The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1914-05-29
COL. ROOSEVELT
WELCOMED HOME
Somewhat the Worse for Wear,
But Feeling Fine"
Didn't Refuse GoDernorship of NeEs
York, but Would = Nothing
to Say About Presidency.

New York City = Theodore Roose-
welt returned home Wednesday after
many months in South America.
Accompanied by two naturalists of
his party, George K. Cherry and Leo
=. Miller, the ex-president arrived
from Para at quarantine shortly before
a O'Clock on board the Booth liner
Aidan.
With few crisp sentences, punct-
uated by decisive gestures, the colonel
reaffirmed the verify of the ''River of
Doubt, " CURLY denied having ex-
pressed himself as to Presidential
probabilities of 1916, declared he
would not run for governor of New
York, made few deprecatory remarks
about his critics, and, with harbor
craft footing and flags fluttering, was
taken on board tug, which proceeded
to Oyster Bay.
Friends who had been alarmed by
the reports of Colonel Roosevelt's Sc
we're illness were greatly surprised
when they saw him. He was notice
ably thinner and he used a cane as he
walked, but his face wore a healthy
tan and apparently he had not lost an
ounce of the vigor and energy which
have become characteristic of him.
After staying 10 days in this country
Colonel Roosevelt will go to Spain to
the wedding of his son, Kermit.
AS the tug, which carried several
members of the Roosevelt family, in
Guiding Mrs. Roosevelt, w. Emlin
Roosevelt, Archie and Theodore, Jr.,
approached the Aidan, the familiar fig
ure of the Colonel could be seen lean
ing far over the rail as he waved a
greeting, his lips fexed into the
familiar smile.
Not few eyes were wet as the col
lector of the port, Dudley Field Ma
lone, and a host of newspapermen
scrambled up the companionway. The
Colonel stood at the top and shook
each man by the hand.
Colonel Roosevelt anticipated most
of the things people wanted to know
and he submitted to a fusillade of
questions before going on the tug that
took him home.
''Not word about the political sit
uation," he said. II don't know any,
thing about it, for I haven't seen a
newspaper. Any papers which have
given my views on the Mexican sit:la-
ton have misquoted me.
''That applies to what has been said
about my presidential intentions" he
added.
He was informed that he was re-
ported to have said that he would not
run as a candidate on the Republican
ticket, and that if he became can
didate it would be on the Progressive
ticket.
''Not a word of truth in this, the
Colonel said. 81 have not made a
single declaration about the political
situation in 1916.
81 haven't been asked if l would
run for governor of New York, T" he
replied in answer to another question.
eff asked, I would say that l would
not.
Gas to the river, it is extraordinary
to have put on the map river as long
as the Rhine, but there is no more
doubt of it's existence than there is Of
the Rhine"
Colonel Roosevelt was asked how he
felt.
81 don't look like a sick man, do
II" was his rejoinder. 81 have been
very ill with jungle fever, but I'm all
right now. I feel fine.
It was learned, however, from Mr..
Cherry, that the Colonel still suffered
from slight symptoms of fever. Colo
mel Roosevelt confessed that he had
lost IS pounds, part of which he had
regained. He had also been troubled
by bites of poisonous insects.