New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-19
THE MAN, AND NOT THE
SHOW, DREW THRONES
Demonstration of a Heart,
Good viii. Not Mere HOLIDAY
Fun, Their Object.
ALL AMERICA REPRESENTED
Wild Enthusiasm from Ali sia..
as Triumphal Procession
Passes Spectators on
Shore and Afost.

Immigrants who arrived vestsr5,., a..
at the Batter. where they FIRST $50.
land. that apparently Ali the .,ses
America hal been taken before tbs
rived They had rushed hsadlo,e
or ercTowded Europe to continent IRA, y,
IDENTIFY presented no vacant uiska -
enough for sven its natives 70 81 s67,,
They recalled the stsppes Of Pus.;s -.
tire Desert of Sahara and wsnssraa -
America was ever referred TO as go
2 bic locality for those in search 30 N, -
Ing. for there xas no opening vsss.-s.-.
morning in that great consolidation 80 -.
grown and imported American cI,i,.--
Made up OF Young and old. IN silr. IA -.
ton. the mass Included both plain ans b,-S
some. but all for the tire rAin~ 80
CARELESS Of their standing az the bank s..4
forgetful. the Jam Of humanity ws,.a.
patiently 70 greet Roosevelt. ard wa 80
from its outer deep border along tsA =.
terry seawal1 back through the grassy al
on the curvfns pavements. on the SocL,
round about. on the roofs and the ,aav.,
Of the skyscrapers. in the trees. until sha,-
branches bent gerously-AvArvvhsr t.,
crowds stood waiting, except on the TOO 81
the faspole and on the heads OF the va-io,.
statues.
They stood in the broiIins Gun. Ola v-or-s,
stood carrying wraps they did not nsss s75
handbags that they constantly sxulcres Ola
men. with long white boards their cares
trembling In their hands pesred down tn
bay. unnnindfuI Of the noise Of the restless
tugs, the barses carrying freight trains ths
spotless white yachts and busy ferries
The Man, Net the Show.
They had come to see mar. and thsy
waited
There was an undertons Of sincerity 4,
the crowd that depressed the spirits and IA
incomes of various pedlsrs whose lead hirds
filed with water. gave a possibly fair mi
tatfon of a jungle at hreak-o' day but even
the small boy seemed content to cut ths
scenic embellishments and Just wait for tbs
noted traveller.
ExcitabIe representations in colors "A
some of the animals that the great hnnts-
had permanently tanned went begging ZOO
Photographs of Roosevelt on buttons fourt
some customers who wore them proudly
enough.
West street, dingy enough as a rule vas
nothing less than Respondent. and crowds,
Tenth. Eleventh and Thirteenth avenues.
Their decorations were on a liberal scale.
and railroad and steamship companies vera
largely responsible for the picturesqTa ef-
feet of the occasion.
At the new Chelsea piers. where tina
transatlantic fleet docks. all the steam
ships of the international Mercantile Ma
rine Company, although many OF them sait
under the British flag, were ablaze from
stem to stern with the brightest flags Of
the International signal code
Th.y Waited Silently Until
There was no cheering by that black
body Of boosters when the parade was on
it's way up the river. but an hour later.
when the man arrived who had brought
them from San Francisco and Central Park
West. from Jersey and the Sound. the two
PortIands and grand old TeSas-fronn- IN
fact. all over the country-the crowd saw
the silk hat waved in the good, old strsnu-
Gus way, the tense smile, the aggressivs
shake of the well known head. and then no
one heard the sirens any more.
The former President faced from hs
stand at Battery Park river OF life. ,
very Missouri OF Manhood. that tossed and
beloved toward him and produced souhl
that made him flush beneath his 1unsls
tan. It put the Sphynx's welcome IN tns
shade.
a negro in the multitude said: Dat
man, he shore do has De majority VII NM
mawnin', noon an night I neber seen
muffin lake dat man 70 allus hassin %
majority right on the tip OBJ his tongue
wuz a po'tah on a train dat Mista Eeose-
Welt sidetrack one time when he WIZ ram
in de Presidents special I peeks tnToIs'
de blind an 1 see Nista Roosevelt Vnsa
he slcits past. z-e-e-e-e-k,-jss' datawaT- :
amt neber really seen him till les dis
minute Jes' look st how de majority
err foIIerin' dat man: See EN- a-runnih.
Iffen dey cotches him dey shore soia u
make him some offer OF job
The negro was right. Tens OF thousaaas
of men. women and children were Tunniht'
Teddy Teddy Welcome home. yea
dy" His short speech was delivered :
reply to the welcome of Mayor Sasl-.'
and now he was in a carriage. roliins ~
ard Broadway for the start or one o. u
greatest demonstrations il honor OF -
sonality that the city has ever seen
When the Custom House was Eeao
Professor Mike Donovan. who mas go
with Mr.. Roosevelt many times pioss
through the police lines and srasReu
former President By the hand
The end came at $50 p m at sseh -
and Fifth avenue. where a great 80
was held back by the police WIN -. -
difficulty. The Plaza. Hotel NetIse -
and the Hotel savoy were complstei. -.
with guests. some Of whom threw h0Ns,.
az Mr.. Roosevelt The weather was -,
shiny 70 the last. but shortly aite
parade disbanded heavy rsiTistoiI- n
several hundred thousand spsc'atS.s ',,,s.
their own resources. Not having ul.. -.,,soa.
thew sought shelter. many of them Wiz, WIZ,
suficient warning. in the subway s'e sui.
and on the elevated platforms me ne. s.I "a
was not entirely satisfactory to es,,l,,.
sightssers or the transportation 80 - roJo.
and there was a general Belief ina = "a.
mel Roosevelt had marched further .,,rs4
u.orIa have been postponed. II no'