JlUi. fcJJUMUJN HtL15UiMir-IMUlJAi. DUUUMiSUli, U3. 1SDS. & 3 ANNUAL DINNER OF NEW ENGLANDERS It Was Held Last Night in the Board of Trade Assembly Hall. FIVE SPLENDID ADDRESSES WERE HEARD Anions the Speakers Were Talcott Williams, of the Phila delphia Press ; Prof. Charles Mellen Tyler, D. D., of Cornell University, and Hun. Alston G. Dayton, Member of Congress from the Charlestown, W. Va., District. Gathering Was the Largest at Any of the Twelve Annual Dinners of the Society. The twelfth annual dinner not "ban quet," for New Kiiglanders don't asplio so high of tho New Kngland society of Noithea stern Pennsylvania was bold Inst night In lilt Konitl of Trade build in s;. Am Is trtu of each of the preced ing dinners o' the loclotj, that of last night witnessed the gatheilug together ol a tlnss of men who very ne.iily rep teseiit the luawii, brain and energy which has put this tot nor of the stnte Into the foiemost tank of the cuiin tt piovrce-Moti. The dinner has eueh year been antici pated a t-oinotlilng extraordinary, something dl'feienr from the lesser so cial and othei events, annual and oth eiwlo, which ni.uk peiiods In each jfti, ot Sintiitona history. Not only v re lepicentathe local men piescnt at the dinner, but those Incited as xpeikejs weio men who lime attained P omlneneo, moie in less. In their je ipeitlve splicies ol life. Of tin so lat ter Talcott Williams, of the Philadel plili I'less, ,i the guest of ex-City Solli Itor .l.mie.x 11 Toirey; Piofessor b.ules MelUn T i"r. of Cornell unt il llt. the Klte.xt of Piexldent George Hunditwiii. and Hon. Alston G. D.iyton, of I'liilippl. V. Va , the vilest of John Ilownith Iloiotofoie the dinn-tx have been givm at lln Wjomlng Ii)Ui, the S(iantnn Hlevele iiil house, the Hotel Ten nee, the Westminster or the Hotel .Iim,n, whole the son ire of cuisine, was dliett. Phis venr the expetlment wax tilul of giving the dinner In nn ap.n tint nt sep.uate fiom the source of m i , lee The iv tilt was eminently sat-l-fattoi. Mewaid O'Neill, of the S rauton i Itib whoso apartments arc epawitod b one 'loor fiom the scene of the dinner, did himself proud. The seiviro and eookety weie In every lc .speet all that could be deviled. Piom 6 in 7 o'clock theie was a peiloil devoted to leception and sociability. The menibois and attests gathered dur ing this hour In the oflke of the board of undo secutaiy and In the commit tee loom and an oppottunlly was af forded inembei.s to gieet the speakers and othei.s fiom outside the city. IN THE DINNER HALL. Detailed Story oi the Feasting and the Speech-Making1. At o'cloek the company filed fiom the otllces into the assembly ball and lemalned standing for n time at their places about a table artanged In the foim of a "T" with two stems. In accordance with a custom which has attended every dinner of the so eletv., the ting -was saluted. The nature of thu ceieniony was eminently Amer ican, simple, but none tho less ln spltlng. An attendant waved the Kleventh leglment's handsome silk (lag from a position at the board of trade president's desk, back of the speaker's table, the company mean while singing the first verse of "The Star Splanged Banner." The singing was led b Oeotge V. 'Whlttemore, Hauer's oichestia playing the accom paniment. President Sandeison then lead the following much-eiuoted etract from the speech made by Piesident JIcKIn ley at Atlanta, on Dec, 15. That flag has been planted in two hemispheres, nnd there it remains, the symbol of liberty and law, of peace and progress. Who will with draw it from the people over whom it floats in protecting folds ? Who will haul it down ? 'Old Glory," the most recent veiscs of notn by James whltcomb Hlloy, were rend by Hornet Oreene. Tho spir it In which tho dellveiy wus made and the sentiment expressed by the Hoosler poet were warmly applauded. After Ue. Itobert F. . Pierce, pas tor of the Penn Avenue Vlaptlst church, asked divine blessing on the occnslon, the company then seated itself and tho eating' began. Tho members present, In addition to those at the speakers' table, were. Cnrbimdate John W. Altkcn, J, U. ilurr, A S. Jlakcr, G. S. Kimball, I.. A. Patter son. Wllkes-Barro-T. II. Athcrton, C. D. Foster. Dunmore A. D. Blacklnton, Itobe-t McM. Law, Pittston C. C. I3ow man, S. D. llennett, P. C llennett. George Cooper, Georgo S. rerrb . TliiiHiji John If. Law, Chailes D, San deii" n. PlaltiK--D. Scott Stark, Jr. I Intu-silili' Thomas 15. Clnik, A. V. Senile. Seianton-J L. Atherton, P. T). llrcw stcr, ,M D . A Ij Collins, 13. i:. Chom. beilnln. lbisscll Phnmlck, J. Ileiij-unti Dlnimltk. IJiifi.s J Foster, J. P. PUh. J'. 