The Washington herald., 1909-03-09
LOVING CUP GIVEN
TO Mr.. CORTELYOU
Treasury Associates Present
Token of Esteem.
OFFICIALS SAY FAREWELL
speech of Presentation IL Made by
Robert J. TraceweII, COmptrOIIer
of the Treasury-WOrk of Secre-
fary Is Highly COmmended-FOrmcr
Secretary Expresses Appreciation.

AS token OF their respect and esteem
the Presidential appointees OF the Treas
ury Department yesterday afternoon pre-
sented retiring Secretary CortelyOu with
an immense silver loving cup. It is in the
form of an antique vase. inscribed Hon.
George Bruce Cortelyou, Secretary OF the
Treasury. from his assistants in the de-
partment"
The presentation ceremonies took place
N the room OF Assistant Secretary Beck
nan Winthrop al $50 o'clock, Immediately
after Secretary Franklin MacVeagh had
been installed in Office. Surrounded by
about fifty officials OF the department
with whom he has worked for the past
Our years. Secretary Cortelyou listened
20 the presentation address, which was
delivered by Comptroller Of the Treasury
Robert J. Traceweu. He said:
Mr. COrtelyou: For the past two years
e has been your duty, when the ext
-encies OF public business demanded, TO
sit in judgment on the official acts OF
men by whom you are now surrounded.
These judgments have been invariably
most considerate and always in spirit
II fairness. II Is now our privilege to
pass judgment upon your administration
tie important Office Of Secretary Of the
Treasury. which you have Just vacated.
have been selected as spokesman for
his occasion, not because Of any merit
ot my own-rather the contrary. as I un-
lerstand it-but solely for the reason that
am not an orator. and we all wish TO
avoid even the appearance Of formality
n ostentatiOn
Orator and Truth.
AN orator sometimes tells the truth
The chances. however, are decidedly
gainst him. This has been recognized
-.nce antiquity We want 10 tell you the
ruth at parting, although It be accom-
pished with faltering tongue and without
he flowers Of rhetoric. We claim but one
uerit-that OF sincerity
"Yo3 came to head the great Depart
nent Of the Treasury. with executive ex-
=erience gained by having been the head
~ two other great executive departments
Of the gOvernment-the Department OF
Commerce and Labor and the Post-ofice
Department The organization OF the De-
gartmeut OF Commerce and Labor. and a
splendid one Il is, is the creation Of your
brain and labor and viii be an inherit
.nce more valuable than great riches to
Jul AiiilAi I'll dliA AItiI tt4lQlen $ chill
,.ren. Much was expected Of you when
you we're called TO head this. the greatest
# ali the great executive departments OF
ne government. How well you have full
hlied these expectations il is our pride and
privilege 10 bear witness.
The Treasury Department, with its
complex organization, may well be com
pa -ea 10 a great and complicated piece Of
machinery 1t stands in its correlation.
compleXity. and Importance TO the other
Xecutive departments. as do our bodies
70 IN ordinary machine made with human
hands IL requires a master hand 10
cause IL 70 perform its various and varied
functions. those for which il was or
dained. without jar or friction
In the healthy human body when
every organ Is perfectly performing its
dppl Opriate work. we are wholly uncOn-
sciOus- from within. that We even possess
The vital organs Of life The instant we
ecosnize and are made TO feel their
workings. We intuitvely know that some
hing is wrong in the economy Of life. and
the nero fact that we feel the workings
2t our heart brain, or lungs is natures
danger signal that imperativeIy calls for
putting on the brakes If we fail to heed
ihese premOnitOry warning notes the his
nan machine We call our body must suffer
me consequences Of such neglect
Praise for Work.
Nature, however. does not thus kindly
sound her warning note when a cog Sins
or band breaks on the machine we call
the Treasury system. for il requires the
master hand 90 discover the sometimes
hidden defect and apply the remedy
which viii keep the machine in effective
operation This you have accomplished
as few Of your predecessors have doDa
and during your inCumbency the machine
has run as steadily as a piece Of clock
work.
such has been the result OF vour a6-
mlnisuatlon on the routine work OF the
depat tment but you have also been con-
ironted with great problems OF policy
growing out OF conditions OF manic ana
business depression. with which Won have
been compelled to grapple alone. in which
we. your subordinates, have had no share.
elmer IN labor or responsibility. How
well YOU have met these conditions and
Win what results is now matter Of crr
rent history, and time will enhance rather
than detract from the need Of praise
Which you have so justly earned for vour-
self. -0' ''ui
IL Is now my pleasant duty TO present
9Ou- as token Of the respect, esteem.
ana admiration in which you are held by
the officers Of the Treasury who b9re
served under you. silver loTin,, -rr-,e cl,,'
whose polished surface IS no brighter or
cleaner than is your record as Secreta,-,,
or the Treasury"
Reminder of Past Days.
secretary Cortelyou responded as fol-
lows.
Mr.. Tracewen. this IS a beautiful rift
/ appreciate IL. and the spirit bacl, ~ >,
more than can tell YOU In an the com
ing years it viii be a constant renInde-
OF the days we have spent together an
association most priced by me. and I hone
not without some advantage, some prog-
ress. for you and for the officers and EN- /
ployes OF the department throughout the
country.
Il have tried to conduct the affairs 80
the Treasury Department for the hene6t
OF all the people. I have had constantI,-
IN mind the welfare of my associates in
us management. and OF every emplo,a
however humble his or her station might
ne. Without their aid I could have ac-
compiished nothing. If there is. as Won
say substantial measure CT ACCOMPLISH
ment 70 YOU and 20 them Is due largely
the credit For your loyalty. for vour
eiillency. for the support YOU have given
me at all times. 7 am deeply. most deep
ly indebted 10 you
Upon my retirement from the depart
ment. after eighteen years in the public
service, when you honor me in this strik-
ing way. ] ask but one more evidence of
your friendship and good will. and that
is that YOU accord TO my successor. the
same loyal and devoted cooperation that
II has been my privilege 10 have.
And now am sure. Mr.. Tracewen. YOU
viii not misunderstood me II I apnly
some OF what 1 am saying to these men
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