Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-08
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President Roosevelt Present
 as the Honor Guest.
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 WASHINGT TON, April 8.A repre- sentative and distinguished company attended the dinner of the Periodical Publishers Association of America given at the New Willard hotel last night. President Roosevelt was the honor guest. To his right sat Count Cassinf, the Russian ambassador, dean of the diplomatic corps, and on either side of them were MT. Hay, the secre- tary of state; M. Jusserand, the French ambassador; BaroK yon Stern burg, the German ambassador; Justice Peckham of the supreme court Will liam B, Rowland, president of the as sociation; Hamilton w. Mabie, the toastmaster, and other distinguished members of the society. The Chinese and Japanese ministers sent letters of regret.
 When President Roosevelt arose to speak he was given an ovation, the en- tire company rising and cheering him repeatedly. Toastmaster Mabie intro duced him as "the best known author in America today, the author and il- lustrator of American ideals" He spoke as follows:
 1t is always a pleasure to man in public life to meet the real governing classes.s bid you welcome to Wash ington and to say but a word of greet ing, and that word shall take the form of a warning and a hope. I did not speak In justice when I alluded to you as representatives of the governing classes I think that we of the United States cannot keep too fresh in our minds the fact that the men responsi- ble for the government are not the rep resentatives of the people, but the peo- pie themselves and that therefore heavy is the responsibility that lies upon the people and upon all those who do most toward shaping the thought of the people. Now, in the days of my youth I was literary man. have recently in reading 8 book been immensely struck by the thought de veloped in it by one of our greatest scholars who was speaking of freedom and of the fact that freedom could not exist unless there went with 1t a sense of responsibility, and he used phrase somewhat like this, That among all peoples there must be a restraint; if there is no restraint there is for an in evitable result anarchy which is the mega ton of all government
 "I believe in the future of this peo- | pie. believe in the growth and great ness of this country, because believe that you and those like you approach their tasks in the proper spiritnot al- ways, but as rule. And, gentlemen, it seems to me that because of the very fact that we are so confident in the greatness of our country and our country's future we should beware of any undue leyity or any spirit of mere boastfulness.
 Individual courtesy is good thing, and international courtesy is quite as good thing If there is any one quail ity which should be deprecated in the public man and in the public writer alike it is the use of language which i. tends to produce irritation among na- ! tions with whom we should be on E friendly terms. Nations are now brought much nearer together than they formerly were.
 : We have very large field in war ring against evil at home. When all is as it ought to be in nation and state and municipality here at home we can then talk about reforming the rest of mankind Bet us begin at home'' |& Baron von Sternburg, the German ambassador, when called upon by MT. Mabie said:
 During my wanderings in foreign lands I frequently have been struck by the wfuespreading of the American periodical not only among the Eng fish speaking people, but also among the people belonging to all races and nationalities Some years ago when in Samoa I was discussing with a Samoan chief the history of his is- lands. I was surprised by the intelli- gence of the man and by the interest ing knowledge he possessed relating to the past of his people. When I asked him from where he had gained his information and if his islands had any written records of their past handed down by his ancestors the chief smiled and said no such records never existed because Samoans had no written language. But he continued, there is a foreign book which has, told us all of our past history. Saying this, he opened an old ships chest, re covered probably from some derelict, which held his few humble posses sions, and handed to me number of an American magazine containing a lengthy article on Samoa and the sa- moans This he said, is the only record our islands ever possessed, and l it has taught us many things which we ourselves had long ago. forgotten :"
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