11, Piflich, Rev. George K. Guild, Hon: Alfred Unnd. Dr. G. K. Jill). V. I., linn wood, S. R, Hrnwood, O. D. Jones, John S. Luce. S. n. Mott. I, F. Meargel. 11. L. Merrlinan. L. J. Nerthrup, IX. If. Patter im. F. i:. Piatt, Harry O. Pond. W. It. Jtlchmond, Robert M. Scranton, Janvs O. Sanderson. Tcwksbtlrv Junes G. Sheplietd, , T. C. Vcn .Storch. Welles, V. V. Watson, O. II. Wright. C, 1 Whlttemore, W. A. Wilcox, is. 1 Whlttemore, C. S. Wcolwoilh. The guests piescnt were: II. .1. Andiison, Dr. P I. Htllev Car bondulc). J. I.. Cuiwfnid. John P Hitch tuck John Jl. Law Kohtrt P. JloKennii. P. 1. Peck, 11. M. Stoekei J H. Sehliger. P. M. VamPlng. (', A Van Wornier, Dr. It. H. Ware, C. Tt. Welles, ji., a. I.. Wat son. The occupants of the piesldent'a tabb weie seated ns follows: 5 is - w o Q 6 o S ' J. V. How .nth. A. C. Puller. J. If. Fisher. A. 1"). Hl.iekhiton. D B. Athcilon. ('. II. Pond. P. I!. Still gfs. Alfred ll.iud The foiego'ng weie olllcers. .spoakerx, ex-presidents or niembets of the com mittee of aiiangcnicnts. No decoration of the hall used for the dining was needed nnd none was used. eeupting potted plants nnd other gieen plants, which concealed the desk and plntfoim, weie set In the windows and were banked In the east end of the loom. Candelabia, putted tloweis and green plants, holly and smlla weie used on the table. Dining the piogiexs of the dinner music was waited into the hall fiom the secretaivs ofl'ce, v.hete linnet's orchestra was stationed. Following was the menu "The truth is, thit nun anxious about their souls have not been b.v an menus tho least skillful In piovhllng for iho wants of the hoilj." Lowell, blue Points Clear Tin tie Salmon Chicken P.ittto Fillet Hecf, with Mushrooms Potatoi s Splnai h Celery Olives Radishes "I've a thirst in mo thioat." Klpllug. Cider, Sot bet, New Lngland St.vle Cigarettes Qti.itl Chicken SaluU lee Cicam Cnko Pies Cheese Crackers Cafe Noli Clg.us m t ' V??- -v fiW'rf4XSaH-r&gi3 trAjJki?fr - 5,-TSi srJS! &ug&g REPRODUCTION SCJ ENGLAND K L vi'W-T SOCIETY op P " Vr-ZT N0RTH-EAv9TERiN P 11 Jy-0 PENNSYLVANIA . J e-fjigsf" " fc!illWis BBrsSarrfei'i IHB pltia'i..ii.iw.itit. i iuihr.t t vxx x -v - . ai-i,iii i i Ink sfftehSrSyO1 B8 Dlmmic0 0menl1 ' the d"iner' " Cmrr'SeJ fl d0U'',e Cover and folir interior raEes' a" ' hM' bristo1 loarJ' The first and la.t cover pages displayed each a reproduction In zinc from pen and intcriofsceneT '"The SSX" 11, 'inaicativ eof the tweifthaSald'lnn fAy" ErB'anJ ",C' '" th 'DSt minUtC etailS-f0r ,nS,an:c' the "is canJles' W an J Ul8 Mns shown '" the l The exterior and interior parts of the card were bound together with white and liiyn ?r iTu-jm'j, It was ns early ns 9,25 o'clock when President Handei-sott arose nnd opened the post-praiullnl programme. Never before had tiny dinner of the society been finished at hiicIi an early hour, which fnct tndlcati that the purpose of the committee of nirangemriits to end the evening' ptoeeedlngs early was fully ciurled out. Ptosldent .Sanderson paid: "tloil has given us l.y tonight, See how, like the golden grain Ptom the huk all smooth nnd bright '1 he shining rmtnl now Is ta'en, Piom top to wr.tu mid rim Not it Hpnt Is ilim The pHHt is pnit-tiin future raised The hell rlngK out 'God hi prnlnl." mr op ntoM. ,g i n fellow 'm Kngluiidi rs, we galh'i iiroirM mil bonnl mid having pir takeii of our slnip'i f.u,. xii s.vinbolllc of the ( illv food of out unciMorx, appro ic h tint stnge ot out i vciilngs piograniuio devoted to the leant of tttsiiii. One of the vldi'iics ut on ndviiiiecmeut and progrexx vol know we ate pilvllegtd this evening to Indulge In n modeidtu degree of solf-iidiilntlon Is the ilillltv of tin aver age dexiiudant of New I'tighiuil Hires to net and spmk mi hltnx. f 'J he poet puts Into the mouth i tin. sweet Puilt.in mai den wonlx whit li woiilil lend ux to think til It ut thins ui !fiiv, i vt 11 the boldest of the stein Puilt.in shrank, and when the oiirnext phadti loi the eloughtv Htamllxli pinned fm tli his wot dx In favor ol the c iptuln she sofll snlil "Why don't sou spout; foi ,v oiu xelt John.'' Slnro that 1 iv I am Hire sou will agroo with nn that sikh ceiling geiiuratlons havo gained