| Show LANDING Of THE JEWS IN AMERICA Two Hundred and Fiftieth An Anniversary Anniversary Anniversary of the Event Celebrated ROOSEVELT SENT A LETTER mi I I ye iIiI res s by It J ires l 1 Clot 11 u Anil iid 1111 Other New et York Ork Nov CO OIn In celebration of o otho the tho tto hundred and fiftieth or of the landing of ot lie Die JolI In lit 11 America n a meeting was held hehl In Curn Came Kle ide hull halt today at nt which tri T by hy I Clove Clevi lov I I Frunk T 1 of New Now NewYork York Yurl Mayot George II H McClellan of ot New Ne Yerk City CIl Coadjutor Da la David DaId vid Id freer of or lie sea New York dIocese of oC tins the l church Mayor and the H Dr Ur H It 1 I Men Ien 11 1 President who wll ww sac AUB unable to tu sent rent a Il letter which was reid read re to III tho Vice lee Iee President telegraphed his hili re me gluts and an appreciation of the Jew Jev JewIsh IsIs Ish character Jacob H II chairman of the ex ox committee which arranged th Ih thin celebration presided und Dr haul bail charge of ot the musical program Addresses were vere In congratulatory vein and references wore were made to 10 the lie recent atrocities In Hussla only iw M one of ot tho the trials which have besot beset the Jew Jev Jewish JewIsh ish lilt people but bul which have hove not daunted their spIrIt nor stopped tImely their march marell tu to success where there political conditions have hn permitted Mr lr Schmitt after a n few tew Introductory remarks r presented Mr III as us the ito first Mr Ir saId In lii part JACOB JACO II 11 I Ihen When hen hemm solute home months ago ngo It ns 1111 de tie decided to celebrate the tho settlement of or Jews Jel In the United States nUll and In lii title this cry ivery city the Iho people of ot tho Jewish h faith faiths throughout hout the land hUHl felt glai la 1 and anti Irold becaUse this beloved b loed country bf of their helm adoption had become the time great gren I exponent of ot human liberties and amid a of freedom of or conscience furnishing un an example to the world how great reat and powerful a it people can become b como who ho gIve gl equal opportunity to oil nil no matter what their origin or their profession of ot faith mu be But our gladness s hits has received n a shock hock our hopes hop s and tUtu expectations I haive for tor the time tinte being become dispelled I The brotherhood of ot man our prophets have Ime taught us to look forward to still remains u ml dream the lie realization of ot which the lie events of ot this very Iry month have he once onn more removed Into Info the dis die distant mitt tant tutule und and hit lui tied ate ato Ill still rampant the loW Jew still re mc remains mains the martyr whoso who life liCe must bo III sacrificed to so that thai freedom and enlightenment nt for tor which he Ito has ever shall even In lit darkest darke Hussla lint though we sorrow we SC feel that we wc should hould rejoice and celebrate because America did thu become In Iut centuries one by h the tho homo home ot or of our lur race men and faith Is III now noli our homo and autti the home haute of ot our children Ve We who ho mo lire Americans pledge our ourselves ourselves this momentous oc 01 selves anew upon I to our fellow citizens from rain whatever nice race they thc may have sprung or in whatever faith CallI they 1111 may mIl profess that we Ilund over ever leady to be one line with them In iii every elery endeavor to 10 fur further tier ther the greatness of ot this 1111 our beloved common country and the thc rc re In III which It II Is 19 held throughout the world The former president was OS greeted with applause In In the course connon of ot his remarks Mr Ir Cleveland Cleeland said I CLEVELAND It Is time lime for tor the unreserved ac uc acknowledgement that the toleration timid c opportunity accorded to the Jews of or the th United States have hae been beta abundantly dantly dant repaid to us And nd In Itt making up imp the ho accounts let lei us not omit to put tUI to 10 ti their credit the tue occasion presented to In tous tous us through our concession to 10 them of toleration tail and lint equality I jU II lit of Ins ing In by b wholesale exercise exorcIse the spirit of ot Justice and consideration whirl as all long as we wo mire are tine rime to 10 our ourselves selves we WO must pronounce as us the tho dIet and amid 1 trait of our nationality 1 I know that human prejudice es especially that thai growing glowing out of race nice or religion Is cruelly Inveterate a rid lust kist lusting ing n But wherever In III the tho world mime lire against the Jews still exists there can be bo no place for tor It among the thel l of ot the tho United States 8 unless they lucy tire arc heedless of ot faith recreant to the tho underlying principles of ot their free moo government nt and Insensible In cn to ho every pledge Involved in lit our boasted equal equalIty Ity It or citizenship The letters from President timid and Vice President Fairbanks I were vere read ts letter In port part Is U as follows LETTER The Tho celebration of ot the tho anal P or of th Ih settlement nt nf ot tho lows IA la i the h United l lt Suites 8 it properly r p hc Izell u Li series of ot historical facts of ot more Inore than merely mere national iven EIm In lii our colonial period the lie Jews pitted In the lie of lC this coun country try In acquired citizenship anti and took an active part In Iii the thc development of or for tor foreign torII or eign II n and commerce During the revolutionary period they aIded tho the cause of or liberty by serving In the tho con can continental mental army and by b substantial con contributions to i the thc empty treasury of the tho republic During the civil war thousands anile ands In iii the tho armies nail mingled their thell blood with Ito tho soil 81 for tor which they lucy ought fought I 1 nm glad to be hue able ahlo to say 1111 In Iii ad addressing l dressing you yu ou on this that thit while the Jews of or the United States who number more than u t t million have remained lOYAl to their faith and tl th their ir lr race traditions lIu they have ha e become Incorporated In the tho great greit army of ot American citizenship prepared to tomake tomake tomake make nil all sacrifices for tur the country countr either In iii war or peace and striving for tor the lie I perpetuation of or it Rood gul govern government mont ment and for tor tho the maintenance of or Iho ih principles embodied In our Constitution are honorably by their Industry their obedience to liw 1111 and their devotion to the national w wJ wI 1 fare They Tho are engaged endued ln In generous rivalry with their fellow citizens of oth other er or denominations In advancing the tho Ito In of our common country count With all good wishes believe me mo sincerely sincere yours IT Jacob OI T l Chairman |
