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WHOLE NUMBER 18,291
RICHMOND, VA., SUNDAY, JUNE 19, 1910.
THB WEATI1BR TO-DA V?Cloudy.
PKICE FIVE CENTS,
FREHZ1ED BUTCHER
SHOItRJflS WIF
Fires as She Was Leav
ing House With Baby
in Her Arm.3.
TELLS OFFICER,
'TM THE MAN"
, Waymack Goes Through Dark
Hall to Arrest Stump, the Hus
j band, Ignoring Uplifted Gun.
Infant Escapes Harm and
Victim Is Expected
to Rccovcr.
Frenzled by drlnk, Brneil Stump. a
butcher. of 1212 Hull Street. South
Ttlchmond. shot hls wlfe ln the neck
Bhortly after II o'clork last nlght, an
she was going downstalrs wlth a' sev
en-months-old baby ln her arms. Mrs.
Stump wa5 near the bottom of the
stalrway Icadlns Into the street when
Stump flred frorn above. He was
armed wlth a mag.'izlne shotgun. from
whlch Pollceman Waymack. who made
the arrest, afterwards extracted three
loaded shellB and one empty.
Mra. Stump was prcparlng to leave
the house to go to the homo of her
mother. Mrfc John H. Hamilton, 417
Cowardln Avenue. after a heatcd quar
rcl She was carrylng the baby, Marle, j
and wheellng a peramhulator down- j
ttalrs, and Emma, a slx-year-old daugh?
ter, was followlng behlnd, when the
enraged and drunken husband yellcd
that lf she left the house he would klll
her. He sulted hls actions to tho'
words, for Mrs. Stump had hardly got!
to the bottom and near the street door
when a load of No. 6 shot struck her .
lull ln the back of the neck and j
knocked her down. i
'""*" '? ? ilahy Pell Deneath Mrr.
The llttle baby fell beneath her and i
was covered with d:rt and blood. Emma i
ran shrieklng by her mother out Into !
tho street. j
Dr. Thomas Jones. who happened to |
be standlng on the corner across thej
etreet. heard the shot- and tho frlght
?ened chlld's sereams. and. with sev
eral others, rushed to Mr. Stump's ald.
{5he was lylng face downwards.. Dr.
Jones turned her over on her back to
mako an examlnation. sendlng some
one to telephone for the clty amlm
lance.
"My husband shot me," sald the wo?
man quletly. "Where Is the baby'.'"
Dn?ed and half falntlng. "he was
plcked up and placcd in the ambulance,
wlth Dr. Gihnan in charge, and hur
rled to tho Clty Hospltal. where thu
physlcion stated last nlght that she
would probably recovcr.
The shock of the exploslon caused
the lamp in the hallway upetalrs to
. go out. and when Pollce Offlcer Way?
mack arrlved withln three minutes
after the shooting, the house waa dark.
Slump was standlng In the hall, wlth
the guri stlll in hls hands, ready to
shoot agaln. Tho offlcer groped hls
way upstalrs, and caught Stump wlth
ono hand and grabbed the gun wlth
tho other. It was a darlng plece of
work. for Stump was prepared to klll I
any one who came withln his reach.
As the offlcer grabbed him he sald:
Thrcntened to Klll Her
"I'm the man. I did it." He showed
the effects of a long spree, and stag
gered all the way to the station. He
began a long, incoherent story about)
hls wife's alleged Infldelity. and gave |
that as the reason for the attempted
murder. He sald that she had been
out to Reservolr Park with a man
named Edward Blackbtirn, a boarder
ln the house. He declared that he
had remonstrated with her several
i times, but without avall.
"1 told her," he suld, "that if she
went out of tho house I was going
to klll hor. and 1 shot her." Blackburn
is sald to have left the clty last nlght,
probably for North Carolina, whenco
he came only a few months ago.