the ablltv wnntlng In John Allien nnd Miles Stntullsh toi It Is a colder day time tint of an old-fiishlotied New Piigland vv liter when h Ni w Jlnglander cannot now speak and act for lilmKe.lt This n al.lng and acting tor t)v motives have laid the Impress of New Pngl mil nbllltv. iniigv and progisn upon our cntmtrj fnr and wide uiid In foreign climes," too. the lmpifss has been laid In statexm.inxlil) fiom the Adutnxift to llonr, lluvvlev Lodge and Long of tho present dis. In war from Putnam to Miles u.l while the l.ilte" bore Ills faithful put at home another New l-ng-l.indcr uplulii thi honor of his eountrv's Hag In the caii" of etvlllrntton and lm manltv In fnr-.iwav Mnlillln. and In Uewev tin old New PaigLilul spirit, lli vlndlile i qui age and ileteimlnatlon showed f -lb In Its hi t nnd most glori ous nspec ts Hn It has lieen hi lllei.iture and the arts nnd self nt ex with innnw too unmrous to liiclitloii. So will It be nlvvavs, let us - t- C. i:. Chltteinlen. II. I. i'.ilno. hope, till time i mix Tlu old word "Yankee ' fonuiilv m oltcn used in terms uf dulxlim oi hutiun In the old I w oi lil, has In tome the svimnvui nt plug . ress nnd stmiqth ol lnminiilt.v mid iivlil- itioii Almnsl with lintnl Ulentli do thovl, u in) n nn nth siieoied vli w events ol tin- p ixt veil mid usk "Wlmt next' Win i ( will this giant of the wst We so llideitrttltu lied tills dt ti rnilm d clianiplon ot hiimitdtv and lllnitv stop"' And tow.nd us, foiiltlng the past and asking It to lie fiiigniteti npiiionches with outxtietc hi d hand the mothet iiiuti tiv lilooil of fun bliiod, with mans com mon sentiments .mil tli'owph the ipilver- tng air conies tin whlper "l nlted we stand ' A dull ud Indml must lie ho j who fails io s, e the sign? and exult tint I "Tlilx Is mv own native kind " I iii:p.it.Cii: And to nil this ,, het, tonight i. m juatlv ftfl tin blood ot mil fathers has eonttibutid nnd will miirlliute tu the futute in tli.it mil, arc ess ii v and pntil otle eondiu I that will oiiim i ve om loiin trj's vv elf, ne. preventing i,n; h ixtlh con clusions, the assuming ()f too d.ingnous responsibilities, In.t ,vn causing us to stand with out f.ue. p, tllf i;t mst, dignified and Anieilean, With our pliasiiie nt meeting logethei again Is mixed the sunow foi ili-p.t til brotheis William T Pinlth long one of us and n fonnfi piesident honored nnd beloved, has be n cnrilrd to bis llnal rest Those of us who knew him Intlmntelv imii lK'nr our heartfelt tfstlmonv to his vvoith, nnd all who knew him will sustain us in VvVOsvJJixvNiiJR Y WJrdJ x uriUrrifiniviv rus5 v x x ' z .. - i m ik :zi ir. v f i I ; t ' it V ITI' Lljl g. ffi.'g ' 1 J wmmmmm aaAaM m-mkitmSZmmmm Amm n i,,l Imn OF FIRST PAGE OF MENU COVER, our estlmnltt of hi ability, sterling In tegrity and swcoUieas o character. J. 11. PlulpH nnd It. . Luce, both promi nent In our business life, havo "passed be ond," leaving volils hard to till, P. C Whlttemore but icccntly died a brlRht joutig mnn rnpldb lining In his chosen profession. Here tonight wo look back on tho year that has passed, conrelous that no tweho months In our eountrv's hlstnrv ha6 been so packed with events pregnant to etvllzillon, humanity and Its welfare A short year ago out noble hearted presi de nt was stitving to pi event war, v.ltli Its agony ami distress sttlvlng for a pi ace fill settlement ol inoinentnuii ciuestlons which war has mill settled, but deter mined if war inesl come it should not ceae till for once and nVI the medieval power which held Cuba In Its giaxp should be driven from out ne igniiormg iinuiix. His efforts for peace vtre vain. Spanish pride mid tienchcrv prevailed, and tho Maine honor caused tin explosion tint lesotuiilie'. thromiheiu the woild. and ns the sniol.i elealed uwas the mil shone ilown mi Frees I'ubi. nnd on the banner t f clvlllrnllon, luiinnnltv nnd llbertv Hunting over Porto lino Go ini find the Philip pines In the stress of buttle the blood of New Fnglniiileis nilxnl with that of otlurs of our lounliv s mine sons white and blaek on the the lilll" of P.l Ctitiej nnd Sin .In. in of n IiiiiIi. the vmi lias been big with r nt" Mint, lit tw trust, boele good lei hum inltv And what of tho future with Us new and heiivv tepnnd blHtles" Shall we- on the open thlisliolel of the door which dctlnv has ihiown open tons hesltnti nnd shrink? Did the New Ktigliuid blood whlih courses through the veins of our pe