The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-23
roRkFArHERD DAT IN WAsHISero TOW
vIee-Pr,sids-t s,.vesron Responds 10 the
Tosst hnns Of the rlIsrIn.."

To-st " sons OF the Fiisr,-,."
WASHINGTON, Dec. %. The washiur ton Con
gressional Club tonight gave dinner com
memoratinR the landing Of the Pilgrim Faith
ers at plymouth. Mase.. in 1870. to-day being
the anniversary OF that event. The officers oil
tho club are; President. Justice Brewer oil
| tho United States Supreme Court Vice Pres
idents. the Rev. S. NJ Newman. y. D.. the Rev.
7. +. Rankin. u. D.. and Gen. Ellis Spear;
Secretary, q. A. j. Merrlnold. and Treasurer.
Alfred Wood.
The dinner was held In the banquet hall Of
the Cochran Hotel where one hundred covers
| were laid. The menu card was Of cream
| tinted colorinR. tied with pink ribbon. The
| centre Of the frat page contained an engrav-
! ing OF the American eagle perched upon q
! shield EMBODIED by the stars and stripes Tho
remainder OF the psEe was dotted here and
| there with rink stars and across tho ton was
| tho name OF the club and Mt tho bottom
was inscribed "Forotathors' Day" On the
inner pages wore the names OF the officers Of
| the club and tho distinguish guests and the
menu.
The Introductory remarks wore delivered by
President Brewer. Nlce-Presldent Stevenson's
toast was Sons OF the Pilgrims OF the Ma
ton" Mr.. Stevensons reception was more
than cordial. and his remarks wore frequently
interrupted by applause and laughter. lie said: .
Coming as do from the wsst-smo.t within hal.
ing distance Of the extremely unprstentious city OF
ChicsRo-t am too modest to cAiin RimUsion upon my
own merits to this charmed circle. For ain neither
Pilgrim nor descendant VI Pilgrims but only poor
scDtch. shman al best
Need tell you how delighted am with this goodly
company iii were not descendant Of the Scotch
Irish how would love TO be a Yankee and CONSIDER
Boston the hub. Plymouth Rock the Mecca, and the
22d OF December the day Ut ali days Although not ITO
the manner born" It has been good fortune to have
been Intimately associated with many of the descend.
ants o. the rllsr ms | have sometnes found them.
when they adhered to Old punticai pre-. uuces aud
in the early day. of it. history. Illinois was the
New Ensinnder fluenty truth ronipets me 10 ob.
serve tnat their meenE, were not nIwals OF strictly
.ctadants OF Tie Pilgrim. Gssf striking fessn sncs
% their readiness. at All tunes and under ali
and Of proat AZ have %seD made aware. s"ms pms:
even u nay own poutlesl undOng-,ho isxt =" In all
many Of the rd doctrines OF The iorelather has ~
You % well to ssl.or.,. ,n. day the a7ad anu,y.r.
s,ofy OF the l,nllnE OF tho Pilgrims can never grow
work was to be- accomplished What our eyes now he.
n%h .S Q! . "n %os. o.
hand, Of not one bu' of many races in teclaninx
T%"n Ia bacn ~. tie "svsSf and .ns
r"ns year" aud eemsrs. tue distiDesivs races II nape
NAMED nsye rseh 1i..ppesrsd and ~ thsr place from
hut this Is forsfathsrs day and speak not Of cav
ai6r and iiuguenot but OF plymouth Kork and OF tho
rT'.s ~ "nS,Sd n S fiw hn.snd has ss11
ious and anniversares and the next 1t will he fresh
innnts variety isn.vsr III ed Of repeating You
will md the wind.nowsr blowing aud the rooa thrush
Known since tho DAYS OF the Mast lJn" Tho
i6., .uIro"nas hem ,nsr. WAS presented ,sins
upon Plymouth Rock. ths alternative OF starvation or
v',1J ,o trovv ~. n Al, ,.y a -. ,..o,,,,.h., go,
It in The annals 81 the bloody connc,s with III. wild
in me Of ehoo house. sns %, ,' Tor ta
IN. worship o. tho !ivnx nod ~ the .eli...iis hour
aud children from the wnfy blasts in tn. establish
more eompilc"sd colo%,st ssverSmsnt no dpfncui.
Mes S p" Ssnssr SpPssa them wss s
S ns them st on .n 81. N Hs' al or
That they were men OF deep religious convictions Of
S,%s ts sG s sns rs.rs
have t"llowsd the oath Nav England emigration 90
,Gs bar G n pnS and n" of ,Hs %f S
n s OF ias pa. be-. %
ehanss ocean their hands have aided In ca-ring
aSs Il "R .sSpns s"s sp.
10 .rrnF into being Ue told only by The LstaTisn
I. something t"b. % tbs llmrsEe and Of the isth
Dry We have gathsrei around this board to night The
prsrioa. heritage Of their descsnsn. "' f"r distant
b The day mat We forget thor humble virtues aud
e Ing !. ~; tS..Ts PS,srSsy e 5segSS
,SI re-. ,n.i,ui%n. May We. no, aSss IN ID. S.st
hat. whatever dangers the future may disclose, in
'pired hy the memories OF the past. nsryei by tho
nlth that NO time or srrnn.tsnes. can abats-ihs
usn with whom plymouth RocE Is the shbboIsth will
aud tho bulvArk of MI tina, hold dear in our
government Its buttons and us laws
The toast by Justlre Harlan OF tho United
States supreme Court was The Publ lie School,
n" Gift OF the Pilgrims Of the Nation" and
hat Of Senator Iiawlsy Of Connecticut, The
Puritnns Believed In Something" The re-
naming gnests were composed OF those prom
nept In official ana society circles in Wash
ngton.