The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-15

Loeb. AS the president stepped from /
the carriage he paused and shook |
hands with several police inspectors
who stood near.
Six years ago Governor Roosevelt |
was entertained at the same place.
and when he was police commissioner
he became familiar with every turn
OF the narrow streets through which |
he passed. In his police escort there
were some of the men who wore their |
badges under him when he headed |
THE Force" and who still address |
him as Mr.. Commissioner
When the president drove up to |
Little Hungary he fulfilled a promise |
made to members of the Hungarian |
Republican club several years ago, |
banquet if their prediction came true
and he ever went to the White House.
Met Many Old Friends
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 at the Lincoln dinner.
were the surroundings amid which
| the president spoke.
| He met old friends, many of whom
| he had known when he was police
commissioner, and it was interesting
| to see how we'll his memory served
! him at the reception which preceded
the banquet, for whenever Mr. Braun
presented an old acquaintance Mr..
Roosevelt would exclainn, mo need OF
an Introduction here" and quickly
call the name and grasp the hand OF
the Individual.
was anxious to ask him some quest
! ions about his speech the previous
night the president goodnaturedly re-
piled: Read the speech, my friend
and you won't ask any questions.
Promptly at $50 the president left
| the reception room and, escorted by
Mr.. Braun, descended to the basement
and past the little bar into the cafe.
He stood for several minutes at his
place at the center of the head table
| gazing upon the elaborate decorations
The ceilings, the walls and the pillars
were completely covered with ever
green and this background was re-
! Iieved by flags and shields. Red car
nations were arranged IN profuslon
table, which extended across one side
! of the room. The president sat at
the right of Mr. Braun, the president
of the club and other guests at this
| table were: General Francis V.
Greene, William Barnes, jr-, Rear Ad-
nairaI Coghlan, General Frederick D.
tary Loeb, w. Travers Jerome, Com
missioner McAdOo, Robert B. Arm
strong. James Sloane, jr., and Frank
H Tyree, while nearby were many
other men prominent in various walks
of life.
Among the kilograms read at the din
ner was one from the Hungarian club,
of Kansas City, to President Roosevelt,
which said:
Hungarian hearts, they beat for you
Because they always find you true.
We hope you find the tokay right,
And God will bless your appetite.
Vice President-elect Fairbanks sent a
letter expressing his regret thathe could
not be present.
Kossuth, the Hungarian statesman.
sent the following telegram, which was
read amid great enthusiasm:
Deliver at banquet congratulation
of our party to President Roosevelt"
: An Ovation.
1t was 1920 o'clock when Mr.. Braun
raped for order that he might intro
+ duce the president
Amid loud cries of ''Eljin" and the
playing of the Star Spangled Banner, .
! Mr.. Braun proposed the president S
I II present. he said, s-the man who
/ gives everybody a square deal, no more,
? no less"
! The applause was deafening as the
president arose and faced a crowded
room. When silence was obtained, ne
said:
Americans: 1t is peculiar pleasure
for me to be with you this evening, and
while greeting my hosts of the Hungar-
ian Republican club, give utterance
to the thought of my fellow guests.
l Congressman Sulzer and others, when
say, that whatever our differences be-
fore our election, when once the election
4 has taken place, all OF us IN puohc NE
! men, judges, legislators alike-are
l American citizens and nothing else
1T is nearly ten years ago that
! first took dinner here IN the immediate
I neighborhood of where am dining now
l and at that time remember perfectly
when I was brought up here it was by
Mr. Jacob Riis and Mr. Jim Reynolds,
and I was told that would get an
awfulIy good dinner and hear some
very good music, and both prophesies
. proved true; and it was about that
? time that I grew to be acquainted with
Z So many of my hosts and fellow guests
of this evening The others had
! known before With one of my fellow
guests General Grant, was then work
ing in common, and at different times i
smoke at meetings presided over by OF
j held in the club houses of various OF
the gentlemen here present, sometimes
. on political subjects, much more OFTEN
y on matters of good citizenship aHectlne
: us all as good citizens
How He Came to Be Invited.
ct grew in these years, gentlemen, tc
have a very close feeling of sympathy
:, and affection and regard Tor the meL
, and women of the great East SIDE OF
y this city and 1 needed no urging Wher
,. T was invited to come and be the gues'
= at a club of the East side this evening
. President Baum has described how tne
: | preliminary invitation took place.
: was six years ago that this club gave
, me A dinner after I had been elected
:, governor, and they then said that they
: intended to elect me president and tina
,, I must then come and take dinner Will
: them again. I told them, certainly, ina
2 ~ thew would carry out their art of th'
y contract I would carry out mine. an
: mot perfectly certain that they antici
r pated that their offer would be closed
q with so soon. But. you see, gentlemen
{ T closed with them. and tonight wisl
d to greet you most warmly and to sa.
II that I doubt if we could find NOR
8 typically American gathering than this
= -;oor ism iS not a matter OF DlrIl
D1aee. of ancestry, of creed, of occupation
@ Auericanism is a matter of the spirit tina