The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-06-08

crafty William Loeb chloroformcd
this plaulet
Go Easy. Pleads T. r.
Nv letter. and even by cable,
Roosevelt had asked Loeb 90 So
pasv and make the welcome light
81 Loeb decided that Sc ought 90
he ony city affair Let New Nork
welcome Roosevelt was his idea.
Whereupou he asked Mayor Hayn0r
90 name q committee Of citizens GO
conduct the welcome Cornelius
Vanderbilt was named chairman
F. A Cosby. a Roush Rider was
elected secretary, and the commit
tee was made up OF 2aS Villagers
The committee Immediately be-
gan 10 receive letters from orsanita
tons an over the country pleading
for places lu the parade Ne parade
had been planned but Of course
Vanderbilt aud Cosby tried 10 DO
the work OF preparation for the
event In their private offices
This was Out 81 The question. be-
cause the correspondence Was 80
great They rented one room. then
two. and now they are crowded 10
five ia a Broadway building They
hired stenographors and clerks and
a craftsman aud letter writer's. and
finally because the newspapers de-
paanded SO much Information they
hired press agents Before they
knew d they were running q big
business. Just In preparation for
Hersqvelf's home coming
Bot Not Joe Cannon.
The committeeman have put mp
the money
The enthusiasm reached Wash.
ingion Cougressmen or senators
from IS states have written letters
10 the newspapers IN their districts
saving that there Is nothing pohi-
ieal 90 the welcome to Roosevelt.
and that the entire country ought tn
,oin tn That announcement brought
other demands from organizations
for places Ia either the land or
water parades.
No water parade had been
planned but the committee had 10
plan one
on the 25th day Of May. "a days
before the homecoming, every tug
aud craft in the harbor OF New
York had been chartered for the
Roosevelt reception.
The committee began 20 try %
tone down the reception; things
were growing too large 10 suit Mr.
Roosevelt. they thought For In
stance. as they looked over the pa.
rade list. they planned that prop
er parade ought TO take four hours
10 pass a given point But the or
ganizations that had requested
places In the line would form n
parade that would take 20 hours 10
pass.
Such parade would be five
times larger than any OF the 81
Rantic parades Of the Hudson-Ful-
ton celebration and could Be tken-
ed In size only 10 the passage Of
the million Union soldiers who
marched up Pennsylvania av. In
Washington after the war.
Every prominent fraterual lodge
in the country. various lodges Of
Italians. Germans and other FOR.
eign-AmeFicans, clubs. societies.
bunds- almost every unit OF the
many associations into which
American people gather. will be
represented in the parade They
viii come from every part Of the
country.
1000 Favored Ones.
In Battery park. where Mayor
Gaynor. on raised platform, will
welcome Roosevelt In view Of hun.
dreds OF thousands Of persons, an
area will be roped off for 5000 In.
diyiduals These 1000 favored
ones, within the Enclosure. vii In
clude senator's. congressman. finan-
cial leaders and men who are so
prominent that their names appear
almost daily In the public print
They viii form about as exclusive
a little crowd as has ever been
gathered In this country On the
platform. where only 200 Of the
very biggest OF the big can be &C.
commodnted. will be seen the faces
of diplomats and men OF world.
wide renown Col Roosevelt IL ex-
pected to make a short speech and
then he will enter a carriage for
the parade. Mayor Gaynor win
ride with him.
One thousand mounted policemen
will head the parade, with the po-
lice band.
The Rough Riders viii escort
Roosevelt. Three hundred Of them
will bold this place Of honor. Chas.
+. Hunter, Of Oklahoma, will lead
them. There will be Capt Cosby,
who was almost killed al San Juan,
and "Fightin ParsOn" Rev Henry
Brown, and Ben. rs. Colbert, II lis
homingi. the Chickasaw Indian
rough rider. and Marshal Chris
Madden, Of Guthrie. together with
Lon Muxlow, constable Of Guthrie,
and Dave MADDEN John n Aber-
nathy, who kills wolves with his
hands. and Abernathy's two sons.
who are now riding horseback from
Guthrie TO New York for the cere-
nony. will also probably be in line,
though they are not Rough Riders.
Sloan Simpson, who WAS a veteran
In the civil war. but lied 10 the en-