The Triumphant Life of Theodore Roosevelt edited by J. Martin Miller

222 SWINGING AROUND THE CIRCLE
dent was driven to his train, where a great throng were wait-
ing to wish him Godspeed. He stood on the back platform,
waved his hands many times and wished good luck to the
people.
There is little more to be said of the President's transcon-
tinental tour. In Decatur some thirty thousand persons saw
and heard him; at Danville and Lincoln he was given the
same rousing reception that he received in other cities, and at
Indianapolis there was a burst of cheers when the President
appeared upon the platform in front of the station. Expan-
sion was the theme of his speech in this city, and at the close
of his address he was escorted to his train amid the thunder-
ing acclamations of the people.
HOME AOAIN
Promptly at seven o'clock, Friday, June 5th, the train,
bearing the President and his party, arrived at Washington,
and the trip of fourteen thousand miles, during which he made
265 addresses, was ended. The President was given a hearty
reception by the citizens, who lined the sidewalks as his car-
riage, escorted by a battalion of high school cadets, was driven,
to the White House. The run from Pittsburg to Washington
was without incident, none but necessary stops were made,
and the only speech by the President was at Altoona. To the
crowd surrounding his car he said:
Gentlemen : I am pleased to see you ; I have been on a journey across the con-
tinent from the Atlantic to the Pacific and now am back again. The thing that
pleased me most was the substantial unity of Americans; wherever he goes— East or
West—the President of the United States is at home among his fellow Americans.
The President, upon his arrival at the White House, walked
from the north entrance to the south portico and spoke to a