Show r ROOSEVELT'S RO HOMECOMING I BY FREDERIC J. J HASKIN I lIEN Theodore Roosevelt reaches WHEN I It New Mew York n next week weel ho will be beV accorded a welcome such n as has lisa V Y bc been n given on to few tew mortal men It Itha ha IH been with the tho greatest reat ll difficulty culty that tho the committee ha has kept tho the dom dom- within the limits Imposed by tho the physical conditions condition o of New York City the tho second Bee largest town on earth Mr Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Reese velt will set act foot ool on tho the soil Mil of ot his native tr land to be greeted by the cheers of 1 hundreds of thousands thou- thou 40 sands Bands of ot his fellow fellow- countrymen who de desire IC- IC sire siro him to becomer become a candidate for r president In 1912 Hundred of ot thousands thou thou- and sands who 10 do not k desire him to be a candidate will admit that ho he can havethe have havo the tho presidency again for the asking Other hundreds of ot thousands thousands thou thou- sands say sa say he cannot can cnn not noti cv oven even n If it he will Gen Cen U US t S S Grant came home from a Frederic Frederic- trip around tho the world and w was a. a sc gr ted Ith a a. third term boom He was defeated In the Republican national con con- of oC- 1880 1810 In n spits spire of ot the the fact fact that his follow followers rs were ero captained by tho the superb superb su su- and In spite of ot the th fact tact that tho the Immortal stood faithful to th the end Admiral George Georg Dewey Dowey came home from the victorIous battle of Manila bay bly and md was greeted as aM few Roman conquerors were ere greeted He lIsten listened d to the buzzing bUT of tho the J presidential bee and with the tho speed 1 of a Lucifer fell tell to a place of comparative com corn obscurity William Jennings Bryan returned from froni froma fronia a trip the he world and was wa greeted at New York by the legions of ot the Democratic p party rt with con con- fid nt predictions that ho he would be bo nominated nomi n ted the third time for president ana ami would be elected He was nominated but not elected Man Many Democrats Democrat believes that his defeat was waa due In some come measure to th the the speech speech which he made at Madison Square Garden In acknowledging his homecoming ro reception Jo William Howard Taft came home me from froma troma a trip around the tho world worM undertaken un- un tr Ord Orders rb from President nt Rose Roosevelt when I Tat Taft already was a candidate c for forthe the tho presidency ncy There was no general popular Tec reception but Mr Taft TaCt found upon reaching Washington that sappers and miners had ad taken advantage of his I absence to try to explode hl lila his boom Mr 1 Taft made mado some lime very positive 6 statements statements state state- ments and did Orn sOme very p positive things s that Sunday Among Arnon the results may bo be mentioned tho admitted facts that Mr r Taft Is now president of the United States and George B. B l Cortelyou Is la In pu- pu private vote ate life lito But the tho Taft homecoming homecoming- wa was not tho tim occasion of a popular tion The record of General Grant Admiral Dewey and Mr Bryan Bran goes 1005 to prove pro that It Is Ic a R. highly dangerous thing to subject a presidential boom to the tho hazards hazard of travel In foreign lands land and then bring ithome It Ithome home homo to be bo tho the object of ot n a hur hip rah mb mass meeting at the steamer docks s. s No great t presidential boom has yet jet et survived survived survived sur sur- this treatment Since It Is given gl to no man to say what Is In tho the mind of cf Theodore Roo velt elt It cannot bo be said what he lie thinks of ot his third term boom Yet er e everybody admits that there thoro Is such Auch a thing and that tha t It has Us Its roots In the soil eoll of the tho whole country Will m It survive th the h he heroic he- he roc rog experience enc of ot a great homecoming 1 Or will It go go the tho way wa- of ot the boom a at attached at- at t- t tach d to the trains of Grant Dewey and Bryan The Grant Gran third term boom was waR launched In iii tha the great of ot his i home At San gi Francisco It wa wae wr wrecked wracked on on 00 the ro rock k of ot precedent George George Washington n refuSed a a. third term and noman noman no noman man has b been n able able- to overcome the force fore of that declination Mr Roosevelt If heIs he heIs Is 19 again aJain elected will ivill have what Is la a a- third term although It Il will wilt be what Senator Septor Bourne Bourna calls a second elective term term The Tho Dewey Dowey boom bom was wag born In desperation despera despera- thin tion of ot the the- defeated defeat d nn and divided Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic party It of t too o much cud cud- dUng The moment tho the gallant a admiral admitted that he entertained tho the notion that moment the tho boom ci collapsed d Wise Wlee politicians now say that thai tho the only possible bl ble bie way to kill the Roosevelt boom Is for forthe tho the colonel himself to appear to to be over over- anxious There Is nothing In his past record to Indicate te that Roosevelt Is capable capable capa capa- ble blo of such sucha a tactical error TIe Tito Bryan third nomination boom was waa born the tho day Alton Alien B. B Parker was waa de defeated do- do for president nt and reached high tide when he ha was given the third nomination nomination nomi nomi- nation at al Denver Denvor In 1908 His homecoming lag ing and lii his Madison Square Garden speech ch In 1006 1906 affected rather his chances for tor election ejection than his chances for nomina nomina- tion The explosion of C the tho Bryan boom boomIs Is h harder t