The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-19
TWO BANQUETs
FOR PRESIDENT
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are depressing the natives Of the is
lands, will finally come to be gener-
ally believed"
The president declared that outside
Of the original purchase money, all
the islands have cost the United
States was some $3,000,0o0 which
congress in the goodness of it's
heart appropriated for certain i'm
provements.
AS President Taft entered the
doors of the dining room to attend
the Cornell banquet, Henry Phipps,
the steel magnate, was standing jus,
inside. The president recognizing
him as an old and dear friend stop
ped and shook Phipps warmly by the
hand, exclaiming:
why, how do you do, Mr.. Phipps,
I am SO glad to see YOU"
Phipps, who is an old man and not
particularly keen sighted for his age,
looked at the president with a pleas
ant but puzzled expression and said:
How do you do. beg your par
don, your face is very familiar but !
can't quite place your name"
Major Rhodes and the secret service
men forming the presidents escort.
were standing Just behind They
could not repress their desire to
laugh. The president looked uncom-
fortably red for a moment, but as
Stunning his wonted cordially said:
Why. Mr.. Phipps, just think for a
moment and see If you don't know
me-"
! Observing the attitude OF those
about him and getting better look
at the presidents well known fea.
lures and pronouncedly distinctive
| figure, Phipps exclaimed: ooh, Mr..
President, | am so sorry" His apollo
/ gies continued long after the presi-
dent had been seated 81 the speak.
ers' table with Phipps two chairs
from him. Phipps did not recover from
his break" all evening, but sat as
/ though dazed by calamity. The
president quickly forgot the incident
His speech was an eloquent tribute to
President White After speaking the
president excused himself and hur
ried to the Waldorf to attend the
Ohio banquet.
The Ohio dinner, the twenty-seventt
4 annual affair of its kind, had as it.
/ special feature the celebration of the
centennial of Perry's victory of the
battle of Lake Erie. There were 45t
guests present and they did consii
! cradle fidgeting while waiting severa
hours for the arrival of the president
The dinner proceeded without tn,
president. The dining rooms helt
many men of prominence and at th,
I speakers table were, among others
General Nelson A. Miles, Admira
4 Peary, Senator Burton, Richmond P
i Hobson and George McAneny all o
whom made addresses-Po stmaste,
Z. general Hitchcock. Thomas F. Ryar
!. Bishop William A. Leonard of Ohio
and the presidents of number o
ether state societies.
i The presidents topic was th,
Treaty of Client and hundred
T. r.
4 years of peace among the Englisl
speaking people He covered thu
same ground gone over in other re
cent speeches on this topic. He de
clared that the time had come whe,
Two or three of the world power,
uniting for peace can enforce peace
throughout the world.
Already England and the Unite'
States have it within their power Il
nut an end to war;" he said. 9TH
agitation must continue until no
only the United States and Grea
Britain but all nations Of the cart
shall agree to submit to an interna
tional arbitration court questions o
honor and vital interest