"v WWIPWMOTVVaWI ilHIIimrmwnmmimmim nippmfniuiii ff WWIP . THE SCRANTON TRTBUNE-SATURDAY, DECE3IBER 23, 1890. n DINNER OF SONS OF NEW ENGLAND Brilliant Event in the Board of Trade As sembly Rooms. NUMBER OF VERY ABLE ADDRESSES Speakers of the Evening Were Homer Greene, Esq., of Honcsdnle, the President of the Society; Bov. Will lam Elliot Grlffls, I). D., L. H. D of Ithnca, N. Y.; William McElroy, LL. D., of New York; Hon. Willis L. Moore, of Washington, D. C, tind Hev. Robert E. Y. Pierce, of This City It Wns the Thirteenth Annual Dinner of the Society mid Most Successful in Its History. IV THK LOCAL SON'S? of the Pll gilms Inherited any of the su perstition which it Is said ob tained with u branch of thi'lr progenitors, much of it should have been effaced by last night's an nual New England society ban quet the Thirteenth. N'o prev ious dinner held under the so ciety's auspices was more successful and there were many present who nt the close of the festivities congratu lated the committee on conducting tho most successful banquet in most fea tures that the society has ever held. If it was not the most successful It was no fault ot the committee, for it was its aim to make It such, and it strove zealously to attain its ambi tion. The attendance was unusually larg' and It was particularly representative of this representative society, number ing as it doesi-among Its members, lendlnir men In every wolk of life In Northeastern Pennsylvania. The speeches are best described by n mention of the names of the speak ers: Homer Green, of Pumesdalo. presi dent of the society; Rev. Wlllam Kl ltot Grillls, P. 15., 1.. It. P., of Ithaca, N. Y.- William II. MeElroy. LL. P.. of the editorial staff of the Now York Mall and Express: Hon. Willis L. Moore, of Washington. P. C. noting secretary of nprlcultuie and chief of the United States weather bureau, and Itcv. Robert F. Y. Pierce, pastor of the Penn Avenue Baptist church. Tho dlnn.'r itself, the dtcoratlons, the music, and last but not least, tho general good fellowship and sociability that prevailed all were of that char acter which would tend to make the affair a matter of the most pleasant memory of nil who were fortunate enough to enjov It. The committee which had the affair In charge was composed of P. B. Ath erton. .1. E. Burr. J. G. Sanderson, J. II. Fisher, Russcl E. Plmmlck. Th? Dinner. AT fi.30 the members began arriv ing and for tho next half hour the elevators were kept on a continuous run. carrying them to the eighth floor of the Board of Trade building, where the scene of the festivities was laid. The secretary's olltces were utilized for reception rooms. Here the olllcers of the society and the dinner committee took their station and looked out for strangers who might need Introducing. This Introducing of newcomers and ireneral chatting kept up for half an hour. Within a few minutes after the nppointed hour for the dinner to begin, Captain P. B. Atherton, the chairman of the) dinner committee, led the way to the dining room to n march bv Bauer's orchestra, stationed in the sec retary's private ofllce, which adjoins the assembly room and connects with it by double doors. President Homer Greene came first, followed by the guests of tho society and ex-presldents. They passed to the right and left and around tho great table arranged In the form of n, hollow quadrangle with nn opening facing tho entrance of the room. Ol'ESTS OF HONOR. The officers nnd guests of honor took places at the farther side of the qua'd-ranglc. President Greene occupied the cen tral chair. To his right and left In the alternate order named were Hev. Br. Grlffls, Dr. McElroy, Colonel George Sanderson, James H. Torrey, Mr, Moore, Colonel H. M. Boles, Hev. W. II. Swift, of Honesdale: E. B. Sturge. Hev. I. J. Lansing, P. D., Hon. Theo dore Strong, of Plttston: J. A. Lansing, Vice-President W. II. Richmond, Will iam McClave, Secretary J. H. Fisher, Treasurer G. A. Fuller. The other members and their guests took up all of the outside seats and n dozen or more were forced to find places on the inside of the quadrangle. In the center of the room was a massive mound of palms surmounted by a large flowing mass ot Bostonlnn ferns. The window apertures were crowded with palms and fdins, the table favors were the same, and on tho capitals of the columns and wound about the chandeliers were festoons of greens and sprigs of holly. Tho two large pillars ut the rear end of tho room were entwined with evergreen rope. Two immense flags draped be hind tho president's nnd guests' posi tion completed tho decorations. Tho whole effect wna docldsdly r.t traottvo and won many nncomlums for tho committee. THE MENU CAItD. Tho menu card, both In originality and tastcfulness of design, ranked with the best that have