New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-27
Great Pilgrimage To-day
of New York Bust
ness Men.
PLATTSBURG GRADS
WELL REPRESENTED
Desire for Preparedness at the
Bottom of This Record
Demonstration.

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Oyster Bay, May 26.-Colonel Thco-
dore Roosevelt, looking At as the pro-
verbal fiddle and feeling bully, en-
tered tonight on the final stage of the
canvass for the Republican nomination
for the Presidency when he arranged
TO receive tomorrow the New York
business men who will come TO ex-
press 70 him the demand Of the bust
ness world that he be returned to the
White House.
Most Of the 1900 expected will ar
rive In three trains. Other hundreds
are expected to come by motor, and
tonight Oyster Bay is wondering what
il will do with what is expected to be
at once the greatest crowd within its
borders and the largest pre-convention
pilgrimage ever made 10 the home OF
prospective candidate.
Those who come by train will be &C
compsnied by the 7th Regiment band.
The first train. due to leave at 1880
o'clock, will stop at Jamaica to take on
passengers. The other trains will
leave the Pennsylvania Station at Ave
minute intervals and will make the
run in little over an hour. Once here
the visitors will form in columns OF
fours and march to Sycamore Hill,
three and one-half miles from the viii
lage.
Richard VI. Hurd Spokesman
Arriving at the hilltop, Richard NJ.
Hurd, president OF the Lawyers Mort
gage Company, will deliver brief ad-
dress on behalf Of the pilgrims, to
which Colonel Roosevelt is expected TO
make an equally brief response. Cen
eral Luke Wright, former Secretary of
War. was 70 have been the spokesman
Of the visitors, but an accident pre-
vents. AS now arranged IT Is not eX-
pected that there will be other speak
ers, though it is possible that some OF
the more prominent may speak briefly.
Among those most widely known who
will take part in the affair are: Cass
Gilbert, Victor MorawetZ, Childe Has
sam, Lawrence Godkin, RodmGn Glider,
+. A. S. Clarke, president Of the Lacka-
wanna Steel Company; Gene ". Wal
lace, president of the Central Trust
Company; the Rev. DR.. Charles L. Stat
terry, Father John L. Bedford, DR.. Percy
r. Turnure, Ex-Governor George X.
Carter Of Hawaii, Judge George r.
Woodruff, Harry L. Riker, Thomas
Hitchcock, Joseph French Johnson,
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School of Commerce; T. c. Clarke,
David D. Abercrombie, Charles Dana
Gibson. Howard Chandler Christy, Gut
zon Borglum, Wallace Morgan, A. r.
Townsend, Oscar s. Straus, Edward l..
Hearn, ice-president Of the Casualty
Company of America; f. Spencer Bald
win, Alexander W. White, of White,
Weld & Co; Frederick MacMonnies,
Hamlin Garland, Major A. White,
James X. Hackett, John Barrymore and
Julian Street.
Under Non-partisan Management.
GUY Emerson and Thomas c. Des-
mond. of the Roosevelt Non-partisan
League, with Mr. Hurd, made up the
committee which waited on the Colonel
tonight. Mr.. Emerson explained that
while to-morrow's pilgrimage would be
mate with It.
ut was the idea Of number of the
men who were at the Plattsburg train
ing camp last year" he said. They
got it under way, and when they found
ii was getting too big for them to
handle they appealed 70 US to jump in
and help out SO we will be in charge
tomorrow. OF those who are coming
less than 10 per cent are members Of
the league. The thing was not thought
of until last Tuesday. and it has gone
like wildfre"
"The whole thing is predicated on the
needs Of the country for preparedness.
That is the whole story. You might say
THAT the pilgrimage is development of
the wonderful parade in New York two
weeks ago
Admiral George Dewey came into the
Colonel's fight to-day. In recent mag
azine article William Hand, describing
Colonel Roosevelt as man Of peace,
told how he prevented trouble with
Germany over Venezuela while he was
President by threatening to send
Dewey with every available man-of-war
to Southern waters unless Germany
withdrew her own fleet, then threaten
ing the South American republic. This
statement was denied by opponents Of
the Colonel, and Henry A. Wise Wood
wrote Admiral Dewey asking for his
version of the incident.
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