The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-19

GLAD TO SEE EVERYBODY.
Theodore Roosevelt was no mans critic.
His delight embraced them all For the
strenuous, the mollyeoddIes. they of the
soft body and the hard face. the big
and little in the worlds estimation. he
had the same smile-and every degree Of
citizen cheered him with the same en-
thusiasm. He said once that he felt like
giving the whole United States hug.
There you ave him all day long.
It r aple truth that no American
nightly acclaimed as former
sevelt was to-day. No
let was ever so received.
hours Of his stay in
ass.ndaTies he was offered
sk OF honor that time and his
Is comfort permitted Of The pageantry
OF san Francisco's reception TO Gen.
Grant when the general arrived there in
1850 from his tour OF the world was not
equal to that Of Col Roosevelt's home
coming.
The Marquis de Lafayette was saluted
by the forts and the shouts Of the people
in this city nearly a century ago. but for
Col. Roosevelt forts and war ships roared
the Presidential salute of twenty-one
guns. and more than 1.00o00o people lined
the WATERSHEDS and the streets and
cheered him every foot Of the way.
From Morning 10 Night.
His welcome began when the Ham
burg-American steamship Kaiserin Au-
guste Victoria at 6:f a. m loomed
through the mists of Sandy Hook. and
it ended. so far as this city is concerned,
only when ne went aboard his train for
Oyster Bay at 4:90 p. m.
At S O'Clock, off Quarantine. he was
received by representatives OF President
Taft and Gov Hughes. and Senators and
governors. and legislators and private
citizens of distinction were waiting to
grasp his. hand.
New York Bay, under splendid sun,
was dotted with ships of war and mer-
chant vessels, assembled to escort him
up the North River and back 20 the
Battery. The battle ship South Caro-
Iina's guns were playing for him the
heavy music that is reserved TO honor
the first citizen of the republic. and five
OF the most powerful torpedo boat de-
strOyers OF the United States navy were
straining their anchor chains TO show
him the way home.
He came u6 the bay on the revenue
cutter Androscoggin. after greeting on
board the cutter Manhattan his children
who had remained in this country and
few intimate friends The reception COM
mittee selected by Mayor GaynOr SIR
rounded him on the Androscoggin and
shook hands with him one by one as the
steamer moved up the harbor-
Greets Every One alike.
For nearly every man who passed him
in the lire he had few words of greet
ing. He was Ike a man on springs. He
ioked. He went back over the years and
recalled when this and that merry adven-
ture had happened. Now and then he
went sober in a flash. His jaw set hard
greeting a few old friends. It was I'm
so glad" "'By George. this Is good and
"oh, Oh; this Is fine" all along the
way
He swept New York with an eager
eye. standing alone on the bridge of the
Androscoggin. The piers. crowded and
noisy, gave him greeting. and he swung
his silk hat to Jersey and Manhattan
The deep and vibrant whistles saluted
him and he laughed and waved his hand
at the crOwding steamboats, Not until
the cutter had wheeled around opposite
Fourteenth street and started back to-
ward the Battery did he descend from
the bridge. and the emotion OF the mo-
ment was plain upon his face.
The fervor of his welcome grew as he
approached the land When he touched
foot on Manhattan Island at 1885 a. m.
there were 10000 people around Battery
Park TO roar a welcome. On the stand
near Pier A Mayor Gaynor greeted him
with the briefest of speeches. and Col
Roosevelt, with almost equal brevity. as
sured the mayor and his feliOw-citizens
that he was glad TO be home, and that
no man could get such reception with
out being made to feel very proud and
very humble.
Greatest Crowd In History.
And presently ne was on his way up
Broadway through greater crowds than
ever gathered in that canyon in any
ones memory. With the Rough Riders
ahead of him and 400 frock-coated and
silk-hatted officials and prominent citi-
zeus in carriages behind him, he moved
along with Mayor Gaynor and Cornelius
Vanderbilt, and there was no doubling
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