Tlie Stumps have been married nlne
years, and have four children?Emma,
aged slx; Alvin, flvo years; Tinks,
threo years, and Marle, tho' baby, seven
months old. Though covered with
blood, tho baby was found. not to be
hurt. Stump lnqulred lf the child was
hurt as he stepped over hls wife's
body, but dld not deign to notice the
wounded woman. She was still lylng
ln the hall whon Offlcer Waymack
stepped ovor and went, upstairs to
arrest the crazed man.
Hnil Mnii.v Qunrrels.
N'eigrhbors say that the Stumps have
not led a a very happy married llfe,
and that quarrols between them have
been frequent. Last Christmas, after
a quarrel, she thrcatened to shoot her
eelf to end her troubles. Stump was
arrested some months ago on a charge
of .lapping his mother-ln-law, but, at
the latters earnest behest, the war?
rant was wlthdrawn. and legal actlon
was not taken.
J. H. Hamilton,' the young woman's
father. was notlfled by telephone a
few minutes after the shooting, and
lmmediately repaired to his rtaugh
ter's home, where he had been pre
cedod by Miss Ada Hamilton, another
daughter.
"Thank Ood. you've got him," shrlolc
ed the latter. as the offlcer brought
Stump out. Emma was in the mlddle
of the street, crylner, "Please don't take
me ln the. hous0 agaln. Oh. please
don't take me In there."
1 Upni'l by Whlakoy.
A crowd of peoplo soon gathored at
the door, nnd angry words wore spoken. i
But the ollicor lost no tlme ln hurrylng
Stump away, und ln u few seconds he
wasbehind look and key. No al
tempt was mado to ball him. .
Mr. Hamillon sald last nlght that his
son-ln-lnw waa unable to stand strong
drlnk, thut It always afl'ectud hls mlnd.
Ho had b^qn oi: a sp'roe four days, and
had not gono (uice to thu storo iu that
tlmo. l-lo talked- calmly ' about tlie
fdiootlrifer laal nig'ht. and seemod not
to reali_o tha gravity of hla crlme. Hls
only thought was ? for hia baby. He
was born In Lynchburg, but has sllved
most of hls llfe in South Rlchmond,
whero he runs a butchcr shop and tlsli
stand.
PUTS SIBNATURE
TO MJUMD BILL
Taft Adds Finishing
Touch to Famous
Measure.
STATEHOOD BILL
AWAITS ACTION
Both Are Passed by House With?
out Even Roll Call Being Re
quired?Little Opposition
When Time for Voting
Comes?Hitchcock Ex
ercises His Diplomacy.
TAFT SIGNS BILL
Waablngton, .liuir IS.?PTealdent
Tnft algned the rnllroad blll at lOilti
o'clock to-iiight, ohortly after hla
return from I'ennaylvnnln, The
m.-iiMirr aa nnd the Mntehood blll,
liml liren pnosed by the Hnuae tn
cjny nml sent Immedlately <o the
M IiItr- llnime. The President dld not
algn lhe Motehood blll.
Washlngton. U. C, .lune IS.?Two ot
the most Impor'.ant of the admlnlBtra
tion measures, namely the railroad
and statchood bills, were acted upon
flnally hy Congress to-day and wlll be
come laws as i<oon as they recelve
President Taft's slgnature. Thls actlon
was taken by the House, tho Senate
havlng previouily dlaposed of both of
the measures. lt was accompllshcd
practlcally without debate and In rec?
ord time, not even a roll call belng
requlred ln the whole procedure.
The railroad blll was the Brat to re
ceive conslderatlon. Chalrman Mann.
of the Commlttee on Interstate and
I-'oreign Commerce. called the confer
ence report from the Speaker's table.
Brief apceches were made, among them
being several by Dcmocrats In expres
sion of thelr opposition to the railroad
leglslatlon as perfected In conference.
Dlplnnmtlc Work.