ople ever cause them to slum ie vv esponslbllltles? No answer Is necess.iiv Rather does It give the perceptlen of right and the power to do It It was evei thus, nnd evei will bo, nnd to the patriotic common sense nnd conserntlve Judgment of (he Yinkee head nnd luntt wo run leave the solution of these wrlghtv questions with safety President Sniulei son's refeienee to Dewev and Manila evoked a hearty outbuist of aiiplattse PIJILAIJP.LPHIA KDITiill. In lntroduring Talcott Wlllliinis of the editoiial stiff of the Philadelphia Piess, who luspondeel to the toast The New Huglaiulei In the South Seas," President Sanderson huiiioioiisly io fericel to the I'loiuonrc of the "do" in Yankee Poo-dle. Piesident Sandeison continued b leading an e-Mr.ict fiom a speech by Henry Cabot Lodge, in which It was held that Amu Ic nil dem ociae.v was too gt-at to do aught else than become a wot Id power. In lexpondlng Mr. Wlllains said In substiltii e Mr. Ple'sldent and Gentle nun of the New Fugl.ind Soeletv of .Noithiastuin Penns.vlv.ilil.i, New Ibiglaudeis All. I dirfir with voui pieddiiit Sltne tho New Friilanili l e anie lei the south -Has the impel t. Hit put ol Yuilkei Uo'.ille has not In en the Doodle ol the flood, ol the Do, but tin lie we v (Cheersi Yu hive leniliiilul us eil the loon of mil imci'stois bv nvlvlug puiiipklii nl". The pie lot i New thisl Hid dinner Is the mbiee- le or mil e hlld hood, x,(s uf vliich vtiiii.iuts u in in seeing Ills Mt it Rlillldmothi'l be fine nioinlng A New llugliuid dlnnei is a slmllni attempt tuensiiieaiiiestial vi-lou bv an appeal to ellg'stlon lu iinimiiiipliiie ars a e we tf .igiin oiu fore flit heis eolilt.ist ocelli to ux None of us c ill b ns good us our ulurs tois nnd most ot ux have stopped tijing. Their phv steal s, lc- we s(lu to sup plv Thev Weie huiigl.v. We cat In their honor. Their iirnveis weie long Our dinners ii'e longer Hut In a bounteous M-ar like this these conttusts elisippea.. I We claim oiu kinship We are face to I fnee again wi b .mother expinxlon ol the I same luce It is oppnsi'd There weio those dm ntless who linn ainiioixn .inn Allien, "uiii constitution ni never meant toi this siutlu. If mm alines lu dliins jour inoinls will silltei Imiovo Holland tlrsi Cousldi r It nu begin with the llrxt step .vlu'ie Mill will go pe r hupx. ic voui fliurtet tun to the south st.is" Thank God, that prophetic oujee tlon was fiillllled Tile New Ciml.illder Is In the soutli sens llixtoiv does not tell Us on which toot I he Pllgilm 1 Hilled nt Plv mouth, but It Is 1 believe admitted the world over tint Dewev nt Manila limb el "with both feet " Standing hue nt the veiv Hist outpost of the Puilt.in the- tlist spot on which bo bioko Into the wetein wilderness out he-arts till with gratitude lint the Puritan li'fused to listen to the iirgiiint nts against expulsion as othi is will be giateiul In time to eoine ovei the national le fiix.il toilav The movement which lio began has ninny aspects elvtl and le llglotis Oiu i.ui wax leulv to move fioni Its home on the Thames as belore from the Kibe as tod.i fiom this lontliient Re bellion and persecution, the tm moil of .1 ceiitun. theie wen- but the providen tial pie par.itlon tor tin scanning of the hlvi As the e.igle stltud up lu r lost ilutteritb over her .voting beareth tin in upon her wings, even so the Loiel nlono hnth led them and no strange God was with them. The hive has swnrmed ngaln nnd again, bellovo me, there is "no strange God with them," PRKCKPT. ' We decelvo and deludo ourselves ns much as they did when they held them selves still lojal subjects of King James after signing tho "compact" width wtoto tho death wan ant of arbitral), power foi' tlto tace It wo do not today realize that ns for them past precedents have hrotifwt us to new precedents. Colonies, depend encies, plantations, managed from the parent kingdom, therei linel been They began first tho self governing settlements, Tonight ns we celebrates their memorv, the visible success of self-government girdles the not th temperate zone. Kven In despotic Russia tho hlvo icsts on Mill principle. As well In the south tetnpet uto zone, Chill and Argentina, Australia and the buddlnij empire) of South Afrl".i attest u later success, ltetwe en sticteh tho tropics In width for 4.0uo. recorded vears no sudi progress has been made". I usk you to lecnll what I pause to if count now, ttnough hlsloty, or each