The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-02-27

Tie NEW 4OFkGT SIddIS L0lIunS- 1nGrG
was a felicitous exchange of greetings
between Prince Henry and the men who
spoke for the journalistic craft, and the
banquet claims rank as one of the nota-
bic incidents of the American tour of
the German prince.
The dinner was given in the hand
some ball room of the Waldorf-Astoria
hotel, but that immense apartment was
not large enough to accommodate the
newspaper guests, so the AstOr gallery
also was used.
The two rooms were splendidly dec
grated, Mr.. Ridder and the special
guests sat at an elevated table, above
which We're the American and German
nagS. The slaves were crossed and the
banner, draped fan-like, reached out
like the wings of huge butterfly.
Above them was the Prussian eagle,
done in incandescent lights. From the
boxes hung clinging vines and set in
Each table carried bouquets of. Ameri-
can Beauty roses, around which were
candelabra shaded in red.
As the diners took their places the
ladies of many of the party appeared
in the boxes which wall the room.
Prince Henry, attended by the MEM
berS of his suite, drove to the hotel I'M
der escort of cavalry and mounted po-
lice The demonstrat ton in the streets
leading to the, hotel was the most COR
dial of any. that has so far marked his
appearance in public. Great crowds
lined the way and pressed against the
around the Thirty third street entrance
to the hotel. They cheered when the
prince came in sight and he frequently
raised his hand to his cap in acknowl-
edgment of the hearty greeting.
The prince reached the hotel at $50
o'clock and was received by Mr.. Rid
der They shook hands and while they
paused for a brief talk the members of
the suite and the delegates of President
Roosevelt filed up to the banquet hall.
The band played the American national
@,r,
staff entered, and the crowd of guests
arose. There was a great cheer as the
prince appeared and another when he
took his place at the side of Mr.. Ridder
at the special table. Those who occupied
seats with the hosts and chief guest
were:
Edward P. Call, Lieutenant Cover
nor Woodruff, Consul General Buenz,
Melville E. Stone, Admiral Evans, Cap
tain Won Mueller. Mayor Low, Admiral
Won Seckendorff, Assistant Secretary
Hill, Frank E. Noyes, General Won Pies
sen. Austrian minister; Bishop Potter,
Whitelaw Reid, German Ambassador
Won Holleben, Archbishop Corrigan,
Admiral Won Tirpitz, Senator Lodge,
Admiral Won Eisendrehr, Charles Emory
Smith, Senator Hawley, Senator Depew,
Admiral Count Baudissin. Charles w.
Knapp, Captain Won Grumme, General
Corbin, the Rev. DR.. Gotthen and
William c. Bryant.
AS the prince took his seat the electric
light was flashed into the Prussian
eagle above him on the southern wall
and the power was also increased in
every one of the $500 incandescent
lights that burned in the room. 1t gave
great brllliancy to an already attractive
picture.
Mr.. Ridder called upon Bishop Potter,
who offered brief prayer,
The walters quickly filled the aisles
between the tables and with an order
that was remarkable in such a large
gathering the banquet began. Hun
filled the boxes above the dining hall.
An orchestra in the second tier of
boxes played popular national music.
and when a tune caught the fancy of
the crowd they sang it. At Die Wacht
Am Rhein" the crowd arose and after
singing it Justify there were loud cheers
America" received the same enthu-
siastic treatment.
Excellently moulded statuetteS of
Prince Henry were distributed as
souvenirs.
At 1925 o'clock Mr. Ridder, rapping
for attention, proposed the health of the
president of the United States and
Kaiser Wilhelm and called upon White
law Reid to respond MIR. Ridder said,
Your royal highness and gentlemen,
have the pleasure and the honor of Of
fering the health of the president of the
United States and the German emperor,
which l ask YOU to rise and drink, and
L couple with this sentiment the name
of Whitelaw Reid the distinguished
Mr.. Reds toast was THE President of
the United States and the German EN-
In the republic as in the monarchy. no
one takes precedence of its chief execu-
and anYwhe Gesh Between NeM York and
San Francisco. or from Porto Rico to the
Of the United States. You pay
the tribute of every good citizen to the
of every patriot to the soldier and states
man who worthily fills it, The post you
in the world. Others for others: but he is
ours-the one chief ruler under the sun.
Of 70 millions. called unexpectedly to hold
the first place on a continent. The case
and the steadiness with which the ship of
state moves on through storms or sun
shine; eS With new men at the wheel o and
the tests that tell the strength of the craft
and the safety of the chart by which she
And now. to the mighty chief of an
act has prompted this festival King and !
emperor, and powerful as those high IT, |
les les imply, ne is honor ed among f us Ike
10 the full extent that he stands for the |
great people whom he rules, and especially |
rusted at home, every year he has been |
IN the throne more than a year before, |
md more confidence in his purpose and !
n his sa gacity, he is now no vague, i'll |
highly trained. widely read. much trav-
lied. full of tastes and ideas and activi- |
les; huntSman. yachtSman, musician art !
st, writer, orator; and best of all, still /
With the glory and the potency of youth. |
he knows what he thinks, and he says it |
plain. He knows what he wants, and |
lie goes for it-straight.
THE racial instinct no longer stops at
rational boundaries. 1t is not shut off by
he sea or extinguished by change. of
government. And let never forget that
he race which bears forward the banner
If Germany today is kindred or the same
n origin with that of the English and
he Dutch who first peopled these shores
Yet more-in the very city where we are
net we are surrounded by 322 coo native
Germans, and if you add others whose di-
ect parentage on both sides was German, I
-ou more than double that great num-
,er. Nearly one-ffth of this whole me-
ropolis of almost three and half mil
ions are either actually German born or
lad German born fathers and mothers
Sor does New York in this particular
tand alone. When Your royal guest |
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