Flnal actlon on statehood leglslatlon
waB acconipllshed wlth even grcater
ease. By reason of pressure from the
Whlte House. and alded by some diplo
matlc work by Postmaater-General
Hitchcock. opposition to the acrrptanc?
of the Senate amendments to thc state
hood blll was almost entlrely dissipat
ed. The Democrats were lnduced to
forego thelr objection. through theju
dlcious clrculation of a report that if
the blll went into conference it mlght
not emerge during the present session.
f-'halrman Hamilton, of the House Com?
mlttee on Terrltorles. at once realized
that the only way to put the leglslation
through and not delay the present ses?
sion was to agree to the Senate amend?
ments, and he welcomed admlnlstratlon
assistance.
It cannot be stated dcflnltely when
Arizona and New Mexico will come into
the Unlon under this leglslatlon. It
requlres that the Constltutions adopted
by the proposed States must be ratified
by Congress and approved by the Pres?
ident. Conceding that the statehood
blll will be In force withln a few days.
It wlll be necessary for the Terrlto
ries to hold constltutlonal conventions.
which will requirc many weeks, sub
mit the Constltutions to thc people. of
the Tcrrltories for adoptlon, and then
return them to Washlngton. Provision
is made agalnst Jolnt elections for the
adoption of the Constltutions and for
the nomlnatlon or electlon of State
otnoers. lt ls imposslble. therefore, to
specify when the people of the two
Territorles will enjoy the benetits of
statehood,, and many believe that lt
will not be before the prcsldential
electlon of 1912.
In Acrordnuce Wlth Meanage,
The railroad bill, which will be ready
for the Prcsident's signature on hls re?
turn to Washlngton, Is substantlally in
accordan'ce with the President's mes
sage demandlng amendments to the
Interstate commerce laws. About the
only cxceptlons are that lt does not
legalize holdlng- agreements made by
railroads, permit mergers or regulate
lhe lssuance of stocks and bonds. It
creates a commerce court and broad
ens tho scope of the Jurlsdiction by the
Interstate Commerce Commlssion as
regards regulations and practlces by
railroads. It also brings telegrap'_rc
telephone and cable companles witnin
that jurlsdiction.
Suporvlslon Is given to the commis
sion over increases of rates, and thls
section, as well as one making pro
vi*ion for the investlgation of the
stock and hond question, will go into
effect immedlately upon the bill's being
slgned. Other piovisions, ar--1. they are
extensive, wlll take effeii withln slxty
days from the date of approval.
Cannon Score* Enemlc*.
Washlngton, June 18.?The old rule3
of the House were defonded and the
cxlttcs of the Speaker were severely
scored by Speaker Cannon in a brief
address lato in the session of the
House to-day.
Mr. Cannon contended that the op
eration of the rules as adopted by the
hfty-nrst Congress and as onforced by
hlm K.id never interfereel wlth tho
wlll of the majorlty of the House
when an actual majorlty had been ob
talned on any proposltlon. He scorea
newspaper and magazlne wrlters who
had criticlzed him and declared that
they had proceeded from a lack ot
knowledge and upon false premlses.
The venerable Speaker was greeted by
cheers from his Republican colleagues
when he had concluded.
Representatlve Cooper, of Wiscon
sln, cono of the leadlng Insurgents, at
tempted to reply, but there was objoc
tlon.
Nearly ovory membor of the House
was ln his placo and overy eyo was
centred upon Mr, Cunnon as ho began
to speak.
Mr. Cannon declared that whoever
should ho Speakor of the House,
whethor for two or elght years, could
not escapo crltlclsm. Ho spoke of tho
50,000 bills lntroduced ln each Con
(Continued on~Four'th Page.)
C. * 0. Faat Trolna to >orfolk.
_eave Richmond 9;Oo A. M. and t:M P. M.
Traln leavla* 4:00 P. M. connecta wltlv
etoamer* for Naw Totte 4?d Boattu.^-.., ^
HOME AGAIN, ROOSEVELT GETS OVATION
NEVER BEFORE ACCORDED TO AMERICAN
THEODOKE HOOS-VELT.
