New-York tribune., 1903-02-27
CHEERS FOR PRESIDENT.
At WESLEY NETTING.
Whispers TO Schmitfberger - Vel
knozcn Nethodlsfs Speak.


last evening at mass meeting at Carnegie
Hall to celebrate the bi-centenary Of the birth
of John Wesley. although the exact date of that
falls on June Is The meeting was held
der the auspices Of the New-York Thank Offer
ing Commission. which has had Charge Of the
local work of raising the Twentieth Century
Thank Offering fund OF $2UOOOOOO. 10 celebrate
the advent of the twentieth century Of the
Christian
President Roosevelt arrived at the hall about
$50 O'Clock. escorted by his guard of policemen
large crowd had gathered outside the hah
early in the evening and patiently awaited MS
coming As he stepped from his carriage ne
was greeted with cheers. and the crowd pFesseu
as near to him as Captain Schmttt0eFSsr ana
his policemen from the Forty-seventh-st stauoh
would allow them. Captain Schmittberser
whose record while ne a police commIS-
sioner the President praised in a letter when
Schmittberger made public recently When DIS
trict Attorney Jerome denounced hlm as uhhC
for an fnspectorship. saluted the President VINO
greeted him with a cordial bow IL VIII De re-
membered that after Schmittbe-ger had nade
this letter public the President conveyed 10
Police Commissioner Greene his Endorsement OF
ex-District Attorney Philbin's Judgment Mr.
Philbin's Judgment regarding schmittberger and
an inspectorship was similar to that of Mr.
Jerome.
As the President was passing into the hall a
middle aged man stepped out of the crowd ana
remarked quietly:
How do YOU do Mr.. PRESIDENT?
The President returned the greeting ana,
pausing for moment to let the crowd De PuSilsU
back. the speaker went on:
I'D like 10 go in here Mr.. President
I'D like to have you go in. too" remarked
President Roosevelt. laughing. but my dear
man. 1 don't know anything about the seating
arrangements"
How about man from Alden Lair?' asked
the man.
At that President Roosevelt Strengthened up
quickly, thrust out his hand eagerly, and ex-
claimed:
We'll. I'm delighted to see you again; how
are you? When did you come to town." and
all this time the President and the stranger
we're shaking hands
IT later was learned that the man was Michael
F. Cronin. who keeps Alden Lair Lodge, in the
Adirondack Mountains. At the time President
Mckinley was shot. President Roosevelt was far
out of reach in the Adirondack Mountains on d
hunting and camping expedition 1t was Cronin
who drove him the rocky mountain roads
in a light blackboard from his lodge to the ter
minaI of the only railroad running from that
portion Of the mountains so that the President
could take train for Buffalo. where President
Mckinley dying
They mad pressed forward toward the door
and Cronin entered the hall with the President
One stanza of My Country. 'Tis of Thee"
the first number of the programme. had been
sung when the cheers and applause announced
President Roosevelt's arrival lie advanced
from the rear of the platform. accompanied by
the presiding officer of the meeting, Samuel w
Bovine When he had reached the front Of the
stage the President bowed slightly and then
walked TO the seat reserved for him. behind
the reading desk Bishop Cyrus D. Foss OF
Philadelphia led the meeting in prayer clos
ing with the Lords Prayer. in which q mighty
volume of voices joined
Mr.. Bovine in a short address. among other
things said.
Il regret exceedingly that we could not ae-
ror,r,odate all of our friends If Andrew Car
negie had known more of Wesley and Method
ism he would have built this hall good deal
larger. We will forgive Mr. Carnegie however
if he goes on giving public libraries and tnro"
in a church now and then
NJ BOVINE also remarked that good Meth
odisn, made good Republicans. and that when
the returns began to come in from the west
bera tho Methodists were strong. one always
1,a,,- what the result would be- PRESIDENT
roosevelt raised his eyebrows and made Dep
.a+orv- gesture with his right hand, and shooN
his head although he smiled good natureuiS'
1,r Bov,ne then introduced the Preslden'-
The audience which by this time almost niieu
the hall. rose to greet him. but there was no
prolonged applause, He spoke as lollo"'' anu
was attentvely listened to;
Mr. Chairman Ladies and Gentlemen: l am
eIa1 70 have the chance of addressing lA4S -
Tasentatiye body CT the great Churcn WLIlc'
Wesley founded, on tne occasIGm is oa s-'S Of his
birth America moreover, has pecuiar pro
pretary claim ON WeSieys nlenlolS I S;rb rpr Il b
on our continent that the MetnoolsC SiuiOH Aa'
received its greatest development ,..,,
N +be days of our Colonial life Metnodlsm
was not the whole great IdcSoi II NJ eiS 60
ligious and social life of the people. Inc t 80
gTegationalists were supreme tnroushouI noS1 NOS
of New England; the EpiscopallanS on A tHe So
hoard from New-York southWaro' Whhe tne
Presbvterfan congregations were mcst nuner-
ous along what was then the entlre WSstsIn
frontier. and the Quaker, Cathohc anu DutCh
70 posorD9sd churches each had developments IN
sneciaI places. The great growth or the Meth-
oiist Church. like the great CROWN OF the Ddp ~
fist Church. began at about the tlhe OF me
Revolutionary War. To-day my theme Is pure
ly Methodist ,--..- -. -. 49,.
tho Methodist Church increased greatly IN the
old communities of the thirteen original states.
but il has played peculiar ana pronllliSnS p5 pa I
in the pioneer growth of our country, anu haS Li'
consequence assumed a position OF immense I'M I'M
portance throughout the vast region west OF tle
AUeghanies which has been added 10 our na-
ZION since the davs when the Continental Con-
go - ce1tnrv after the Declaration OF Inde-
pendence the greatest work of our people. Win
The execution only of the work of self-preserVa-
tion under Lincoln. was the work OF the pioneers
as they took possession of this continent pur-
ing that century we pushed westward rom tne
AIIegha MES TO the Pacific. SOUTHWARK 20 tne
Gulf and the Rio Grande ana also IoUN poSS1, ,.
sion of Alaska The work OF adVtheIls ~ 80.
boundary of pushing the frontier across torest
and desert and mountain chaln. was @ Ine sIeas -
tvpiCaI work of nation; ana the men w"
did 1.-THE frontiersmen. the pioneers. the PACK
woodsmen pIainsmen. mountain men-torheo
class by themselves
WORK FOR MEN OF IRON
II was an iron task which none but men Of
hOdV