The cheering was continuous b
ed tween those on board the assemble
e. fleet and the passengers on the Kai
be erin.
Oyster Bay Greets Him.
an Oyster Bay, N. Y.-Theodore Roos
al welt is back once more among his neig
IT. bors' He arrived in Oyster Bay fro
re, New York Saturday night at o'eloC
in on special train over the Long Islar
N railroad, attended by the Rooseve
no Neighbors' Association of Mass,
h County.
The whole town was out at the ST
81 ton and the cheering throng almo
'ly swept the expresident from his fe
ne as he stepped to the ground. Bowl,
Ter and shaking hands with his o
ed friends, he walked through the mud
rs the park, where a grandstand had he,
to erected.
About 5000 persons gathered on +,
ug green. Five hundred high school MN
were the first m do AZ - -