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Show t;i ROOSEVELT IS I GUEST IRISHMEN I ' Banqueted by Friendly I Sons of Patrick, I . Gives His Niece Away in I Carriage to Her I Cousin. . i Cheered by Thousands as Ho' Drives 1 ! Through the Streets of New York. ' ' . ' . i i , TEW YORK, ' March 17. President Roosovelt tvns tlic guest of honor tonight at the ono hundred and twonty-flrst dinner of tho Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. Ho was roundly cheered by more than COO members of tho society and Its guests. I He made a speech beforo tho society, closing a day mil of friendly greetings, i during Tvhlch ho gavo his nleco jiway In I marriage. The banquet was given In the golden dining hall at Dclmonlco'fl. Tho society wos obliged to rcfuso moro than 2M0 applications for tickets. The main 'i I banquet hall and tho annex were bcautl- ' fully decorated with festoons of the Stars and Stripes, Into which was woven effectively ef-fectively tho green and gold Hag of Erin, j f The banquet tnblcs wero banked with I roses and carnations. They were set off k- I by garlands of green and gold electric lights strung, diagonally across the hall. First President Entertained. ' Immediately back of and abovo tho j 1 seat of tho President were tho Gaelic words "Ccad Mlllo Fallthe" In letters of ! ' lire. To tho right and loft of the guests' tablo wore lino medallions of Washington and Roosevelt. Illustrated by electric cf-. cf-. fects. Tho contrast of Washington and r. Roosevelt was significant. Tho Friendly i Sons of St. Patrick entertained "VVnsh- i ' ington in 1782 as the General In charge of , tho Colonial armies. Roosevelt Is tho , first President as such that the Friendly Sons of SU Patrick ha entertained. Th6 President arrived at G-30 p, m and . for half an. hour held a reception. Then, 1 accompanied by Judgo Fitzgerald, tho , " president of tho society and toastmastcr. .' President Roosovelt was conducted from 1 tho hall to tho dining-room. Many of tho ; guests waved tho Stars and Stripes and j tho flag of Erin enthusiastically. Tho 1 President was Introduced by Judgo Fltz- gcrald and In his responso said: President's Address. I I tdh to read a telegram received tonight. ' It la n sop to ono of my wull-knoivn preju dice. Tho recipient vena a father tonight '. i when lie camo to this banquet. Now ho la a ' jrrandfathcr. Hero la tho telegram; i "Peter McDonnell: Patrick Just arrived. Tired after parade. Sends his regards to President. Ho in tho first on record elnco i Teddy attended tho Friendly Sona dinner. Ho J lb- a flno singer. No race suicide In this fam- i ny. Weighs eight pounds nnd looks llko tho 1 j whole family. All Is well H J "ROBERT M'DONNELL." "And now." gentlemen," continued tho j I President, "I want you to Join mo In drlnk- I lng to tho health of Poter McDonnell, and. abovo all, to Mrs, McDonnell." After the f I toait wos drunk tho President continued: H 1 Irishmen at tho Front. ; Long beforo tho outbreak of tho Itovolu- , tlon thcro had begun on the boII of tho col- t I onlcs which afterward becamo tho United States, that mixture of races which has been, ' nnd still Is. ono of tho most important fea- j ! tures In our history as a people. At tho time 1 1 I early In tho elchtcenth century when tho immigrants from Ireland bzan first to come ' I In numbers to thin country, the raco elements ' ' j In our population worn etlll Imporfectly fused, ; -1 and for corrio Umo tho now Irish ("train was 1 clearly dlntlngulshablo from tho others, Thcro 1 , v,-as a peculiarity about these Immigrants who came from Ireland to tho colonics during tho H, eighteenth century, yhlch has never been ?. , paralleled In the case of any other Immigrants I , I whatsoever. In all other casea, since the very 'r. first oettlcmentR, the pushing westward of tho j frontlfcri has been duo primarily to tho men ' i of native birth. But tho Immigrants from Irolund In tho eighteenth century pushed I boldly through tho settled districts and plant- j cd thomsfllvcs as the advance guard of tho ' I conquering civilization on the borders of tho , . Indian-haunted wlldcrnuss. In Malno nnd 1 ' ' northom New Hampshire, In western Pcnnsyl- ' van In. Virginia and North Carolina, alike this 1 was true. Hp'1'. "Tho Lino of Ireland." ' 4- By tho tlmo tho Revolution