Most Spectacular Tour Ever Made by Private
Citizen Ends With Roosevelt's Welcome Home
Thumbnail Sketch of "Colonel's" Famous Journey
March 23, 1000?Snlled from New York on the stenm
nblp Hamburg, accompanled byi hl? m>n. Kerinlt, and
iiiember* of tlie SmlthHonlan Inatltute expcdltlon.
APrti 4, 1000?Arrlved nt .taplen. ? ?
Aprll 5, 1009?Eniharked on nteamahlp Admlral for
MombnNna.
Aprll 21, 1000?Arrlved at Mnmhamia, trrmlmw of
I'guudn Railway, vrbere the yntarted for >nirolii.
'Aprll 24. 1000?-Spent flrat nlght under canvasa at
Kupiti Plalua.
Aprll 26, 1?01?? Establlahed cainp ? at Nairobl nnd
Plunged Into jungle.
December IS, 11)00?-Left Nairobl on the aecond stage
for Journey into intertor of Afrlcn by cnravan.
February 17f 1010?Arrlved- at Gondokoro, nftex eom
nletinc liiint In Tlclgrlan Congo.
Febr-nrj' 20, 1010? Huntlug expedltlon prnctlcallj- over.
Party lenvea for Kenk.
March 11, 1U10?Arrlved at Ilenk, where the pnrty
board* ateanter for voynge dovru tlie _?lle to Khnrtoum.
March 21, 1010?-Colonel Kooaevelt iiieets.blM wlfe and
daughter in Khnrtoum.
March 24, 1010?-Kcachen Calro, where hc ntnyed one
week. nnd made fnmouN nntl-XntlonnGInt a'peech.
Mnrrb 30. 11)10?Salled from Alexandrla, Egypt.
April 2, 1010?Arrlved In Naples.
April 3, 1010?Make* public corrcspondcnce In TrWch
he rcfused audlcnce at tbc Vntlcnn. Arrlve* In Itomc.
April 12, 1010?Meets Gifford Plnchot ln Itnly.
April >14, 1010?Entcrtulued by Emperor Frnnas Jnaef.
April ,23, 1010?Dellver* lecture nt Sorbonne, ln Parls.
May 4, 1010?Dellvers Nobel prlze lecture at Chrlstlnna.
Mny 0,.1010? Recelve* desrrce of doctor of phlloaophy.
- Jlny 10, 1010?Meets Emperor U llUclm of Gcrmany.
N Mny 12,' 1010?Dellver* lecture nt llerlln University.
necelves degree of ductor of pl|llonophy.
Mny 20, 1010?Act* n nnpcclal aiubassador of thc Unlted
States to the funeral of Klng; Edward VII.
May 2<J, 1010?Ilecelves degrrcc of doetor of laws from
Cambrldge. University.
Mny 31, 1010?Beuelve* frcedom of clty of London and
dellvers fauious Gulldhnll speech.
?Itine 7, 1010? Dellvers last Europcnn lecture at Oxford
University and recelve* dcgrcc of doctor of clvll law.
June 10, 1010?Salled l'or home on Kalserin Aii_a"tc
Vlctorla,
June 18, 1010?Arrlved In New York Clty.
New York, June 18.?When tho
steamship Kalserln-Auguste Vlctorla
stearned sJowly into New York harbor
to-day with Coionel Roosovelt and hla
famlly aboard, and docked at her pter
In Hoboken, one of the most remark
able and spectacular journeys ever
made by an ex-Presldent of'the Unlted
States or any prlvate citizen of thla
country came to an end. Only the fa?
mous European tourof General Grant
could be ln any way comparcd with It,
and thls lacked the pyrotechnic fea?
tures whlch characterized the - Roose
velt tour. One year, two months and
twenty-seven days have elapse'd sinco
the ex-Presldent salled from New
York for Afrlca, and scarcely a day
has passod that ho has not beon ln
the publlo eye.. Only when he and
hls party were hidden lnthe thiekest
Jungles of tho Dark Contlnent, hun
dreds of miles from a newspaper cor
respondent. or 'a telegraph statlon
were the news dlspatches abbreviated.
and even then tho killlng of an ele
phant, a llon or some other denlzen
of the forest by .-the mlghty Nimrod
was duly chronicled.