ever formed a. fea ture of n New England dinner and this Is always made one of Its noted fea tures. On the outside cover was nn etching of Governor Edward Wlnslow, copied by G. II. Plmmlck, from the original nil painting in Pilgrim hnll. Plymouth, Mass., which Is claimed to bo the only authentic likeness of a Mayflower Pil grim extant. At the top ot the cover In old-fashioned type appeared "New Eng land Society of Northeastern Pennsyl vania," and nt the bottom ot the cover In the same typej "Thirteenth An nual Pinner, Seranton, Pn., Pec. 2?, 1S9U." The Initial letters were in red and the body letters In black. Two elaborately figured slender columns stretched alongside tho etching from one Inscription to tho other and with them made a frame for the central pic ture. On the outside of the rear cover, oc cupying the central third of the page was a copy of V. F. Hnlsell's painting, "The Mayflower In Plymouth Har bor," copied by G. B. Plmmlck. Ap propriate verses from Mrs. Heman's poem beginning "The breaking waves dashed high. On 11 stern ur.d rock-bound coast." were printed above and below the pic ture. Between the covers wns the menu, the programme of toasts, nnd the din ner announcement and the list of ofll- cers. The four pages were bound to gether with a bright rod ribbon from which was suspended a tiny ea shell. After tho guests had been assigned to their places the orchestra struck up "My Country 'TIs of Thee" and led by C. II. Chandler the company sang two stanzas of the thrilling song, whll-j Captain P. B. Atherton, from a posi tion back of tho president, waved n large flag tho Thirteenth regiment') flag. ABOUT EXPANSION. The following were tho guests of tho members of the society: Hev. W. II. Swift. Honesdale, and L. A. Basatt and Dr. J. I.. Peck, CarbondiV, and the following from this city: George G. Mahy. Hev. S. C. Logan, William P. Zehnder, J. W. Howarth, William McCluve, Captain E. E. Chase, Dr. W. E. Keller, Pr. II. P. Gardner, J. L. Crawford, Bov. I. J. Lansing, C. A. Van Wormer. Dr. 11. B. AVare, L. K. Torbet, T. B. Bulkley, E. II. Pavies, W. W. Wlnslow, C. W. Pond. Members of the society present were; Cubnnrtale J. B. Burr, Dr. I). L. Bai ley, Wlllium J. llamlintnn, (Icorgu S. Klmbull. Dumnoro A. I). Blacklnton, Robert JleM. Law. Throop John II. Law, Chailes Dudley Sanderson. Plttston George Ashley Cooper, Theo dore Strong. Plalns-D. Scott Stark. Honesdale Homer Greene, Henry '.. Bussell, A. T. Searle. Wllkes-Barre Dr. F. C. Joluifcon. Seranton P. It. Atherton, J. L. Ather ton, Colonel II. M. Boles. Albert S. Baker, Dr. F. D. Brewster, W. Ji Coston, A. L. Collins, Herbert H. Cox, E. E. Cham berlain. C. B. Chittenden. Bussell Dim mick, A. C. Fuller, J. II. Fisher. John 15. Fish, 1'. If. French, Janus II. Fuller, Uev. Dr. George K. Guild, Professor Wll lard M. Grant. C.ilonel F. L. Hitchcock, Dr. G. E. Hill, Walter L. Henwood. Cyrus D. Jones, Dr. F. C. Johnson, William P. Kennedy. J. A. Lansing. A. F. Law, John S. Lure, S. 11. Mott. I. F. Megargcl, E. L. Merrlman. Levi J. Northrup, H. B. Paine. W. H. Peck, It, H. Patterson, Harry O. Pond, B. S. Pratt. W. II. Itleh nioml. E. B. Stui'ses, George Sanderson, Charles Heed Sanderson, Scott D. Stark, James (3. Shepheid, Dr. R. M. Stratton, James H. Torrey, V.. 51. Tewkesbury. John Taylor. C. II. Von Storch. T. C. Von Morel), Charles II Welles. O. B. Wright, ;. V. Whlttetnoiv, W. A. Wilcox, C. 1 Whlttemore. C. S. WoohvoHh. expansionists. But I believe it is cus tomary at a Now England dinner to expand In tho region of the mind us well as In the region of tho stomach In thu Orient as well as In the West Indies. Mr, O'Neill, as secretary of the interior, has placed before us a very comprehensive report ot the situation, which we appear to have taken in readily enough and which wo shall nil doubtless be able thoroughly to digest. It now becomes my duty us president to Introduce to you some envoys ex traordinary nnd ministers plenipoten tiary from the courts of divinity. Jour nalism nnd politics who will give you their views, front a purely New Eng land standpoint, on the absorbing questions of the day. But, before reaching that feature of the meeting, I believe It Is customary for tho presi dent to make a few remarks on his own account. There is, however no occasion for alarm. My speech will ba brief, whether It is to the 'point or not. It will bo like a certain New England dinner of which I once heard. A gen tleman who had not partaken of It was asking n gentleman who had partaken of It how It was. "Well," was the re ply, "It was good enough, what titers was of It." "Why, wasn't thero enough of It?" "Oh yes, there- wns enough of It such as It wns." Tho president's address will bear u marked resemblance to that dinner. I presume It Is my duty In the first place to congratulate you on the large attendance hero this evening, which I do most Blnccrely. It Is also my duty to call to your attention the growth and prosperity of our society. And that also I do with great pleasure. The reports of both the secretary nnd treasurer are In tho highest degreo satisfactory. It Is also my duty to an nounce to you that since our last an nuol gathering the society has lost by death two members Plumer S. Page and Isaac L. Post. Bov. William II. Swirt, of Honesdale, chaplain of the Thirteenth regiment. was announced to ask tho blessing. During the course of his prayer he re ferred to "our forefathers" and .