Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-03-01
COUNTRY NEVER HAD
BETTER SERVANTS
President Thanks Those Who Have
Helped Him to Accomplish
Things During the
Past Seven
Years.

washington, -. c., March 1.-Pres-
ident Roosevelt today gave a farewell
luncheon at the White House to the
members of the famous tennis cab
met" and others who have been
closely associated with him during
the last seven years. Aside from the
distinguished government officials
who nave served among the presi-
dents chief aides during his admin
istration and also as his companions,
there were present men with whom
the president had made friends when
he was roughng it in the west years
ago and with whom he had gone on
numerous hunting expeditions.
The occasion was memorable to
those who surrounded the president
today and the latter's farewell words
we're not entirely free from the notes
of regret, if not sadness. The pres
ident. in a brief speech, laid empha-
sis on the point that no administra-
ton had given its chief more loyal
service and he stated that he believed
that the country had never had a
more devoted set of public servants
than those men through whom, he
said, most of the work of his admin
istration had been accom- plished.
The president in his remarks follow
ing the luncheon, said:
''Gentlemen: You are hcre nom
inally as members, or to meet the
members OF the famous tennis cab
met" that is as men with whom at
tennis or hunting, or riding, or walk
ing. or boxing. | have played, with
whom / have been on the. roundup
or in the mountains or on the ranch.
But really, as you know, you are not
here for that reason at all. You are
here because you are the men and
because you represent the men with
whom ! have worked while | have
been president No administration
mas ever had finer or more loyal
service than you have given, and !
do not believe this country has ever
had an ADLER or more devoted set of
public servants. 1t is through you
and the like of you that l have done
the major part of what has been ac-
cumplished under the administrations
Moreover, in vast number of
cases, the doing of the work itself has
been our only reward. The credit
has come to me, to the chief of the
administration. For exactly as men
like to symbolic battle by the
name of the commander, so they like
to symbolic an administration by
the man at the head, forgetting thai
the immense majority of his acts can
be done only through others and thai
a really successful administration
successful from the standpoint OF
advancing the honor and the inter
ests of the country must be managed
as ours has been, in spirit of tht
most loyal association and partner
ship.
There are many others like you
which | would have given much tc
bring here today, but there simply
was not room enough. Whether a
man is a cabinet minister, bureau
chief, a marshal an Indian agent
forester, a letter carrier IL member
of the life saving service, a clerk il
department or a workman i'm
navy yard or whether he holds one
of a hundred other positions, make
not the slightest difference if h,
puts his heart and soul and mind int
his work and is content to accept a.
his pnlet reward llt SdllSldtllpH INA
comes from knowledge / greet yOl
still more as symbOlzing others, anC
i'm saying farewell to you, ! shall tax,
as sym mbolizing all of you, one whom
leaves public lifc when / leave it,
man who made a real personal sac
ridce when seven years ago he cam
here to take office at my request,
man who has stood ever since as tn
type of what a good public servan
should be. a man who for tho las
two years has been one Of the mos
useful cabinet ministers who eve
sat at cabinet table-Jim Garfield.
Those present at the luncheo
were: The French ambassador, Sec
Tetary Bacon, Justice Moody tn
postmaster general, Secretary New
berry. Secretary Garfield, Secretar
Loeb. solicitor General Hoyt, Assist
ant Secretary OLoughlin, Ass.stan
Secretary winthrop, Assistant Secre
tary Satterlee, Assistant Attorne
General Woodruff Assistant Secre
tary Phillips, Comptroller Murray
Commissioner McIlhenny Hon. Joh
c. Rose, Hon. Henry l.. Stimson Hor
Lyman NJ. Bass, Clifford Pincho
James b. Reynolds, w. w. Hefflingei
Captain Luther s. Kelly, yellow