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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE- SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1902.
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Rev. Joseph H. Odell ' "
A Vcru Notable Event N
Addresses bu
President. C.'H. Welles
Rev. M. W. Struker, D, D.
Annual New England Dinner
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NOimiRiVSTKUN Ppimaytvunla'H
moat representative organization,
the Now Kuglnud society, lust
night hold Its most successful
Annual dinner. It was tho sixteenth
and In most ot the features tending to
the excellence of mi event of Its kind,
surpassed its llttceii predecessors. In
no feature did any previous banquet
excel It. '
The main Ingredient of a successful
banquet, sociability, win the predomin
ant feature ot last night's affair. There
never was such a marked lack ot staid
formality. The attendance was the
largest In the history of the organiza
tion and everyone seemed bent on buy
ing tho best of good times. The
speeches, the menu, the decorations, the
music, all were contributors to the
banquet's surpassing excellence. Only
one disappointment tended to mar tho
fullest pleasure of the affair. The mine
strike commissioners had accepted In
vitations to be present, and Judge Gray
wih expected to make an address. I.ate
in the day tho commissioners were forc
ed to send their regrets by reason of
urgent necessity for an evening con
ference. The olllcers of the New Kngland so
ciety are: President, Charles II. Welles;
Vice president, Dr. F. C. Johnson, of
Wllkes-Barre; secretary. J. H. Fisher;
treasurer, A. C. Fuller; historian, H. K.
Paine; chaplain, Rev. George E. Guild,
,D, D.
'The committee In charge of the ar
rangements for the banquet was made
up as follows: The president, secre
tary and treasurer, ex-ofllcio, James
Gardner Sanderson, William J. Torrey,
James A. Lansing, Charles D. Sander
son and I. F. Megargel.
AN INFORMAL RECEPTION
The bnnquet took place in the assem
bly room of the Scranton board of
trade. As is the custom of the New
Kngland society the festivities were
opened early. The diners began to ar
rive at 6.30 o'clock and for an hour an
informal reception was held In the
room adjoining the banquet hall. Ac
quaintances were made and renewed,
and a general chat indulged in that
made everybody neighborly before the
affair was fairly started.
To the strains of a patriotic march by
Bauer's orchestra, the company entered
the banquet hall, without any formali
ties of precedence and sought their
places.
A most inspiring picture greeted the
eye upon entrance to the banquet hall.
In former years, the socety followed the
general custom of seating the com
pany at long tables arranged in the
shape of a hollow quadrangle. This
year's committee introduced an inno
vation as an incentive to more socia
bility. Smalt tables accommodating
four, six or eight, were substituted for
the old arrangement, and it was per-
mltted that the diners could make up
llmir own groups by consulting the
committee in advance. Small stand
ards bearing numbers designated the
different groups. Cards bearing cor
responding numbers were distributed to
each of the groups. As a result of this
arrangement there was no confusion at
tending the seating.
Decorations an Innovation,
j, The decorations were also an inno
vation. The florist was appealed to
"only in tho embellishment of the tables.
Everything1 else of a decorative char
acter was "Old Glory," except for a
wide frieze of bun" und blue the soci
ety's colors, and a. happy conceit in the
way of coats-of-urms of the original
New Kngland states, capping the lat
eral pillars, and a. large coat-of-amis
of Pennsylvania, framed in lnovindes
"Vjjt bulbs and suspended in Hit jour
of the president's table.
The hide and end walls wore h.ilf
hldden behind the fan-shaped Aineil
citn Hags, streamers of red, -white and
blue, and shields of the same color, be
hind which were assembled small flags
in nrofuslon.
'fThe throe big chandeliers with their
Jop'aleseent globes were fairly enshroud
ed in 111my festoons of red, white and
blue, and between and all about them
were further hangings of tri-oolnr
buntings. In striking contrast with the
veritable lint of color which obtained
oveihe.ul, wcie white doves suspended
at close intervals from the ceiling.
Each dove borci a branch of holly in Its
bill. Striking, Insplilug and highly ar
tistic, Is an appropriate summing ui
characterization of tin decorative em
bellishments', Guests of Honor.
The guests of honor were new 31. W.
Stryker, IJ. D pn.-sldunt of Hamilton
college; Prof, John 31. Tyler, Instruc
tor In biology at Amherst college, and
Hev. Joseph Henry Odell, pastor of the
Second Presbyterian church, of Sciun
tnn. They sat with President Churbs
II. Welles, ex-President H. 31, Holes,
and the society's chuplnln, Iter, Georgo
'K; Guild, D, D pastor of tho Puni
dunce Presbyterian church. Their table
was at the eastern end of the hall and
'nil sat facing the company.
.. Aiming the other prominent men who
were guests of tho society or of Indi
vidual numbers wens Kllhti hoot, jr
ton of the secretary of war, who 1.-, a
mudeut at Hamilton i allege, and Hon,
Hlmon P. Wolverton, who Is hero at
tending the strlko commission. The
'complete list of diners Is appended;
MUMIIHitS.
Scittiilun-Ciiptoln D. H. Atlicriou, ,1, l,
Alhdinn. Colonel if, 31, Holes, Albeit S.
linker, Hr, K, I), Drowsier, David Holes,
James niulr, Jr., ,. I'. Jiedford, H. II,
fusion, li. K. Chamberlain, A. 1,. Collins,
Chillies K, Conn, ili.ssf.ill Pinnule!;, .1,
HciiJ. Dlmmick, Kiuncls II. Douuo. II. (1.
minimal, lit-nign B. Hlmmlok, A. C. Kid.
lor, U. I,. Fuller, J. H, Fisher, Arthur
Pro'lilughiim, ex-Mayor J, H, Fellow, It,
J Foster, 1', H. French, Frank C. Fuller,
Mortimer if. Fuller, Jolju W. Fowler,
Sol Footer, J. 31. Foster, Jev. Georgo H.
