Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-02-15
ROOSEVELT
Continued from page 1.)

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I, roar such as the East Side tenement
| walls never echoed before. Waving his
| hat from the carriage window and
| howing, the President returned the
| polyglot greeting. At the entrance to
the cafe there was 4 welcoming cheer
and the President dOifel his hat. He
| started to leave the car in which he
| had reached the entrance, and was on
the step with the door open, when the
| carriage was started again. but he
did not fall. The mounted police lined
up ooposit. the entrance until the par
ty entered the cafe.
| The Presidents visit to Little
| Hungary" tonight, fulfilled a promise
| made TO the Hungarian Republican
Club several years ago that he would
| be their guest at a banquet if their
| prediction came true ana he ever went
to the VI bite House.
This. the concluding function of the
Presidents two days visit to New
York, vas the most picturesque that
he has attended. In striking contrast
to the wealth and fashion which sur
rounded his. last night. ut the Lincoln
dinner. We're the surroundings amid
which the President spoke. tonight.
| He met old friends. many OF them
| whom he had known when he Was po-
| lice commissioner and it WAS interest
| ing to see how we'll his memory served
| hm 1t the reception which preceded
| the banquet. for whenever Mr. Braun
presented an old acquaintance, Mi.
| Roosevelt would eXcl;tim. NO need of
| an Introduction here" ana quickly call
out the name ana giaSped the nand OF
the individual.
| Promptly 1T $50 the Pr, siIynt left
the reception room ana escorted by
:.lr. Er;,un dcsCcuded TO the basement
Gown Wil!iHG staiIWays and past the
httlr bar ,tud Into the cafe H. Stoui
for several minutes at his place at I'll"
cent"e Of the mad table gazing upon
the elaborate decorations. THO ceiling.
the wallis and the pillars Wer" COM
pletelv covered with cVcrgretus ana
| this BACKGROUND was relieved at Gre-
uuent interv3lis by flags ana shields.
| He'd carnations We're arranged in pro-
| fusion along the front of tho PrcSi-
| dents table. Which extended across
one side of the room. The President
sat at the right OF Mr.. Braun. the
| president OG thu CLUB. ami IN" other
| guests 1T this able were Genera! Fran
Cis y. Greene, William Barnes. Jr.,
Rear Admir- Il Coghl:tn. General i'rcl.r
ick y. Giant. Nevada y. Stranahan,
| Secretary Loeb. W. TraverS Jerome.
Commissioner NCtdco. Robert \. Ann
strong. james Sln"nr. Dr.. ana FRANK
II. Tyre, while nearly Were many
ether men prominent ii. various walks
of life.
y Hungarian orchestra especially
pleased the President with It's inspiring
music throughout the dinner.
1t was 1oao o'clock when MI. Braun
raped for crd,r th1t hn might introdUc
the President tie spoke of the organ
ization of the Hungarian Republican Clan
nine years ago for the purpose of making
good Americans of the lIungalians VINO
come 10 this country.
Amid loud cries of lei Jrn'' and the
pla wing Of The Star SpauSlcd BANNER.
Mr. Braun proposed the President 5
Il present" he said The man who
gives everybody square deal; no more.
no less.
idcnt arose ana faced tn" crowded room.
When silence was obtained he said;
MIR. President. ana YOU. my fellow
|
me to he with you this eTening. and in
greeting my hosts of The Hungarian Re
thought Of my fellow guests. Congressman
SulG"r and others. when | say that what
| ever our differences before our election.
| wher Cnce the election has taken place
all of us in public life or in private life
| President, congressman. judges. lcgiSla T.
ors alike-are American citizens and moth
ing else.
1T is nearly 10 years ago that ! first
took dinner here in the Immediate neigh
bolhood of where | am dining now. ami
at that time, ] remember perfectly when
| was first brought up here il was Mr..
Jacob Riis and Mr.. Jim Reynolds. and
was told that | would get an aWfuliE gool
dinner and hear some very good mnsic
and both prophecies proved true. and il
was about thtt time that ! grew e y"
acquainted with 50 many of my hosts
others | had known before. With one nf
my fellow guests General Grant. | was
, working in common and at different time
| spoke 1t meetings presided over ny ol
hold in the club houses Of various o1 tn,
igentlemen here present. sometimes on 20
litical subjects much more oitcn Oh mat
tcrs Of good citizenship affecting us al
as good citizens. | grew in those wears
gentlemen. to have very clos" feeling
of sympathy and affection and regard for
the men and women Of th" great t.asi
, Side Of this city. and | needed 70 urging
when | WIS invited - come ANA hr
guest AZ the club Of the East sid thi-
IeVnnin@.
president Braun has described bow tn.
preliminary iuvi ati0u took place II WI
six years ago that this club gave m" j
dinner after | had hcCn elected governor
and they then said that th"v intended II
elect me President and that must th"r
, | come and :allc dinner with them again
l | told them certainly that if they wouic
. carry ont their part of the contract
would carry out mine. | am not perfect
| ly certain that th"Y anticipated thlt :h"il
offer would he closed with So soon. Ru
YOU see. gentlemen | closed with them
| and tonight | wish to greet You mos
, warmly and to say THAI I doubt IL "
could find a more typcaily American
gathering thar this. AmcriCaniSm iS nr
| a matter Of birthplace. of anCeStr:-. o
II creed. Of occupation; AmrricaniSm i o.
{, matter Of the s"irit that is within man
= soul. From the time wnon We first hr
= cImc an independent ration To the pres
ii ent moment thcr" has ncvcr hnon
Ii gathering in which some oi The most dis
il. tnGuiShcd ard most useful mon We're no
j. MOI who were born on the othrr sidr o
the Atlantic: and II * poCulilrlY anUro
priIt" aud t" he peculiarly pleasant fha
in addressing this club Of the men upol
whose efforts to much Of the futur" WI
fare nf this CITY. Of this St"tc. Of this na
= tinn. depends. | should y" addressing moi
" who show Ivy their actions that they know
no difference between jew ana Gentle
Catholic and Protestant. native horn an'
~ | foreign horn TrOVidp1 O>IV man