The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 15, 1903, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1903 NION LEAGUE ENTERTAINS THE PRESIDENT, WHO EXPRESS ES THANKS TO SAN FRANCISCO BRILLIANT BANQUET ATTENDED | Well-Known Citizens at Table With the Fa- mous Guest. President Remarks Upon the Usefulness of Character. Loving Cup Is Presented by the Members to Roosevelt. and the al, the one Indispensa- site 1is character— sembled 1 white shades 1 se baby flower. Baskets g othe \ Presi- The of- in their (ffll/a% e E— SENATOR JOHN H. DAVIS, WHO SPOKE AT UNION LEAGUE BANQUET, AND OTHERS PRESENT. ' PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SPEAKS €T SHOULD indeed be ungrateful, unappreciative, if I were not deeply touched and moved by the way in which the people of San Francisco have received me, and I have enjoyed to the full the two days and a half I have spent here. I have enjoyed it all and I have enjoyed no part more, General MacArthur, than my ride down the line reviewing the troops with you.”—President rtments ied his g hall. He was lence made a short opening speech. The y 14 the mToment he announced was a " He proud night for the club because it had ss s of the President of the Unf tes as its s .- mild com- &Y the enthusiasm great. He 18 & given called upon John F. Davis, om was w ntered the grill- assigned the pleasant welcome ar \ were their the President in behalf the b. ' echo and re- Colonel Pippy spoke as follows: r shouts of welcome. FIRS A Roose P Sls gl dnt SPEECH OF PIPPY. resident Pippy t nner many of the 1 to the honored ated, President eeling of good fel- ure of the ban- nd in time to a fon was the sig- instant every ne to the so well that leader of the or- A Hot Time” and the to g became wildly enthusiastic. The nt was greatly pleased at this ex- ss! f good feeling on the part of sts. The song was a favorite one mpaigners and the eard it on the march. orchestra struck up the national and every one arose to his feet and sang the familiar song. The voices of ly seters sounded like a grand At the conclusion of the anthem paid to the representatives iward. The orchestra struck e the King.” The banqueters earing the familiar ode, and mis- r “America,” began to sing it. oosevelt raised his hands as a silence. He was instantly d and the chief executive turned to 1 Bickford, commander of the squadron in the Pacific, bowed to him as an indication that the melody was a tribute to the mother country. Admiral Bickford flushed with pleasure and bowed his acknowledgments to the cheers given by the hosts Horace Davis, one of the leading citi- zens of the State and a Harvard man, was given a cheer when he grasped tha hand of the guest of the evening. The President was delighted to greet him and they chatted for a few moments. When cafe noir had been served and the guests were enjoying thelr cigars League CI for the club. the club. He was Davis great enthusiasm. who Volunteers. bands “piay Mr. President: repeatedly New York, when the call John F. but as as the first statesman the land, but, gentlemen, as a member of Union League €lub, (Applause.) call on the Hoen e: the President in words of welcome representing (Applause.) John F. Davis received a hearty recep- tion when he arose to speak. as an orator gained him close attention. interrupted by plause, and the chief executive bowed his head frequently in approval of the kind- sentiments of the eloquence moved I would (Applause.) of California feel Virginia. for vol- California is President Pippy arose and amid deep si- Announcement Made of the Member- ship of Roosevelt. 1 want to say to the member: b that this is indeed a proud night W= have as our guest the Pres dent of the United States (applause), not as President of the United States, hero of San Juan, of the Union Davis to add His fame Senator his auditors He spoke as follows: 5.0 SRR ELOQUENCE OF DAVIS. Forcible Speech Made by the Well- Known Orator. Words are feeble things in which to express the welcome to you that is in the mind and on the lips and in the heart of every man in this room. League Club of California welcomes the Presi- dent of the United States it welcomes first of all, as an American. live upon the soil more intense State pride than any other se tion of our favored land—more intense even than Massachusetts, Kentucky—yet unteers in a war in the Orient, the first State to answer the summons and send to the Philippines the When you travel country you will find that in some places the “‘Yankee Doodle” “‘Dixle,” in some places "My Maryland,” When the Union California through in others Roosevelt in his farewell address at the Union League Club. the in the ke ap- to him, We a or this and in others ‘“‘Marching Through Georgia,” but put them all to the touch and every last