Hls Provcrblal Luck.
Despite teh predlctlons of alarmlata
that he woulu sucoumb to fever or tha
polsonous sting ot some Jungle Inseot,
the proverblal Roosovelt luck remalned
wlth hlm, and he omorged from the
junglo ln excollont health to flnd tho
royal arms of Europo extondod to hlm.
Tho doors of Klngs wore thi-wn
opon. Uuropoau monarcha vlecl wlth
one anothor ln entortalrilng their dem
ooratlo guest. .Hls translt from clty
to city and country to country par
-took of tho nature orSa trlumphal tour,
Tho presa in evory crjuntry heraldod
his approach and at ?yery statlon
?where he stopped he -was-_reeted by
the enthuslastlo cheering of large
crowds.
In overy country through whlch hfi
pasaed he was welcomed by-lts rulera
?and lea-ln**; (statesro_n<iaj}ds*3.ve th*
conclusion of hls trip an offlcial tinge
by actlng as special ambassador of
the Unlted States to the funeral of tho
late Kkig Edward, of England.
Hls entcrtainment, however, by Eu?
ropean royalty was not the most spec
tacular feature of hls trip. These in
cidents were furnlshed by Colonel
ftoosevelt hlmself, and began on hls
emergence from . the Jungle. He had
scarcely thrown aside . his. khaki suu
for his frock coat and high hat, when
ho delivered ? hls famous speech at
Calro crltlclzlng tho Egyptlan Natlon
allsts, and donounclng the assaBSlna
tlon of Boutros Pasha Ghali. Tno
storrp of cri.ticlsm was stlll at lta
height when tho news was cabled that
tlie ex-Presldent, had canceled hls au
dlence wlth the Pope, on account of
certain condltlons that the ?Vatican lm
posed. This was quickly followed by
his r'efusal to vlslt the Methodlst Mfs
slon in Rome.
Englund Crltlcl-ed.
In Parls he dellvered a leoture at
the Sorbonne. emphaslzlng the gravlty
of tho race sulcide question. Thls was
followed by lectures ln Chrlstlana, and
Berlln. The next bombshell fell tn
London, where, after being extended
the freedom of the city at Guildhall,
h? crltlolzed England's rule of Egypt.
and brought down a storm ot crlti
clsm from all sldos; In dellvarlng hls
last lecture at Oxford ? Unlverslty on
Juno 7, he was compolled to stop, ow
lng to an affeotlon of tho throat.
Tho hlgh rogurd ln whlch hols hold
by tho leadlng educatora of th*j world
la rellected ln the honors conferred on
htm by tho various unlversitloa. Tlm
ITnlvarslty or Calro eonfarred on him
tho highost degreo ln that Instltutlon;
from King Frederlck's UnlvaiBlly at
Chrlstlana he reoelvort tho degreo ot
Doctor of Phtlosophy; at Berlln Unl
Vlrclnla Beach Vta C. _ O.
'/wo fast tnlns. ("ronvenlent irmsfer to Vir
jglnla.Bwtetv ? wa,*t? N9r?,qll*?.,,;__. ?-??-?
vorslty he recelved a slmilar honor
Cambridgo honorod hlm wlth the de
groo of Doctor of Laws, and Oxfor.
conferred tho degreo of Doctor of Cl
vil Law.
Tho sclentlflc results of the expcdl
tlon have exceeded all oxpoctatlon
nearly 120,000 spoclmens havlng beei
gathered. Of mammals 4.S97 spect
mens havo been secured ranglng ii
sizo from elophants to mlco. Thor>
are 4,000 blrds in the collection, 2,00
reptlles and 500 tlsh, not to mentloi
tho enormous mlscellanoous collection
Coionel Roosevolt alono is credltec
wlth eight rhinocerosos, nlne ole
phants, seven Hons, several glraffes
four wildebeests, four hlppopotaml
eight buffaloes, Ave topi and fou
elands.
