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the following Sunday rang with denunciations of his The fateful act is described as follows: left their glasses turned down said aloud : "He isn't going Large amounts of telegraph toll were paid by the a luncheon given in his honor at St. Louis last month. patches describing this event. A great many pulpits Louis, luncheon when it was put up to President Roosevelt Morbid Public Sentiment. written, and altogether an awful rumpus was raised. pagne at St. Louis. a glass of champagne above his head, said : "Gentlemen, I newspapers of this country in publishing lengthy dis- 124 When they resumed their seats the President arose, he There was a tense moment at the Jefferson Hotel, St. Roosevelt's Crime of Drinking a Glass of Cham- on the table and sat "down. pledge you the President of the United States." There was a murmur of applause, and several who had President Smith of the Business Men's League, holding wine. President Roosevelt drank a glass of champagne at All except the President rose to their feet and quaffed the to drink his champagne or respond to a dry toast. it close to his lips. Then, smiling quizzically, put it back reached out and grasped his well-filled glass, and brought act, numerous interviews were published, editorials

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