man of them will “The Star-Spangled Ban- ner.”” (A, And so it is, when we welcome the Presi- dent of the republic to our hospitality, while we might have decorated our tables with the golden hue of our poppies and laden them with the gold of our mines and the golden orankes and the golden wine of our soll (laughter), the old paramount feeling of loy to the flag wells up from the depths of our heart of liearts, bursting all other bonds, and we gar- and our feast and make radient our banquet board with the thrilling glory of the red, white and blue. (Great applause.) t our guest as the President of the the republic in the zenith of its In honoring him we pay our tribute than which there is none of greater dignity and within the limit of its term of greater power on this earth. No other civil ruler holds his tenure under the aegis of a constitution of checks and balances, where in practice as well as in theory the sanction of the executive is equal to the sanction of the legislative power. In every constitutional monarchy the ministry depends for its tenure on the last vote of the last parliament, and no e more than once or twice at the risk crown resist that mandate. High as is the dignity of this great office, awful must be its responsibility, and with such wisdom have ople exercised their choice that-the proud t of every American is that it is the only seat of power in the world's history that has never caused humanity to blush for the privat life of any of its occupants. And while gur welcome is to our President, none the less earnestly is it extended to the man. We would make it impossible for him 1o say that he accepts our cheers simply as & tribute to the dignity of his high office. Be- vond all that we tell him that he is in the house of his friends, and we desire him to krow it. We greet with gladness a President who personally knows that the United States extends west of Buffalo, and who. though of the sixth generation born on Manhattan be- lorgs West of the Missouri River. We ac- claim his exhortation to a higher and nobler conception of citizenship. ~ We . yleld our heart's homage to one whom in public station and in private life we have found always sin- cere always honest, always brave. When he preaches that we cannot raise the standard of our_cltizenship if in private life we shun the rugged ways, and cease to practice the old humdrum . virtues, he stirs cvery soul that makes for righteousness, in every class. of every creed and every color. God bless him. God bless every man who sublimates from ali the dross of earth and holds high—hizh above the eternal stars—the priceless love of home and wife and children. (Cheers.) And may I not in this presence also wel- come him as a. Republican? In no vulgar vaunting of party organization, in no bitter- play use.) power. to the exalted office. of h ness of partisanship, but as the incarnation of | the truth that he serves his party best who GRATEFULLY OF SAN FRANCISCO | . of that higher poiitics serves his country be which puts above all things the betterment o: his countrymen, we hall him as the leader nciples upon which at this time that betterment rests. (Applause.) Those principics need not be repeated here. They are engravea in_our minds and on our hearts those They are the banners beneath which we march. They are the signs in which we con- quet. In the clear vision of to-night political destiny is as manifest as political duty. i your na my brothers, Republicans of the strenuous and upbuilding West, 1 welcome as your guest to-night the leader of that great party to #Which we all belong in the person cf Theodore Roosevelt of New York (Great cheering.) And now, Mr, President, 1 welcome vou to Qur hearthstone. Your wisit will soon be over. We hope and trust your stay with us has been a-pleasant -one. ~ In behalf of vou, Mr. Toastmaster, who has done so much to make this function a success and In behalf of my brothers here assembled to-night, 1 know of no better way of expressing our sentiment than to repeat that contained in. the old Scot- tish song. Don't forget the words—they come :::m full and loving hearts by this Western “'Better loved you will not be, Will you not come back agat (Great applause). At the conclusion of the splendid speech Colonel Pippy on behalf of the Union League Club presented the President with a handgome loving-cup as a souvenir of the occasion. He called upon the mem- bers to toast the honored guest, and with uplifted glasses the gathering cheered and drank to his continued happiness. The orchestra struck up “Auld Lang Syne” and the soulful song was sung by all. When quiet was at last obtained Presi- dent Roosevelt - arose. *Again the cheer- ing burst forth. The hosts sprang to their feet and waved their napkins at him and made the