.Guild, 1). IX, J, Nelson (lauett, ex-Judge
Alfred Hand, Dr. G. K. Hill, G. i. Hindu,
II. J, Hall, William F. Hullstead, D. C,
Hiiirliigtou, Henry 31, Ives, Cyrus I),
.loses, C, It.! Kinsley. William I'. Ken
nedy. Dr. Lucius C, Kennedy, Hurry it,
Kinsley, H. W. Kingsbury, J, A. Lun
sing, John S. I.uce, I, F, Megargel, 13,
J,. Menimaii, J. S. 3Iorss, Hoy C. Mo
Burgcl, Jtolph C. Jtegurgel, Arthur Glb
BOii Morse, Levi J. Northrop, H. H.
Pulne, W, II. Peck, It, II. Patterson, F,
E. Piatt, Hr. A. H. Preston, Harry O.
Pond, It. 13. Preudergast. Ernest 1,
Pulne, Itov. Itobejt F. V. Pieico, H, P.,
Isaao Poat, Kusscll J, Peck, W. II.
JlU'limond, C. C. Jloso, Georgo F, Keyu
illils, 13. II. 8 1 urges, Colonel Georgo Sun
dmi'ou. Georgo I. Smith, B. T, Sweet,
ClinrlM i), HrtiulerHon, Jnmes Gardner
.Sander&on, James G. Shepherd, Dr. It.
31, Strutton, Everett W.. Toller, Jnmes
It. Torrey, William J. Tortey, Arthur V.
Twllchell, Juilgo Alton A. Vnsburg, Clius.
11. Wellc, 3ta,lor Everett Warren, Hon.
W. W. Watson, O. 11. Wright, C. F.
Whlttemore, W. A. Wilcox, C. S. Wool
worth, C'olijupt I ,. A, Wilt res, Albert t..
WnlHon. Cliailes II. Welles, Jr., J. 13.
Woolsey.
Wllltes-Uaire Thoinus II. Atherton,
Charles . Foster, J. W. llollenbuck, 11.
II. Harvey, Dr. F. C. Johnson, F. 31.
Klrby, Oliver A. Parsonc, Lewis II, Tay
lor. Cnilioiidiile J. E. Burr, Dr. I), J..
Bailey, William J. Hamilton, Levi A.
Patlerson.
Honesdnle I.. 31. AtkhiMon, Thomas H.
Clark, Dwlght C. Dorflhigur, Homer
Greene, Frank P. Kimble, Henry '.. llus
"oll, A. T. Seurle, AV. F. Suydaln, J, I).
Weston.
Duimiorc A. D. niiichliltati.
Plttston. C. C. Ilowman, S. U. Hcn
netl, WIllluiu J. Peck.
Jciuincsvllle Vrruon It. lloml.,
Jertnyn J. D. Slocker.
Plains D. Scott Stark.
MK3IUEIVB GUESTS.
J. W. Howarth, Frank K. Law. T. G.
Wolf. J. J. Crawford. Rev. C. 31. Gltlln,
D. D., Stanley 1'. Allen, If. C. Darker,
Frank 11, Stacker, 13. h. Bevan, Leonard
C. 11. AVr.l.l.l-JS,
I'resldcnt of the New England Society of
Northeastern Pennsylvania.
W. Pope, Henry Belin. Jr.. 31. I,. Jones. J.
T. Porter, Pi of. II. T. Ncwcomb, George
P. Sheldon. Jr., Dr. W. G. Fulton, I. D,
Rowlson, George 31. JIulley. W. J. Wil
cox. II. c. Sanderson, W. W. Uellly, 1'.
Is. Phillips, Thomas Palmer. Hon. II. A.
Knapp, Arthur Jones, Holland Hill, J.
II. Foster, of Scranton.
C. 3f. Dorlllnger. llonesdale; Captain
Win. Wyneook, Newton, Ia. ; Hon. S.
I. Wolverton, Sunbury; Rev. Charles
Lee, Cnrlioudalo; R. 31. Stacker, lloiiv.
clale; Elihu Root, Jr.. New York; Leon
ard . Pope, Factoryvlllc; Meredith L.
tones, New York: Prof. II. T. New comb.
Philadelphia; George P. Sheldon. Jr.,
Greenwich, Conn.
A Delightful Dinner.
I li' dinner was served by Steward
Herbert T. WIeklns, of the Scranton
club, and was delightfully a'rr.umod
and nn excellently served affair. The
menu was as follows:
Dine Pcilnls
t'uuupa Cavhue
Rndlshe Celery
Plekled Walnuts SalUd Ahiuiuds
llieen Turtln Soup, Clear
lied Snapper, Sau-e I lolKitutiii-f
Pomnif.s P.iilstemiu
.Mom i use Tinle. Stnlfeil wllh Miishiouais
White 1'ot.iliei Sweet t'otutoes
CiHiiberry S.uiee Splnaih
Roman I'liiuh Sweet Cider
ClKuiettes
Sqihlb on Toast Shi imp Salad
Mince Pie Pumpkin Pie
let Cream CuUe
Ciimeinbi'il n ml Itoriuefoil I'hee-.,.
SitltliU""
Coffee Conleellom ry
Cigars
PlllSllalll hi its custom, tile society
piepaied a novel and uilNtlc dinner
card. The menu, toasts, iiniioiiiieeinenl
nnd list ol otlieeis weie printed on a
laur-n.llio six bv eicht folder. oneloeil
In heavy cardboard covers, held to
gether by cilmson ilbboii. On the nntei
page oi me emer, framed In orna
nifiital scrollwork was an oal fiiurav-
iug in color, of the e.ullest known uie-
tlire of "Tliu Wavslde Inn." ilie tvnleol
old New England hostelry,
Not the least Intel estlniz' of the ten.
turs of the caul weie the poetic seittl
ments ai'comp.inylng Its diffeient Iteius.
The toast list had especially nppioprl-
ate seiitimonts, Tiie list follows:
"I'U'flik'iit'H Addicss," C. H. Welles,
Scr.'iiituii. P,i.
