Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-02-15

tions about his speech last night, the
president good naturedly replied:
Read the speech my friend and you
won't ask any questions"
Promptly at p. IN. the president left
the reception room and, escorted by
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 of the table
gazing upon the elaborate decorations.
The ceiling, walls and pillars were
completely covered with evergreen and
this background was relieved by flags
and shields. The president sat at the
right of Braun, the president of the
club, and the other guests at this table
were General Francis V. Greene, Will
liam Barnes, Jr., Rear Admiral Cogh-
Ian, General Frederick d. Grant Neva-
da NJ. Stranahan, Secretary Loeb, w.
Travers Jerome, Commissioner Nc
Adoo, Robert B. Armstrong, James
Sloane, Jr., and Frank H. Tyree, while
nearby were many other men promi=
, nent in various walks of life.
The Hungarian orchestra especial
ly pleased the president with its mus
ic throughout the dinner. Among the
/ kilograms read at the dinner was one
from the Hungarian club of Kansas
City to President Roosevelt, which
read: Hungarian hearts beat for you
because they always find you true. We
( hope you will find the Tokay right and
God will bless your appetite"
An amusing incident in the early
part of the dinner was furnished by
Mr.. Taursig, a prominent member of
the club. He is tall man with long,
black hair and a rather striking coun-
tenance. He was sitting down in front
of the president and started up to
shake hands with him, when there was
an immediate rush of secret service
men to the rescue. This caused great
/ amusement among the members of the
club and the president gave him a
most cordial greeting.
The president added: "And it was
about time that I grew to be acquaint-
ed with so many of my hosts and fe!-
low guests of this evening. Others 1
had known before.
when one of my fellow guests,
General Grant and I were then work
ing in common, at different times 1
spoke at meetings presided over by or
held in the club houses of various of
the gentlemen here present. some times
, on political subjects, much oftener on
matters of good citizenship affecting US
all as good citizens. I grew in these
/ years gentlemen, to have a very close
feeling of sympathy and affection and
regard for the men and women of the
great East Side of this city, and 1
/ needed no urging when I was invited
/ to come and be the guest at a club
| of the East Side this evening.
! Tonight 1 wish to greet you most
warmly and l doubt if we could find
a more typical gathering than this.
Americanism is not a matter of birth
place. of ancestry. of creed. of Oc-
cupation; Arnericanism is a matter Of
i the spirit that is within the mans
/ soul. Since the time when we first
! became an independent nation to the
present moment there has never been
/ q generation in which some of the
most distinguished and most useful
men were not men who had been born
on the other side Of the Atlantic and
( it is peculiarly appropriate and to me
| peculiarly pleasant that in addressing
this club of men upon whose efforts
much of the future welfare of this city,
! this state and this nation depends. 1
Z should be addressing men who show
/ by their action that they know no diff
| ference between Jew and gentle.
! Catholic and Protestant, native born
and foreign born; provided only the
man, whatever his creed, whatever his
birth place strives to live, to do his
full duty by his neighbor and by the
country as a whole"
1t was impossible to hear the con-
cIuding paragraphs of the presi-
| dents speech because OF the activities
| of the secret service men. They
swarmed around the main table and
with a wedge formation took the pres
! ident through the narrow hall way and
up the stairs to the reception room
where his coat and hat had been left
( Then a police sergeant in uniform with
] half a dozen patrolmen was sent TO
keep the streets clear. Ten minutes
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