Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-02-24
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In presenting former Governor Muir
ply, Mr.. Reeve said:
In all great events and crises in the
history OF our country. the right man
at the right time and the right place
has always been found for the emer-
gency..
when the committee on speakers
for the banquet was considering who
they could getato address. you, it de-
'cided to make the effort to at least
invite the Chief Magistrate OF our
country to visit New Jersey, as the
guest OF our board. =
The thought then came Who vas
the n to extend the invitation? And
your committee decided that there was
ono of your fellow citizens who, if any
one else could, could bring to fruition
our desire, and SO our esteemed for
nler Governor was asked to undertake
the job.
How well he succeeded you see be-
fore you here tonight
Ex-Governor Murphy's speech.
It was former Governor Franklin
Murphy who introduced the President
and called on him to speak. In his re-
marks Mr.. Murphy said:
I have been asked by Mi. Reeve to
introduce the President to this audience
OF representative New Jersey business
men, but before / do that / must. on
your behalf n on behalf of our city
and State, extend to him a sincere and.
cordial welcome. 1t is difficult, indeed,
Mr.. President, to put in words a fitting
expression of the pleasure which your
presence gives us on this occasion.
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that o were, coming. the people of
Newark have been DESTROYS of showing
III some way their appreciation of the
great honor your visit confers. They
have decorated and illuminated their
streets and their homes, they rave flied
the streets through which YOU have
passed with their presence and their ac-
claim, they I've come here in numbers
only limited by the size of the largest
room In the city. and they have tried
10 show you how highly they rega il
you. both as a man and as the FRESH
dent of our Republic.
I've all. remember that. when The
present King of England brought his
young II beautiful bride from her
home in the North to live with the Eng
lish people, that musical poet whose
voice has been silent now these many
years wrote her a welcome in which he
said:
Saxon and Norman and Dane are we.
But ali OF us Danes in our welcome to
thee,
Alexandra
The spirit that inspired that beauti-
full sentiment Is the spirit. Mr.. Presi-
dent, that Is felt by this audience, COM
posed as il is Of men of various political
beliefs.
New Jersey is not an empire in its
influence like New York, nor in It's eX-
ten like Texas. 1t has few rich men,
from the common point of view, when
to be rich u maj must possess millions,
but II has everywhere numbers of men
whose ability anG industry have
brought them substantial success. Its
farms are fertile, its manufactures are
varied and important, its school sys-
TEN. Is unsurpassed, its people are in
%telligent, and from the very beginning
they have been imbued with a spirit Of
patriotism that is perhaps their chief
pride. II our newspapers should take,
when possible, a general attitude of ap-
provaj toward public mel n meas
ures instead of a general attitude of
condemnation, there would be little left
Tor JerSeymen to long FOR but heaven.
talks of w~orkiDgmen.
You see uetore you, Mr.. President,
in those members of the Board of Trade
the representatives OF the workingmeii
Of q CITY, the variety and importance OF
whose products are eScel,ed by very
few. Our factories, small n lal Ct,
lumber thousands, and our working
men number tens OF thousands. Indeeu,
we are oh, here dn Newark, working
men. We believe in the dignity of la
Dor. and our pleasure is in the salts
faction that comes from accomplish
ment.
1T is on behalf of this Newark Board
of Trade and this city of Newark and
this State of New Jersey, Mr.. Presi-
dent. that l bid you welcome tonight.
Before l ask you gentlemen Of the
Board of Trade, to rise and drink the
health of our guest, ! want to speak
of a conversation he and | had at Hot
Springs before his Inauguration. He
had invited me to go over the golf link
with him. and the talk was IN his
future work, the beginning of which
was near at han 1 may not tell you
what was said, but l want to speak of
the spirit that controlled him. 1t was
LEe spirit OF a. great, Strung man, tlioSSii
by the people to lead them, n APP
preached his responsibilities with faith
and courage. but with an overwhelming
desire to serve the people in the highest
and most helpful way. He said Cfor
our good President is not above the
use Of an occasional piece Of slang), I
van to make good How much that
Misunderstanding good!' His way is not
always clear n his path is fuller of
t1orns than you and I know, but with a
lofty purpose. with the highest ability.
with an unfaltering patriotism. he is
trying TO make good and, as Aaron
and Hur, in the days of old. held up
the hands OF Moses that Joshua might
prevail over Ama'ek, SO let us hold up
his hands and help him to accomplish
all that he desires for, the highest IN
terests of the Republic.
"I ask you to rise and drink the
health Of the President OF the United
States.
IT was 1f:4O o'clock when Senator
Lodge. who followed President Taft,
finished speaking. The presidential