New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-17

ticularly by the city Of London, over wnicn
the Lord Mayor formerly presided. ana
one Of the cherished ornaments IN IN, my
dom of the city Of London, ana. Mr.
Mayor I have always forbore 70 exercise
rot / would have been given the freedom
IL 1 had made my Guildhan speech oeIore
II instead Of after.
Mr.. Roosevelt expressed pleasure at the
recovery of Mayor Gaynor and praised
Acting Mayor Mitchell. and continued:
notice that no one here has alluded
to the rather delicate subject OF the time
when served this municipality as Ponce
missioner. when, for the first time IN
its history, New York became entirely
virtuous, regarding the experiment. with a
mixture of such amusement and horror
moved to the more secluded regions OF
oyster Bay, and has felt certain Will
ingness since t.. to elect me TO to any ONCE
I remember when I left the Presidency
there was considerable discussion as to
ghsd int Nohody need bother a What
will do for this ex-President. He VIII DO
for himself.
Mr.. Roosevelt said he had found at Al
bany, at Washington and at Oyster Bay
that he could take the right type Of news
paper man. could appeal 10 his honor. and
It would outweigh any possible appeal that
could be made to his self-interest- He
added:
The friends I have made among the re-
porters, the newspaper men who have 10
newspaper work-the friends 1 have made
among those represent TO me not mercy
friendship on my part but an increased
respect for American citizenship and an
Increased respect for human nature I have
found that those men were men to whom
I could appeal against their sef-inteTest
e arI crro f1hf md
nine times out Of ten they would respond
1 have perhaps been less happy In my
profession. And I should great deal
rather tru.t-no. Will put It another way
I would rather-a hundredfold times rather
trust to the news columns than the edi-
torial pages of some OF the most eminent
New York newspapers | don't know which
the fact that have almost always deemed
i think I can say this with truthfulness
that I have almost always gained the
ftendshp and respect OF the the S woTSng
ISOLATED as Governor. as President, as prf-
Vate citizen
that fact or of the further fact that l have
never hesitated for one moment to antago-
nize any newspaper when l thought 1t the
right thing to do, Of course, when speak
to the working newspaper men realize
what an invaluable asset have been TO
every cartoonist I can tel there are car
The thirst to have something going on has
been gratifed, as regards the collector Of
news. With the men at the head ! have
wanted to stay on good terms. I very
much wanted to be on good terms IL they
would let me; II they would not let me IL
was their affair and not nina
The other guests at the table with Mr..
Roosevelt were John a Sleicher. editor OF
'Ieslie's Weekly; William R Wilcox.
chairman of the Public Service Commits
sion; Douglas Robinson. Mr.. Rooseveit's
brother-in-law. and the latter's son. Theo-
dore Douglas Robinson, and Mr.. Andrews.
Commissioner Of Records.
After the dinner a selection of motion
pictures by Cherry Kearton, depicting
scenes IN Africa during Mr.. Roosevet's
hunt IN the jungles. was shown for his
benefit In the clubhouse auditorium There
were more songs and many scattering tests
OF. things personal and public before the
ended, and Mr.. Roosevelt
left the club to spend the night at Mr.. Rob
inson's home.