tlvlllznUon of tho temperate zone Ins for 2,roO eats gained tropic tiade, It has run through the same cjelc. Gained In wealth, underwent n drain of pteelotm metals and nt last to the davs of Veulco and Ainstorelim seen llbertv elecav In it pliitoornrv which exploited their one sided trnllle between the t liilizntlou of tho tempciatei and the despotism and foircel labor of the tropics. Ono bind nnlv litis escaped When Riirko brought Hiisthigs to the bit', tho crlmlnnl escaped; but the sjsletn fe'l. Tho conselenci) of Knglnud acre pled tho duty and principle of governing India for the benefit of India and therebv Kng land escnped tho fate of the pnrt. Wo speak ol India and think ot the Ktigllsh urinv, the Ktigllsh lmporlsm and a pence nkln to tlu t of Rome-. Rut we forget that In India today Calcutta, Hombay and Mndras are governed by councils, two-thirds elected In part by their board of tiade nnd I think you will ugree with mo that Scranton would bnv i) better councils if pait Were elected bv tho body meeting In this comely and stately hall There are In India 1.3 mu nicipalities with a population of IS.S.THmO with 9.IU1 councillors of whom over halt, 5,214 ill e chosen bj suffrage. Ot tho rut li popuntlon of India liunoO.OOO are gov erned b 1fi,.'-''i councillors, of whom i,J.le nre chosen b those they govern l'p to n centurv ago India hud never known a. mtlvo Judge but was venal. Today na tive sits on tho couits to the highest, impeachable In chntactor nnd reputa tion and Mm humblest native magistrate c nn xiitmnnn nnv member of tho compter ingiaee In a stilt nt law or cilmlu.il case Ilow trivial nn Plissev and As s.ige bow small the gloiles of 1ij haul liiught llelils fiom Cllve to Kitchener, how mean the SW.OnO.Ouu tribute of India, bow liislgulllennt the return of HYiuuo.uiO to tho KnglWh nation f nun Kngllsh 'depen dencies by Iho side ol this greater glorv of self gove rnment and of dnvvnlng liberty tluougb ustlte ami law ailnihilsleied bv 1 ireXi hit of our rare who make up tho Anglo-Indian elvll service IT HKGAN KARLY. This tiiuinpli of our race we .ue called on to iepe.it and In it lies the sollt.uy solution of the problem of the troidcs. We began iiulv. When Comctliut gavo this veiy region ii-piesentatlon and organ lyullon us Westmoreland ekrlvcsl by Vii glnln mill North Carolina to their west ern lands, the piltuiplo of selt-govern- nn nt fen u dipeiulcv was reoig.inueel. It was Inxeiteil hi the orillii.iiue of leV and Its legislation It was contained in all our teiiltoilil govi'lliineiits Kngland levies the eejxt of ceiloulal gov einois on the eolnnv. Washington jiavs the salary ut evcrj governor It appoints, bulla pax the costs ot Its Kngllsh uriny. Our iiimles in every coiifiueied territory ,iro pild from Washington. When .in Kngllsh admit al took Manila in 17G.', nu levied $" in M ixiej When Admiral Dewe.v, the New Kiiglonder in the south seas, look Mnnllit, ho did not even pay his i.itlons from the captuied treasuie, but waited foi coin shipped fiom ban 1 run clsco. It was anehoi of the Maydower whlih I lttleel loose fiom the cat-heads of the Olvmpla when the gun ot the suc cessor of Miles St.indlsh annexe d an other empire tor liberie, and civilisation It Is the New Kngland Idea of local self government ns put and as far ns It is practicable which Is tho true guide of our pollcj and which has guided Kngllsh policy In India lor fiftv vcais. Yet In the face of tho pitcedents; of a centuiv uud the certainty of the most meicltul war In hbtoiv, the first on re coid In whii h no levy h.ix bism mndu on town or piovhice. we nre' assured that de pendencies aio not safe In the hands of Republics and ilrmonlais and that this coiintiv cannot ileal Justl), bv the weak. It Is because self-govt rnment has tome and can eonie hi the tropics only ns in India bv our lace that our conqui sts urn Itistlflable Thev offer the onlv hope of pieigresx The only solution possible of the economic pioblcm presented by tho tioplcs. Fiom there Is 40 per cent, of our trade. Pnlfss in nil the tropics there can be created as have begun In India, self governing communities with growing civ ilized wants width In forty years have ..,,..,, jjien hovering near, We watched the first red blaze appear, Heard the sharp crackle, caught the gleam On whitewashed wall and sagging beam, Until the old, rude-furnished room burst, flower-like, into rosy REPRODUOTION OF