hall echo with their vells. The President spoke as follows: e EXECUTIVE'S ADDRESS. The President Talks of the Grest National Issues. Mr. Toastmaster, and You, My Fellow Mem- bers of the Union League Club: (Applause) T drink to the long life and prosperity of this club and of the great State of California. And now let me say in all sincerity, Mr. Davis, that you have expressed far better than I cuold express—and I'mean it—far better than 1 could express what I hold to be essential in American citizenship. It was a privilege, sir, to be greeted by ybu as you have greeted me to-night (applause), for no one can too strong- Iy insist upon the elementary fact that you cannot build the superstructure of public vir- tue save on private virtue. (Applause.) The sum of the parts is the whole, and if we wish to make that whole, the State, decent. repre- sentative and the exponent and symbol of decency, it must be so made through the de- cency, public and private, of the average citi- zen. Mr. Davis was quite safe in saying that he hoped I had enjoyed my stay in San Fran- (Applause.) 1 should indeed be un- ful, unappreciative, if 1 were not deep ched 'and moved by the way in which the people in San Francisco have received me, and T have enjoyed to the full the two days and a half I have spent here. (Applause.) I have enjoyed it all, and I have enjoyed no part more General MacArthur, than my ride down the line, reviewing the troops with you. (Ap- plause.)’ Californians are good Americans, and therefore it is not necissary to appeal to them or behalf of the army and navy. (Applause.) T shall not detain you long this evening. T am promised by Colonel Pirpy the chance, after my speech, of meeting and shaking hands with each of you In the rooms of the clch, but I have just two thoughts not con- nected to which I want to give utterance, one suggested by something that Mr, Davis said. is_absolutely essential, if we are to have the proper standard of publ'c life, that the promise shall square with performance. A lie is no more to be excused In politics than out of politics. (Applause.) PROMISES ARE SACRED. A promise is as birding cn the stump as off the stump, and mow there are two facets to that crystal. In the first place, the man who makes a promise which he does not intend to keep, and does not try to keep. should right- Iv be adjudged to have forfeited In some de- gree what should be every man’s most precious possession, his honor. And, on the other hand. the public that exacts a promise which should mot or ought mot to be kept. or which cannot be kept, Is. by just so much for- feiting its right to self-government. There is no surer way of destroying the capacity for self-government in a people than to accustom that people to demanding the impossible or the improper from Its public men. No man fit to be a_public man will promise elther the impossible or the improper. and if the de- mand is made that he shali do so, it means putting a premium on the unfit in public life. (Applause.) There s the same sound reason trusting the man Who promises too public that there is for distrusting the man who promises too much in private business. If you meet a doctor who asserts that he h a specific remedy which will cure all the to which human flesh Is heir, distrust him. He has not got it. If you meet the business man who vociferates that he is always selling to you evervthing at a loss and you continue to deal with bim T am glad if you suffer for it. (Applause) Any man who promises as for_ dis- much in 3 FAREWELL TAKEN AT MIDNIGHT Bells Toll the Hour as President’s Traia Departs. Hurried Across the Bay on the Ferryboat Piedmont. Secret Service Plans Are Effected Without In- terruption. RIS HE departure of the President had been carefully planned by Secret Service Agent Stone and his assistants, and was effected without interruption or delay. It had been previously given out to 123458 the public that the leave taking of the Roosevelt party would occur at midnight, but this was only a ruse for purpose of anticipating a crowd. Late yesterday afternoon the secret service agents arranged to have the Presi- dent’s carriage at the Palace at 10:40 p. m., and it was planned to have him leave the banquet hall at 10:45. It was exact! time when he moved out of the bang hall, and before those on the street who had lingered patiently to see the depart- ure realized the fact, the President was being driven rapidly toward the ferries. As his carriage, closely followed by an- other in which were his body guard, dashed out of the hotel driveway, the as sembled members of the Union Leag Club who had followed him from the ban quet hall raised a mighty cheer, which was taken up along New Montgo street and reverberated down. Mar! street in advance of the hurrying