The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-02-01
DINNER TO NATHAN STRAUS
COZ. DIX TOASTS HIN As 4
RENEF.iCTOR.
TAFT sends . Letter and City Omciais Give
the Guest NJ Honor an A,bmn-W. n.
Hearst and Gen. Miles Are Also
Heard =. d. Rockefeller. Jr., There.

Heard >. d. Rockefeller. Jr., There.
They had to move the regular diners
out of the ground floor and the balconies
of the Cafe Boulevard last night when
everybody who is anybody. headed by
Gov. Dix. invited Nathan Straus to dinner.
The closest that anybody could come to
an explanation OF the cause was told in
sentence by young man who lowered
around the press table.
MIR. Straus." said the young man. has
been doing things for about twenty years
and so we're all giving him dinner
Henry W. Schloss presided for time.
but about $50 o'clock Congressman
William s Bennett arrived and began
to introduce the speakers Of the evening
At the guest table with Gov. Dix and
Congressman Bennet were John ID. Rocke-
Teller. Jr. Gen Nelson A. Miles. the
Rev. Robert 5 Macarthur. Edward Nj.
Shepard. the Persian Ambassador Murza
Ali-kuli Kahn; Justice Gerard. william
Randolph Hearst. the Turkish Minister.
Yussuff Iin Pasha John Temple Graves.
Borough President McAneny. Prof Abra-
ham jacob Edward Lauterbach, Marcus
Braun. Congressman Sulaer. Comptroller
Prendergast. Haley Fske and the Rev.
DR. Samuel Schulman
At the many tables ais, were Justice
Platzek. Mr. and Mrs J. b. Greenhut. Mr..
and Mrs Adclph Ochs. Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Falck. Mr. and Mrs Julius Harourger,
Percy $. Strans. Mrs Nathan StraIs.
Ebert II Gary. Timothy u. sullivan,
Abraham Erlanger. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse
Straus, Mr. and Mrs Winfield Hup7uch,
Herman Ridder. Clement Driscoll. f. W.
Bloomingdale. Mr.. and Mrs. Angus, Bel
mont, Mr and Mrs Francis X Pendleton
Mir and Mrs Lloyd &. Griscom. Justice
J.. A. Snitkin. John Wandmaker, George
Gordon Battle. John tla'iin Mr.. and Mrs,
Patrick talhpdn. Clarence j. Shearn.
Frank Tilford. J Sergeant Cram. Justice
Dugro. Robert Adamson and John y.
Hopper
President Taft, who had been invited,
sent the following letter.
Ct>lilMi> | thank you for your kind
invita- ION 10 attend the dinner 20 be given
to Nj Nathan Strau~ IA New lorS to-mor-
row night regret that my Official en-
gagement. make It Impossible for me to he
present ,o testify to my high appreciation
of MIR. Strau- public spirItedness. His
Worh IN improving the condition and al
leyia'ing he ~IT"rlng of those less fortunate
should make II a pleasure for all Ia unite
III houoring him with this banquet
Win tcst wishes to all the assembled
guests relieve me, sincerely yours.
WILLIAM Il. TAfr
There we're hurrahs when Gov. DIX
entered. accompanied by his aide, Com
mander DeKay. Gov. Dix spoke very
briefly He said
IT is privilege to pay "A tribute to
Mr.. >traus. "A man OF ideals. a man who has
devoted m,.cl Of his life 10 these ideals
and whose service TO humanity has re-
ceived worldwide recognition | pro-
pose a to - ~ a man who ha, made life
better
Congressman Bennett then read a teie-
gram Of r"ES, from Clark Howell Bor-
ough President McAneny made a speech
even hrlcfer than Gov. Dix's. He said
that one Of the most important works
ever done hy phianthroplst was the
work that Mr.. S,-aus, this great mer-
chant. privately has been doing" for
the poor of New York.
Mr. Hearst said he counted the trip
across the continent that he had made
to attend the dinner -as nothing COM
pared to the pleasure | have in attend
ing an occasion in honor Of so good a
friend and so good "A man. Mr.. Straus,
Lid AIR Hearst "has never extorted A
dollar uniustly from the public, but on
the contrary has given the public more
for their money than they ever had be-
fore" He added
have alvay. oppo.,d tho oppression
and eytortion Of the trusts and criminal
,nr,,,nst,on. hnt ba,. often ri,ed m.
,r,a, Jonnr,m.ni store "a an e,amnle NJ
io,.',,,,n,s rowhip,,ion orran,2ation and
.,',,','' ~, h,.'ra.s on.,,,in, IN ,h. ip,sr.
/ system OF business oieia',hS !" '"e '"'er-
-, "' 'hf 'ohs,,''is y, WV.
am regarded III some quarters aS
very N'Ient man, but assure YOU my
friends. that the dove OF peace itself IL
not more gentle rad pacific hv nature than
am
: am REGARDED hy some people as an
extremely radical person. but assure YOU
,ho: | am mos moderate in nv own opinions
and ,u,st tolerant, of the opinions of Others
/ r,er.I,. nav. AN unalierabl. proiudir.
,,i,,nr, ,,ir,r, hnry,ary and biol,
.,,,',r,' 10, ,'nti,i,. ard IN nn.inass
way i"'''i ;" "a ,
h'N' an ""' "'''' o.''''' "','''S !oN"i"
"N'"'N"h, oppression "'' "''"P''"" u"
Vil\a'" "ha'fs OF III pn"'' we.
! d't"s' 'h'"' ana nasih-e ',and' ana
! simply 'anno' h"Ip 'a'lIhH n Spad" spade
and a knave knaNe. even though for III"
time being spades may h- trumpS and the
knave Of spades the right bower.
: That is the extent OF my radicnli-m and
, whence. and temper even that with hope
for IN. future