Not more than half tho speclinen
have arrlved, and taxldermists aro li
demand at the Natlonal Museum.
It waa durlng hls last term ln offlc
that Coionel Roosevolt announced hl
lntentlon of huntlng wlld gamo ln Af
rlca at the close of hls term. Prepar
atlons of a most elaborate scale wer
made, and arrangements were com
plotad wlth the Smlthsonlan Instltu
tlon, whlch has reaped the sclentltl
value of the expeditlon.
Snlls From New York.
On March 23, accompaniod by hi
son Kormlt, Major E. A. Moarns, U, .'
A.; Professor Edmund Hollor and .
Aldon Lorllig, he salled from Noi
York on tho steamshlp Huinburg, o
tho Hamburg-Amorlcan Llno. Hls ad
mlrors gaye hlm a groat sond-off, an
tho vossol was eBcorted down tho ba
by a large numb'or of gally docorato
orat't,- whtlo tho guns in tho luirbo
llred'a farewoll salute,
On April 4 tho Roosevolt part
raaohed Naplos, whore they ombarko
on tho steamer Admlral and prc
ceedodvla the Suez Canal to Kllln
dlni harbor, Mombaaa. ln Britlah Eas
, .; ,. ? (ConWrju** on Fourth" Page.). -
Each Step of Eventful Home-Coming Wit
nesses Tumultuous Demonstration of En
thusiasm for Ex-President.
EVERY STATE IN UNION JOINS
IN HEAPING HONORS UPON HIM
Debarking From Vessel Which Brought Him From Eu?,
rope, He Is Received by Vast Throngs of People, and.
for Many Miles He Leads Triumphal Procession 0vei\
City Streets, Dense With Massed Humanity?Impos?<
ing Water Parade Escorts Him Up the Bay Amid Pan*
demonium of Shrieking Whistles and Roaring Guns.
Synopsis of Rooscvelt's Wandering .
IJISTANCES THAVELEI1 BY HOOSEVELT.
From >>tt York to MombnNn..,.. . .0,300 mlles
Whlle on the hunt (entimated).0,000 tnllea
Down the Nlle.,.4,000 mtlea
From .loxnndrln to .Vnples.,. .l,02O mlles /
In Europc.8,313 nille" ;
From Southamplon to New Vork.2.SOO milea
Total.28,433 mlle*
HOW KB TUAVKr,ED.
By boat.,..,.17,120 inllrn
By rnll.5,6*3 mllea
On horaehnck.-.4,300 mlles
On foot.?. 1,375 mlles
On canal. -'? -iUe?
New York, Juno IS. ? Thoodore
Roosevelt set foot on home shoros to
day for the llrst time ln nearly hfteen
months and recelved a rousing wel
come.
He bore wlth hls usual buoyancy a
day of heavy fatigue, public duties and
private emotions conimlngled, and at
1:40 o'clock this afternoon, after a
famlly reunion at the home of Thoron
Butler, grandfather of his prospectivc
daughrer-in-law, .Mlss Eloanor Butler
Alexander, left the clty he had sur
veyed the same mornlng from alloai.
reviewed ln parade aBhore and greeted
by expllclt word of mnmh, to be wel
comed more lntimately by hls llfe-long
netghbors at Oyster Bay, 1,. I., to
nlght. To-morrow he will rest.
! As a prlvato cltlzen, ho was tho
same outspoken, forthrlght, vigorous
man of both words and deeds the city
of hls blrth has known for thlrty
years, and more latterly amhassador
to tho Jungle and inonltor to those
who slt ln the seats of the mlghty.
He had an expanslvo stnllo for every -
body, a cheery word for "tho boys,"
hls old frlends, tho newspnper men, a
pat anecdoto for the pollticians, ospe
cial grcotlngs of affectlon for hls old
command, tho Rough Rlders, and a
qulck eye for absolutely everything.