SECOND PACE OF MENU COVER. quintupled India trade, tho economic si-stem of our civilization Is doomed, 'Iho world ns little ns one country can remain pnrt pure and part slnvo, part working for a plttnnco and part writ paid. In tho end, tho mtlvo world of human In dustrv, troplcn and temperate, must rlso or fall together. Tu their work nnd their duty, tho call of war and the result of undoing bus brought this land and the. work of self government begun by tho Pilgrim Is to bo curried out and developed under slow lute lago by Now Knglamlers In the south uni or this nation assumes Its share In the wldo dutv of liberty, low and civil ization. "When Mr. Williams had finished, the opinion was cxpicssed that bis speech was tho best that had ever been de llvcied at a New Kngland banquet In Set Hilton. Tho llnlxh of his remntks vvn accorded an applause which lasted fully a minute. "The New Knglnnder In Literatuie" wan the topic of the toast to which Prof. Chat les Mellon Tyler, of Cornell university, responded. The thought of his remarks Is well Illustrated In thu following quotation which appeared be low his toast announcement on tho pi luted ptogiamme: "They were not In advance nf their nge, ns It Is called, for no one who Is so can ever work profitably in It: but they Mere alive to the highest and most earnest think ing of their time." (Lowell.) Fiofessor Tyler said: PROF. TYLKIVS RKMARKS. Gentle men of the New Kngland Soelct A native African woman begged it.' whites who catno to do her the honoi t i ent her. 1 could wish that vou might per nilt mo not to be oaten, but to rest hav ing eaten while others should do tho HplMklllg. 1 havo heard of a tout 1st who did up Floienco In the motnlng and Rome in tho afternoon. That was difficult, but, 1 think, an easier uftalr than to elo Justice to the toast assigned me lu the lew mo no tits graciously allowed me. Sir Hum phrey D.uj thought tho universe to be so porous that It could bo condensed to the x7o of a nutshel could we but llnd tho machinery with which to do It. Mind Is tqugher than matter and affords a more solid resistance New Kngland thought was mtv tough In its texture, nnel I have no mental tneelrinlsm which will enable me to reduce dimensions to a levlew o' fifteen minutes. One ought to lead nnnuallv on the 'ij of December tho gie.il oi itlon of Di i Webster at Plymouth, In which he il pitted the landing of tho I'lUrlmx, ti-i the colonial htstoiy with almost supeil man Insight unci lhetorle, causing ' audience to shiver with emotion, as n goigeous procession of his tlioiiK'i matched towiuels him nt his bidding em of the Invisible te.ilni of imagination an I loglo and when looking into the futuio ho unfolded with the vision of the se,'. the listing empire of the Ideas ot lh founders of the nation oiet our llteury and political progress Potential lit the brain and charaitei of thoso who landed from the Mav Mower were all the forces, monl, Intellectual and political, which have shaped and aro gulldlng our elestlnles us n people The sons of New Kngland may Justly be pi olid of decent from them. Wo can not ex.iggciate tin tr greatness, thoug' I fear we do ex.iggeiate their numbntx. For the little but que Mavtlower must have had Its dimensions unileiestlm.ile d If all the une esteu s who ate claimed to have, been borne to these shoics weie leally landed fiom It. The procession ol thoe who thin disembarked would have extendi el tiom Plv mouth to Scranton a piocession eipul to that which might be constituted of the putative eolorcel servants ot Washington. Hut the pilgrims weie- no Mallliiislans, and we in iv make large concessions tei these claims of their multitudinous pus teilt1. Tho Chicago woman was naively supetlor to our kind of pi Kb', uud wnen the Roston friend said to her, "Our fam ily aio proud of the tact that ou- aiieis. tors were curiled over In the Majfloivu." sho replied, "Ah, our family never had much to do with tho florist business, It was wheat wrleh tool; us through." ROSTON AND THE MIND. Mr. beth Low has witillv said that Pox. ton Is not In the stale ot MnsjchiisrttH, but lu tho statu of Mind. Well, in that slnglo t-lnlB ot Massachusetts or tho statu uf Mind- modi rate statistic!, of lu ledlty would show that the radiation if llfo trom tho Plvmouth band will Include a Mist number of writers and statesmen the Wlnthropx Adamses, Otlse?., Ameses, Sumners, Lowells, Parkmans