The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-15
EAST SIDES NIGHT,
A Great Demonstration Over
2OOSaVeIt'S Visit.
ENTHUSIASM UNBOUNDED.
He Speaks Of Old Times and the
Worth Of Good Citizenship.

Solemn Army OF OBrien sieuths Fails
to Dim the Hospitality OF tho Most
Interesting Foreign Quarter or New
York-strects Cleared for Fear OF
Anarchists. but Not Ono Showed
His Faoe-Secret Service Men Never
Feared 'Em-One Expressive Sign OF
Good VIII Censored. Though It Might
Not Have Hurt-women Tabooed 40
the Dinner. but It was n Beautiful
and Gorgeous Dfsplay--Au the
NotabllIties There and the President
shook Them All by tho Hand--wnas
lie Said and How They Took It.
Tho President Of the United States went
down into the East Side Of New York yester-
day and was there the guest OF honor at
banquet of such eplendor and oheerfulness
as he has never before been honored with
no; not even by tho spiendiferous golden
/ banquet'whch was given in his honor in
a
hosts were the members of the Hungarian
Republican Club of New York city, most
( of whom live east of the Bowery and speak
/ their English with Magyar twist.
Though it was st. Valentines Day
! feast, the fair were eliminated. During all
the proceedings only four women crossed
| the threshold of Liberty Hall little Hun
! gary, where the banquet was held. And
they were the wives and relatives OF the
president of the club, Marcus Braun, and
the proprietor of the restaurant, the fat
and fdgetty Max Schwartz.
Except for President Braun. who intro
duced him, the President was tho only
speaker at the banquet. This thoughtful
concentration OF the limelight on the hon
ored guest was not only an eXemplihcation
Of the perfect hospitality of the Hungarians
| toward the President. but was in degree
! a necessary concession to time and time
| tables. The Presidents train was due TO
| leave for Washington at midnight; and the
| voluminousness of the food and drink which
| had been prepared for the occasion made 1t
| quite impossible for him to begin until it
was very nearly time for him to leave.
The Presidents address a minging
( of greeting for old friends with whom he
had been associated when he was Police
| Commissioner with one of his mliar
honilies on the necessity of good citizen
ship for the salvation of the nation. He
also dwelt on the marvellous quality Of our
Government. which aSsimilntcs men of all
nations and OF all creeds under its beneflcent
infuer -.
FIRST PRESIDENT on THE EAST SIDE.
Presidents have not heretofore hauntedthe
East Side when they have visited New York.
To be sure, Andrew jackson and Martin
Van Buren, in their time were entertained
in the present Sun building, which was
then Tammany Hall, and was considered
10 be pretty well over into the East Side.
But the heart of the tenement district of
downtown to-day has not had President
in it before.
Most people have thought OF that district
as one which m ght briste with anarchist
whiskers and sputter with bombs on the
slightest pretext 1t way be written here.
on the word Of one who has followed Mr.
Roosevelt from Maine to Arizona and from
Oregon TO Mississippi, that never in all his
travels has he found himself in the midst
of people more frankly proud and eager to
do honor to him and 10 the Office he holds
The East Side ragamufiin to whom a silk
hat is the text for unlimited scurrility
and the mere suspicion Of evening dress
a covert invitation for the throwing of
mud balls, even these little scalawags for
got their mischief and roared all night for
Teddy, and burned up their wiokedness
with red fire bought at the expense Of weeks
of saving.
FLOOD or sLEUrHs LET LOOSE.
Nevertheless a tradition ia a tradition.
and Acting inspector Steve O'Bren OF the
Detective Bureau knows the book of his
Job, So he filed the sidewalks within a
mile Of Little Hungary with his big footed
sleuths. tricked out in all manner Of sweat
ers and overalls and other DISCUSSES and
handful OF friendess waits were gathered
in during the night Suspicious persona.
But the Federal Secret Service men, Of
whom an ample number accompanied the
President. never had an easier time in
their lives Their only nervousness was
on account of the cranks who, it was feared.
might be stirred into activity by the eI-
element Of the foreign quarter; they were
very grateful for the forest ght Of Com
missioner McAdoo in putting twenty uni
formed policemen on the roofs of the tene-
ments on both sides Of Houston street
nearest the banquet hall.
Once this precaution was taken they
were rather inclined TO litter at the spec
tacular seuthing Of the men Of Briens
command.
STREETS CLEARED FOR THE EVENT.
In the interest Of general good order.
the streets around Mr. Schwartz's restau-
rant were cleared OF people, and no ono
was allowed TO 60 into them unless he lived
in them or had a ticket to the feast. Even
the general passes issued to reporters for
the passing Of all polioe lines were sus-
PENDED within this district. and special
passes were issued good for the night only.
Outside the lines thousands Of wildly
excited Americans Of foreign blood danced
THE TINE TO 90 TO WASHINGTON