"Tho .Modem Puilian" Rev. M. W.
Stryker, D. D president of llaniilton col
lege, " "ThB Evolution of tho PIIkiIiii," I'io
fessor John M. Tler, Amherst lollege.
"New England and Old England," Rev.
Joseph Heniy Odell, Scranton, Pa.
At oiuh plato was also a neatly
pi Inted scroll containing tho leading
patriotic airs. it was frequently
htought Into use,
At the very outset of tliu dinner, be
fore the guests took their seals, "Amer
ica" was sung, to tho accompaniment
D. F. C. JOHNSON,
Of Wllkcs-Uuiro, Vice President of the
New England Society.
of the orchestra. "The Star Spangled
Banner," "The Hattle Cry of Freedom,"
and others were sung during the prog
ress of tho dining. Tho younger mem
bers of the company Interspersed tho
patriotic airs with popular melodies,
not even excluding "Won't You Come
Home, Hill Hnlley," and "On a Sunday
Afternoon." Uetwecn the speeches, too,
there was singing of both kinds of airs.
After the singing ot the opening
hymn, llev. George K. Guild, D. D
usked tlie blessing and then the dining
began. It wng 10.1G o'clock when cigars
were reached. Rising, the assemblage
sang "The Stnr Spangled Banner," nnd
then President C. II. Welles opened tho
post-prandial exercises.
President Welles watt greeted with re
sounding cheers as he rapped for at
tention to the secondary chronologi
cally speaking pari of the programme,
lie announced the receipt of regrets
f i om the mine strike commissioners and
expressed his own and the society's re
grets thut the commissioners could not
attend.
PRESIDENT WELLES'
ADDRESS
Applause frequently greeted the ut
teiances of President Welles as ho de
livered the annual address. There was
particularly vigoious chipping when he
refer ed to the overthrow of violence
in the lecent strike by the invocation
of the law's strongest arm. Ho spoke
us follows:
Gentlemen of the New England Society.
This gathctlng of the sons of New ICng
laiul marks the passage of another your
in the history of tho society. The cus
lom of gathering to celebrute the anni
versary Is worthy of eeiy true New
Englander. We aie not chargeable, with
over-veiHTiitlon lor our ancestors, and
In this we are wrong. To have come from
such stock and Inherited such blessings,
should stir our hcaits with pride and we
should cherish their names and deeds.
Kntel tabling such feelings, let us, the
descendants of such an ancestry, deter
mine thut the heritage shall not suffer
at our hands In Its dement to those who
come after.
There stands back of I'h mouth, on tho
hill looking out over the harbor, a noble
gimilto monument, erected by a grateful
people in lemembranee of the labors,
sacilllces and sufferhiRS for the cause
of civil and religious liberty by the fore
fathers. There is embodied in this mon
ument us tin- crowning llgure. Faith, one
foot rests upon Plymouth Hock: in her
left hand ii the Bible, und with the other
she points to Heaven. She looks down
upon four figure on the but tresses', 3Ioi
allty. Law, Education and Freedom. The
IK'e figures repiesenl what is best in the
world, and are tho expression not onlv
of artistic thought but of the deep hid
den feeling of those who bear in grate
ful remembrance what was accomplished
by the foiofnthers.
Wo. too. should have eimlirlncd In our
hearts the same sentiment that has found
expression in the monument of granite.
It is a fitting memorial but let us de
termine, by thfj use or all the powers
God has given us, to muke the nation the
Pilgrims planted, and we have Inheriti d,
the noblest monument of all.
Carried Him There.
It is siiid that one of the early set licit
at Plymouth, on each reclining umiher
sury, visited the landing place of the
Pilgrims and required the urexenee there
of every member of his lamlly. When
the feebleness of old age prevented h's
going In his own strength, lie lequhed
Ids descendants to carry him and meet
wllh him at the Hock. This, with him.
nn a lellgious and patriotic doty; he
lealUed tile Importance of keeping alive
tlie remembianeo of what hud been ac
complished by those who laid the loim-dallnn-
ot tlie Nation.
If some such sentiment a- actuated
IhW man. or actuated those who i reeled
the monument, has called us together,
our gathering will nol be in vain. We
must not forget that a nation was
planted by hemic men und women -when
they landed at Plymouth Rock. They
icalied the cllillcultles that tlu-v must
encounter and thoroughly discussed
them. Dradfotd. In his IiNioiy, speaking
of tlie discouragements tliev would unci,
says: "It was answetcd that all gieat
and honorable actions ate accompanied
with great dltl!cultls and must be boih
enlcrpilsed and overcome Willi answer
able, courage. It was gi allied that the
dangeis weie gieat hut not desperate;
the dltlicullles were lniinv but not In
vincible. For thoutrh there were imiey
of them likely, yet they weie not certain
Jt mlijht be siiudiv or tho things le.md
would never befall; others, by provident
care and the uso or good menus. iiiij;hl
lu a measuic be pi evented, and nil of
them, through tho help of God, by luiii
ludo and patkiice, might either ho borne
or oveieoine. True It was that such at
tempts weie not tu lie made nnd under
taken without good girtiuid and leason.
not rashlv or lightly as many have don.,
lor curlodty, or hope of gain. Hut their
condition was not oidiimry: their eiuU
were good unit nonoruiiic. men- caning
lawful und urgent, und therefore they
might except the bksslng oT God on
tliclr proceeding. You, though lliey
should lose Ihelr lives In this action, yet
might they have comfort and their en
deavors would bo honoiablc."
How fortunate thut the luttire was
not l uveal d to this people. Had tho
known that the first year would have
seen half tlie brave band gathered to ibe
bosom of Jluther Earth, even high ami
holy nnrposos might not have been suf
ficient to lead them across stormy seas
to an Inhospitable country. They weie
poorly equipped In withstand the ilg.
ois of a. uoithoiii winter, with no kuowl
ulge of what the land of their cholcn
would pioduco and with Insultlcli ui pro
Islon for til" time that must elapse be
fore a seed time nnd harvest would ic
pleulsh their stores. Yet they chose the
buireil hills of Plymouth for their home.
