New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-01
HAGGIS AT DELMONICO'S.
ANNUAL DINNER OF THE ST. ANDREWS So
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PRAISES FOR THE LAND o. CAKES, ITS BONNIE
LAssEs AND ITS HONEST MEN.

PRAISES FOR THE LAND u CAKES, lIS BONA'AA-
LAssEs AND ITS HONEST MEN.
Last night the misunderstanding second
anniversary Of st. Andrews Society of the State
OF New York was celebrated by dinner at Del
monicos. The great dining hall was crowded to
overfowing with members and guests OF the So
cety. The shield of Scotland and the picture and
banners of st. Andrew were on the walls. The
speaking related chiefly to the virtues OF Scotsmen
at home and abroad William Cleland, the piper
who has played for the society for than thirty
years, filed the hall with the sounds that thrill
the Scot and chill the Englishman. An orchestra
played Scottish airs in a strictly American but
enjoyable style Sprigs Of heather were worn for
boutonieres. Caledonia's stern and wild thistle
was also 10 be seen here and there The haggs,
"reekin' rich," was ushered in from Delmonicos
kitchen with minstrelsy as weird and vociferous
bonors as enthusiastic as ever welcomed it on its
native heath
Bryce Gray presided over a company which in
cluded Andrew Carnegie, T. B. Thurber, the Rev.
DR.. William Ormston, d. Macgregor Crerar, the
genial assistant secretary Of the society !;
Recorder Smyth, Judge Van Hoesen, J. ii.
Hcrts, Delos McCurdy, Marcus Ward, ir, Of Bel
fast; Almon Goodwin, John ID. Robinson, John
T. Cunning, George Tod, William Stewart Tod,
J. Kennedy Tod, David Mcclure, of St Patrck's
Society; Cornelius n. Bliss, Of the New-England
Society; the Rev. DR.. David G. Wyhe, Consul
w. Robert Hoare. James Duncan smith,
S. S. c.. of Edinburgh; the Reverend
George Sutherland, of Sydney, Australia !;
Consul General w. Lane Booker, L. I. Beddall, OF
the St. George Society; Stuyvesant Fish, OF the
St Nicholas Society; Chief William Hogs Of the
Caledonian Club John Sinclair, James Calender,
Jams Calender jr., George Calender, Mayor
III pC1an
Bigelow, Samuel Elliott, William Wood and
Even MacIntyre
Grace was said by the Rev. Dr. Omission, and
Mr.. Sutherland rendered thanks. Then the
chairman reviewed with satisfaction the work OF
the society. whose motto is Relieve the Dis
tressed" Toward the end of his able speech he
made an allusion to the question Of Home Rule in
Scotland That, he thought, had been settled at
Bannockburn in 1914, and again when Scotland
annexed England and gave her King James the
VI and l. But if new Home Rule measure
could make Scotland happier and more fortunate
than she Is now, he would heartily favor it
The toasts of " The Day and a Wha Honor 1t, .
The Queen and The President of the United
States, were drunk in way that showed that
New-York Scotsmen faithful to the first, well
disposed to the second, and true and loyal to the
third. l..
John KelQ repUeu IOI ne lAiuu SdhSo IA
way that did credit to 1t and to himself and ms
" brfther Scots lie lauded oat meal In all
It's forms. from parritch" to haggis. lie praised
the quality Of the men that were reared on 1t,
and with eloquence he alluded TO the love which
all Scotchmen in this country, good citizens as they
are bear TO the land of their birth Quoting
Robert Louis Stevenson he remarked: man IN
these days belongs 10 many countries, put the
old land is the true love; the others are but pleas
ant infidelitiesl"
General Horace Porter proved an equally go0d
spokesman for The land we live IN lie toIu
some first class stories illustrative OF the American
Scot Among them was a rcminiScence OF scotch
minister in this city, who. during the high Incense
discussion asked an Albany Senator: how ABOUT
Vour LIQUOR bill last year p and was met WIN the
lnterrOgative reply " Mine was unusually hrse!
Doctor; how yours :? IN unusually IresS
number OF Scots had fed from their native lahd
last year General POr,er SAID, and thaU was cN.
planned by the fact that Andrew Carnegie mao go'
| 10 playing the bagpipes Laughter. ~.
Mayor Hewitt, on the ground OF pressure ~
nub1iG duties ap0lOgized for not being able 70 Oe
present 70 respond for The State and III OF
New-York." and Chauncey NJ. Depews accident
| prevented his attendance. so Recorder Sn mhh tI
fIed the gap on the spur OF the moment, and hued
in we'll A statement that in the eight years oil
his performance OF the judicial functions only uwo
| native Scotsmen had been brought before him was
much applauded. r., ror-sy ro
Other toasts were " Plain Scotch Folks re-
sponded TO by James Fraser; our Sister 30
cietles and their Representatives" Honest Men
and Bonnie LasSes,' and
May and trouble never fash ye