-aid' "May wo ever cherish their belovel memory, may wo emulate their virtues, may we guard our sacred heritage, and with each recurring Forefathers' day may chio righteousness rise high er and higher." Tho diners sat down to the dis cussion of tho following menu to surU good old Pilgrim airs as "Just One Girl." "Lazy Bill," "Miss Helen Hunt," "Just as tho Sun Went Down," "Sun ny Tennessee:" Capo Cod Oysteis. Green Tut tin Soup. Salmon, Sauce Hollandalt-e. Celery. Olives. Chicken Croquettes with Peas. Tenderloin of Beef with Mushrooms. Potato Croquettes. Cauliflower, Sorbet, New England Style. Cigarettes. Broiled tjuall on Toast. Salted Peanuts. Lettuce Salad. Neapolitan Cream. Pumpkin Pie. Cafe N'olr. Cigars. The Speeches. HOMEU GREENE opened the specchmnUlug by a very thoughtful address In his capa city as president. He raid: Members and guests of the New England society: I am advised by Mr. Fisher, tho secretary, who Is authority on all things pertaining to this society, that tho gentlemen present have eaten sufficiently and drank enough. I my self have observed that we are all of ono political faith tonight. Wo are all 0ei)soeoaoe0coeaQoawieceaaeeeesPafe 0 EEC HA MS! PILLS For all Bilious and Nervous Disorders; Sick Headache, Constipation, Weak Stomach, Impaired Digestion, Disordered Liver, and J Impure Bloodm 3Mhun' Filli hir th Urj.it il of nr ProprUUrr M.dlclnt In tba world. Thlt bu Vn a achltvtd without the publication of testimonials. 10 ctoU and U centi, at all drug tore. 9 DEPARTED MEMBERS. Mr. Pago was born In Orango coun ty, Vermont, In 1S41. Ho came to Lu zerne county about thirty-nine years ago and turned his attention to rail road construction work and contract ing, In which he achieved eminent suc cess, no was of 11 most gonial dispo sition, had hosts of friends, and was always a very welcome attendant at tho gatherings ot the New England society, of which he was an actlvu nnd interested member. Ills death oc curred suddenly May 14th last at his home In this city and wns recognized as n distinct loss to the community of which he had been so valued a mem ber. Isaac L. Post was born in Montroso July 11, ISIS. Ho came of Now Eng land ancestry. He served his country as n soldier in the civil war. He came to Seranton In ISCo and from that time to the date of his death he lived and labored in this city, loved by many and honored by all. This society has lost In him a valued and devoted member. Flnallv it is my duty, as it Is the duty of all presidents of New England societies, to speak a few words In praise of the Pilgrim Fa thers. Nor is this a duty from which I would shrink, if I but felt myself capable of doing Justice to these old heroes ot New England. A bright wo man complained, not long ago, that wo talk too much about the Pilgrim fathers and too little about the Pil grim mothers. She declared that tho latter deserve as much praise as, and more than tho former. For the Pil grim mothers endured, as did their husbands, hunger, loneliness, disease, desolation, and In addition to all this, they also endured the Pilgrim fa thers. I agree most fully with this advocate of "equal rights and a little more, but I think she labored under a mis apprehension. I am very sure thut every gallant New Englander, In praising tho Pilgrim fathers, fully In tends to embrace the ladles lit that ex pression. THEY HATED A LIE. But it I were to try to do Justice to the Pilgrim fathers and mothers to night, 1 would not dwell upon their endurance, their fortitude, their brav ery, their sublime faith Inspiring them to heroic deeds, utner men ami wo men have done as much, and more, for conscience and for Christ. But I would dwell rather on that one virtue, which above all others, to my mind, constitutes their crown of glory I mean their hatred of a lie. They spoke tho truth, they acted the truth, they lived the truth. They never had a lie within their hearts, much less upon their lips. Severe they were no doubt, blunt, stern, uncom promising; but let it be said of them also, that they were true; true al ways, true everywhere, splendidly true to themselves, to others and to God. Some