St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-28
THE PROUD SCOTCH
TAKE COMPLETE POSSESSION or THE
COLUMBIAN FAIR.
SPEECHES BY sOME NOTED MEN

Gods Chosen People-NationaI
Commissioners Get Into An
other Row Over Court OF Ref
erence on Awards.
CHICAGO, July 27.-Proud Scotchmen
and women and lassies, Haunting the
plaidS OF their clans and marching to
the uncertain time of the bagplpe music,
entered Music hall this afternoon sew
eral hundred Strong,t to celebrate the ma
tlOnality of Aud Scotia with music,
dancing and speeches. The Scots were
members OF clubs and clans and Socie-
ties which are affiliated under the COM
mon name of North American United
Caledonian association. Twenty-Five of
these organiZatioas-cha music
al. athletic and social-were represented
by delegates from all parts of the United
States and Canada, and there were also
visitors from the mOtherland. The pro-
cesSion Of Scots was led by eight High
land pipers. Chief among them were
Robert ireland, of Toronto, Ont. pipe
major of the Seventy-eighth High
OF the Caledonia society of Chicago,
wearing the royal Stuart plaid. On the
platform sat William Rutherford, of
Montreal, the newly elected president
of the national associations; William
Carriner, of Chicago, eX-presiuent of
the association; Peter McEwen, chief
Of the local Caledonian society; Thomas
B. Bryan, commissioner at large from
Chicago; Hon. George r. r. Cockburn,
NJ. p. for Toronto, Ont, and Canada's
honorary commissioner to the fair, and
Judge Glendenning, of Arkansas, ma
tional commissioner.
President Rutherford explained that
the association was created by a desire
for united brotherhood of Scotchmen
on this continent, knowing no boundary
or sovereignty. 1t had never been his
misfortune to meet ScOtchman who
could not take care of himself, but they
we're not
Always MilIionaires.
and under certain circumstances
ScOtchman would accept, if offered jn-
dIciously. little help also, but it must
be offered very judiciously. A Scotch
man would never beg, and he was al
ways honest.
Mr.. Bryan, in accepting the post of
chairman, regretted he could hot say he
had Scotch tongue III his head, but he
had Scotland in his heart, and had taken
good care to marry a woman who had
Scotch blood in her veins.
Then came the following programme
of music and dancing:
I D., TT L
Ross, of Grand Rapids. Mich; High
land reel, Fred Redeil, of Montreal, &C
companied by Pipe Major Ireland;
song, Aud Scotch Songs" Miss Fyfe,
of Portland. Or: Highland fling, d. q.
McLennon, Edinburgh, Scotland; song,
The Lea Rig by George Rain, Chi
cago; dance in costume, by May
Matheson, little girl from Hamilton.
Ont, and the sword dance by her
father, George MatheSon.
Inserted in the latter part of the pro-
gramme were speeches by Commits
sloner Clendehning and Hon. Mr..
Cockburn.
The Arkansas lawyer aroused the
Scots 10 loud applause by saying, Il
see you and your cOuntrymen are OBJ
jecting to the United Kingdom being
called England. Stick to It. England is
only small part of the empire. 1t was
in the compact that the name should be
Great Britain. When England con-
quered Scotland she conquered her
master, land Scotland always dictates the
Policy Of EngIand.''
The member of parliament from
Toronto. who is thorough Scotchman.
was in jocular and laudatory mood.
and kept his audience i'll a continual
state of laughter and applause. He
praised his race and called them Gods
chosen people, said the only panacea for
the international troubles of the United
States was to put ScOtchmen in the
White house and cabinet. Scotchmen
had been at the head of the Canadian
government for the last twenty five
years, except for year or two. But he
put his foot III 1t when he said the
Scoth were the only people who had
never bowed to foreign yoke. MIR.
Bryan Jumped up and reminded him
that Americas had never been conuured
by foreigners and never would be.
After little music the assembage dis
perSed, the visitors devoting themselves
for the balance of the day to sight
seeing.
The matter of creation of a court of
reference and appeal on awards, which
has remained i'll an unsettled state for
some time, was brought ND in the ma
tional commission this afternoon and a
row of no small proportions resulted.
Some time ago MIR. Hundley. of Ala
bama, introduced resolution creating
a court of appeals ON awards, and con-
shutting himself and Commissioner
King as the final court of jurisdiction.
IN Inns was defeated, and Mr.. Tousley, of
Minnesota, introduced substitute
which provided for the appointment of
we've men as the court of last resort.
Inc resolution was tabled, however,
after much discussion, and TODAY
Commissioner TousIey
gained unanimous consent to take the
resolution from the table and bring it
up for consideration. He moved that it
be referred on awards with request
that they report on it tomorrow. But
Mr.. Hundlev Jumped to his feet with
the remark that the proceeding was IN
fair. at the same time making the point
of no quorum. He SAID that majority
of a quorum had tabled the matter once,
and to bring it up again and to refer 1t
to a committee while the quorum was
not present was supplementary and
not fair. This reused MIR. Tousley, and
he retorted after this fashion,: Ihe
gentleman from Alabama can make
the point of no quorum if he wishes
it to hide some point In this matter
that concerns him, but deny that 1t is
any unfairness III this matter or any
suspicion of unfalrness in my mind.
The commission has been doing bust
ness all day without quorum, and to
have that point made now ON matter
that seems to concern the gentleman
from Alabama is more than unkind."
The discussion grew warm, with the
chair vainly endeavoring to restore
order, when suddenly MIR. Roche, OF
North Carolina. was recognized on q
| point of order. He said: mir. Presi-
dent, this whole matter seems to be out
of order, as hold here in my hands &
| personal letter written on a sheet oil
paper bearing the head Court of Refer
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