Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-06-23
ed on American soil at 1885.
Temper of the Crowd.

Temper OF the CroW0.
In the excitement awaiting the land
ing at the Battery there were many
little incidents that showed the tenn
per of the crowd One stevedore I'M
loading a ship laid down his hook TO
watch.
Hill" shouted the foreman, you
come back here or I'll dock you an
hour"
Dock me a week." shouted back
the recalcitrant, Il am going to have
look at Teddy"
Another water front sightseer
capped the climax by asking naively:
'Who is this Roosevelt anyhow"
The next thing he knew he was in
the river, propelled by indignant
hands. A policeman fished him out
and an ambulance carried him to the
hospital.
Finally, the marine parade over, the
man of the hour emerged from the
shadows of the dock. The speakers
stand, private boxes, seats for the re-
ception committee and press stand
were all placed on a little plot OF
green turf, directly facing the pier at
which Colonel Roosevelt landed. A
canvas canopy protected Mr.. Roose-
welt and Mayor Gaynor, but everybody
else sat in the binding sun. 1t was
very hot and the humidity made the
heat more oppressive. Mr. Roosevelt
! walked slowly, Cornelius Vanderbilt,
| chairman of the reception committee,
at his elbow Batteries of moving PIC
ture machines and cameras clicked.
| The colonel strobe on solemnly. AT
i the foot of the grandstand Mayor Cay
| nor took his arm and walked up the
steps with him.
Once on the stand, gravity dropped
| from Colonel Roosevelt's face. He
| grinned the true Roosevelt grin and
waved familiarly to this and that
! friend in the stand.
Greets Pinchot Warmly.
Clifford Pinchot was one of the first
| to catch mis- eye.
Glad to see you, glad to see you,
| indeed, shouted his old chief.
Facing the stand was box occu-
pied by Roosevelt's family which had
landed a little ahead of him from the
cutter Manhattan.
"Turn around father, and look at
| the crowd cried Mrs. Longwortn.
Roosevelt turned There faced him
field of faces as broad as the prai-
ries he loves. Lines of police hid the
bodies, and over the gray helmets of
| the bluecoats was visible nothing but
one vast expanse of human counte>
nances, all upturned to him, all wait
| ing for him.
Roosevelt flushed dark red be-
meath his tan, while, even as he
turned, spontaneous shout of eXulta-
tion burst from the waiting thousands.
Then he discovered the newspaper
men.
Il am overwhelmed with pleasure
to meet you all here he exclaimed,
waving his hand
I'VE are mighty glad to have you
back shouted a reporter.
| Glad He's Home.
| Then Mayor Gaynor made short
speech of welcome Roosevelt in re-
ply, after speaking of the pleasures OF
his trip abroad, said:
Il am more than glad, / can say, to
get home, to be back in my own coun!
try, back among the people love.
am ready and eager to do my part
SO far as able in helping to solve
problems which must be solved if we
of this, the greatest democratic re.
public upon which the sun has ever
shone, are to see its destinies rise to
a high level of our hopes and its op.
portunities."
| Most of the newspaper men had
the colonePs speech in their pockets
in advance.
/, Did follow copy, boys?" he asked,
as he closed still lingering over the
closing sestence.
ITO word" came back the chorus
from the press stand.
While Roosevelt and his escort
were waiting in carriage for the
head of the land parade to form, IA
rough riders who had come from ey-
cry part of the country had their first
chance to greet him.
AS Roosevelt's carriage drew up be-
hind them they gave a long wild yell.
The colonel was on his feet In an In
slant.
I certainly love all my boys!" he
shouted back, and again there was a
yell almost hysterical.
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