one has defined a He to be "an abomination unto the Lord nnd a very present help In time of trouble." The first part of this definition is un doubtedly correct. The second part might, perhaps, be amended so as ti read "a very pressing trouble when von most need help." For my own ex perience In lying not as a lawyer, you understand, but as a small boy In at tempting to evade the logical conse quences ot misconduct my own ex perience In lylnc always was that I In variably got Into ten times more trou ble bv reason of the lie than I did be cause of the original offense. And I think that experience will hold good with most persons everywhere. People In the respectable world don't Indulge much nowadays in the plain, bold, open, unblushing He. It don t pay. It isn't good policy nor good politics. It Is not gentlemanly. A clear out He Is too easy to refute. "A lie that Is all a He may be met and fought with outright; But a lie that Is part a truth Is a harder matter to fight." THE HALF-LIES. It Is these half-lies that do the mis chief, these false suggestions, those sa innin silences. And in these the world of today Is not lacking. Oh, for the spirit or those Pilgrim noblemen, who never led another, under uny pretext, to believe that which they themselves know to be untrue. I am no pessimist. I believe tho world Is growing better, cleaner, loftier In purpose every day. But there Is no way In which we can better help along this work of clarifi cation of the general conscience that b- recognizing our own faults and try ing to correct then). Let us recognize tho fact that we have so far departed from the straight path trodden by the Pilgrim fathers ns to indulge at times In tho spirit and practice of prevarica tion. , Take mv own profession, for ex ample, that of tho law. And I want to say parenthetically that we are not nearly so nan in mm lespeui u a mo painted. In the language of a Hi bernian neighbor, "half the lies they tell about us are not true." And It Is not tho popular Idea newspaper Jokes to the contrary notwithstanding thut a lawyer Is but another name for a rogue. I appeal to the men who sit at this table tonlKht. who have entrusted their legal advisers with their family secrets, with their personal honor, with every dollar of their fortunes and never a Btroko of a pen to show for It, I appeal to you to know whether your trust has ever been betrayed! I thlmc that most of tho tales about unrighte ous lawyers spring from the preju diced pits of disappointed suitors. 1 read, not long ago, of a wealthy resident of n certain town, not a thou sand miles from Seranton, who lay on his death bed. In his llfi'-tlme he had suffered many things of many oppos ing lawyers. But there were two In particular who had Incurred his en mity. In his dvlng moments he sent for them. They hiiBtened to his bed side, feeling that with thu Unlit from the other world clarifying his mental vision, ho at last saw how ho had mis Judged them and wished to correct hH mistake and beg their forgiveness be fore It should be forever too lat . When they reached the sick room he pluced them, ono on each sldo of his bed, then he lay back on his pillow with a look of peaceful resignation on his pallid face. "This Is my last wish," he said. "I am ready now to go, I only wanted to dlo ns my Lord and Mnster did, between two thieves." A PLEA FOB THE TRUTH. While I believe thero Is no other oc cupation or cnlling save possibly the ministry which maintains among Ha members u higher sense of personal nnd professional honor than does that of the law, nevertheless I recognize among us that spirit ot prevarication through which the snarus and traps and pitfalls of practice nru laid for un suspecting feet. Kind to each other wo are, accommodating, courteous, friendly, brotherly. But give me In stead If we cannot have both give me, Instead, tho old Puritan bluntness, harshness, severity, If so be I can but have that high, clear, undoubtlng faith In my brother lawyer, that he lights mo with weapons that are not hidden, with facts that are not dis torted, with sincerity nnd truth ever in his heart as well ns on his lips. For I say to you tonight, after an experience of twenty years at thu bar, that there Is nothing In thu law noth ing that does not permit, aye, demand tho highest, nicest sense of honor In those who practice It. In criticising tho spirit of prevarication which pre balls today, I shall not presume to sin gle out for comment any calling but my own. Yet 1 think I may be par doned for making passing reference In this relation to tho field ot politics. Having dabbled somewhat In politics mys I may be presumed to know something of political methods.. And again I wish to preface my remarks by saying most decidedly, that not all politicians are