and a-host of others who have exerted a. plastic lu lluenio upon Ameilcau life and lltetuttiie Tho Intellectual strain seems indeeet to have waxed mote vigorous and pure with tho passage of generations, affording tu u speculative mind like Ml Galtnti, illus tilous examples of heredltaiv genius. Rut Athens was not all Uieoce, nor Is P.itis all Fiance, nor weio Plvmouth and Huston and Salem all of New Kngland, though the primal Impulse to settlement in other states, Rhode Island and Con necticut, stalled li om Plvmouth nnd Bos ton. It must be conceded that tho fnth- bloom. U I'ttur I S'i'M to'tJ, OiU crs sometimes used a forcible persuasion to promote emigration. In tho cnrlv days even, theto wero ops potients ot expansion ns thero aro today opponents of expansion, Mrs. Hutchin son and Hoger Williams retpilred vigorous exhortation and the fathers felt that somo forceful Inspiration to removal Into unsettled wilds would bo for tho good ot all concerned And with pious firmness thoy helped destiny forward. History has, perhaps, vindicated their unconscious sagacity. Wo must credit them with Intellectual Integrity, even lu tho mistakes they made. The) contrast nobly with the lllackstoncs and Sir Matthew Halts, even when they yield to belief lu wltchc raft. Tho dcluilon was more extended and deadly In Lnglnlid and Germanv Wiureii Hastings listening to Hliei Id.in uud llurkc who impeached his Indian iidtulnlstrntlon, felt himself gulllv In spile of his Innocence, nnd de clared "When 1 think how many lacs of rupees I might have taken and how few I rcullv nppropi luted b heavens, 1 am astonished nt mj moderation " The people of Mnsxiichilsilts bay might well have been surprised at their moder ation lu Inn glng o'dv nineteen! when tho air of the woild was heavy with the murklncss of fcuperstltlon, when a hun dred thousand peilshed 111 Liu ope. Tim revulsion of good senso speedll cime, nnd though I bin aid college' felt tho de lusion, the general court of Massachu setts bv vigorous legislation changed tha atmosphere of thought And not only did they ieio.it uioileiatlon In tho number of the suffeieis, thev showed seriousness) and dignity In the foi in of tho mistakes the.v committed. A MATTPK OP CIIANCi:. Judgo Sevvall exptessod publicly and with tears, bis contrition. A chairman of n southern vigilance committee said to u vv Oman "Maelnm, wo havo lynched thlq inclining, jour husband b mlstako anJt havo como to Inform you," and when tha poor widow began to moon und weep, ha attempted consolation: "My dear tnndum, do not give way to dlsliess. It will all some out right In tho end. Wo bopo to get the right man before night," There Is scant tlni" to traco tho In fluence of the thought of the fathers upon the political, historical and bellctristla literature of New Lngland. 1 can onlv." speak In a genet al wav of tho genius of the New Kngland mind as that of Ideal ism, and lu a few words express mv Judg ment of that Inttuenee upon tho literary pioduct since their dtj. The Pilgrim father believed In eternal Ideas and that nothing happened by acci dent. Ho believed as many of us bellev still, that If vou wish things to occur and mine out right jou must force them to happen. Vou must have an Idea and push; 'i Into tho worlds life. No great idea, l God or man cm happen into operation. Virtue religion, political liberty must bo inuglit foi tooth and nall-pugnls ot calcl 'uis To wait tor tvrants to concede pop ular libel ly. lor hlerarchs to grant re ligious iridium was to wait ns Horaco savs foi the river to tun bv, "dum defluat ainnls." Ilo believed that nil would bei lost for liuniiitiltv unless you pushed, with a htein will, vonr Ideas Into living actlv Itv. Cromwell's Ironsides believed In tlit li- Ideas, In their freedom ot will, and thtj scattered Prince Hupit's cavalry dki leave-s of ttutitinu, iust because their Ideas and their put pose were the Ideas and pur pose uf tho Almlghtv himself. Kmeison sivs gravitation is In the nxo of the mini who eleors tho wilderness. The predestination In which tho fathers behove el was that of the Idea (which lrt hotter than a fire) and whlih. Napoleon said lilies the woild and this election diet neit limit their peisonal llbertv but en sured It When thev had an Idea It was1 none other thin the Idea of God. Tho piltnershtp between them and tho Al miglitj was peife'ctlv satisfactory, nnd it never ore lined to them