Were Not Discouraged.
The death of half their number and
tho groat siitferhig of those who sui
lved, did not discourage; noiio were
willing to leturn to tho place from
whence they came, Life was nothing
to them If It was shorn of tho cherished
; urposH of their coining. They h.ul con
(Ideiico lu the Supremo Ruler of the
1 nlverso iliat I holr prayers and teais
would bring nn answer from heaven and
Hint ll'eio would como out of it all u
In ip fUUUi'
Wo see and enjoy tho heiltngo und
privileges that came through their suf.
fe'lne ui.d endurance. Tho schools, col
legep. and nnlveisltles of New England
uui tho direct niitgiowth nnd expression
of what thuy had lu mind lu coming to
this coiiutn:.
Tho thrift, cncigy and enduraueo of
that noble baud has como down tluough
gi'iu-iatloii after generation lu tho sous
of Niw England. Tho business world.
th Held of Ilteruture. tho mechanics and
arti have drawn largely from the East
ern slates and wherever her sons have
gonu the Jinvu left their Impress,
As tine sons of Now England let us
ccnsldor our relation to tho state and
nation.
Our forefathers not only laid tho foun
dations of u nation; they did more
they built themselves Into it. Tho prin
ciples of truth, liberty and justice were
taught and lived by them and God sig
nally blessed them lu It. Their plan was
that of -a co-oporatlvo system of govern
incut, controlled by Intelligent beings, uc
kuowlcdglng tho equal rights of ull, and
all owing obedient') to tho will of th
duly constituted authority. They mutlo
a people without fear, strong spiritually,
endowed with nn Individuality and In
tetlectual forco bound J,o win their way.
They possessed groat enterprise and pa
tience, nnd although few hi numbers
nnd without wealth, they were deter
mined that the right should conquer.
My fileuds, It Is an honor to have
sprung from such men nnd we should do
nil that Is posslhlo to complete lllelr
plans 'of government. We have within
tho botdeis of this gdat slate mineral
PIIOF. JOHN TYLEK,
Of Amheist College. "Who Spoke on "Tlie
Evolution of the Pilgiim. '
resources of untold value mills and fac
tories pouring Into the channels of trade,
products that ninl.u us the peer of all the
slates. The values being added jcar by
year to the pniperty, bank deposits and
other evidences of material wealth is be
yond computation. I'rospoiitr always
hi lugs in lis train ntvy and discontent,
and tho year that has passed has not
been free trom them. This has not been
a latent, but an aggressive spirit, uml It
has brought on a struggle without a par
allel lu the history of our mining and In
dustrial affairs. A spirit Indigenous to our
soli, contrary to the traditions and law,
has manifested Itself. It would luook no
opposition to lis plans mu ends. Any
oig.inizatlon or mini that stood In the
way was swept aside. After muntlis or
dNorder and lawlessness, our chief exec
utive used a power that should have been
used months before, to enfoiie lu a
measuru tlu law.
Tlie Common Wel'are.
In the federation of states, IVnsUv.i
nla and severnl others an oulclally styled
common wealths Hie equivalent of com
mon weal, or the common welfare of the
whole community. Can It be .-aid that
the great body of men who have been
tiying to enforce Hit Ir claims, had tin;
welfuie of all at heart '.' Was It not,
rather, the enfoicemeiit of Ideas lepug
nunt to every principle of the law and the
Individual rights of ninn'.' Tlie ends
sought did not Justify the m-uns Usui.
It may be said that however Jiu-t the
claims ol the sti iking employes, the vin
Iatlontof law and the up ot lorce or In
timidation, could not lie ocusid. Oar
laws bear equally on all and anything
done to les.seii tho regaid for the law.
h any class, s an Inliiry to the whole
body politic. For ihat reason eirj jt.it-
, Irtl Oilisr ilk'., i...i. ,,-..., ..... I.. 1.1 .........
to ...iisinli, nnd cr.,,-..,. n i . i ,
compel e.Mciuhe ofllceis lo pelfolm llulr
whole dm;'.
Would tho pilgiims of our eaiiv roun
dels of this government have toleiated.
for an hour, a million so hateful, -o
liuoleiehlc and so lawlc-s1.' Wllh . tin m
Individual -lights were -.101 ed ami eoii'il
not be abridged. The cnnip.ict I rami d!
on the Muytlower set foi Hi eieiiv whit1
Ihey had lu mind in eniqliig to the '
slimes 01 New Gnglund Let me qcote
b.iclly: "Having uudeilaUen for the glare "' 1""' '!, ",7 T ,,' 1
or God and ud.uncemoiu of the ciuisUun l ,' "',Ul ",'! T m 7 ..
failh. . . . we .ombiue ,,n,.lves , ' ! 'Usiuage,l urn touted eve -luce t hey ne-
gc.hor 'nio a eM, body pollilcs ...'".
bettrr oideiing. ami iuom ivailou and
tnitbeiiiiiee of the ends uloiesaid aid
by ilrtiie ln-reuf ciiacl. consilium aid
flame such Jiit.1 and iquul lav," . . . .
UlltO which We plonii-e all due Mlhlil's
son and nil. diem e."
Tin time i- ip( for us to li, gulib'd In
he smile lofty puipu-i-; 10 ! Imbued be
the ..,. i.,Cv f light. 'ami Ucpl bv the
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same
laltliiul miiiillur a- ontiollcd our
ancc-tiiis. if we are -o gul.lid we wi'l
li' Mini Ilie ,i, Is 1 nloti'eil, lllfll fcc
lltive ofllceis )e I III 111 till II' lllll... thai 111.'
man who chooses to maintain ids man
hood, niiciintrnlli d by others, shall b"
molictiil b 1 lit- full power of th.. Slate,
When we nhall haw d.nio this, we -lit II
have slmph doni our duU mid will In
worthy sons of New Curl, mil.
