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

New York. June Is. Theodore
day for the first time In nearly fifteen
months and received a rousing well
come.
He bore with his usual buoyancy
day of heavy fatigue. public duties and
private emotions commingled, and at
i:i0 o'clock this afternoon, after
family reunion at the home of Theron
Butler, grandfather of his prospective
daughter-in-law, Miss Eleanor Butler
Alexander, left the city he had sur
veyed the same morning from atoat-
reviewed in parade ashore and greeted
by explicit word of mouth. to be well
coined more intimately by his lifelong
neighbors at Oyster Bay. L. l., to-
night. Tomorrow he will rest.
AS private citizen. he was tho
| same outspoken. Fortnight. vigorous
man of both words and deeds the city
Of his birth has known for thirty
years. and more latterly ambassador
to the Jungle and monitor to those
who sit in the seats of the mighty.
He had an expansive smile for every
body. a CHEEKY word for "the boys"
his old friends, the newspaper men, a
pat anecdote for the politicians, espe-
cial greetings of affection for his old
command, the Rough Riders, and
quick eye for absolutely everything.
Good Luck Follows Him.
Roosevelt good luck, still follows
its namesake. Though hot and sultry,
the weather held fair until the marine
parade, the exercises at the Battery,
and the march UP broadway and Firth
Avenue to Central Park had been car
ried through with punctuality and pre-
clsion. Then 1T rained great guns.
torrential thunder shower, accompan-
led by a high wind that did muHe
damage, swept suddenly down on the
homeward bound visitors. but cleared
again shortly before o'clock In plen-
| ~ of time to give his eager fellow
| citizens of Long Island ample chance
| to see him standing on the rear plat
| form of his special train as ne waved
| them q welcome
Within a generation, the nation re-
members three great welcomes before
| this of to-day-to General Grant IN
san Francisco, after his triumphal tour
| Of the world, following the expiration
Of his two terms as President; to Ad-
miral Dewey, on his return from ms
capture of the Philippines. and to
William Jennings Bryan, also AFTER a
tour Of the world, The welcome TO
Grant was the most tumultuous that
| to Dewey the most elaborate and
stately, but the welcome to Roosevelt
to-day was slot through with dra-
matte expectancy which long ago
i found popular expression In the typl-
4 cal phrase, "the return from Elpa,
i t|His welcome to-day brousnt men
5Iiproninent in all walks of life from all
lparts OF the country. Therelore ~ was
natural.
The first spasm of public curiosity
1 satisfied, speculation now turns on
what mart Roosevelt will take IN the
nolitical situation within his own par
! ty. But on that score speculdtion -
m,,st rest until satisfied by Rooseve1t
himself,
| Keeps His Word.
The colonel had positively declared
i his intentions by wireless: i shaii
A have nothing whatever to say IN lhs .
Immediate future about poltlcs' aAu
i he kept his word,
j Therefore. there was nothing In tho
.l.only speech he made here to-day that
i cnu,d be construed as applying spe-
4 clically to this or that phase OF I'M
i mediate state or national issues. That
i he will be importuned to take hano
i in the New York campaign this fall Is
4 a forerone conclusion. but by his own
4 declaration he will not commit hlm.
n self to any expression OF opinion uhu'
he has acquainted himself az mrs.
4 hand OF just now .he potAtie t>-
shapes itself,
The. sharp crack Of the familiar
/. presidential salute wnkened Colonel
!. sRooseyeIt atv7 o'clock this morning,
as his ship, the Kaiserin Auguste Vio-
tora drew into the harbor. From the
mists Of early morning emerged first
, the drab hull OF the battleship South
carolina, two swift destroyers and two
4 'torpedo boats behind her. Then spoke
the guns. Blue-clad sailors lined the
I decks In close packed ranks. while
nassed on the quarter deck OF the
South Carolina stood the Marine Band
la solid splash OF scarlet coats. pound
! ing out 'The Star-Spangled Banner
LIT did not take tho colonel long tc
get on the bridge. dressed for the for
I |malities Of the day In frock coat and
la top hat, For moment he stood
! bare headed and waved to the men In