New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-09
NATIONAL WELCOME
Planned for Homecoming OF
Mr.. Roosevelt.
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washington. Feb S-A great welcome
national in its scope awaits the honecom-
Ing of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt
VINO expects to return to America some
tlfne between June Is and q. John A
stewart president of the League OF he-
puplcan Clubs of New York, called at the
" mite House this morning and mace an
engagement to see the President to-nof-
row, when he will discuss the subject at
some length. President Taft is anxious 10
holor MS predecessor, and 1t is tnousht
'ilat ne will either cancel his Alaskan TIP,
scheduled for this summer, or postpone 1t
10 later date. so that he may atteha 'iie
reception and be the first to greet the
former Chief Magistrate when he returns
to New York
Mr.. Stewart said that President Tafe Is
deeply interested in the movement, pelhs
the first to be consulted about the mes
sages to Mr. Roosevelt asking him to agree
to a national reception being held at his
homecoming
While no details have been arranged, no
stone will be left unturned to make the
homecoming of Mr.. Roosevelt the occasion
of the greatest reception ever rendered to
an ex-President in the history of the
nation.
Before Colonel Roosevelt sailed for
Africa said Mr.. Stewart tonight, and
while aboard ship, he was asked to permit
arrangements to be made Tor his home
coming in the way of something like a
popular welcome. The former President
old not refuse the invitation, but said that
he preferred to keep the matter in abey-
2nce for a while.
About five weeks ago 1 called at the
White House to tell President Taft that.
acting for a proposed committee from the
Republican Club, which committee is about
to be appointed by Robert c. Morris, pres
ident of the club, as we'll as for those who
aboard ship had asked President Roose-
welt to assent to a reception being given
& cable dispatch was about to be sent to
the former President asking him to permit
Us to arrange for a national reception to
take place in New York City on the date
of his return. President Taft was the only
person, except Mr.. Morris and one or two
others, directly interested, who knew that
such a dispatch had been forwarded, ana
President Taft was the first person TO
whom it was made known that favorable
reply had been received. Upon the occa-
sion of my first visit to the President he
told me to go ahead by all means and
TO count on him. Just before cabling /
received a letter from Colonel Roosevelt,
and in his cable dispatch he Informed me
that he had written at length with re-
gard to the matter of his reception, which
he wished to take place the very first day
OF his arrival.
1.-The reception of course will be ma
ticnal in it's scope and entirely non-pollti-
cal 7 assume that within the next, few
DAYS the initial work will De begun oy the
special committee of the New YORK CITY
Republican Club. and that as fast as pra0-
ticable a committee representative OF every
part OF the Union will be organized "hlch
will have final charge of all arrangements
for the reception.
Mr. Stewart in a statement to-nlght saio
Before he left for his African huh'ihS
trip. Colonel Roosevelt told me thal he
would not lie a candidate for United STATES
Senator from New York, that he "oulo
not think of becoming a cand1da'e iol
Mavor of New York. and that lie Wouio
not be a candidate for President in 1Sl@
Unless he has changed his NINA III lhe
last four weeks, he is as strongly III laNo'
of the denomination of Taft as ne was
of his nomination in 1908 His frlendshlI
for the President Is a close and as corola
now at any time
..The former Presidents only ambition
| is to become useful private citizen, ahc
| IN sxarcise the inestimable privilege of Z
nrivste citizen to speak his opinions anc
voice his convictions. / do not beleVs M
could be induced TO run for any once
Certainly, he would not tnlnk OF n,I1i11s
| Speaker of the House. There VIII De
great demand that Colonel Roosevelt OF
his return shall use ms 1nnu rt. 10 Nav
T6rl[ State, which, without question, il
| sadly in need of reorganization