The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 24, 1903, Page 1

"THE Only Paper tn Seattle That Dares to Print the News. .. JNDAY, MAY a4, ig« PER MONTH vol No TT WASHINGTO Wy MORNING {LARGEST CROWDS IN THE HISTORY OF SEATTLE GREET NATION'S CHIEF MTION vor ‘The Metropolis of the Northwest Throws “0s <<"~" [IT eI Open Her Gates to the President | s:r2sez22neeces | and Bids Him Welcome pee See tad ¢ parade was moving, ar " fey IPresident Roosevelt, After His Trip to the Navy Yard, “°s2= 22.0.0 Arrives in Seattle on Schedule Time-Program G0 wap ma Moves Off Without a Hitch and Queen 1 relay eae aimee el City Experiences the Greatest | el gatfege amperage ete the president comes trom Everett : Da in er 1Stor esse ge if ie er ee PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Sraterttent (0 admire the decorations and the neat appearance of the| i began tts tong day at 11 o'clock this morning, and | | wharves, Many were afraid if they came later they would be crowded ¢ will practically be on continuous duty trove into the background where they could not see the president, and #0 they q ‘At the turning point of a transcontinental trip of over 14,000 miles grounds, where, hours before the scheduled time of the president's ar- * , he | prefermed to walt patient al fueenocon ‘athe than at this Lifetime's | rival, th ian were on hand to cateh the first giimpse of Sim and to . . y . 3 tent lea Seattle, carly Monday morning. It ie % states of the { triumphal progress throw e of this city have ever had, but the embracing an unparal gp SE Union—s trip the most extensive ever undertaken by a aation’s niet vi And how infectious wae that smile of hie, How the people shoved uredly, sayi you don't get a chance } on Seattle soft for the first <ime at a few minutes past 1 o'clock today wident aw they could. It was all the troops and guards could de te Tw « one of 20 members and another of 90. were sené For several minutes before that epoch-marking Instant in the history Keep the crowds back from the passage w And aii the whiie wa out at k to be in readiness for the ecrival of the president, The of the Queen City the distinguished visitor had been greeted by & atter wave of applause had been sweeping over the multitu ever} larger 5 marched at to the A mm dock, while the other noley @emonstration such as ‘he vars of man mrver listened to in this Widening cireles, and each tumul( yous seemed longer and] repaired to the old University grounds to take care of the crowds Presidential party showed her nose in front of the West Seattle head for months, They had bottled up suppressed enthus cen cautioned to shine up his buttons and not leave « spects tands there burst forth a bediam of moles that seemed to come from Quy e® they read of the greetings others had given him and they made] of dust on his uniform and the men heeded the orders everywhere 1@ rend the very hesvens, and to echo back and forth from up their minds that gone should ex them. Bo when the paycholog THE ENORMOUS CROWDS the distant cloud-capped Olympics to the snowy crests of the Cascades foal moment came their enthusiaxva simply exploded in frénsies of un- | At the University grounds the demonstration was but @ repetition of fa Wing reverbderating bitiows of sound } Bridle applause wa suey committee the greeting at the docks and along the parade ‘The grounds, with « capacity of over 30,000, were taxed to the utmost THE WHISTLES BLEW Without question the day was one of at muspicious ones that! for mnace to # modate the crowds that flocked thither and waited for Tt seemed as if every whistle In the city had caught the signal from ver accompanied a>big vent in this city and from the members of the| hours to hear the Never were there so many strangers in the firedeat Snoqualmie and had t ttaelf hoarse tn honor of the preaiden t's arned that It has been one of the pleasantert] town at one thne 5 fee «© coming chief. And how the belle, big bells, little bells, old bells, new they have © n the whole tour j All toca’ ne-ef the Great Mexthern ané the ‘Serthern.. Peale Lie hells, dinner delle, fog belts, ship's delis, and in fact owery concelvabte ame: F2 BARNERS, The b the city today were the members of the pre | were rur 8 three sections, and their carrying capacity wae _ E sort of bell, boomed and clanged out their joyous welcome throughout stant Seoretnry to the President | . ©. LATTA, Gential reception committee, An infinity of detall, exigencies which | more than exbausted to bring the residents of the towns along the lines ‘3 the city and among the distant hilte Aly an occasion ike @ visit from o president will give rise to had| to Seattle, A rate of one fare for the round trip had been made and Hee | Never was public demonstration so general or harmontous as in the t with, and the men who had the whole affair in charge met| the streets from the depots to the speaking stand during: the: morning: City’s first greeting to President Roosevelt, even when he whe afar of Qiem in © way that will leave afioft epot in