broke out these men had begun to mix with their fellows of other stocks, and they furnished their full share of leadership In tho grent Btrugglo . which made us a nation. Among their num- '. ber wan Commodoro John Barry, ono of three or four officers' to whom our infantry owed ,i rnost On land they furnished Generals llko Montgomery, who fell no gloriously at Quebec, j i and Sullivan, tho conqueror ot tho Iroquois, who camo of a New Hampshire family which furnlBhcd Govornors to three New England ; States, while of tho Continental troops, one ') of tho hardest fighters nmong Washington's H Generals was "Mad Anthony" "Wayne, who S recnilted so largely from this stock that "Light Horso" Harrj' Leo always referred to them aa "the line of Ireland." Nor munt wo forget that-of this same stock was a boy dur- i big tho days of tho Revolution who afterward I becamo tho chief American General of his lime and, aa President, ono of the publlo men i who left his Impress most deeply upon our i1 ii Nation oM Andrew Jackson, tho victor of ' U New Orleans. ,1 irishmen in Civil War. .In tho cond in"1'01 crisis of our countn-'o ' history tho period of the Civil war-tho part 1 . Playod by tho men of Irish birth or parcntago r.,Ic,a BtriklnB 'ban It had been In tho ., Revolution Among tho three or four CTat Generals who led tho Northern army In tho J lvar lcwd Phil fahorldan. Some of those whom t L?iUnoIa'i',r0Bsln5 "' lr that Immortal M ,ldhl,C.b J?" '"oHnl da at Frederlcke- ,cft tH.doad closest to tho stono wall hlch marked tho limit that could not bo ovcrpaescd even by tho highest human valor. , Th0 ,pe?Ple; who havo como to thin country 'm I from Ireland havo contributed to tho atrck "f our common citizenship qualities which aro ; . n"11 th0 wclfnro ot "xcry Kreit na- ' "O"- Thc nro a mantcrful mco of rugcetl c!!'Jrac,t(lr-a rac: tho nualltUfl of whoso wom-c wom-c hhhood havo becomo proverbial, whllo Its men S havo tho elemental, the lndlspensablo virtues K ot working hard In time of peace and flght- ng hard In tlmo of war. In every walk of J ""n of this blood havo stood, and now stand, pre-eminent ns statesmen nnd soldiers on tho bench, at tho bar qnd In buslnw. Thoy nro doing their full oharo toward tho artls-tic artls-tic and literary development of tho countrv Ana right hero let mo rcako a special n'ea to you. Study Celtic Literature. . We Americans tako a Just prldo In tho j , dtvclopment of our great universities, and J ' ' rnore and .moro wo aro seeking to provldo tm original and crcatlvo work In theso unl- J i ', ycrsltles. I hops that an earnest effort will J 'y I be made to endow chairs In American unlvcr- I sJtlca for the study of Celtic literature and , : for research in Celtic antlqultlc. It In only ' 'J f at years that tho extraordinary wealth j . n nnd beauty, of tho old Celtic eagos havo bcn , ! ,j fully appreciated, and wo of Amorlca, who J 1 havo ao .larco a Cltlc strain In our blood , cannot afford to bo behindhand In tho work . . at adding to inodorn echolarshlp by bringing " th" past ETCal CUIc moraturo of ' ; j All Are Americans. I i'1 My fellow-countrymen, I havo spoken to- I , i night especially of what has been done for H , 'i this Nation of oura by !ta uons of Irish - ' j blool- But, after all. In speaking to you Hi1 Ji or any other body of my fellow-citizens, no j''! ii matter from what cld-world country the" f' ! themselves pr their forcfatheni may hnvo I l! ft come,, the great thing to remember Is that ,i ; wo are all of us Americans. Let us kicn 'j'' rQr prId& ln tna atocIi3 Irom 'hlch wo have Ml! sprung, but lot us show that prldo not by holding aloof ono from nnother. least of all by preserving tho old-world Jcalouglr-n and blt-tcrnessivt, blt-tcrnessivt, but by Joining In a spirit of generous gen-erous rivalry to aee which enn do most for our common country- Amcrlcnnlsm Is not a matter of crei-d, or birthplace, or descent. That mnn Is tho boat American who has In him tho American wplrlt, tho American soul. Such a man ifcaro not tho strong and hnrms not tho weak. Ho ."corns what is baso pr cruel or dishonest. Ho looks beyond tho accidents ac-cidents of occupation or social condition nnd halls each of his follow-cltir.cns an his brother, asking nothing pave that each vhall treat the other on his worth as a man, and that they