Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-12

as and without any Otner
assistance or bad after-effects. as a
25-cent package of Pape's Cold Com
pound, which any druggist In the
world can supply.
publicans and regular and progressive
Democrats are among those invited,
Governor Murphy does not propose to
fair.
AS host to the President, whose per-
sonal friend he Is, former Governor
Murphy, in a few well-chosen remarks
welcomed the chief executive to his
home, 20 the city and to Essex county.
In presenting President Taft, Mr..
Murphy said:
II rise to propose the health of the
President of the United States, but be-
tore l do this a word of description
of you to the President and of the
President to you may be appropriate
to the occasion.
II have invited the President to join
us at luncheon because / wanted him
to meet some representative Jerseymen
under a New Jersey roof. quite away
from the atmosphere of the White
House and the Influence of men from
other States, that he might feel in a
little closer touch with his friends and
admirers here in 4Jew Jersey. / only
regret that the limits of my house do
not permit me to invite a larger num-
Der on this occasion. The President
knows from former experience that
our largest public hall Is all too small
to hold those who would like to do him
honor when he visits our city. He
can, therefore, understand, as you gen
tlemen can understand, the difficulty
of selection when the number to be
received is defined by the limits Of a
private house.
II nave invited to meet you, Mr..
President, what l think may fairly be
called a representative gathering. AS
I look them over, I confess the gather
ing is open to the charge of having a
distinctly Republican flavor, but the
so-called Republican party In these
days is. made up of many varieties.
and l have invited a sample of each,
that you might see what an interest
ing and picturesque collection we make
when we get together.
There are some Democrats here as
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bushwhackers and they do not be-
lieve in ambuscades. They fight in
the open and in q manly way, and If
(as l am glad to say there Is some
doubt) the Lord. in His inscrutable
wisdom, shall allow them to agree
upon a candidate, they will oppose US
In the coming campaign with energy.
But you and l, Mr.. President, do not
think the less of honorable n manly
foes. If there are any other kind in
this presence they are here by accident
and not by design.
I'VE have with us judges who adorn
our highest courts, ex-governors who
once rode at the head of the procession
when the band played Hail to the
chief who in triumph advances We
have a number who are in official life,
and some who used to be. We have
those who are engaged in the activi-
ties of the professions and of business,
and we are not wanting in those wise
men who, following the example of
Horace, are seeking to discover a plan
Of life which. If followed, will be of
advantage alike to the rich and the
poor, and If neglected will be harmful
alike to the young and the DID,
so o see, Mr.. President, we are
a representative body, gathered here
to welcome you again to the metropo-
lis of our State, to assure you of our
friendship and our sympathy in your
great work. and to wish you success
as you continue to serve the people.
1T is as easy to describe this gath
ering to you, Mr.. President. as it is
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President is a Republican who some
times forgets his party in his patriot
ism. An ardent, not to say violent,
believer in progress-a man whose res
o~lution, C fixed, is ~immovable, and
so at times he is very difficult. And
like some others I know, he ma, the
reputation of being a pool politician
because of his f%rankness of speech.
But when / observe the height to
which the President has risen in his
political career and the failure to rise
which has pursued many Of the re-
puted masters of the profession, the
question fairly presents itself whether
the definition of the world politician
is not subject to revision.
There is the bowins to every pass
ing breeze of popular fancy. There
is the I fading fast, in the higher In
terest OF the people. until the breeze
blows over. And there is, perhaps, q
difference between the politician and
the statesman.
When we think of his burden, wher
we think of the criticisms of thos'
overrighteous people who see M
motives in other peoples actions bu'
evil or selfish motives, when we thinl
of his disappointments. we say with
thankful heart Praise God, he is Pres
ident and not we
But when we think of his oppor
tunities to travel, of the effulgence o
Major Butt and of the salary. we fee
that If the coming Chicago convention
should pass him by and point 1T
reckoning finger at us. any of us
whomever he might be, woult
promptly rise in his place and say. II
no reluctant voice, Here l am
IF the President will allow me,
would like to speak of a rather init
mate conversation he and I had jus
about a year ago. ! was on my wa.
to Florida. and he had invited me t
stop over and lunch with him. Afte
the lunch we sat in a window-sea
overlooking the beautiful southern