that God might h iv e a elltfere nt Idea Sometimes in their theologv thev ventured to inform God us to the turn Idea, that theie might be nn mistake In the m.ittel. And this ex plained tho fact, that while they believed In foieordlnutlon, it was the foteordlna- tton of tho Idea thev had thought out. nun the foieonllnatlon ot things according to llielr own will nnd wish. GltKAT IDKALISTS, Thus w'C ro the fatbeis tremendous Ideal ists, atid the American revolution, tha rise of herexle x, the gi nesls of Unitarian broil! theologv uud tho abolltloillsui ot I'.uker, G.irtlson and Wendell Phillips nt-te-x thei pote nci of tho Idea, l'ulsatll.g then in ull their theology, politics, poetry, lie lion, was this uiitbigglng Idealism. No tn.iti rinllt.ni or dirt philosophy ever gained foot bolel In New Kngland lltein tute. Idealism, or the power of the idea gave Inspiration to he Hancocks, Otlses, Paikeis, Hail let litecher Stovves, Low ells, Whlttlers ainl the School of Concord. Take Webster, foi an example. In pollt pionilslng temper. In all his great leal thought. Webster was, I think, a great idealist In spite of his later com xpttclies he hitched his wagon to a star. He sei'.ed with titanic hold the gieat ub.i ot human dlgnllv and ol human progress through constitutional forms of political life He ubsotbed llarilngton s Occanc. He spoke, for Gieece against the unspeak able Turk Ills iiiguineut in replv to .Mi. Ilnvie was graucllv id"illstlc. His logic lu defense of I'nlon and libeity matched with our battalions In the civil war. Kv -ery gun had .i louder roar, ivory soldier foiight with more valor bec.iuse tho ur Mimtnts of Webster luel become a part of the political e oirclousncss of the nonli. Low (II. Longfellow, Whlttler wore Ideal lats and New Kngland may still be n gaidcd b tho eountrj at largo n tho central gnnglln of high thought nnd sen timent In fiction, politics and philosophy. A nation will peilsh when idealism suc cumbs to mateilalisni. The senso of thu divine In man. of the tiiiiiseend.ini na ture of morals and lights, disclosed in the productions of poets novelists, hlsto lluix and statesmen of New Kngland. constitute nil rur hopes In our contention with tho tn.itcil'illxtlc and pessimistic ele ments which ate bursting heie and there Into tho boiizon eif Ameiir.ui llfo and politics, This dynastv of thinkers has left Its stamp upon tho American mlnel. The Idealists of New Kngland constituted a zodiac of light across the llrm.iincnt e,f our history. Let us gi itofullv acknowledge our debt for our Ideals lu ill our polite and our po nltlcal lltuiature to the New Kngland mind. It Is easy to have Ideas when otlicra have slatted Iho chain, AN KASV MKTHOD. I recall a wltt speech of William M. Kvarts at a Yuio banquet, ut which 1 was piesint, A student ottered the toast. "To Mr. Kvarts. tho Great forensic Orator. Mr. Kvarts rose and In a strain ot ex quisite banter, which by tomo was taken seilously, replied: "I thank ou for your compliment. You may wish to know how I achieved so great an eminence. You re member 1 spoke thirty-two consecutive! hours In tho Lemon case. It was by oh saving a very simple law of thought. Ob. serving tho samo law ou may bo ablev to speak at lntlulto length. Do not let go tlto idea you have, but elaborate it until another appears abovo tho horizon. Sup thus from ono to another giasplng the. tall of each successive idea." Mr, Kvarts sat down after this luminous exposition. Hut President Dwlglit look In thu situation and rising, said: "Mr. Kvarts does not understand the difficulty in tho student mind. It Is not lu grasping1 tha tat1 of the second, of tho hundredth, or flvo hundredth idea, but tho tall of thu first idea " Tho fathers have given us tho llrst Ideas and wo may welt seize tho tall ot all oth ers. Gentlemen. Mr. Drowning In tho ilrst lino of "Sanlello" writes. "Who will, m.iv hear Hardello's story told" lu tho last lino ho savs: "Who would, has heu-el Bardello's story told." Tho criticism was undo bv Tennyson, whei could not un. ilerstand tho poem, "Ily htavens! It han not been told." My remarks nio endect nnd I trust tho story may not bo conx demned as after all not told. Hon. Alston G. Dayton, of Phlllppl, W. Va., Is not a nutlvo southener, aN though aa a member from tho Charles town district In congress, lie succeeded IContlnucU on rage ). S
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