The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-19
THIS FROM Mr.. HAY
"A Fine Tribute to- the President
From His Secretary Of
sa State. WEE.
His Talent Formed in the Solitudes,
His Character in the Torrent
Of the World. Il

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Hay was the guest Of honor Saturday
evening at the seventeenth annual dinner
Of the Ohio society given in the grand
ballroom Of the Waldorf. AIS.
The banquet, to which the title OF
diplomatic was given in recognition Of
the presence Of the representatives Of all
the great powers, was most brilliant.
Interest was given by the presence Of
the women of the several embassies and
the wives of numerous distinguished Off
Gals. ~:
In his opening address President Col
gate Hoyt said: - 81 zs4yf. SCR 4a5
''Ohio has furnished six presidents and
the Lord and Senator Hanna only know
how many more she may furnish in the
future" Mr.. Hoyt referred to each arnbas-
sador and minister by name. when each
rose and bowed his acknowledgements.
Secretary Hay Speaks.
After the toast to the president OF the
United States had been drunk the whole
assem- lage rising and the orchestra play"
ing the natiotlal anthem. Mr.. Ffoyt intro
duced the guest Of the evening. The sec
rotary Of state was hailed with prolonged
applause. Mr.. Hay said: -. .& o-.-@'l
"a distinguished American some time
ago leaped into unmerited fame by saying
some men are born sreat-others are
born In Ohio .t.a.> i: '5z5a.&,-~ IL
when I look back on the shifting
scenes Of my life, if I am not that al
together deplorable creature, man with
out country. am, when it comes to pull
and prestige, almost equally bereft, as I
am man without state. was born
In Indiana, grew up In Illinois, was ed
ucated In Rhode Island, and it is no blame
to that scholarly community that know
so little. I learned my law In Springfield
and my politics in Washington, my diplo
macy in Europe, Asia and Africa. I have
20 ~, fSA ~ Ino
| in the District of Columbia. When I look
to the springs from which my blood de-
scends, the first ancestors I ever heard Of
were g. Scotchman. who was half English
and German woman. who was half
French. OF my immediate progenitors
my mother was from New England and
my father was from The south. In this
bewilderment Of origin and experience T
can only put on an aspect of deep humility
| in any gathering of faNorite sons, and
confess that am nothing but an Ameri-
| can.
But your toast referred especially to
| our actual president, our young, gallant,
| able, brilliant President Roosevelt. I am
| glad to be called on to say in his absence
what few men would be hardy enough to
| say to his face-for, like all men Of high
courage and manliness, he is inhospitable
| to f1attery. In the great roll Of our pres
| idents-all of them men Of mark of lofty
| character and ideals-not one name among
| them sn1irched by, the slightest stain of
personal corruption or wrong doing, all OF
| them showing to the world clean hands
and high aims-he holds nov, ne will hold
forever, distinguished place. A great
| German has said a talent is formed in the
solitudes a character in the torrent Of the
| world ~ 49,
"Our president has had the advantage
Of both thes environments. From the
|
sheltered from the ruder currents Of the
world by the ranparts of wealth and
gentle nurture, he passed, still very young,
| to the wild. and free existence of the
| plains and the hills. In the silence OF
| those vast solitudes men grow 20 full
stature when the original stuff is good.
He came back to the east, bringing with
| him. as Tennyson sang: The wrestling
thews that throw the world His career
since then has been singularly varied. He
has gone rapidly forward and upward be-
cause that was the law Of his being. He
does not disdain the garlands Of fame, but
he finds his highest enjoyment In grasp
ing the tools that At his hand. He has
the high ideal Of public work set forth by
the greatest teacher and ruler that ever
lived, whatsoever will be chief among you
let him be your servant -
I'm the six years which remain Of I'resi-
dent Rosevelt's ternn-if my arithmetic
Is wrong am open to correction-you VII
see what a stout heart, an active mind
a vital intelligence a wide range of ex'
perience, passion for justice and truth
and devoted patriotism can accomplish
at the head Of nation which unites thu
strength of mighty youth to the politica
sense which is the inheritance Of centuric
! of free government ~-
ME-. Depews Sp eec!. -
Senator Depew said in part: ~
"Orsanized capital and organized labo
are the present factors Of development
and civilizations; when they are in har
mony, peace and prosperity prevail. Whel
they fall out the social fabric is in DANCE
of disintergrating, and if the dispute wa
sufficiently widespread and obstinate in
dustrial operations would be suspende
and society reduced to anarchy. 49,.
1.-The lessons Of all past experience an
the progress of civilization from its loves
to it's present splendid development favor
arbitration for these questions. :.
I'm domestic crisis Of unprecedente
acuteness and peril the presidents wis
apprehension Of the situation and wise an
tactful suggestions to the contendirg par
toe ,vertod conditions made most mani