The you'r has been like Hi" jours ihat
have preceiUd ll. and has In night peine
nnd plenty to some ami to otiieis sor
hiiv. -Tho dread im'seu:'rr lias called fur
llnee of our inonibei.s, Hon. William II.
.lessun, lleiuy A. Klugshurj uml iiiio.
dote Dllibb .
Death of Judge Jessup.
Jmlgc Jessup illeil .liiuuaiy bilh, lu this
clly. lie ciinio of ancestors njin etul
giattd I'loui I3ngliiud to Itliode Island in
the sewnti euili cenlury. Early lu Hie
he showed great ability as a stud, at
and graduated lioiu u college whi 11
nlneleeii veais ol' agi . Ho linmeilliiii.lv
look up ih" study of law under the dl
icctloit of his father, who was at iho
time an eminent Jurist of I'eiisylvunla,
and was u'diulttid In pi.iellce 111 ls.d. lie
soon took Ills place at tho head of the
bar lu Susquehanna and lu the surround
ing counties In which he pi noticed. He
was loeognlKed Ihroiighoiil Hie stale not
onlv as 11 leader but one who ailoriied the
profession.
The pei.son.ll qualities of Judge Jes-up
endeared him to a vciy wide elide of
fileuds. Ho was a counsellor lu mutleis
of church mid stale, us well as in the
law, Tho cliaraotciisiics of his ancestre
weto stamped upon him and he loved
tho good. Hie puiu and noble traits of
men's ohuructers, but hated all that was
evil. The duties of his profession claimed
his attention to the close of uiio day nnd
tho next day ho was not, for God hud
taken him.
Henry A. Kingsbury, tho genial irlcud
of us ull, lifter sover.ils yoais o'f biokon
health, was called hence 3luroh IS1I1, Ho
was born ut Monti ns, I'n., Oooombur
n, 1S30, and soon after wont with his par
cuts to Honosdalo, 11 ISIS ho came to
liarilsou, now Scrniilou, and was cm
ployed by Scranton and Phut, Um foun
ders of The Lucknwunuii Iron & Coal
company. When H. T. Scranton & Con
p.iny stinted tho Oxfoid tuinuce.i in 1S5T
31r. Kingsbury entered their servico and
remained with them at Oxfoid, N, J, un
til lS"i. He then returned nnd took a
.prominent puit hi the business life of
Scranton, At one tlmo ho served us a
sdiool dhector and devoted a great deal
of time to tho building up of our school
system.
l'or several yparw wo havo missed hint
from tha annual meeting of tills society.
This wus not for lack ot Intel est In Its
nffnlrs, but the result of tho lullrnittieg
that bore heuvIK- upon him.
Cuptutil Theodore If. Dibble died May
5th. Ho was widely known li) the but.
ness wni'iu. particularly umong inoso en
gaged In mining operations by lcuson of
his connection wllh the American Htccl
company.
lib removed from Sclrthloli several
years ngiii taking up his residence In
Camden, N. J., nnd since that time hits
nol been at our annual gatherings.
Came from Filgrim Stock.
He, too, camo from Pilgrim or Puritan
stock, and from ancestors, who settled In
Connecticut In 1010, When the Civil War
broke out th 1SS1, he laid hllnnelf on tho
altar of his country. Ho entered ttio ser
vice as a sergeant in Hie First regiment
of Connecticut volunteers and won pio
inotlou up to captain for gallantry In the
Held. He participated in Dunk's cam
paign lu iMarylnnd and Virginia In ISdl
!; wao with Popo In Virginia lu 1SC2; with
3tcClelhuid through 31arinnd with
Burnsldo hi the Fiedeiicksburg campaign
Hooker nt CliancclloisvHle; with Mi-udu
ill Gettysburg; with Grant til Lookout
Mountain ami Missionary Ridge, and
with Sherman on his march to the sea
and northwnid. Tim military record ho
made admitted him to the Loyal Legion,
the Grand Anny ot the Republic and the
Army and Navy club.
Ills personal qualities made many
friends for him In civil llfo, us well as
among tho.se; who shaied with him tlie
ti ut und blanket in tho Held.
They wore all New E-nglunUers in the
liuesl sense of tho word, for they loved
lrttu, liberty and till that was good.
Let us bear them ill grateful remem
brance for what they have lepresented
In tho mllltaiy and civil life of the na
tion, und lu the social life of tills com
munity. At tlie conclusion of the president's
address, the assembly stood for a few
moments In silence out of lespect to the
memory of the deceased members.
An incidental reference to the ex-.w -lelaiy
of the board of trade, ('apt. U.
B. Atherton, protoked hearty applause.
With a pun on strikers excusable be
cause of Us real cleverness and ap
propriatenessPresident Welles Intro
duced the Invited guests to respond to
a toast. Rev. W. A. Stryker, V. D.,
president of Hamilton college, who hud
for his theme, "The Modem Puiltan."
Dr. Stryker wits warmly gierlcd as
he lose to speak as follows:
Gentlemen: I assume that uu aie not
here to exploit the title of tlioic who ato
their liist New England dinner out of
doors, but lather to show thai the breed
of bravo-soiiled men peiists, and with a
, leverenco and hope like th-lrs. to luce
and shoulder the load, liowe.nr cnuuliiK.
of the ptoblems of this inter day. and to
nsseit your iuoi.il lineage, in your loyalt
to tho God of wisdom and ol hope. Ad
ulation of tlio.se progenitors were but a
bin ron bi:-iness. if we. their progMiy.