1_~" Good Luck Follows Hlm.
"Roosovelt good luck" stlll follows
Its namesake. Though hot and sultry,
the weather hold falr untll tho niarino
parade, tho oxerclses at the Battory',
and tho march up Uroadway and Flfth
Avenue to Central Park had been car?
rled through wlth punctuality and pro
cislon. Then lt ralnod great guns. .-,
torrentlal thuudcr shower, accompan
ied by a hlgh wind that dld mu. >
damagc, swept suddonly down on the
homeward bound vlsitors, but clcarod
agaln shortly before 5 o'clock ln plen?
ty of tlmo to give his eager fellow
cltizens of Long Island ainplo chanco
to seo hlm standing on tho rear plat
form of hls special traln as he wavod
them a welcome.
Wlthln a generation, thc natlon re
members three great welcomcs before
thls of to-day?to General Grant ln
San Franclsco, after hls trlumphal tour
of tho world, following the explratlon
of hls two terms as President; to Ad
miral Dewey, on his roturn from his
capture of the Phllipplnes, and to
William Jannlngs Bryan, also after a
tour of tho world. Tho welcomo to
Grant was tho most tumultuous, that
to Dewoy tho most elaborato and
stately. but the welcomo to Roosevolt
to-day was shot through wlth a dra
matlc expectancy whlch long ago
found popular expresslon ln tho typl
cal phrase, "the return from Ellia.
Hls welcomo to-day brought men
promlnent ln all walks of llfe from all
, parts of tho country. Thereforo lt was
Tho flrst spasm of public curloslty
satistled. spoculation now turtis on
what part Roosevelt will tako ln the
polltlcal sltuation wlthln hls own par?
ty But on that scoro speculatlon
must rest untll satistled by Roosovelt
himsolf.
Kceps Hla Word.
Tho coionel had posltivoly declared
hls intentions by wlreloss: "I shall
havo nothlng whatever to say ln tho
immediate future about polltlcs, and
ho kopt hls word.
Thereforo, there was nothlng ln tne
only speech he made here to-day that
could be construed as applylng spe
clncally to thls or that phase of Im?
mediate State or natlonal issuea. That
he wlll bo importuned to take a hand
ln the New York campaign thls fall ls
a foregone concluslon, but by hls own
declaration he will not. commli. hlm
self to any expresston of oplnlon untll
he has acqualnted hlmself at flrst
hand of just how the polltlcal land
shapes ItselC.
The sharp crack of the famlllar
prealdentlal salute wakenod Coionel
Roosevelt at 7 o'clcck thls mornlng',
as hla shlp, tha Kalserln Augusto Vio
torla drow Into tho harbor. From tho
nilsts of early mornlng omorgod flrst
tho drab hull of tho battleshlp South
Carolina, two swlft doatroyers and two
torpedo boatB bohlnd her. Then spoko
tho guns, Blue-Qlad aallors lined tho
dooks In aloso packod ranks, WhllQ
massed on the quarter dack of tho
South Carolina stood tlio Marlne Bnnd,
a solid splasli of Boarlct coats, pound
Ing out "The Star-Spanglod Bannor."
It dld not take tha coionel long to
get on the brldge, dresBod for the for
malttles of the day ln a frock coat and
a top hat. For a moment he stood
baro-lieadad and wftvod to the men ln.
sllent answer to their cheers. Then
tho sight of the South Carolina touched.
a heart strlng.
"By George'. That's one of my shlps!"
he exclaimcd.
"Doesn't she look good? I built her,
and those dostroyers, too!"
Incldenta of Waltlng.
In tho suspenso of waltlng for tha,
tlme wher. the returnlng marlne pa-'
rade should bring the colonel to hls,
oppolnted landing polnt at the Bat?
tery, thero wore many llttle tncldonta
that showed the temper of the crowd.
One stevedoro unloadlng a shlp lald
down his hook to watch and walt
"Hl!" shoutod the foreman, "you
come back hero or I'll dock. you an
hour."