vehicles. When the union depot was reached the President’s carriage was hal I¢ enough to permit the secret service agents to abandon their own carriage and su round the one in front, and thus saf guarded, President Roosevelt was quick- ly conveyed aboard the ferry boat Pled- mont. In five minutes from the time the car- riage landed on the boat the signal was given and a second later the deep biast of the whistle proclaimed that Presider Roosevelt's visit to San Francisco ended Just what thoughts were harbored in the mind of the nation's chief at that mo- ment, when the jarring of the Pledmont's propeller vibrated through her heavy timbers, may never be known, but there is reason for believing that they reverted to the pleasantries of his short stay in San Francisco, which certainly will ever be remembered by the citizéens of the Western metropolis. The run to Oakland Pier was made in twenty minutes, and was a notable one in that the bay, dotted with the brilllantly flluminated warships, whose guns had thundered a salutation to the in the afternoon, and the brightl city fast fading from view, furni plcturesque scene to the dist traveler and his party. On reaching the pier the President found a large crowd awaiting him, and was the reciplent of a rousing welcome as he passed from the boat up the drive- way and over to his awaiting train. It was a few minutes before midnight when the special pulled out from the depot and started on its trip, which will land the President close to Yosemite Valley late to-day. He will reach the valley to-mor- row. Elaborate preparations have been made for his stay there, and every pos- sible means will be resorted to to insure him a pleasant tim the result of legislation or administration the millennium is making a promise which he will find difficulty in keeping. (Applause.) man who asserts that by any law it possible, out of hand, to make all good and wise is again promising w! cannot perform, (Applause.) It is indispensable that we should have good laws and upright and honest and fearless ad- ministration of the laws, and we are mnot to be excused If we fall to hold our public men to a rigid accountability it they fail in their turn to see that we have p legislation and proper administration. (Applause.) An a President lighted ne no public man worth his salt will be othe than glad to be held accountable in that fashion. (Applause.) INDIVIDUAL CHARACTER. But important though the administ the law is We can never escape having . the fundamental truth that neither begi be of the decisive importance that the aver- age individual's character is. In the last analy sis it is the man's own character which is, and must ever be the determining factor in his success or faiiure in life (applause), and there, in the last analysis it Is the average character of the average citizenship of a na- tion which will In the long run determine whether that nation is to go up or down, and the one Indispensable thing for us to keep is a high standard of character for the average American_citizen. (Applause.) And now for my unrelated second thought and that is to reiterate something 1 said thi morning. 1 had the very great pleasure o dedicating the monument to Dewey's fleet for its victory at Manila (applause). and it was a very great pleasure. We to-day were en- joying the aftermath of the triumph due part to what Dewey and his officers and me: did on the 1st of May five years ago, and even in greater part to what all those men did n who in the preceding fifteen years had pre- pared for the winning of that triumph. (Ap- plause.) 1 have very great confidence in the capacit of our average soldler or sallor to turn well, to do admirably when put to the preme test, but the- best man alive If v trained, If unfittingly armed, will be beaten by the poorer man who has had the training and arms. (Applause.) There is nothing mors foolish, nothing less dignified, than to indulge in boastfulness, in self-glorification as to the capacity of our soidiers and satlors while de- nying them the material which we are | honor bound to give them in order that their splendid natural qualities shall be fitly sup- plemented. _(Applause.) 1 have seen our people send American vol- unteers against a European soldlery, th Eu- ropean soldiery armed with the finest type of modern rifie, and ours with an old black pow- der weapon, which was about as effective as a medieval crossbow (laughter). and those who failed to prepare the proper Weapons for our people are not to be thanked, because by mak ing drafts of an extraordinary kind upen the other good qualities of the American soldiery we have escaped disaster. (Applause.) And who_were #gose who failed to prepare? It is very' easy and worse than foolish—Iit is wicked Continued on Page 9, Column 4.