nuke it only a self-fond substitute tor
their vision and murage
Vou are come to celebrate the spirit and
purpose of that gieat movement ol the
.seventeenth centiny which "purged the
plague of llue.il nil" with flame," wiili li
gave Hampden and Eliot to hislor., and
the stout soul of Ciomwcll, and the "or
gan nlio" of Mlltou; which established
ideals whose potency ufler the leciilleiice
of the lllihy Stuarts and tho Iinbe, lllty of
! the Hauovers, were eoiilinneil In th- Eng
land of Bright and Gl.uNtouo: which scut
the Pilgiims over (be bleak seas, and Bet
them us the godfathers of Aineilm at
Plymouth I luck; which planted freedom
and obedience amid the ki.ii. lie of a new
and l.uger England; 1 1 1 at la-i the um
bilicus of dependency and hj a tieaien-
J dous icllex t.uiylH ie iiociacy to the
uuiLliei laud; w' Id.'d into unity the .ir-
! limn mitliilul lelc and colled a new
!'!? "f chaiuctoi; Imllded a nation, and
wmughllts sclf-oinuiK ipation in the most
prodigious and eoustuietho of all civil
wais: subdutd .1 continent: stood up lo
lend oil her Indies from lac.llaevajl.-iii;
stands no now to lis world-duty, which
fiiees Willi solemn coiiUde'ice pie.sent
l.i.sU.-, not doubling liuti it shall tin. I in
lliem both Its vindication anil Its lou.utl.
Cannot Lsain Too Well.
What thej weie wbo.-e iiiailcUous v.e'e
ij.i 11 11 inii '-"ti. tti mi" ii'i'" j' ' "
gladly mill civ. It Is easy in challenii
, di ml giaiiis and lo Itnlh isc ihelr inls
' Ull.cs; it I ill eUshr to pllliso viilue
I whosij ev'.ii Hour, we leliolliue. and to II."
down upon a gonenlog; which hud Its
ioii'-,lniil honor in those who nolo home
I spun and Iron. Let the s.vballte 1 til lis ami
'""'V' l""'ll"i"i'"5 who tasteii their al-
1. mil.. 11 limit. s.ilili. 1. tin. btl.l.ll.llt !iml
1 , , , ' ,',.,., .,,, , ...
niidiiloici aciidiiils of pin Itanium, but
attempt lo copy lis sum valors, and
i they would say. wllh 3Iac.ini "Thus"
had III tl" ic.ison to laugh who Kucuuuter-
lid llioiii III the hall of ileliaif of on the
Held or battle."
And 0111s weie but a sunj paiodv, if
t feasting while tiny fasted, tailing the I11-
I lieiitaucc tlie y so iunliboriil won, we
1 weio coiili.nl moiely to spend wiial they
e.iruid, and to garnish their sepulthies
with tliiulilcal zial mil tlorlil wind-,
Tliclr libi'oiis and uiasciilliit faith wus
pi'.uileiil, ami of a niesont tense. Iteso
lute and iui..pasmodle tho liilerpreied
Hie age and the (lay by the i.ov.'eis of a
world tu 1 omi
"I'lieotlVlilced li, itxi and glbhett
That all vlt ilie wms Hie past's,"
they stoiKl eniially tor their ii'spoiiHlbil.
Iti s and their ilglits.
Cod inukes Ids li.iniuiuis of hard sled,
sliitti,. ill' tin. Ihln'iw llnil utiilnL' ill i.i.til
tM ,m tnslgiiltlcani; hui the thing they
mnu.t ,-,. Was Hie common wcul-the s.i-
(.redness of mini ii'i niHii. In ihat fer
meutliig time thev may have laeUni hu
mor, but they had gihu honor, anil wh"ii
ull was dark but dul, they
"Hated not a Jot of houil or hope,
Hut stecied ngiit'ouwniil." '
Not "pratt'i'ilut; bmitlugi wllh ease, 10
sti'i'iiuiiiiH llbert.v," lin.v tool; tho best
they could get and steadily sought 11 bel
ter. They weie democrats by luslinel.
with an enthusiasm icjaliist nil uiciv
precedent and pliTogutlve that would ob
literate or Ignore Individual maiihooii
ihey saw that no man bus over lust so
much thai ho lin? put something yqt lo
lose, nor has gained so much that he may
not yet gala more. It wus ueeaiise thi".
believed so Inverteiatiil III denial Justlie
as tho ally of freedom, that the; mix tl
lellglim with politics. When llieso do not
ml, either mm or tlm ollitr Is sood for
nothing.
Always a Monitor,
iim.. of our mdulioi'H Is the "Puiituu
Tho I'm llau was always u monitor, and
admonishes us that our leal epust de
fence lies lu looking where hn looked jor
help, and In living as he llwd lo desene
It. Often In telilblu extlcmes. In ex
tic 1 nes he was tuiilblo, und loving older
und llhoity. under law. ho was ready to
light for a tiuo peace, even though "thut
two-handed cnulno at tho door" might
shear him of his head. Tims our America
wus made to mean human opportiuun,
with lights ulwuys mutched, by duties.
Whlla good men lust, who bellevo In th
lights of men and lu the lights of God,
who carry conscience into all ulfatrs,
America will still have tho answer to
thoso prayers that pierced the stern He
cembor skies of lU;u. This spirit Is tho
salt of democracy, and of tho earth. His
hands who laid tho foundation of our
freedom alono can finish It. and bring
foith the cupstono with shoutings!
And the substantial thlns which the
Puritan of yesterday Intended, the Purl
Mil of today must stuud for; not conven
ieuco and compromise, but peisoual free-
dmn, public equity, nnd thu due reverence
of every man for the Hglili ot uvcrj
other malt,
"We ourselveH must Pilgrims lie!
Launch our Maytlowor and steer boldly
Through tho dcspciulo winter sea."
Considering tho Issue of their lives wo
must Imitate their faith, bcttoilng them If
wo can, The problems vary, or they wcro
no problem; but tho principles remain
to think liaid and straight, to wheedle no
ono nor cozen otnsolvcs, to speak plainly,
and avoiding special pica und "the vice of
the stllierkltlvu" to make all words survo
the simple filet,
Amid the complicated nnd congested
questions ot today ono needs bravo eyes,
cool nerve", und a patient heart. Even
Justice must seek wisdom wiuue the Put
llnn sought It, or It will bo contused and
lost; for II was Cromwell who said "A
man never goes so fur as when ho does
not know wiiDie ho Is going." Human
expedient, or mere legality can postpone,
but postponing must aggravate, all trou
bled problems. Ethics must school our
economics. Righteousness Is the lock
bottom all else Is. quleksund!