the heart of the presi-| hours and until the arrival of the president looked lke @ long procene . long before he could see the faces or grasp the hands of those xho were j dent for them, Thi have moved along smoothly and harmoniously! ston. 4 $0 magnificently honoring him. | from the very start, and every portion of the whole Intricate plan beeed Steamship companies had such demands for tickets from neighbors ‘The noise and pandemonium of sounds continued ti) people began had the approval of the presidential ‘party | ing pointe on the bay and sound that every steamer plying the salt ; te wonder if they ever would stop. Never was Artington dock so gaily " | The only feature that has marred the plans of the committee from | water in this vicinity added Its rement to the record-breaking crowd, ) part to finish has been the Jestous envy of the litte village at the | Nearly every available room in all the principal hotels has been req Aad, 20 brilliantly decor or 0 great @ center of public Interest as the moment when the president first set foot upon it. Days end days ower erid of the bay, whose chief title to recognition is the genuine | served in advance and transient visitors will have to seek boarding, had been spent decorating and clearing up the dock so that It might ewintshnens it has dieplayed in trying to hog everything in wight while | housts of cots in the hotel hallways or sleep on the roof. the president was went of the Cascades. | It ix wafe to may that 40,000 strangers are within the city’s gates and ; present Ite most handsome appearance to the president, and when his t no crowds approaching the size of those which greeted President 4 glance swept over the vista in front of him his eye met « solid sea That unpleasant part of the program has been forgotten and the Se- |. th ious faces silhouetted against a fluttering background of aitle committee hae einerged from the petty quarrel with dignity and | Roosevelt today have ever been gathered in the city since the arrival of eager. Ghia accinatittis; @. stare that. wonght to tn face of the ebtin- becoming grace, yielding to the childieh claims of Tacoma rather than | home of the volunteers after the S$ panish-American wer five years aga, meds 5 de take any Ghance of marring the president's visit peice ns tele easy pi aa Lala ial i guished vis ms 4 i (Continued on Page Two.) ‘The president strode down the gang plank, guarded on either side by platoons of militia, secret service men, by mounted police and offt cefs on foot in civilian clothes. Every precaution had been taken to P. WEBSTER, dent's Btenographer. THESE HAPPY DAYS protect the president from danger of jostling or rough handiing whieh he is apt to experience in the great crowds which he everywhere at- iw tracts. THE PRESIDENTS SMILE He walked between the guards with firm and dy step. His car- hysical prowess and inexhaustible vigor tinge was expressive of th the some health of the man. Hie strong, ruc@ed f ristic of him. was suffused with that warm, generous It is not the smile of the xycophantic politician looking for public favor of one who feels himaeif age; it is not the patronizing or patr greater than those on whom he smiles. It is the sweet, unaffected «mile whole-souled and inspiring, winning and magnetic; in a word, the smile of good fellowship and sincerity. It says to him who comes within the MAYOR T. J. HUMES Ap the utive oMfcer of the city it devolv pon Mayor Humes to dest rot t to the peo- | ple af the « PASSING OF ~ s power I am delighted to meet you. We are brethren radius of { of the same great family. We are all citizens of the same great coun- try and I am your servant, not your master.” There was not a trace In the president's attitude or manner as he | passed down the narrow pathway lined with troops and guards, of if anything like careworn fatigue. There wax nothing to show that for } F ATTER | nearly sixty days this wonderful man had been making an average of / W. - 6G } t four aAdresses & day to thousands of people, that he had grasped the ) | hands of thousands more in a warm, generous grasp; no sign in his (Special to The Star.) | face that hurried lunches, heavy banquets, exigencies of uncertain i eros ws Qo ser i “WF. iq weather and climate had had the slightest effect upon him. Eormeen Pacific liners for the past | b Go much for the marvelous strength of the president, both in body Purine BC. He | , ana mind fain us Tacoria honor tion wherever he goes baie Se td | The crowds just wore themselves out cheering, and aa the prest- OMAHA, May 28—The Union Pas | Gent and his party entered their jal carriage, new crowds or nec- boy . 11 month "| he president bowed again and agair mon he was forced ¢ | H arise in his carriage and acknow the more vigorous outburste by STEAMER WRECKED | 4 & sweep! walu’ with h bared every nod and bow from him 1 | Was & renewed signal for a fresh 4 iapie f thustasn and this 1 1 nf a 4 tinued ali along the triumphal line of march to th 1 ow raity WILLIAM LOEB, Jr ‘ nteeh ut. | PICNICS ARE RIPE & )