The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-01-22
DIX LEADSOPP At PRESS FEAST
PRESIDENT COMES OVER BE-
FORE RUNNING FOR HIS TRAIN.
Full of sympathy for the Powers Of PENN
sylyania and New York the Lord
VIII Thicken Their Hides Governor
Thini,s Our Newspapers Are Good.

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With William Howard Taft. President
of the well known United States. present
last night at the thirty seventh annual
dinner Of the New York Press Club at the
Hotel Martinique and Gov. Dix and
Charles II Hyde and Boston Jack Nc
Donald and Capt. Archibald Algernon
Swinnerton Butt and Berlin and Snyder
the song writer's and songsters. and
Harry Williams. also a song writer. and
much OF the Madame Sherry" company
and Lee Shubert and Augustus Thorn
well. with folks like that present it natur-
ally was something OF dinner.
The president Of the Press Club, Charles
r Macauley. cartoonist, presided. With
him at the guest tnble were President TAFT
who arrived late from the Pennsylvania
dinner; Gov. Dix. who arrived early: the
Hon. Whitelaw Reid. Ogden Mills Reid.
Charles ID. Norton. secretary to the Presl-
dent; Lee Shubert. Charles II. Sheriff.
Minister to the Argentine Republic; John
Wanamaker. Augustus Thomas, Capt
Butt. Justice Luke ID. Stapleton. Joseph
Pulitzer Jr.. DR.. Austin ". Hollis. William
q. McAdoo. the tunneller. Nathan Straus.
a Token Worm. Col. George Harvey.
w X II Martin. Gustav MAILER and Com
inander Eckford Craven De kay. aide to
the Governor
Harry Williams sang his new song.
! What's the Matter With Father2" when
they got to the fish Then ne followed 1t
up with "A song by his vaudeville partner,
Jean Schwartz, called They're All Good
American Names" They" for the first
two verses were the O's and Macs and
Caseys. and the last verse wound up with
folks whose names end in helm.
President Macauley had il all framed
up 10 Introduce all the speakers by draw
ing cartoons of them in silence. but
| finally decided that this would take too
long. Wherefore Mr.. Macauley intro
d,ced the speakers in the regular way:
We have with is tonight. dc.-
Gov. Dix was introduced first He
said
am fully aware that IN addressing YOU
| | am talking to the makers of the Governors
| and TO the real masters of our Government
| lou Will | am certain. understand that II
| ~ with becoming Difference that venture
| to Join your distinguished company and TO
/ break bread at your hosptable table. For
the last week Albany has been in n fer
ment over the question IA Ia whether the
Governor or the Legislature should name
| "A tnited States Senator. But to u few of us
who may bs a bit antiuuatcd in our ideaS
of the intent and purpose of the fathers in
| establishing a government OF delegated
/ powers IL has seemed that by the tonst-
| tuition the election of nited States Sena-
| tor is n legislative and not an executive
| function and duty
| If. however. IN the davs of Jefferson.
| Hamilton and Madison the Fourth Estate
| had reached It's present pinnacle of leader
| ship and power doubt not that both ENecu-
| tive and Legislature would have been
saved ,he 'ronhle OF s'rhRH'ing WIN any
OF the duties placed upon them All power.
| including the election of Senators. would
hav" been lodged in the editorial sanctum.
and am quite certain that the power would
| thereby have been placed in safe and prud-
en-, hands
| beliey. Inn, ,b. ,ru. meaning Of ,h.
philosophy of Thomas Jefferson s expressed
| in bis an. ,ron,.,,ion th,, If n. war, com
n.lIed In choose he,wsen oewsnauers w,ih.
out covernmen, or government, without
NEWSPAPERS he would without hesitation
| choos. newspapers without government
Abuse of the power of the press there may
toe here and there hut taken a. a whole
the newspap.rs of our country. especially
the newspapers of our State. WELD their
enormous power with the sole purpose OF
| .,rvi,t, tho ne,,la nr,motiny thei- vel.
,ars and nro,sr,'n,, tho honor Of ,he STATE.
and nation
do not intend To formulate any plans
~ % r',''ns ~, ""' ,Ia ,ha, wa" ' j.,
weekly or monthly beieNe tha' We III
III" state oi New ' ORR have the best news
! pap'rs III Nm'rca ana a. read mem
am oi th" opinion that they NAV gro" better
from year To year Taking our press as a
Who'll" | am convinced that the ideals of
American journalism are high and that
they viii ever be upheld
Mr. hi, rr,.d thar ,b. r.wsn,,.rs
co,,Id do y, n,,6Lc s.r,,;,., by baI,,;na to
hr;ds,. ,b. gnn be,w..n rrod,,nar and
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RI. q, IN N husb.i ynr wb;ch no,,,oas
,b.n s,Jd IN th;s civ H.. aIso hesnoLe n
,h.ir ,,d in nromo,;ng consarvn,inn
nf ,hs rnras,s lie concl,1dad,
VI w, '''''', NV 'o''''''e"
iron'eihS OF 'aNauoh' OF administration
loi labor and capital "i economical and
socIa! lus'ic" all press for attention and
discussion, and the forum Of their dis
cussion is in the columns of your news
papers. This is why in nv opinion work
ling journalists take rank with editors
and statesmen The world has been made
largely what IT is through the invention
Tor printing and the dsvelopment Of the
noGefh hsw-papets. ne world WIN ne
,n ,hsms.ives and 10 tSs pna", md
they open the wav TO the possibiity of
human achievement along lines that will
work for universal human happiness.
The Hon Whitelaw Reid was intro
duced after Gov. Dix had finished and