rogues. I know many manly, honorable, splendid men who are workers and leaders In political affairs. But I haven't the hardihood to stand hero and say that all tho. charges which nro made, of Improper conduct. of bribery, of rank fraud, are without foundation In fact, made simply for polltlcnl effect. I cannot say that. I know better; nnd so do you. I ennnot say that all the politicians, high or low, are dominated by the Incorruptible spirit of the Pilgrim fathers. Imagine, if vou can William Bradford treating the electors at a New England town meeting with whisky and cigars In his own Interest! Imagine grim old Mile Standlsh buying up delegates to a convention nt so much a head! Imagine any of those grand old Purl tan heroes purchasing popularity with the spoils of ofllce! Oh, for a little of tho leaven of Puritan righteousness to leaven the whole lump of Pennsylva nia politics today! I believe It can be done. i);o)o&os 4 4- -f ' 44---4----f-4--f-f4 -f-f-f4 A CHRISTMAS-TIDE RHYME, f -K - ii Here's a play upon words por FOX'S BIRDS, That never soar Jff to the skies. We will . try and jl plainand hope not in vain That this is THE waY to advertise. With innocent features, the Rewitching, sweet creatures, in meadows on rocks; lage in a gilded cage IJown your dollars to FOX. Don't dwell in the woods, But they're all the Where you place When Santa Claus comes, You never can see him, urn is the word; And he never is heard. NOT NECESSARILY CORRUPT. I don't believe that polities are neces sarily corrupt. I don't believe that a politician is necessarily a ras -' I don't believe that a majority nor a minority, nor a thousandth part of tho voters of this state stand ready eacn year to sell their birthright for a mess of pottage. Tli New England blood and the New England spirit that radi ated from Plymouth Rock three cen turies ago. gave standing and stamina nnd moral firmness and material pros nevltv to the New World. And the same New England blood and New England spirit radiating from the New England societies of Pennsylvania to day could redeem this commonwealth from political demerit before w should meet again around this board. The times are ripe. The day of better things Is duwnliu?. Honor In 'olltlcs, thank heaven, will soon be the fashion and the fact. Has ten the day when tho people, the vo ters the kings by whose decree public olllcers are made and unmade, shall demand that the man who receives their suffrages shall be as true and clean and strong and sternly honest as nny Puritan that ever trod New England soil. And In the broader Held of national affairs tho same unbending snlrlt must prevail. With true New TCni'tnml steadfastness Abraham coin held the nation to its duty i trying days from bt to o.. I hope I prav, I believe that there Is the same high spirit and the same strong determination in the white house at Washington today, and that In spite of sneclous argument, In spite of sentimental pleadings, In spite of old doctrines warped and twisted out of sh"- - In spite of the horror of shed blood Hung ever to the front, there will be no wavering, no yielding, no turn ing back. It is time t.o look beyond the temporalities, above the man made fogs: to take large views of large questions, and to perceive, as we may. the everlasting righteousness of tho cause for which our soldiers are bearing the triumphant flag of the Stars and Stripes through the Islands of the East. God grant that we may seo our dut as plainly as ever the Pilgrim fathers saw theirs: that we may read our des ,i. ,,a f.lpnrlv as they read theirs. nnd that we may go forward with as strong soul nnd as noble purpose ns did thev. to the pi-e-detennlnod end. s IT feaTftof 0j.lM.0 In your Xmas tree ow look for a bird. 4. 444.4 4 ., A GRAND LOT OF IMPORTED FJSH, GLOBES. ETC. T FOX, the Bird Man. OPEN TILL IS O'CLOCK, 314 SPRUCE STREET. szttteostt Dr. GriTTis. THE a trcate by tin HE assemblage was next. cated to a masterly address 10 eminent Rev. Dr. Grir- n on "The ril?r!m In tho Fnclllc Ocean." It was the discourse of an instructor rather than nn entertainer, but in its Instructlvenes it was in terrupted with enthusiastic applaus.?. particularly when he made tloquent pleas against the policy of antl-ex-panslon. Ills whole argument In fact was pro-expansion. He showed how the so called Ana-Baptists, finding England averse to their Ideas of broad and lib eral thought, freedom of conscience, went to Holland and then, later, when they saw themselves and their Ideas In danger of loslnir their Individuality by assimilation with their neighbors, they sought a broader Held across the seas. He then cited how they spread out until they had reached the Pacific and how they are going beyond their aeu-conllnes. prompted by the same mission that was always