The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-15

When the President drove up to Little Hungary tonight he fulfilled a promise made to members of the Hungarian Republican Club several years ago. that he would be their guest at q banquet if their prediction came true and he ever went to the White House. This, the concluding function of the Presidents two days visit to New York. was the most picturesque that he has attended. In striking contrast to the wealth and fashion which sur rounded him last night at the Lincoln dinner were the surroundings amid which he spoke tonight
 Promptly at s:30 the President left 1 the reception room, where he met and called by name many former East Side friends among the hundreds of hand shakers and, escorted by Mir. Braun. descended to the basement and past the little bar into the cafe. He stood for several minutes at his place at the centre of the head table. gazing upon the elaborate decorations. The Presi- dent sat at the right of Mir. Braun and the other guests at this table were General Francis V. Greene, Wm. | Barnes. Jr., Rear Admiral Coghlan. General Frederick D. Grant, Nevada N. Stranahan, Secretary Loeb, w. Travers Jerome, Commissioner McAdoo. Robert B. Armstrong, James Sloane, IT,, and Frank Fl. Tyree, while nearby were ] many other men prominent in various walks of life.
 An Amusing Incident
 A Hungarian orchestra especially pleased the President with its inspir- l ing music throughout the dinner. An amusing incident of the early part of the dinner was furnished by MT. Taus- ! sig, a prominent member of the Hun' garian Club. He Is a tall man with long, black hair and a rather striking | countenance. He was sitting down in front of the President and started up 1 to shake hands with him when there was an immediate rush of secret ser vice men to the rescue. This caused great amusement among the members of the club. and the President gave him a most cordial greeting.
 A letter from Count Apponyt. one or 1 the opposition leaders in the Hunga- rian Diet, was read in which he said | ho wmuch he would have liked to ate tend the banquet. "I have no right, l he said. "to express anything like par | tisan feeling with respect to American affairs, but there Is nothing to pre- vent me from giving expression to the | feeling of high personal regard which | H.
 | President. Roosevelt"
 l Kossuth, the Hungaran statesman 1 sent the following telegram whlcn was read amid great enthusiasm:
 Deliver at banquet congratulations of our party to President Roosevelt l It was 10 o'clock when MT. Braun rapped for order that he might intro- duce the president. He spoke of the organization of the Hugarian Repuoli' can Club nine years ago for the pur' 1 pose of making good Americans oi l HunRarIans who come to this country ] The members cheered when Mir. Braun said this club was fighting all at tempts to make Hugarians stick t' their native country instead of becom ing American citizens.
 we will always remember, how ever" he said. our native country with affection"
 Amid loud cries of "Eljin." and th' nlavinR of the Star Spangled Banner Mir. Braun proposed the Presidents health.
 T present" he said, the man who gives everybody a square deal. nc more. no less"
 The applause was deafening as thu President arose and faced the crowd ed room. When silence was obtained he said:
 Mr. ROOsevelt's Speech.
 'sMr. President and you, my fellow Americans: It Is a peculiar pleasure for me to be with you this evening and to greet my hosts of the Hun garian Republican Club. give utter ance to the thought of my fellow guests. Congressman Sulzer and oth' ers- when I say that whatever our diff ferences before our election, wher once the election has taken place al of us in public life or in private life president, congressman, judges, legis Iators alike-are American citizens ant nothing else.
 Tt is nearly ten years ago that first took dinner here in the tmme diate neighbcrhOod of where l am din ing now and at that time I remember perfectly when l was first brought uI here 1t was by MT. Jacob Riis and Mr Tim Reynolds, and I was told that would get an awfully good dinner ant hear some very good music and botf nrophecies proved true; and it wal about that time that grew to be ac ouainted with so many of my hostl Land fellow guests of this evening lThe others I had known before.
 "President Braun has described how tbe preliminary invitation took place If was six years ago that tnlS clui gave me a dinner after I had beer Elected Governor, and they then saiC thai they intended to elect me presi dent and that l must then come ant take dinner with them again. l tolC
 them certainly; that If they woul' carry out their part of the contract
 11o,,id carry out mine. am not per
 rectlv certain that they anticipated
 that their offer would be closed witt
 so soon. But you see' gentlemen,
 closed with them, and tonight l wisl
 to greet YOU most warmly and to sa!
 that doubt if we could find a nor
 tvnicaIly American gathering thar
 tbis Americanism is not a matter O
 hirthpIace. or ancestry, or creed. or oc
 cnnatIon: Americanism Is a matter 0
 tbe qnirit that is within mans soul
 From the time when we first becam
 an independent nation to the presen
 moment there has never been a gen
 eration in which some of the most dis
 tinguished and most useful men wer,
 not men who had been born on thu
 other side of the Atlantic, and 1t il
 necullarly appropriate and to me pecu
 iiorIv nIeasant that in addressing thu
 cIuh of the men upon whose effort st
 rnI,cb of the future welfare of this city
 of this State. of this nation, depends
 I should be addressing men who show
 bv their actions that they know nt
 dirference between Jew and Gentle
 Catholic and Protestant, native borr
 and foreign born; provided only tn'
 man whatever his creed, whatever hi
 birthplace, strives to live so as to dt
 his full duty by his neighbor and. b!
 the country as a whole.'