The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-02-17

honor at the Lincoln dinner Of the Re
publican club in this city tonight Presi-
dent Roosevelt made a speech on the
race problem. He appealed to the north
to make it's friendship for the south ali
the greater because OF the ''embarrass-
ment Of conditions for which she Is not
alone responsible declared that the
heartiest acknowledgements are due to
the ministers, law officers, grand juries,
public men and great daily newspa-
pers in the south, who have recently
done such effective work in leading the
crusade against lynching'' and said that
the problem was to 80 adjust the rela-
tons between two races of different
ethnic type, that the backward race be
possession of tru freedom, while the
forward race is enabled to preserve an
harmed the high civilization wrought
out by it's fathers"
The President was introduced by
Louis Stern, president of the Republl-
can Club in a brief speech. Mt. Stern
referred to him as having earned the
right "by the quality of his admins
tration to be called the successor OF
Abraham Lincoln.
The sentiment evoked a demOnstra-
ton lasting many minutes.
Following the President, Senator Dol
liver Of Iowa, responded to the toast
"a hra ham JinnN7nD Mr. cnorOa A
knight Of California spoke on THE
Republican Party" and James II. Beck,
former assistant attorney general of
+, the United states on The Unity Of the
! Republic
F. The dinner was held in the main ban-
Quet hall Of the Waldorf-Astoria and
the number of guests and e~laborateness
Of decorations is believed to have ex-
ceeded any function of it's character
ever held in New York.
The guests numbered more than thir-
teen hundred, including two hundred
ana seventy five women, who dined in
the Aston gallery.
(The speech of President Roosevelt
can he found on the third page Of this
paper.)
The President received an enthusi
astic welcome at Jersey Sity IN the ar
rival Of his special train from Wash
ington this afternoon. A crowd that
had waited in the ferry house for
haIc an hour Joined in cheering with
another that had gathered in the
Pennsylvania train shed while the
President and his party were escort
ed trough the station to the ferry
boat which carried him to West
23rd street.
Followed by two carriages contain
ing secret service and Central Of
flee detectives and surrounded by a
: troop of mounted police, the Presi-
len was driven rapidly across town
: to Fifth avenue and thence to the
Republican Club on West 10th street
The route was crowded with person,
anxious to catch a glimpse of tn.
, President and he was cheered al
along the line.
> Both at Jersey City and ON the
: New York side the police precau,
tons were on somewhat more ex'
: tensiye scale than at any previou!
; visit of the President to this city
, At the railway station in jersey
City there was a large number Oh
uniformed police and plain clothes
men. and on this side. in addition
to the mounted squad, COMMISSIONS
. McAdoo had ordered out many po
= licemen and detectives.
The President arrived at the clul
t at exactly four O'Clock and was es
i corted TO the large reception room
: on the second floor where he tool
: his stand in front of a canopy o
+: American flags. The reception last
: ed two hours, during which tim
nearly 900 persons greeted the Pres
ident.
At the close of the reception tn
President drove, accompanied By tn
g same escort. to the home of his sis
ter. Mrs. Douglas Robinson, In Mad
Z ison n
{ Here after a brief rest h Pres
dent dressed for dinner and wa
!, driven to the Waldorf. where n
arrived at 1870 and became the CUES
Of the Republican club at Its Lilfcol
dinner.