"Dock me a week," shouted back the
recalcltrant; "I'm going to havo a lool.
at Tcddy.''
Another water front slghtseer,
whother out of mlsjudged humor or In,
truo Ignorance, capped a long tale ot\
wonders by ask ing nalvely of the nar-i
rator: "Who ls thls Roosevelt, any-'.
how?"
Tho noxt thing ho knew ho was Irti
the. rlver, propelled by Indlgnantt
hands. A pollceman flshed him out!
and an ambulanco carrled him to aA
hospltal. '
Flnally, the marlne parade over, the?!
man of tho hour emerged from tha]
shadows of tho dock houso. Hls cut-J
tor, tho Androacoggln, ?was hldderti
from slght by tho dock house roof an_4
walls, and the crowd, In lgnoranco o_;
jusl what was going on. walted la.1,
tenso and almost tromulous sllence. (
Tho -spealter's stand, ?he private
boxes, tho seats for the receptlon com-i
mltteo and the press stand were aill
placed on a llttle plot of green turf.j
dlrectly facing the picr at whichl
Colonel Roosevelt landed. ;
Onco on tho speaklng stand, the;
gravlty dropped from Roosevelt's face!
llko a falllng curtaln. Ho grlnned a
true Roosevelt grin and waved famll-j
larly to thls and that frlend. Glffordj
Plnehot was one of the flrst to catchi
hls eyc. .
Glnd to See Plnehot.
"Glad to see you. glad to seo you,,
indeed," shouted hls old chlef.
Facing the stand was the stand oc--:
cupied by Mr. Roosevelt's family,
"Turn around. father, and look at
the crowd," crled Mrs. Longworth.
Colonel Roosevelt turned. There
faced him a fleld of faces as broad aa
the prairles ho lovas. Llnes of pollce
hld tho bodies, and over the gray het- ?
mets ot the bluocoats was vlsible
nothing but one vast expanso of hu-j
man countenances, all upturned to him,
all waiting for him.
Uoosovelt fluahed a clark red beneath
hls tan. whlle, oven as ho turned. a
spontaneous shout of oxultatlon that
loft. him for a nioinenl reflecttve, burst
from tho waltlng thousands.
Then ho dlacovered tha newspapec,
men ln tho press stand.
"I'm overwholmed wlth pleasuro to
moet you all here, gentleman," ha j
exclalmed, wavlng hls hand and smll*'
Ing oxpansivoly,
"We're mlghty glad to have you,
back," shouted a candld reporter.
? Assured of tho presence of a steno-i
grapher, Mayor Gaynor began to speak,
Mayor'a Welcome.
The Mayor ln wolioming Mr. Roose?
velt sald:
"Ladlos and Gentlemen,?Wo are all
here to wolcome Mr. Roosevelt to New
York. Wo havo watched tiTs progress
through Europe wlth dellght. Where
ever ho haa gone he has been honorad
as a man and as an exponent of tha
prlnelples of the government of thla
country. He was received everywhera
ln Eunino and honored as no man,
from thls countrv over was honored.
Wo glory ln all that, and lt.only re
mains for me to say now. Mr. Roose?
velt, that we welcome you home most
heartily. and wo are glad to sea you
agaln." , .
"Mr, Mayor, fellow-townsmen, and to
you my fellow-Amerlcans," tha col?
onel began, A trumondous wave of
choorlng wont up, and tho word
"Amerlcans" rocoivod eapecial em-.'
plmsls.
HuoHcvelt'H Iteplr.
Hla voic_ waa a llttlo hoarse, but
he spoko with his usual force andJ
docUimatory offe-ct.
Replylng to Mayor Gaynor. Colonel;
Roosevolt sald: "I thank you. Mayor.
Gaynor. Through you I thank youRi
committee, and fhrough them I wish to 1
thank the American people for thelr.;
gro-tlng. 1 need hardly say X am most1
dseply nioved by the recepUon Btvan;
me. No m_n could raeelvo suc_ *l