to account for than tho the others since Mr Bryan had expressed his opinion ion about government ownership of ot railroads railroads rail rail- roads b before tore he left for fot his trip around tho the world He lit- repeated It In Now New York and with that repetition ended hi his chances for tho the presidency The expression expression expression sion of ot an ultra-radical ultra Idea at tho the moment moment mo mo- mo ment when whon the whole country was ens as ea eager cage er for some somo message of power from the tho Nebraskan Nebraskan Nebraskan Ne Ne- caused the tho political disaster ler Colonel Roosevelt Is nothing it If ho he I Inot Is not a destroyer of precedent It was waa a tradition supported h by history that a aman aman aman man elected vice president who succeeded sue sue- to the tho presidency ncy on the death o otho or of orthe the tho president could not be elected to th the duet magistracy on hl his hla own account Mr Ir T Tyler lel Mr MI FUlmore Fillmore 1 Mr lr Johnson am and Mr Jr Arthur had trl tried d It and failed Mr oIl Roo Roosevelt tried It and did not tall fall This is but one of ot the tho thousands of oC prece precedents precedent broken by Colonel Roosevelt both a at homo home and abr nd Ho He may break others When General Grant returned to th the United States from his long trip ho he found at San Francisco a n. welcome which h lie he said surpassed In Its heartiness any ovation ova ova- tion he ho had up to that time received His progress around the world was as a continuous series of ot ovations Whether In Asia or Europe he lie was waa everywhere greeted b by vast throngs of ot people wh who recognized In him a great reat warrior and a late head of ot one of ot the earths earth's mightiest nations V When Wien en he reached San Francisco Fran Fran- chIco cisco It ft was W asserted that during his lifetime lifetime life life- time ho lie had seen moro more human beings being than an any other othor man In tho the history of ot th the tho race raca During his service In the tho arm army he had seen millions of ot people and arid during his terms In tho the white house ho lie had bad seen other millions No ope ever attempted to approximate tho the aggregate size of or th the throngs throng that had greeted him On on hi his world tour The Tho people of ot San Francisco stood on the of ot expectancy while awaiting the appearance of ot the steamer City o ot of Tokio In tho the harbor of tho the golden gate for there thero was no wireless In those day das to proclaim tho the approach of ot tho the listin- listin traveler Every hotel In tho the city was thronged with visitors from the tho east cast and tho the shipping In the harbor was gall gaily bedecked for tor or the tho occasion as tS asas was as als also tho the city Itself tacIt When the ship was as sighted hi his son U. U S. S Grant Jr wen went aboard a a. tug tug- and accompanied the re reception reception re- re committee down tho the bay H Ho was tho the first American to greet tho the distinguished distinguished dis- dis dis- dis traveler General Grant ha had taken his son Fred with him Just a as Colonel Roosevelt Roosevell had Kermit to accompany accompany accompany pany him Tho The nearest approach to bl big game s-amo hunting General Grant made was when Fred went boar shooting In th the wilds of ot India General Grant was away awn almost twice U as long as Colonel Colono Roosevelt has been Tho The return of ot Admiral Dewe Dewey In th the tho fall tall of ot 1899 represents the most spectacular lar Jar homecoming America has ever seen Not only did Now New ew York City outdo Itself but It Inspired the whole nation to take tak up the tho refrain retrain In more than cities cannons boomed a a. welcome to the victor of Manila b bay It was u-as estimated that tha during the two days of the tho great celebration tion visitors to the tho metropolis spent spen spent One Ono ot of tho the features of ot th the celebration was the tho great naval review Hero Here Admiral Dewe Dewey was In command o or of the largest fleet ot that had ever gathered s under tho the American flag The Tho land parade pa pa- rade was more than seven miles long Tho The Dewey Dowey triumphal arch was modeled modele after aCter the great arch ch of Titus built In Rome Romo to commemorate tho the fall of or Jeru- Jeru salem Tho The figure of peace In this arch was a representation of ot a blacksmith and Robert then In th the h heyday of his career as a n. prize fighter posed for tor the tho tI figure re Mr Bryans Bryan's trip around tho the world was another series of ot Ovations Greater honors hon hon- ors era were ore paid to him than ever have havi been given Iven to an any man who has never neve held high office When hen ho returned to New York his reception although pat paled in iii main mainly b by Democrats was th the greatest demonstration over ever given li In America to a mere private citizen General General Gen Gen- eral Grant was a a. war hero and had been beon president for two terms Colonel Roose velt volt still Is President Roosevelt nOose on the tho tongues of or millions Mr Bryan made I little reputation In his short service li In congress He was a twice defeated can can- for foi the presidency when he lie wa was welcomed home homo from his great tour And Am now he has be been n defeated once again The Tho Roosevelt ell reception will sot act a now nov record In the tho demonstrations accorded to private citizens Tho The Dewey Dewoy welcome was In the tue nature of a military triumph and Is la not to lo be bo compared with tho others other Political history will wili be enriched no doubt b by what the tho colonel has to say upon his hia return to his own his native na nn na- na tive land Monday Some Monday Some New Patents |