The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-06-18

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ing senators, cabinet members, Cover
nors or states, Representatives and pro
/ fessional and business men.
About the stand were 200 massive
pillars, gally decorated and Joined by
garlands Of flowers. In the space they
thus marked on stood 5000 distinguish.
ed guests. Near the reception stand
was private stand erected for Mrs.
Roosevelt and her personal friends.
This box was loaded with rare roses
and orchids. The great Whitehall
building. the customs house and the
other buildings facing Battery park
were festooned with decorations. The
park was so packed with spectators
that the police were compelled to close
the side streets and prevent the entry
Of others, fearing that in a panic
hundreds might be precipitated over
the s-wall into the bay.
Promptly at II o'clock the andre
scoggin, At the head OF the returning
fleet, tied up alongside the pier and
Colonel Roosevelt and the reception
committee came ashore.
Mrs Roosevelt and her party pro.
ceeded at once to their private box,
which contained only Mrs. Roosevelt,
Nicholas Longworth and wife, Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Cowles and son, Mr..
and Mrs. Douglas Robinson, Monroe
d. Robinson, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph AL
sop, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Miss
Alexander, Mrs. Alexander, Kermit,
Ethel, Archie and Quentin Roosevelt
and Mrs. l. S. Hagner-
As soon as Mrs. Roosevelt and her
party had taken seats Colonel Roose-
welt and the reception committee ad.
vanced over the platform to the re.
ceiving stand.
AS he came from the pier house and
advanced toward Mayor Gaynor who
was waiting for him with outstretched
hands, Colonel Roosevelt was given
the noisiest vocal greeting it had
ever been his fortune 10 hear From
massed bands there came the roar Of
music; from the thousands OF throats
came one hurrah that lasted for sew
eral minutes.
AIS soon as the terrific cheering
ceased sufficiently for his voice to be
heard, Mayor Gaynor, in the name Of
the people Of New York and speaking
as. a representative Of the American
nation, welcomed Colonel Roosevelt
back to his home.
Colonel Roosevelt responded extern.
poraneousIy and was given close at
tention, though Few Of the thousands
could hear a wbtd he said
The Land Parade.
immediately following the speeches
the police formed Gordon about
Colonel Roosevelt and the reception
committee and had literally to fight
their way to Broadway, where the land
procession was formed. The parade
was snail one First came a com
pany Of mounted policemen, picked Of
ficers who rode magnificent horses and
rode them like centaurs. They were
followed by the mo1nted band of troop
G Of Brooklyn. Then came 100 Of the
Roosevelt Rough Riders, clad in the
uniforms they wore at San Juan hill.
Following came the Seventh regiment
band, on foot, preceding the open
carriage In which sat Colonel Roose-
welt, Maynor Gaynor and Chairman
Cornelius Vanderbilt. Behind came the
fifty open carriages containing the
members of the reception committee.
From the battery the little cayalade
passed up Broadway, in which every
office building was iammed with spec
tators to Fourth street 1t turned over
Fourth street to Washington square,
wound through the square beneath the
massive granite arch erected to the
memory Of the first president Of the
United States and passed into Fifth
avenue.
AT Fifty-ninth street and Fifth ave.
nue the procession halted and dis
banded,
It is estimated that 10000 persons
had packed into Battery park, that
25OOoO had lined Broadway and Fifth
ayenu eand that another 100000 had
filled the windows along these thor
oughfares.