The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-27

,nes men rich beyond the dreams OF avarice
their millons f in or iess wisely distributing
and Mh education, y.
S Se1n,tuEy viii witness il is Impossible to pre-
that the northern portion n Of ManRatsan la,
and will be as conpactlv huiit unon "a the
south half at the present time, that Il viii
be the most popuous CITY on the globe and
speaking race and Of The world's ' nbief cn,n-
!nercial and financial aifairs WI bs 1 ,,ncbai-
lenssd. - "
snani IIe pano hau Played Inc S1ar-
opangled banner, the Secretary Of War
s Was or 6s Whatever lack Of snhu
shown, they made up for it when the War
Minister arose To snaak Thai annlsndad
ond .k..I '" oPooh. my opp.ou"o'
y may be fairly said that the Secretary Of
war was the hero OF the celebration. 1t
was ne, 100 VINO got the audience to warm
up suwaru Mi hoosevelt; ne negah ny
se ~as 80, ~ saynis .nuI aoput an ne ,,se
Low. When Mr.. Root mentioned Mr..
K K6os o, name. his black eyes snapped;
no Rro,,oIt 80, a. -, ~ ,,,e w on,,oo,ad
Il IL -, '9ug.. 3H. tne name as IL ne eapeGH, st
~ 70 H. ne k.liuiy ieceiveo. ~ was the!l Una.
1or the hrst time, the audience was moved
to enthusiasm over Mr.. Roosevelt.
The Presidents letter, which Mr.. Root
a.,
WHAT THE PRESIDENT WROTE
WHITE HOUSE.
WARRINGTON. March 70. 1909
Hon. Seth Lom, Mayor. Ner York. y. y:
My DEAR Mn. MAYOR: 1t is with sincere
n a myself ~ bs pnaSs e
date YOU mention: otherwise i should have
strained every nerve to be present on an oc-
casion so interesting 70 a native New Yorker;
States, The changes in New York city dur,
ing the $50 year.. which have lust elapsed
where. else in the world, We now, have n
New York the second largest city in the world
ana sboso Is no Idle K YOU aH ol
me to say that there is now no other city here or
abroad OF whose governing officials its PEG
E!f nave ri more dns reason r to iee' proud
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
After reading the letter Mr.. Root went on
~ 10y. ,,.x
SECRETARY ROOT on HIS HOME olir'
It Is impossible to think Of any mHnen.
than this II il no mere figure Of speech
70 say. as the orator of the day has said.
m Ia e soS e H Which Was estpb-
borne the burden Tor: The nation. because use
old World, here trst to learn the lesson OF
m SIssdon eontralled and to
law i'eeoo" 'o"''o ''u anu SUM- 1
Because this was the gateway Of COM
p,erce AVID Aha centre of wealth have come
To- it from ali over this great land the youth.
fult OF ambition and Of hope, seeking fame
and fortune; have come 70 it The men who
the whole county, that they may be together
fnr con ference aid for business intercourse,
ra Their than that they shall remain upon
coh Mnre havs come the men who have been
sucressfuI throughout the entire country,
10 And he means Of spending with the great
est facility aud the greatest pleasure the
wealth they have accumulated 81,
The constant CROWN Oh our o peIe ,. me
Gons,an \, the les Of
Ea,s unu d u i,nnoss ible that ". should be-
such a hNtnogeneo,ls people a. make it easy
to conduct good government. we have
been wrestling here the lHunif'Pal s39v ,eins
ment OF Mhicn vow are &c, nr arantast Growth
tne past nail Cen.u[s y, gu, ~ 4; Iulf nroh.
lem Of popular govsrnmen. II th II. world
.on, nddt that b ," cv s.ll crows and ever
.sstse that hat sSe and .hss
stately palaces rise along our streets. snas
libraries and schools and cnHrohes ~ lnHf ters
ture aeeumulste. that the people o. the er CITY
arc aDS sinvss ~ no ruler and to no party.
compstent 70 sci no and to pull down their
mmniclpa ynrk r az TO every de-
YAM ~ nntriotic duty. that the people OF
W. ynrk rasnond IN every demand Of hui
,nonitr. mat love for country and love FOR
,ani,jyn,, AVA IN cool citizenship md in noble
nrrs ~ nhari,v eramnies 10 he surpassed
iba snso On &c athat Inc men who 80 wears
a avo rs sonnded this mi Municipal eovernment
ago ago. to nmnG and uhoIesome men and that
tnair smir;t 81 freedom Of federation. OF civic
nride and good Citizenship survives. per-
mpeatin" The whos increasing mass OF the
great metno56o ~ co,e b.ck from m. councils
tih p1uun " 'U ','r own hnna nrond 70 he
OF unr navy ", W WIZ ns o"' ''''e' Nv
, ,, ~ ,,l.l
When Secretary noot conciuueu, ne gov
another enthusiastic send The Mayor
then explained that both he and Bishop
Potter had TO leave early and for that rea-
son Gov. Odel had given his place on the
programme " ''ie nishop. "o SOW ~ p'''
BISHOP POTTER PRAISES Low
A nation or city which does not believe
in itself has no assurance of great future
BIT the one word thaI Man nre s1 ftr "i i'm
this nooy o o' rlaas sn hive at this
n nnnent = standinS upon my man tel piece in
NV study. a postal card which bears these
words: The lamp. opposite No = Il will
not enba rrass you by saying where the p ismp
a a so IL. ~ bmmor and little sarcasm In
n Horh rat sr' nasted above this. on large
sheet OF pn per, a note concerning the duties
OF Bishop.
But. gentlemen =, su IN r,tv 81 evervhodv
q. btsmopy w Turn on the iirht so that the
Ia ,ns il, TIE street are liz and that they may