The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-16
HIGH PRAISE FOR
GERMAN SINGERS
President Roosevelt Delivers an Ad-
dress Before Members Of the
Northeastern saengerfest.
Says the Society Is Doing a Great
Work and Compliments It's
Managers.

Baltimore, June 16.-President Roose-,
welt spoke to the Northeastern saenger-.
bund in Armory hall last evening. In
part he said:
1t Is almost exactly 22O years ago that the
first marked imnigrat ton from Germany to.
what were the colonies in this western hemi-
sphere began. AS Is inevitable with any pio-
neers. those pioneers of the German race on this
side OF the ocean had to encounter bitter prdva-
tton, for the people that go forth to seek their
Well being In strange lands must inevitably be
ready to pay as the price of success the expen-
dtture of all there Is in them to overcome
the obstacles in their way. 1t was some fifty
years later that the great tide Of German tmmi-
grafton III colonial times began to dow hither;
one of the leaders in it being Muhlenburg, the
founder of family which has contributed to
military and civil life of the worthiest fig
ures in American history from the first.
Turnout our career of development the German
immigration to this country went steadily on
ward, and the people who came here, those and
their sons and grandsons played an ever-increas-
ing part in the history Of our peoples part that
eliminated In the civil war; for every lover OF
the union must bear IN mind what was done In
this commonwealth as In the commonwealth OF
Missouri, by the folk of German birth or origin
who served SO Loyalty the flag that was theirs
by inheritance or adoption. And here in this
city would be unwilling to let an occasion
like this pass without recalling the part OF IN
calculable Importance played by the members
OF the Turverein Of Baltimore in saving Balti-
more to the union.
Doing Good Work.
In speaking word on the occasion of this
great musical festival. wish to say in the first
place that / only hope it may be given me
to listen long enough to you to make me feel
that there has been atonement for requiring me
to speak at all. l feel that the men OF this as
ISOLATION and of kindred associations are not only
| adding to the common fund Of pleasure, but are
doing genuine missionary work OF needed kind
when they hold such festival as this. | wish
that everywhere in our country we could see
clubs and associations including all our citi-
zens, of the character that go to make up the
society which has furnished the reason for as
| sembling of this great audience tonight No
greater contribution to American social life
could possibly be made than this instilling Into
it the capacity for ''gemuthlichkeit."
No greater good can come to our people than
to encourage in them capacity for enjoyment
which shall discriminate sharply between what
| Is vicious and what has pleasure In 1t. Nc
| man is going to go very far wrong II he belongs
| to a society where he take his wife with
| him and enjoy it. So you see, gentlemen. I hail
you as missionaries alike from the aesthetic and
! the moral standpoint.
Sing for kaiser's Prize.
| Five thousand singers were on the stage
at Armory hall this morning to rehearst
the program for the closing concert Of
the saengerfest and a large audience was
present
During the afternoon the singing fol
the kaiser's prize, the $4,000 Minnesingel
statue given by Emperor William, tool
place. v<.I..