Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-12
.ROOSEVfS Man.
Initiated Into It'll Order at the White
House..

WASHINGTON, IAN. 12:-Presi-
dent Roosevelt was initiated into the
Improved Order of Red Men yester-
day. Strictly speaking, there was no
initiation as known in lodge rooms,
but honorary membership was con
ferred on Mr.. Roosevelt in his own
office at the White House and the
oath of membership was administer-
ed by a distinguished officer of the
order.
Besides the officers who took part
in the ceremony these members of
congress, who are members OF the
organization, were present and shook
hands cordially with Novitiate Roose-
welt Immediately after the admins
tering of the oath: Senator Dryden,
of New Jersey; Representatives Liv-
ingstone and Bell, of Georgia; Lou
denslager and Gardner, of New Jer-
sey; Rodenburg, of limos, and
Sperry, of Connecticut.
The nature of the oath is a secret,
and only members of h order were
present, but the ceremony was de-
scribed as a highly dignified and in
teresting one. A testimonial was pre-
scented, and in offering it Judge Rob-
ert T. Daniel, of Griffin, Pa, Past
Great Incohonee, read from a paper
typewriter in red. He said in part:
such men as you, Mr.. President,
are not the result of accident. At
their nativity the bright stor of prom
Use burns with splendor, and around
their sacred forms the robe of i'm
mortality clings, shielding and pro-
tecting them until their life's work is
done, then, wrapped in the love and
admiration of a grateful people, they
enter the land of the liel, where their
everlasting praises will be sung by
the choir of the heavenly courts. The
highest and best type of civilization
today is typified by the American
people. To be the idolized ruler of
such a people is an honor and a dis
tinction greater than to be a crowned
head or the sovereign of any other
nation on earth. AS such, sir,
hail you today"
The president responded to Judge
Daniel as follows:
This is a wholly unexpected hon
or, an honor which, it is needless to
say, | deeply appreciate. | appreci-
ate not only the deed but the spirit
lying back of the deed, and the words
in which you have couched your
speech of notification. Orders such
as this play a signally great and use
full part in our body social, polite
and economic; for if there is n
thing for which this nation should
especially stand, it is brotherhood
within our own borders and the spirit
of just and fair treatment of others,
and of demanding just and fair treat
ment for ourselves as outside our
own borders. | thank you and deep
ly appreciate the courtesy shown me
in this token forwarded to me on be-
half of the Improved Order of Red
Men: and | can assure you that while
am president | shall do all that in
me lies to make every good Ameri-
can feel that | am trying to carry out
mis- Ideals
Inc Oatn was administered by VIII
son Brooks. of Chicago. Great Chief
Of Records, and the secret work was
communicated by Past Great Inco-
lonee Thomas x. Donelly, of Phila-
delphia. The dispensation under
which President Roosevelt was made
I member was granted by John w.
Cherry, of Norfolk, Va, Great In
cohonee.
The delegation of officers said af-
terward that the president had prev
iously expressed "A desire to join the
order. After being declared a Red
Man the president expressed his
warm appreciation of the honor of
membership and of the compliment
tary address delivered by Judge
Daniel.