The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-24

dents party congregated in the club par
lors and were entertained by the reception
committee.
1t was O'Clock before IL was announced
that the guests were ready for their lunch
con. When the President appeared In the
parlor he was greeted with applause. ana
the orchestra played Hail TO the Chief
The doors opening into the west pariors
were then thrown open and the guests filed
in and took seats at the tables. The day
light had been excluded from the parlors
and the incandescents lighted the rooms
The decorations were very handsome. me
American flag was the most prominent Tea,
vast display of roses, made the interior
very beautiful.
PRESIDENTS TABLE.
President Roosevelt sat at table which
had been arranged in the bow-window of
the front parlor. Near him on the wall was
large painting of the late Benjamin Har-
rison draped with a flag. Above President
Roosevelt was the American flag. There
were ten people at this table. On the
Presidents left sat Governor Duroin ana
at his right was Senator Fairbanks. Sen
ator Beverage was at this table and the
others were Private Secretary Cortelyou,
Mr. Root secretary of war, Lieutenant
Governor Gilbert, Colonel Charles l.;
Jewett, General ]. B. Coryell ana Sam .t
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Presidents party and the members OF the
reception committee occupied chairs az
other tables. The luncheon party incluoe sa
about one hundred people. The menu caros
were very attractive, containing PictuIes
of the clubhouse and of the monument.
Following was the menu:
Blue Points. Sau'eihe'
Consomme In Cups.
Sliced Buttered Graham Bread.
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Champagne.
Sweet Potatoes. Green Peas.
Punch rImperiai;
Cold Asparagus la Nlnalgretle-
Toasted Waters.
Manhattan Ice Cream.
Assorted Cakes.
Roquefort Apolinafis'
While the President dined the crowd in
creased below. The luncheon was dis
tincty informal and there were no
incidents of the day occurred while the
sp psraeo Of the city detectives department
led mite of girl into the stairway from
up stairs with the little miss
turned her over to Colonel Harrison,
who her to the President The
this city. She is perhaps five years old
This young lady long time ago conceived
Roe Roosevelt seye % jr. She was humored in the
idea and lusty bull pup was forwarded
to the young man. Little Miss Haynes
to see the President and had the honor Of
| meeting him. The President expressed his
| delight at meeting the little girl and she
retired from the dining room blushng and
| happy.
MISSED PART OF LUNCHEON
President Roosevelt addressed the crowd
in Monument place before he had con-
cluded his luncheon. He did not desire to
keep the pepole waiting. and when it was
| found that if he waited until the meal was
over 1t would be past the time announced
to speak. the suggestion was made that he
make his speech and then return to the
table. When the President stepped out on
| the balcony with Senator Fairbanks, Gov
| ernor Durbin and Senator Beverage. he
| looked down upon mass OF patient hu-
| manity- 1t a magnificent audience
calculated to thrill the heart of any public
speaker. At sight of the President the
people had been kept out of the street. A
wall OF humanity pressed against the
guards. The guards fell back and the
There were thousands of people below,
packed In closely and waiting TO hear from
the President of the United States The
chief executive looked into the thousands
of upturned faces. Finally Senator Fair
| banks stepped to the railing OF the balcony
and in a brief speech introduced the Presi-
4 NShe. Ia lie buIOouStois No oShoNoA
| Fairbanks said:
Fellow Offensive are assembled to
do honor to the chief executive of the Re-
public. We are undivided by partisan con-
siderations. We are met as American citi-
zens to pay our respects to the honored
President of the Nation. The masses Of the
people have always held the President in
high esteem and Ii Is well that 1t Is so.
With their support he cannot fail In the
performance of his arduouS task, without
II he cannot succeed.
Our fellow citizen who comes to us to-
day clothed with vast power Is welcome to
every household; he has taught the essen
served we'll his country In the ways of peace
and in the fields of war. Wherever duty
has called he has responded with an eye
single only TO his country's welfare-to his
country'e glory.
The President needs no interpreter. He
will speak for himself. Fellow-citizens, the
President of the United States"
PRESIDENTS BRIEF SPEECH.
Another cheer went up as the senator con-
cluded and the President stepped to the
front His voice was in good condition
and he was able to make most of the peo-
pie hear him. The President said:
MY fellow-Americans, men and women
Of this beautiful city; this beautiful State:
L am glad to have the chance of witness
ing noteworthy a sight as this sea of
jestic and beautiful monument which you
have reared TO the sons Of Indiana who did
well for the Republic in the past. l have
come through your State this morning see-
ing on every hand the proofs Of the marvel
Gus and Astounding prosperity which we
now as people enjoy.
1T Is great thing for the State. for
the Nation. to have such material we'll
being. That, Of course, Is the foundation
upon which We must build. But II is an
even greater thing when the people of a
great State erect a monument such as this
| to those OF her sons whom the people must
delight to honor. Material well-being counts
for much, for very much but the lift OF
lofty deeds counts for even more, and with
the citizens of this great Republic, when
We come together on occasion like this
We come as preachers and opponents OF the
gospel of hope, not the gospel of despair.
The men who have done nightly for
the Nation in the past have been the men
who believed with all their hearts and
souls in the Nation and In the Nation s
destiny. The men who won eternal honor
in the civil war were the men who said
made their words good by their deeds. We
have our faces set toward the future. Our
sympathy is not with men who fear failure
so much that they dare not try for sue
| cess.
This Nation is to play a great part in
the world, and ii moves into the arena
where the nations strive for the great op-
portunity of shaping the destinies of man
kind. We feel our veins fill with the evil
dent faith that our children and our chill
dren's children Will be given days TO face
dangers and glories: not to shirk them tC
do our duty at home and abroad. To
dare to be great and make our Nation what
II shall be. the greatest upon which the
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