Xo Deal with Beal Things.
Vou have cKpicssly Invited me to deal
here with present Issues and leal things.
I have ,our explicit permloslon to speak
plainly, touching mutters that have so
much of lute pi ('occupied this region, nnd
Which concern all thoughtful men. I
RT3 . 31 W. STRYNEIt. D. 1)..
Pii'sldcul of Hamilton College. Whose
Toast Was "The 3Iodera Puritan."
hold no In let' moiely to please. Whether
1 win your uiipinv.il or uiir dissent, I
s.'ol. your icspitt. I must honestly say
what I think is true, whether it challeng
es the opinions of those absent or pres
ent. Surely oveiy man's etfmt to speak
!mn.iitlull, to show good souse, lo be
good-natured, and above all to bo con
Mi active because hopeful, must have re
siled, whatever be his limitations. So.
wlthuui tuvor and without lear, I must
say It, and you will hear me julleiitly.
The Intensity of the "coal .situation"
lies In the Inct that a small legion holds
all the anthi'.iille, and that it can bo
mined only bv an cxpuil and limited
cluss. Th Ih case leiiulicmeiits are the
limitation. Thete is here a .uaetleul
monopoly of triune and a pructhul mon
opoly of legall.v aiithori.ed skill, and
these two monopolies cover a product
upon wiili li, more than upon any other
:;inge pioduet of the e.iiih, depend the
comfoit, the Industry, and even the Hie
(111 shoil range 1 of inun hundreds of
thousands of our people. Hy their i"C
ti tit und their iiiccssibllily this is not
it 110 of Hie bituminous fields.
TI1010 aie two main sides of this cou
liowis.., bill lliLie me many panics
the union inlucis, tin; non-union miners,
Kind even these with siib-dlvNiuiis), the
allied mint owners, the lndepeliilonl mine
owiieis. ihe people who need coal, the
whole people i patient, slow-moving, hut
oapublu also oL 1111 awful wruthi' and who
compo.-e the ultimate court in terrestriul
appeal u mart which will discover and
will eiifoiee ultimate JustlLf. Them is
one other p.irt whom many frugal: but
who-o nulhoilty surmouuts and lndmics
all these oihcis He wiio is not mocked,
and whose Hut is "Whalsoever a man
soweth 1h.1l shall lie also roup" Jehovah
Sahauth' Him They heeded most,
the momentum of whoju conll
denie in him Is with us yet-("Lost
we !nigel!")-lho Puiltaiis. 1 deploro
all this belllgereiiey, passion, envy, re
cil'iilnatlon tills lendency to entrench a
puitf.H und partisan situation with nil
available muteilul however vrcmltiibU;
ami lllmsy. lint I lejolco to believe that
the iloniluutil tcdliig of the vast number
of Atneiliuii laboieis is p.itilotlc and law
lespoctlng. and that the gieat mujoilty of
coiiioiate uiiinngeinents do not uto.ili M
loiisenL to injustice nor Injiuuiu.nll',. Tin:
devil bus not got us yet, and by our one
lour Hag and the God thai guards If, his
devices of bate and honvt-buralug shall
bo overthrown!
There hii-'n been black ci lines let the
tod full upon all iciilliy backs: but nlio
there h 'H been a roinaikublo self-ru-stialul
which has not been olther apathy
or cowardice, but American 11111 nlluesi.
lletd till- good meicy and giiaid It, uml
do not tiltle wllh it. It Is the leverage of
Justlie,
Good Men on Both Sides.
Two sides there aie: good men and hfttl
upon each, lliu good s-eeklug to bettor
Uiatteis, the bud willing to uiuUo them
woise, Neither side httM a. niouopnly of
wisdom or of foolhardiness, Jt Is tulr to
own the best and to opposo ihe woist ot
each,
t speak for neither side. 11s such, bill
for the lights and against Um wtongf ot
both. I si'oak for 1'ieodom; not that par-
REV, JOSEPH OUHLL,
Ho Spoke on Now England aid Old Hug-
land.
ody of it whlcli translates It as llceiife
and caprice, but for that personal liberty,
which Is sane, lalloual, which, because it
seeks an equal relation to all others who
are fre. grunts them all it ask for itself,
and which will neither coerce nor be co
erced by raw bruto power. Perfect liber
ty Is perfect law,
. , v ' ., in W"i
1-1 '-,. V'- V,'S' . s;
l1 s-s .s -VXI? fe
Then? have boon otrcrines against the
line hleil ot lreedom on both hands,
Thcio Is too much glass in elthor hoUfte
to innko stone-throwing wise. If labor
litis fouled a good cause by bad deeds, so
has capital.
f shall unhesitatingly point out aom
positions In whlcli each side encountcis
tho substantial disapproval and tho re
sentment of I In? public coicsrlence and
has sharply tested the people's p.altcuco.
Some details must go wlUi mere allus
ion and somo thing." pass tmiemniked.
There nro many offsets In kind. The
blacklist Is a device sufficiently iclmrac
tcilstlo of both sets of eontostmnln, and It
blackens elthor hand, 'The boycott also
whoever uses It Is us llloglull as It is
cruel und unmanly.
I emphasize tho peerage of employoia
and employed as commercial equals ex
changing commodities. Either may quit
If ho has fulfilled his ugrecnumtH up to
date. Hither party has a legal and often
n moral tight to strlko upon decent no
tice. Either in discharging the other
abandons alt futuie claim. Tho renewal
of lolattous is u new deal. No ono has a
further, tenure upon a Job he has quit,
or upon a workman ho 1ms quit, Neither
may, legally or morally interfere with
ono who would tuke up the discharged
workman or the discharged Job. Intimi
dation violence, epithet, obllquy, any or
all, arc Insults both tu fruo men and to
Hie law. l'p to this point a strike or u.
discharge may bo a legitimate assertion
of freedom; beyond this it Is, In Its de
gree, despotism or anarchy. v. ,
Tito essence of slavery is,-its denial of
another's froo will. To compel another to
work when ho chooses not to, or to com
pel a man not to work when ho would
each Is slavery. The Aniuiican people
will noL finally tolerate lids, under either
form.