shall Join together to do all that In them lies for tho uplifting ot this mighty mid vigorous vig-orous people. In our velnn nwn tho blood of many an old-world nation. Wc are kin t each of thoso nation, nnd yt Identical with nono. Our policy should- ba pno of cordlnl friendship for all, nnd yet wo nhould keep ever before our eyes tho fact that wo aro ourselves a soparnlo people, with our own Ideals and fitnndards. nnd dostlncd. whether for better or for worse, to work out a wholly new national type Tho fnto of tho twentieth twen-tieth century will In no small degreo depend upon the quality of cltlr.cnahlp dovolopcd on this continent. Surely such a thought muHl thrill us with tho resolute purposo so to bear ourselves that tho nnmo American shall stand as tho symbol of Just, generous nnd fcnrlcss dealing with all men and ull nations. na-tions. Let ua be truo to oursolvcs, for wo then cannot bo fnlso to any man. Welcomed at Jersey City. President Roosevelt was accompanied to Now York by Mrs. Roosovelt, his daughter, daugh-ter, Ethel, his physician, Dr. Stokes, Secretary Sec-retary Loch and two secret service men. Tho trip from Washington was made in six hours, tho Prcslderlt s private car being be-ing attached to tho Pennsylvania express. ex-press. At tho Jersey City station a crowd had collected, which cheered tho President Presi-dent as hn walked through tho station to a carriage In which he. Mrs. Roosevelt Roose-velt and Miss Ethel were driven onto a ferry boat. From tho Manhattan terminal tho presidential carrlngo was driven to the home of Mra. James Roosevelt the President's aunt, ln West 57th streeL Along tho route ho was cheered. Attended a Wedding. At 3 o'clock tho President went to the houso of Henry Parish. Jr., to attend tho marriage of" his niece, Miss Eleanor Roosevolt, to her cousin, Franklin Roosevelt, Roose-velt, son of Mrs. James Roosovelt. On tho way ho met a big St. Patrick's day parade, which was stopped, tho participants partici-pants and the thoulinds who crowded' tho sidewalks wildly cheering Mr. Roosevelt Roose-velt as he went through and passed up Park avenue .Leu uriae to iiitar. The chief maglstrrito led tho brldo to tho altar and gavo her away. A hugo. Iloral cluster of 3000 pink roses, entwined with smllax nnd aspnragus, was suspended suspend-ed ln tho center of tho drawing-room and formed a. canopy under which the newly wedded pair received the congratulations of their friends. The President, with his nleco leaning on his arm, preceded by tho bridesmaids, passed Into the drawing-room drawing-room through an nlslo of white ribbons held by tho ushers. Rev. Endicott Pea-body Pea-body of Croton, Mass., performed tho marrlago ceremony, using the Episcopal ritual. At Home of His Aunt. Tho President left tile Parish homo at a o'clock to return to the home of his aunt. Elaborate police arrangements had been made and, besides a sraad of nine mounted mount-ed men who acted as an escort, policemen police-men lined the streets and controlled nil crossings. After a short stay in tho house of his aunt, tho President was driven through cheering crowds to Del-monlco's, Del-monlco's, where he attended the annual dinner of tho Friendly ms of St. Patrick. Pat-rick. The Sixty-ninth regiment National puard nctcd as escort The President was cheered all tho way, especially on his aryal at Dolmonlco's. Attends Another Feast. Soon after the conclusion of his address ad-dress at Delmonlco's tonight President Roosovelt left for the banquet of tho Sons of the American Revolution at the Hotel Astor. lie was received by the guests standing. "America" was sung, and then the President was presented with a badge of tho society, which ho himself pinned on. President Roosevelt said: "We rank as one of tho great naval powers of the earth, and we rank as a power for peace. The navy Is tho arm of all others upon which this Nation must depend to defend It against all foreign aggressors. ag-gressors. I want to incrcaso tho number of our battleships, because they are preventives pre-ventives of war with other Nations." Starts for Washington. President Roosevelt left tho Hotel Astor As-tor nt 11:25 p. m. and was driven directly to the Pennsylvania railroad, going thenco by boat to Jersey City, whero he took a train for Washington shortly after midnight. |