The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-12
HUNGARIANS CHEER
WHITMAN AT FEAST
Drink to 1.-THE Day" When Re-
publican Will Again Rule
i'm the Land.
JOLTS FOR DEMOCRATS

II is quite possible FOR the members
of political club-and the Hungarian
Republican Club, at that--to drink to
"Thc Day" and stu be rgidly within
the limits of neutrality. The Day.
they drank TO last night at Delnonico's,
when Marcus Braun. said to be the orig
innl Republican Of the East side. lifted
his glass and thereby touched off silvus
of cheering. was the day whom the Re
publican party would again he in con-
troll at Washington.
It isn't quite certain who suggested
the whether IL was President sam
$. Koening of the Republican county
committee, or United States Senator
Reed Smuot, VINO sent a letter to the
dinner and whose name the stenogra pher
managed to get us Reed Smo ch,' or
United States Senator William y. Borah,
who also did his speechmaking by letter
AZ al! events, the toast was the most
successful episode Of the evening, rank
ing In interest with the presence OF Gov.
Whitman as the guest of honor.
Tho Governor literally had o. eat ana
run. lie vas due at the Seventh Regi-
mcnt Armory at S:3O T. NJ. and there
was just time for him to make the
hriofes. OF speeches to his Hungarian
friends and supporters.
81 am glad to have my first public
oppo tunity OF expressing my apprccia-
tion OF the work done by this club.
winch is truly a great Republican club"
said the GOvcrnyr. ~ want you to
know that ! am grateful"
The three hundred guests. more than
half of whom were women, because the
dinner was To end as most dinners do
nowadays with one stepping and heS.-
tatlorlng and foNtrotting, raised fine
cheer as the Governor left the room. aud
me Hungarian band did an extra
flourish.
SO much care was eXerted TO avoid
any suggestion 81 Partially OF bias ro-
gurding the European war that the club
abandoned Ia old time custom Of dr1p-
ing the hungarian flag with the stars
and Stripes only the American Nag
was displayed and no speaker violated
the hin; that war talk was taboo. De
fore the guests Of honor were asked 10
talk letters We're read from Scnat tors
Smoot and Borah aud from William
Barnes Mr.. harness letter attracted
particular attention and was very
warmly appauded. Among other things
he wrote:
at has occurred TO me frequently
during the last few years that those
American citizens of foreign birth VINO
uuqucStionably have come to America
because IL is the land Of opportunity
may fail 20 realize that Il is the land
~ opportunity because IL is the land
of freedom for the individual In Eu-
rope the state has grown to de- Of SUI
preme Importance. whereas in America
the state has been merely the servant
OF the individuals composing H. The
American ideal Is the fundamental basis
upon which all American life, political
ana social. H. establl shed"
Senator Borah got right down to stun
that tickled his long distance audience
In my opinion the Republican party
will return to power about IL o'clock
noon on March 4. 1917. and ! trust I viii
not be misunderstood when | say that II
viii -c:G-. greatly "'aster"d I'D Inn
mensely strengthened"
senator Borah wrote lot more. but
tho burden OF IL was that Demo 'rd tlc
misrulr was responsible for the bread
lines and the soup kitchens that are u. "
80 much in evidence. and that the
Democratic party was the champion
nivyercr OF the universe.
Among other speakers were Repre-
sentative -. II. Rarcnfcld OF pittshurg,
Mr. KUeniE, William Bltu. Emanuel
Hertz and carl Hauscr