Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-06-19
OYSTER BAY TURNS OUT
TO CHEER FIRST CITIZEN

oyster BAY. y. " June 1S.-Theo-
dorc Roosevelt ~ back once more
among his %neighbors. lie arrived in
oyster tsaY from New York NJ q
O'clock on q special train over the
Long Island railroad, engaged BY the
Roosevelt N%eiahbors' association Of
Nass3lu county, i00 members making
the trip with him.
The whole town was out al tho sta
tion ana the cheering throng almost
swept the eN- president from his
feet rs he stepped to the ground. Bow
ing and ghaking hands with his old
friends, he walked through the mud
TO the park where q grand stand had
l,een erected. About 1000 persons
gathered on the green. Five hun
drcd high school pupils were the first
To do tile honors. They sang Home
Again" Then william j. Youngs.
United states district attorney, dcliv-
cred the address OF welcome. Colonel
Roosevelt replied as follows.
MY friends and neighbors: hope
! need not sny how glad / am TO see
YOU and be with YOU again. My trip
began the 23rd of March, a year ngo,
when you bade me goodbye 1T the
station ana this is The ending. when |
get through speaking. 1t Is good to
see YOU again ut the station and walk
up behind the band.
- enjoyed hearing The children sing
and hope that there are some chill
drcn present from the same school
thar my children attended.
II nm glad To see you al again,
men women ana little oysters.
"a normal school boy passes his
time In semi-Warfare With his elders
and suppose / was no exception to
The rule, but those who knew me as
a small boy seem TO have forgiven me
BY this time.
II can't say how much these home-
,omings TO oyster Bay have meant TO
NO in the last dozen years, ] know
You oil. and ! do not think there Is
one among YOU with whom | am not
the welcome you gave me when
anne bacly from the Spanish-Amcrt-
wiir. \,
~ have had a most interesting trip
enjoyed II very much. lions Ind |
.'vcrything. Perhaps | cnjoyed II a lttle
more ON account Of the lions. ! started I
Il the heidWnters OF the Nile. whore
he people are IN a state Of saNagcry, I
finished NJ az the most highly Z
'iyilizcd capital in the world. / en-
everything, Africa and Europe, I
md the capitals OF Europe and their /
ulrra. 4
HBut this Is not the occasion to talk \
Il my trip. Some day | shall tell YOU =
II about it, This H. merely a greet II
ng and | wish to thank you all.
at touched me deeply to haze so \
OF my n%cighhors come to New l.
ORR and take part IN the welcome "
nd the parade. But II touched me ~
lore deeply 10 see you al here. TO h
Va among you again. as | have for
hese last forty years; to take up my p
Ia
''The first duty of a man IS In his II
FAMILY. BEFORE a man can as b.
ire to reform n nation he must turn A
Is attention 10 the FOLKS at home" "a
one newspaper man. after the III
leech, sought an interview. to
zone thing I want now h absolute H.
rivacy. want to close up like a IA
alive oyster. ! viii 90 To New York pl
.onday to attend my boys wedding
I'd / win go to the city on wednesday id
attend to my editorial duties. ! hope pr
VA representatives OF the press win lis
u come up TO Sycamore Hill be- ca
use I have nothing 10 say. ST
After Ii WAS all over Colonel III
,%ose,clt walked down the main In
for q distance Just 10 see how IN
looked. lie inspected the new ra
era house, then went to his home on IA
eamOfo hin. sill