The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-13
.FUNSTON'S BUSY DAY
CHICAGO'S WELCOME TO GENERAL.
KEEPS IN STRENUOUS EFFORT
TO RESPOND
TALKS TO NEWSPAPER MEN
He Was Once Reporter Himself,
He Says, but He Could Never
Hold Position
Long.

CHICAGO, March 12-Gen. Frederick
Funston was a busy man today. The en-
tertainers had him up at $50 in the
morning. and it was midnight before he
reached his hotel again.
decidedly interesting feature waa
Gen. Funston's reception at the Press
club. After the handshaking was over.
a small platform was rolled into place
before the general, whose short figure did
not reach above the shoulders of several
men around him. Homer J. Carr. presl-
dent of the club, introducing Gen. Funs-
ton. said:
Gen. Funston: On behalf of the Press
club. of Chicago, we welcome you to our
rooms and to our hearts. We welcome,
you not only as n soldier, but as news
paper man, and YOU will always be one
| OF us. 1t has been said Of preachers and
newspaper men that they never change
That is true, because 1t is in the blood,
| and when I read in the papers one OF
| the speeches you made yesterday recog-
| nized the characteristic language Of the
newspaper man; the language Of the re-
porter who has just been sent out to
cover an assignment and who has just
come in and turned in his copy In fact,
l could almost see you with the copy
| reader t your elbow. hurrying your stuff
| up, page by page. for the first edition.
! and the load off your mind and his when
the last page went in. Last night you
| were introduced as a man who did
| things. 1t struck me that you might have
| been introduced when you got through
| as a man who said things.
Advises Readiness for War.
There is another capacity in which we
| welcome you, and that is as a represent
| ative citizen soldier, duty-doing repre-
F! sentative of the citizen soldier, on which
| this cOuptry u11St depaud safety
| People may talk about peace-peace in
! the world-that We have no need OF
| troops. The best-the only way to secure
| peace is to be always ready for war.
The other nations of the earth are
| simply armed camps and the repose or
| the earth may always be said TO be hang
| ing on the crack Of gun Tn this stu
| alton of affairs, ii behooves us as a
| great people, to be always ready to de-
! fend ourselves, and how better can this
| be done than by encouraging the spirit
| which makes the uncomfortable citizen
soldier?
ITO you, general, and to the gallant
! men whom you represent here, we ten
! der our welcome. not only as members
| of the Press club. but as your fellow
citizens of the United States of Amer
! lea"
In response, Gen. Funston said: Ladies
| and Gentlemen: 1t is a very good idea
to elevate me on this platform, because 4
am by nature somewhat short myself.
! In expressing my appreciation Of tho
| very cordial greeting l have received
from the members of the Press Club OK
| Chicago and your friends I wish to say
| that I have a very warm spot i'm my
heart for newspaper men. I'm fact, they
! say they have done all my fighting for
me. [ do not know how true il is, bur
you can ask McCutcheon and Boss and
! few Of those fellows who were In the
Philippines with me, ana I think they
will tell the truth.
Recalls His First Fire.
II used 10 be in a very weak way, a
4 newspaper man myself. and my expert
| ence was usually from two or three L.
six weeks on each paper ! worked for.
The first job I had was as a reporter
on the Kansas City Times. When
I showed up there, the city editor, Mr.. Gra-
/ ham, a rather savage saturnine looking
| man, ran me over with his eye and said: 4
! will try YOU and he gave me an as
| signment. He said: There is a general
feeling here that the hospitals of this
city are overcrowded. Go and visit every
| hospital in the city and write an article
as to whether they are oVercrOwded or
not [ went out fun Of the enthusiasm
| that inspires every young reporter, and
!
| stuff about a matter that wasn't worth
more than two sticksfun. When / handed
in the copy, he ran it over page by page
and then he said: 'YoI'H learn better
sonny, as you grow older. L don't think
we need YOU
Just at present ! believe I would
! rather be an editor Of a good big paper
in the United States, or an editorial writ
err than to command a brigade i'm the
United States army, because there is a
| splendid chance just now TO have a good
deal of fun that way in stirring mp some
people who need it pretty badly. But
hardly suppose ] could hold down a job
as an editorial writer while 1 am sure
of the place l have: 50 ! will stick to
that. and / hope some Of the rest "a
you will do the other part Of it"
Received on Board of Trade.
President Bush, Of the Marquette club,
and a committee of the club members,
called on the general in the morning and
escorted him to the Board of Trade. His
| coming WAS eagerly awaited by the trad
ers. and they gave him a tumutuous
greeting. After being introduced by Pres
ident Warren. Of the Board Of Trade, the
general briefly thanked the traders for
their warm welcome.
From the Board of Trade, Gen. Funs
ton was driven to the stock yards, where
| he spent three hours watching the Fari-
GUS packing processes. He was enter
tanned at lunch by the packers and then
returned to the city, spending a short
time at a matinee, preceding his recep-
ton at the Press club. In the evening
he was guest at a dinner given in his
honor by the members Of the Chicago
Yacht club At the conclusion Of the din
ner he visited the theater, once more
this time, the Studebaker. to witnes:
George AIDES new opera, THE Sultan OF
Sulu," constructed On life in the Philip
pines.