theirs. Dr. Grlfllis differentiated between the Pilgrim and tho Puritan, and was careful nil through his address not to confound them. In the Pilgrim com pany, he said, were English, Scotch, Irish. Cornian-French, Hugenots, and. he believed, ono Herman, .vines nian dfsh was a Roman Catholic and John Allen was Irish. Ho admired the rlphteousnes of the Puritans, hut could not say that no was wnouy m " with them. ll was glad that It wis the "PllBrtm fathers" the society was honoring. OUESTS OF MEMBEHS. Comlns down to the question of what wo shall do with the Philippines, Dr. Crims said: "The old school economists who have been sneerlnB at our onward march, in tho wake of our brave missionaries and merchants, advlsu us 'to scuttle them, to desert them.' But wo will not. (Cheers.) No. They nro ours ry honorable possession. "Since Commodore Dewey put these Islands In our hands by following tho advice of Miles Standlsh; 'Don't shoot till you take aim,' they havo been ours. How shall wo go about tho task that confronts us? The Pilgrims' first de mand was for order. My father and my grandfather were both employers of Malay labor. They told me that It you treat n Malay well ho makes tho best and most faithful of servants, but It you treat him 111, ho Is the extreme opposite. "They have been Ill-treated for hun dreds of years by a tyrannical govern ment and a political church, the worst In the world, and I am only afraid the president In formulating his Philippine policy will give this political church advantages over one that is not politi cal. "We must not think we can accom plish our tusk in a guVt hurry, even with the best of treatment. If you think you can make a Yankee out of a Malay Inside of a thousand years you make a mistake. We can't change them suddenly. If we attempt It we will only be throwing millions of dol lars away. Don't Interfere too much with his customs and do not try to remodel his religion hurriedly. Bring him gradually to understand that our Bible Is his Bible, Just us much us It N'U' is ours. 11 the SONS OF PILGRIMS. "The sons pi the Pilgrims possess the mental Initiative to grasp and solve this problem. Install order nnd give the Malay education and fair play and jou will have in those islands a rich garland that will he a glory to the United States. "Let us profit by the mistakes of the English and tho Dutch, as the latter profited by their own mistake, having learned to appreciate that their Indian Islands were held by them as a pre cious trust for their fellow man, und not solely as a source of tribute. They now govern !!3,00u,000 Malays so suc cessfully and so peaceable that we hardly know of their existence. "I hope to Hee the time when tho men of Alaska. Cuba und the Philip pines will Join hands and look upon us In gratitude und that day will come If we proceed at our task with the wplrlt of faith und help-giving that charac terize the expansion of our forefathers. Do this und we will never ruo the day when Admiral Dewey said to Cuptaln Oildley, 'You may the, Orldley, when you are ready.' " The rapt attention which attended tho delivery of Dr. Grlflls' address gavo way now to a straining of oars to catch above the utmost continuous ripple of laughter und frequent out bursts of applause, the brilliant thoughts, the witty sallies, the richly humorous anecdotes and the elegant language that fell from the lips ot the next speaker, Dr. McElroy. and In one of them remarked inadvert ently, "The worst usu we can put tho American flag to Is to huve It down," which provoked a verituble storm ot applause. Dr. McElroy. RESIDENT GREENE Intro duced him as the man who helped more than uny one else to take from the shoulders of Horace tlreeloy tho responsibility for "What My Lover Said" und place It where ho believed It properly belonged. The poem, It will 00 remembered, was pub lished by Mr. Greene with only the Initials "II. G." signed. It wns gen erally accredited to Horace Greeley: Dr. McElroy adopted as his prefatory theme, "Prevarication," taking the cue from tho president's address, nnd after telling two good stories Illustrative of tho topic paused for n moment nnd then said "Thus by easy stages do I npproach my tnsk." "The Pilgrim Chil dren." When the lauphter had sub sided Dr. McElroy went on to say: "There aro no Implications In what I hove Just remarket!. I honor the Pil grim fathers, and I honor their sons. Year nfter year I Join with the latter In honoring the former. With Web ster I would say 'words and phrases may be marshaled In every way, yet they cannot express the honor which should como to their memory which Is so rich a heritage of our country und so potent a factor In shaping Us destiny.' May It abide till tho stars of eternity break through Time's last twilight. "What did the Pilgrim