The Prescott daily news., 1910-06-18
and Private Citizen Astonished at the Magnitude Of His
 Reception.
HE IS MET AT QUARANTINE
Escorted to the Battery by Great Flotilla-Speeches and Land Pa- rade-Atfair Is Spontaneous
 and Non-P artisan.

New York, June 1S.-Theodore Roosevelt has returned to his native and.
 The former president was given welcome home such as was never be fore accorded to citizen of this re- public. The whole country joined in It, and it seemed spontaneous and ut erly non-partisan. The magnitude of he reception astonished the returning American.
 Since emerging from the African jungle the latter part of March, Mir Roosevelt has been the guest of near y every European ruler and almost unprecedented honors have been heaped on him. The reception by his heaped on him. Tn ereception by his fellow citizens was a fitting climax to his triumphal tour and must have been the most satisfactory event con nected with it.
 FotlIa Meets Him at Quarantine.
 More than month ago every avail able craft in New York harbor had been engaged for the day, and numer- ous big organizations, like the Repub- Iican club of New York and the Ham llton club of Chicago, had chartered regular coast line steamers. Early in the morning this immense fotilla sailed far down the bay and when, about 9 o'clock, the scouting tugs and motor boats came flying in with the word that the Kaiserin Auguste Vic toria was approaching, all made ready for the first greeting.
 As the big liner came into sight, every whistle on every vessel was tied open and shrieked the welcome to the returning wanderer. Col. Roosevelt, with Mrs. Roosevelt and Kermit by his side, stood on the deck, waving his hand and smiling the familiar smile, and the waiting thousands cheered him again and again.
 Reception Committee Takes Him.
 At Quarantine the necessary for malities were quickly over and the official reception committee took the colonel and his party aboard its rev enue cutter That vessel at once started up the harber and all the gaily decorated craft, filled with clubs and private parties, fell in behind and formed most spectacular water pa rade. On almost every boat was a band, and all the way the musicians played at the top of their lungs The shores were black with people who shouted their greetings to Teddy" as he passed and the factories and mills added the noise of their whistles to the general din.
 So it went all the way up to Twen- ty-third street, where the parade turned and made its way back to the Battery. At that historic spot at the lower end of Manhattan island Col. Roosevelt landed to receive the for nal welcome home.
 Welcomed by Mayor Gaynor.
 In an enclosure in the center of Battery park were 200 distinguished guests, including senators, represent atives, ambassadors and close per sonal friends of Mr Roosevelt Sur rounding this enclosure was another reserved space which was occupied by about 2,500 prominent men and membersc of the big reception com mittee The rest of the park was open to the public and every inch of 1t was occupied from an early hour in the morning.
 The cheering and music were al- most continuous as the colonel en- tered the park, but finally quiet was restored and Mayor Gaynor stepped forward and delivered a cordial ad