Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-01
A MEMORABLE OCCASION.
His Words Were Not Entirely Free
From Notes OF Regret, II
Not of Sadness.
No Administration Ever Had Fincr
or More LOYAL Service, ana COunt-"
Nctcr Iiad Adler Servants

N.almst7u. March i.-prcsil,rt
Rlca-t.l, today gave farewell lur,t-
con go tine white House Co thc m,i
lDs of uuc famous "Tanuis cabin, '.
aud others who nave been cloeCir .r-.
ISOLATED with him during th, past
seven y,aIs. Aside trom the disul.-
Euisheu government officials who Ncfr
served a- among thU presidents rhlti
aides during his administration. .uU
vso as ul- companions al sport
duercnt kinds there were pIe.cH.
men whom the president had moe
friends with when lac was roughiuc f..
tu t.e Vcat ycars ago, and VITA N..at
h. l.H some uu numerous Dr.
expeditions. The occasion was mcmor-
sidcnt today and the latters farewell
words wcro not entirely free from
notes OF regret II not sadness. The
president in e brief speech laid
emphasis on tho point that no ad-
uinistrauon has given its chief more
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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 administration had been accompli-
shed
PRESIDENTS REMARKS.
The president la his remarks follow
ing the luncheon. said;
'Geutlamtu--N0u are here nominally
as members. on 90 meet the members
Df the Tennis cabinet that is. as meu
With whom IT tennis or hunting. on
riding, or walking. or boxing 7 nave
iJyed. with whom I have been on the
roundup. or lu the mountains. Ur on
the ranch country. But really, as YOU
know. you are not here for thai rcsi-
SON az ala you are here because sou
are the men. aud because YOU represent
The men with whom have wnrNci
while I have been president $50 ad-
iniHistIation has ever had huer og
moID loyal service than Won have given.
lud J don't believe his country 1as
ever had IAN ahlor or more deVotol GET
90 public servants. m is through y0t
aud those like you that ] have done
Z tae major part OF what has been as
[ ceuplished under e admins tratlon-
Z Moreover in "a Vas number af cases
] The doing of the work itself has been
/ .Uui only reward The credit has come
I o. me- TO the administration For ex-
actly as men Ike 20 symbolic q battle
hv the name OF the commanirr, 90 they
Ike TO symbolic au administration by
the man 40 the head Forgetting that the
immense majority OF his acts can be
done only through others and that q
really successful administration, sue
cesslul from tho standpoint OF advant-
Ing the honor and the interests OF the
country must be managed as ours has
been. Zoo spirit Of The most loyal as
sociatlon and partnership. There are
many others like SOU whom ] would
Rave given much to bring here today,
but there simply was not room enough;
and 500 I have brought you here partly
for your own aIhe-. but primarily as
representing tne ideas of other work
cr-, ass representing $40 good. fllthful
fearless TuNl. servants. Who strive
thoir best 90 do what tlr public need
demands ana " un. a. fnH last analysis,
stand sII ou tHe same Ia.ei when
judged hv On. .uuleu. lUst which takes
into chief account tl. sI.IIf of the serN-
ice rendered. whether uII is % ClhI-
lot minister bureau chief. marshal,
uu Indian agent forester. 20 letter cai-
IIer. "a member of the lile-saving ssrN-
ige clerk Boo Cd department on % work
man iu naFy-yurd, or whether Dc
holds one Of hundred other positions.
makes not tho slightest difference if.hc
puts his heart and bis soul aud his mind
into his work, and is content 10 accept
as his chief reward the satisfaction
that comes from knowledge that the
work has been well done. So while ]
greet you for yourselves, I greet you
sun more us svuholiziug aIl of you ono
mo IENHf. I'NNI.| INAf W IlfNN CIV ,.
q man who made real personal Hl.
rinCe when seven years ago De caH.
here 20 take Office 90 mg request,
man " DO has stood ever since as Oh.
tyue OF what "a good public servant
should be. q man who FOR tho last fnu
wears hos been one OF the most useful
cabinet ministers who ever sat ll tHe
cabinet ttbIe-Jim GaIlcld.'
Those present at fue luncheon vcrr.
The French ambassador. Seoy. Baco.
Mn Justice Moody, The postmaFtCr
general Sccy NeUberrN Secy. Care
field sccy Loeb. Solicitor General
Hoyt. Asst Socy. OLauBhlin, Asst
secE. winthrop. Asst Secy. Satterlee
Asst Atty Cen Woodruff. Asst SeC3
Phillips. C0mproleI Murray, Commis-
fIouer MCIIheuuy Hon. Jonn O.. Rose.
HON. Henry T.. Stm60n, Hon. Lyman
49, Bass clifford pinchot James y.
Reynolds. w. w. Icnclhnger Capf
Luther b Kelly. "YelloWhtoue' KClieN.
whom the president fret met ou gil.
Little Missouri at present an IuliaH
agent iu Arizona. W. W. seNeis f..
presidents old guide, capt seW ElI
lock- Commissioner koefer Dr. Ns..
& rrIehaIE. John A Aftermath.