Can Bo Many Things.
One may, unquestionably, if he thinks
It good, marry, become a 31ason, enlist,
Join a. parly, or the church, or a labor
union, if hts net Is acceptable to others
and If they are acceptable to him. It is
ills option. He has tho same right not to
do so. Huiess stultifies tho act, and
would be tyranny. Impressment degrades
him who does it and him upon whom It
Is done. The law must defend the peace
able rights of the'unlonist and the non
uulonlst. AVhoever molests thoso rights
or does not discountenance their moles
tation Is olther a cilmlnal or a coward,
l'or whatever would obliterate tho indi
vidual choice is monstrous, nnd in tho
long run Impossible. Organized, whether
by capital or labor. It would organize
the ruin of all that tuie Americans have
sought, and in the defense of which they
have been willing, and yet are willing, to
die. The outsider may not givo arbitrary
oiders to tho insider, nor tho insider glvo
ordeis to the outsider. Such usurpation
of pterngatlve Is disorder and insolence.
The land's law will malio Its assumptions
nugatory.
To ills employer and to his employe,
each must stand for all. None can afford
to fm sake a faithful workman, or a
faithful employment, and none can afford
to continue with cither when good faith
is gone. To refuse to work with, uny de
cent nnd competent woikman because ho
Is nol this or that Is a folly that should
dismiss the man making this refusal. Just
as a like refusal to employ Is immoral
and cruel. Such obdiiiate unreason will
eventually read on whomsoever practices
it. for It both siirrendcts and violates
manhood.
The artificial lestrictlon of production is
unfair in that It Iilndeis the best man. or
the best corporation fiom his or its best
wo ik. Excellence should always be free
lo make its own market. Tho other way
lewards medlocilty. bars ambition, cuts
cut men to a length with incapableB, and
stunts labor into a peonage against which
fioe labor should piotost and nil true men
second tho motion. It is Puritan, it is
American to resent and resist this doc
tiino of a innlmum wage for a minimum
work. It debases the advancing1 man to
Ihe dead level of the iueflicienl. "They
(said Lincoln) who deny fiecdom to
otheis deserve It not for themselves, and
under tho government ot a Just God can
nol long retain ll."
A Xie and a Theft.
Tho so-called "Pnlou-stroke" Is a He
and a theft. It stools lime and writes
degradation upon tho very brow ot him
who piactlees it: for II is equally Im
famous to want another man's work
without paying for It, and to want anoth
er man's pay vvlth out working for it! To
withhold what Is earned, or to demand
what Is not eainud. Is fraud and moral
felon v. Either inlustlce Is seized with a
deeping puralysW. AH trusts, whether
owneishlp trusts or labor trusts, will
hnvn to bend to that legitimate and leg
islative will or the whole people which
wJll tolerate the arrogance of neither
plutocracy or mob, hi its sotting up a
private and local impcrlum and pretend
ing to bo a Jaw to itself. They will bend
or be broken. No conceit of action will
excuse contempt ot that last court. No
disguise of veiblago will hide from that
eoiitt any sinister fallocy, whether It
musquoiados under thd title of th
"woiklugmon's rights," or under a d
jure dlvhio claim of such a. trusteeship as
will not listen to the workman's wrongs.
1 will touch tlie soro flrmly, and, for
one thing, say, that "to be excited by the
pieseuco of the ottlceis of the law" Is a
I'imfosDion of lawlessness of spirit, it not
of Intent. The law must prevail and ad
minister, or It has abdlctatcd. Person
nnd the property ot persons it nuiBt stern
ly defend, leaving alt else to the judici
al y. It mnsl If necessary come armed to
this defense, and It Is low pandering and
pettifogging to sneor at tha militia as
an "outside party," II is malicious. Tho
militia is tho exocutlvo state doing Hs
simple duly In pi electing Itself against the
Insurgency that resists tho peace .nnd
sufotv of Us own household. It is thn
people resisting their own disruption.
l( u particular commonwealth falls in
this solt-defcnse. thou, "to secure a Re
publican form or government," the Unit
ed States must act. It has acted, and It
wjll act; for it cannot tolerate socqs.lon
from statute and writ without the sur
1 under of lis being. It knows no compro
mise wiili treason, Tho executive cannot
i.ompc-1 scowling men to smile, It cannot
make workmen woik, nor mal;o operat
oih opeinte; but It con with an lion hand
lofor both of them lo Iho courts whoso
decisions It will Invincibly enforce. Tim
people, who niuko tu law, will mnlptatn
llio law
Is a American,
Nut against, or for, pny fuau or sot of
men, I am an Amoilcau. loving liberty
and the law that secuios ll, and nm
against any theory or pvogr.wu,
whether of some laboiers or of some cor
poiatlous, (hat contemns lav.' nnd seeks
to ilidimvfiit li. Firmly I daro to any
that 1w any oigaulzatlou to dony the
right and duty of the nieinlmrs hi .bear
aims lu alk-gluiive to tlm Htulo is, iccog
nUed or unucogiilzod, ,1 virtual conspir
acy uMuhibt thai allegiance to society
wiili )i only anarchy hates.
Tho case in Schenectady, and tho alti
tude In Indiana, aie poi touts of n. foul
umt Uii-Anieileun Idea which honest labor
must Itself exouise, icmuiibering that
only sedltlonailos . mngo themselves
nguinst the commonweal, Such contempt
of order is not genei.il. Hut It is. for all
Americans to icnounco this alien alliance
with any, who, untrained In republican
law, misunderstand so gravoly the liber
ties of this land, which because they are
so real may not lightly bo despised or
menaced.
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