father stand for? Tho freedom of conscience, pure religion, undcflled liberty under tho law, government of the people, by the people nnd for tho people, and the dif fusion of education, And their chil dren are etandlnir for the same things today. "Tho Pilgrim children have a devo tion to truth like their fathers, but thev are also heedful of that salient admoni tion of tho Frenchman' to encourage the beautiful, because the useful en courages Itself." Hon. Willis Moore. IN introducing Hon. Willis Moore, President Greene paid him a ,i ... .. . . "uu eompiiment by tererring to tho fact that he was a man with brain? and energy sulllclent to be chief of the weather bureau and acting secretary of agriculture at one and the same time. Mr, Moore was given a hearty ovation when ho arose to speak on "The Blood of the Pilgrims insures the Future." He proved, before ho sat down, that with all his other occupa tions he could get together a most cred itable after-dinner speech. Mr, Moore said: WHAT MR. MOORE SAID. A Democracy Is no better than tho average of its citizens, and usually not quite so good. Under monarchical sys tems of government, accident of birth often brings into ruling power either tho weak and inefficient or the strong and cruel; under our more perfect sys tem of republican government the evils resulting from the spoils of ofllce too often bring Into the councils of city, state and national administrations not those least fitted to control, but surely not those who by aptitude, edu cation and a high standard of personal ana civic virtue are the best fitted to administer the functions of the govern ment. Still we are a great nation, and our system of government and the character of our rulers are growing apace with the moral and the Intel lectual upllftng of our people. For a moment let us take our position midway between the two great oceans, with the vast mineral wealth of tower ing mountains on our west, two thous and miles of fertile plains on our east. ten tnousaiui miles of great navigable rivers, draining the most extensive ag ricultural region in the world ;hundreds of thousands of miles of steam rail roads; live magnificent Inland seas; a climate unrivalled for healthfulness and for Its productive potentiality, nnd the human mind Is dazed by the stu pendousness, bewildered by the mag nificence of the panorama; and one is Inclined to make the mistake of ac crediting to geological, meteorological and geographical conditions the grent ues.i of this nation, and give entire credit to natural environment for the ease with which we have taken a com manding position among the great peoples of the world. To be sure, we should not Ignore the fact that sus tenance comes from the fertile soil, homogeneity of our people through the trade, commerce and personal Inter change Incident to numerous arteries of cheap Inland water and rail trans portation, and physical and Intellectual energy from the activity of tho cool north wind. great kingdom of Ferdinand and Isa bella to fitly Illustrate that national decay and death which aro always th'j wages of sin. Let us take not of these things, that we may eternally strive for that purity In our national life which, according to God's law, is ab solutely necessary for Its perpetuity. Let us stnnd by a merit system of pub lic employment, let us vote only for men who possess both ability and good morals, lot us be better citizens than we are partisans, lei us no puirioi.i who will be more persistent In demand Ind an honest and efficient performance of public duties than In seeking ofllce for ourselves. TRUlH AND HONESTY, Truth, honesty nnd stability must inspire a people or these virtues cannot) find expression in their system of gov ernment. Inherent traits of character are persistent, and follow from father to son to even more than the scrip tural third and fourth generation, and this fact leads mo to observe: How different from the Latins has been thu history of the English-speaking ex plorers and colonists on this continent. Emerson says, "every revolution was once a thought In one man's mind: ev ery reform a private opinion." Now the Individual thought and the private. m.lnlnn u'ltlntl irnVI to US lndUStrV. lll- etry und political coherency in such co-ordlnntlon ns to sustain society nnl at the same time reconcile liberty with authority and authority with liberty, was brought to these shores by tho Pilgrim and the Cavalier. The Cabots. Sir Walter Haliegh. Mar tin Prlng, Bartholomew Gosnold. Fer dinand Gorges, Captain John Smith, the Pilgrim Fathers, and the sons o the Catholic Lord Baltimore wero not looking for an Eldorado; were not look ing for a land to debauch: they wero looking for a fertile soil within n tem perate clime that would furnish homes for an honest