The sun., 1910-06-19


reTrAinsd from going 10 Quarantine.
Il vas Understood that hs didn't think
thsre was enough room for both him and
SECRETARY Wilson aboard tho cutter Man
haeeAn
The ceremony in Battery Park lasted
only q few minutes. Mayor 0aynoE
started HE Rtts speech Of welcome a.
thrse minutes past n and Mr.. Roosevelt
had ended his rOaponss four or i've min
utes later. The sun was beating down
hot and ths reception committee Was
nat anxious 20 pFolonG ths exsrcisas.
Alons in the reception stand with Mr..
Roosevelt. Mayor GSynor a. soon a.
Mr.. Roosevelt had hniahed shaking hands
with him turned 20 the crowded stands
and said
THR MATOR's WELCOME.
ladies and Gentlemen. No are here 20
Welcome Mr.. Roosevelt back 20 New YOrk.
We have watched his progress thrOugh
RnFcSs E!.A delight.
wherever hs has gone hs has been hon
Ored Rs a man and - an s1ponsnt Of the
principles of tho Government Of this
country.
lie vas received svsrywhsFa in Europe
and hOnored a. no man from this country
vas ever honOred. We glory In all that. and
lt only remains for ne to say now. Mr.
Roosevelt, Ne welcome you home most
heartily and are glad 10 sss yOu again.
The Mayor spoke in 4 tone 90 low that
few persons except those on the front
rows Og the grand stand heard him. but
the applause which the few started spread
rapidly over the stand and from thence
around the park.
THE Kx-PREaIDMNI's AMPLH
Mr.. Roosevelt. sOmseimss facing the
Mayor and sometimes the stand. - ID:
Fellow citizens. fellow CItinsns o. New
York. fellow citizens Of America: ! thank
you. Mr.. Mayor; through you thanh your
COMMITTEES, and through them Wiah 70 hank
the American people for their greeting. I
need hardly say that I am most deeply
moved By the reception given 10 me-. No
man could receive such q greeting without
being made TO feel very proud and very
humble
have been a year and . quarter from
America and ! have seen strange and IN
teresting things. Aliks In the heart OF the
frOwnihG wilderness and In the capitals Of
tho miEhtisat and most highly pOlishsd Of
civilized nations.
have thoroughly enjoyed myself and
nov I am more glad than Can cay 10 Est
home. 10 b. back In my own country. back
among the people I love and ready and eager
10 do my part 20 far - am Abls In hslping
solve the problems which musG BE- solved u
We Of this greatest democracy upon which
the sun has ever shone are 70 Sc its destinisa
rio to the high lsvel Of our hopes and Op-
pOrtunities
Thi- Is the duty Of every citizen. but it u
peculiarly my duty. for any man who has
ever been honored by being made Presidsnt
Of the United states h thereby forever after
rendered the debtor OF the American people |
and Is hound throughout his life 10 rsmsm- !
Der this ~ his prime OblightiOn and In pFi- /
vais life as much a. In public life 20 20 carry |
himself that the American people may
never have cause TO feei regret that once |
they placed him ct their head
srAKTISO UPToWS.
After the cheering had died away one
could hear the Clattering u hoOfs as the
Rough Riders turned their horses heads !
up Broadway and formed behind a pla- /
tOon of mounted police to lead the Colonel /
uptown. Mr.. Vanderbilt escorted Col. I
Roosevelt and Mayor Gaynor 10 their
carriage and there was a scurryinR Of
frOck coats 20 find places IN the string Of
carriages. After twenty minutes Of load /.
ing up guests and assemblyinE the units
Of the parade MaiOr-Gsn. Charles p I.
Roe gave Chief Inspector Schmittberger
the word TO start The hurrah that .
started them accompanied Mr.. Roosevelt .
every step Of the way 10 the Plaza az |
59th street and Fifth avenue There was /
never a second when he was out Of the .
din. II was II.SO A. ~ prSCissly whent
the column began to move.
Az the Custom House one began TO 4 . :
an idea Of how New York had turned out. .
A big patch Of Bowling Green was GOV.
cred with feet and the Custom House
rose out Of sea Of people. since the
promise Of fine weather the night before
they had been busy decorating along
lover Broadway. and where few hags |
few on Friday night the street bloomed
with them yesterday. The sidewalks on
botl sides Of Broadway were jammsd
from curb TO building fronts. and the
police we're moving slowly up and down
keeping the people from bulEinR out into
The roadway There were people in all
the windows. people on the housStOps.
people banked up in the side streets for
half a block from Broadway
WALL srREEr HELFs THE CHEERINO.
A. SIR. Roosevelt rolled by Wall street