Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-14

Baron Fava, Gen. Horace Porter and
Bishop Potter.
The first toast was responded to by
Vice-P President Morton.
THE vICE-PREsIDENT's REMARKS.
The vice-preeident lamented the ne
cessity of the presidents absence, say
ing he was standing in great shadow,
awaiting the issue of life or death. SIe.
(Morton) was here to thank them for
the respectful courtesy which assigned
the president prominent position in
these civic ceremonies.
"The 18th of October" said the vice.
president, "will hereafter be marke d
with white. We have instituted Co
lumbian festival to be repeated at the
expiration of each 100 years to the fur
thermost limit of time, by actors who
will not have been witnesses of the pre-
ceding celebration"
After briefly reviewing the principal
events of the past, and speaking OF the
lesson they convey, the vice-president
said, on behalf of the president, that he
was here especially to thank the min
listers of Spain, Italy and France for
their fraternal assistance, and the repre-
sentatives of other powers for their par
ticipation.
At the close of his address, Mr.. Nor
ton proposed toast to the wife of the
president and expressed hope for her
speedy recovery.
SECRETARY OF STATE FOSTERS SPEECH.
Secretary of State Foster responded to
the toast, The United States of America,
making a graceful speech. He said,
among other things, that in no other
nation of the world is the religious faith
which so efficiently contributed to the
success of the first voyages of the great
diecOverer, go potent in controlling go
ciety, enriching it's charities and eevat-
ing the race. .It was in the United
States" said he, "that civil and reli-
gious liberty experienced its new birth.
Here it has it's most perfect
application, and its reflex inf1u.
ences have been prominent fac.
tors in the last hundred years in re-
constructing society and government in
Europe. In no other nation is educa'
tion so munifcently fostered and intel.
ligence go generally diffused throughout
all classes. When we turn from social
conditions to physical accomplishments
the United States is equally marked. In
the midst of our glori6cation, however
it is plain that many intelligent citizens
have not reached perfection in either
society or government, and in my resi-
dence abroad the criticism most fire
auently made to me by public men anC
observers, was the lax and partial ad
ministration of justice in the Unitel
States. Too often have l beer
made to blush at the recital
usually, at this this time, il
exaggerated terms, riots, lynching, ant
lawless execution of punishment upor
supposed culprits, notinfrequent in thil
country. Usually it is the imperfec
administration of Justice by the consti
tuted authorities which occasions, bu
never justifes, those lawless acts, ans
back of the derelict authorities may
generally be found perverted publ
sentiment. What well-grounde,
source of exultation it would be, if il
addition to the list of achievements al
ready enumerated, we could make CLAIM
that in this land, justice is always i'm
partially administered to high and low
to rich and poor, without fear or favor.
GOVERNOR FLOWER SPEAKS.
Governor Flower also spoke. Refer
ring to New York's fight for the world
fair location, he said: "This week
demonstrations have given magnif
cent proof Of the broad, unselfsh pa
triotism of New York's citizens in cor
cealing all resentment, and unitin
heartily In the weeks festivities"
General Porter, Congressman Gum
mings and others also spoke.