people; that would fur nish homes for a people whose dearest ambition was to place each man equal before the law and allow him to stand fenrlessly before his Maker. They wero the seed from which came this peopkv nnd from which came mis syfuum of Government. To be sure It was the seed of nn exotic torn by the roots from Its native heath and cast upon the mercy of the winds and the waves, but when It found lodgment upon these shores it bore political doctrine so Just in Its Inception, so grand In its development, so beautiful in Its affinity for tho American soil as in time to become cardinal doctrine not only for the colonists of 1770. not only for the swarms of liberty seekers who came after them, not only for you, not only for your children and your children s children, but for every God-fearing and humanity-loving person who in the ages to come shall seek political and religious liberty In this fair land. MARKED BY DESTINY. The hand of Almighty God was upon the Pilgrims and the Cavalier the mark of human destiny upon their brow. Had the ruler of tho winds an l the wa.vesv.secn fit- thsVmilfiht-flrst NOT THlPRIME SOURCE. But these beneficlent natural condi tions are not the prime sources of our power; they aro not the seed of our greatness; they are only tho favorable environment under which the seed has germinated, grown, blossomed and como to fruition. That the seed Is equally as Important as the conditions of growth Is proven by the fart tint the American Indian, vC kind and hard man, existed for we know not how many thousand years in mis counin, but still thp Pilgrim of New England and the cavalier of Virginia, found him advanced only from savagery to barbarUn). Latin races olso have ex isted under favorable natural condi tions in both North and South Ameilca during the past aOO years, but today thev nro more turbulent in character, more unstable and unjust In their self developed governments than were the uborlgines whom they displaced. And Columbus In his discovery of th West Indies; Verrazzano In his e ploration of much ot the east coast of our mainland: Ponce do Leon In his childish search for the fountain of youth; Do Soto with his 300 hautlfilllv caparisoned horsemen roaming for three yenrs over our Gulf states, three quarters of a century before the land ing of the Pilgrims; Cortez In his cruel conquest of Mexico: Balboa In crossing tho Isthmus of Panama to discover tho Pacific ocean; Coronado In his explora tion of more than one-half of tho region now contained In our Rocky Mountain states, each and all were only In quest of treasure that they mlRht quickly be como rich; were looking for a people whom they might plunder und then en slave, And tho galleons of these Spanish ad- I venturers poured rivers of gold Into the treasury of Spain, only to debauch her Horn Dr. McElroy told two interest- I nobles with the sin-tainted plunder, lnc uneodotaa ot Now. linffUnd dinners and. uttqr S00 years leave, the former have fpwndUoiJsment mppn th.r rugg-d steeps of tho -cold nortrr, Hhey,; might have 'found SBttlemout among twin peopl wIdely.IJicattSred ovtl-.ah iibl waste, or they might huve dropped down upon some island like a Jew .-I nestling upon the bosom of a tropi. al sen. but yet their Ideas df government would have beon great and they would have exalted ttny people and ennobled any land. For ISO years the spirit which inspired the Pilgrim struggle I with what to any other reoplo would have heen the unconquerable forces of Uarkness; contended against, -he forest, against tho savage, against th vigorous French, against the cru'-l Spaniard. Then was born a mighty national Impulse, for tho colontes united In 'de fense became indlssolubly Joined In a. common destiny: Joined under tho In spiration of Almighty God In glvln,? a new political dispensation to the be hlghted world; Jolnod for tho purpose of swooping westward the star of th.' reiuiblli-an Bethlehem until Its light should rest not only upon th rugged nulgs of tho Allegheny inoun tains, not only upon the alluvial 'plaim of the Mississippi valley, not only upon the snow-capped peaks of the Rlorr.i Nevadas, not only upon ,the lasy bosom of the western mas,- but should shed Its benign rays over tho blolv bay at Manila, and -onward. iota, Urn portals of tho Orient. In pioneering tho weakest fall by tl- wayside while tho survivors are cull 1 by the Inexorable law.ot tho surv'vul of the'llttesc: omT. art'' th( nttJVOt'' fect composites of human resourceful ness. Therefore, llko Tartnry In.Aji.i. and Germnny In Europe. Now Englan 1 and the Middle Atlantic states for tin float hundred? year "ia been pro lific hives sending out the hardy, tlin honest nnd the Inherently resource- IContlnucd on Pago . t
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