New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-23

REPLIES TO THE TOAST THE fi'Eoi'
DENT OF THE UNITED STATES"
| pb,,adelphia. Dec 22-Puritanical simphci'!
| did not enter into the thirteenth annual lesuNa
| of the newfoundland Society OF Penns!l'an'" "
night The festival took the form Oh u"e :.
civen al the Continental Hotel, ana Tue a'''''
WAS one Of the plcsanest or the KIM '""' ~
o,,or ,ol,on Mace in Philadelphia The guests
who numbered 800. included eX-Presiden' ii'' -
con .x-r-n,ted States Senator George r.
Edmunds, the Rev. Or. Edward ENe'o'' ''"'
Nurat Halstead. Congressman c. A. Bouteiie' eN'
,,Sa.,,,aa,ar-C General John Wanamaker. Mayor
stuart the Rev. J. S. Macintosh ana others
Chorles Emory Smith. president Of the society
vas the presiding officer. To his right sat 'he eN-
president and then came Mr. Wanamaker' Coh-
orossman Boutelle. Charles II. Cramp the wei,
known shpouildcr; the Rev DE- Ma'i NV s ".,D
Vice-President john H. Converse OF Wv y.spnat3r
TO tho left of Mr.. Smith sat Dr. Haic'
t,1r,u,ds Nurat IIalstcad the Kew IT.. :, ~
Mcconnell and the Rev. Dr.. para, ne $3.50 "a,
diring-hau was beautifully decorated r,
Harrison sal beneath an osei ,',se hiring the
hidden orchestra rendered music u"'''' Wv
evening. ,, ,oo,,, NJ $50 o'clock.
49,, !, vas over an hour later when lIcr anu
W." s,,,,ner dressed in Revolutionary earp anu
nlovinq Yankee DOODLE headed 'le Pio'.IIs' ,
pp"i reorched into the dining room WIN eN
President STFisoT Wbi gan the guests were
hitno an impromptu reception was tehue ,l.,. ~
The cx-Presdent and the other "e'-N"o"
guests. x. eoo.od the Rev Or.
~ nbanioin oe the society, asked the biesslhk;
and then the banquet began ~, ins n,' numn.
which pork and beans ana NV N.ra,,d Nh q. 30
Kin pie formed a part. was discuS."u IN" on
"'clork At that hour President onn.. nd
nounced change In the order OF toas s.'caSar
introduced General Harrison as ,he 'i ,', ~ the
.
az .President. General Harrison was r eceiveu
with loud and continued applause. re pras,1ent
Cd extemporaneously TO the toast INC '''
Of the United States as foiio"s'
GREETED WITH CHEERS And LAUGHTER
"yr President and Gentlemen OF the Ne"-Ens
land Society Of Philadelphia: Nhen my eo0u .,as
and vour good neghbor and PRESIDENT MI ~. /,
Emory Smith. invited me to De p'es." ,, =, ,Is re-
felt q special demand upon me 10 yi-lu " ~
o,es, thought | owed him some iepara''o' D
amounting him TO an Office the eho'u'h'"' "
which did not pay his expenses. u-hus ,,.a ~
cordial welcome tonight crowns thiee -
most measurable stay In this sood cry 0 0I
thnk there have been what our iIi In. distinct
Four Hundred would probably can eis rnind words
unctions but your coTdiaiy, ana 3 ,y fatsue ami
of your presiding officer quite d.se, M, ,S vo1r kind
suggest TO me that shall rightly repay ''"'
nass by making very short speech, Of the
Society are very credta,ole are hat
nts ~ The fore.athers. not qqite sur ,h@v
The >orefathers would share TINS Vpntoh ~ ree son
1mv IT. J r.ra Goughter) but that wOulI DC ~ 1T
of the fact that he ,S 0aT he
stantia virtues %H lem hshly cultivated daugh-
tneir Ias drend this function which am now hat
tempting ,s 10 me in lie The afterdinner speaker %
unlike the poet: he is not born 81. d 70 meet in
Heasirous competition about some di,"e srneeches
nntien1en who have already had theT T,rougnt
get up in ne news were fresh from the lip You
are served with what they rs4 tnrEcv' U.augh-
eys l2 0 yet mo , tHf ree tbs
Of their Intellectual kitchens yTu bave been given
Javs ~ careful preparation when nav ,nr the
Gays p os sponianeous utterances Iaugher? come
after-dnner speaker neels 10 INV where some jokes
HnS.. Zen left Without label on thtih' ~ Cos
to acquire The art Of SEEMING 5Is 70 speech as by
some flower OF rhetoric; he seems ~, - "a
passed II ahu " with tin foli around It. d.ang9terl
You can see upon close Inspection .n' Ire co,npe-
YIN with gentlemen who are so cui,i mon
severe upon one VINO mus Ppm elibrr i1capac-
the imp3n nwnrieht iazness that has Kept me- from
Competing in this field when nav ~, y,i had
M occ,,rred TO me to-day to inquire why SD ~
dtjoie six states in order to get up reSpec,a
be society Sow wy i drs ono born and We do
no Sna 10 associate any other state In orier 10
get up egy opn daughter and cheersl If y9n
Umto odopt the liberal charter measure OF me O,mo
Sociey a, ia ak good societies. The Ohio Society
ssdmiis TO membership everybody who has !Ve u
yoluntary rsnsdet is permitted to come In but the
assocation Of these states and the name Nsw;s
that we used have in the geosrap9es and n
Of that classification Is gone e GIe.rI ana The
an1 me So9e cannot be identn~1 Where IS the
West? why just now al ne POM t a. WA. Co 'os
nan, ma ~ am to credit what | read. for have
no sources OF Information now except the not az
s9iutey corr s6at tNeTe are Wicked men who wan,
~ Iitch The end Of that chain on 70 another island
further out in the Great applause ana cheers
East. for think the Orient has generally been
coMn, woun not how@ver suggest division Of the
w-Tngiand society II is well enough TO keep
Wy rhood ard of historical association. but OF
scnfirDent Iet the New England Society live and
fancy It will not be long III 20. GmlCy ,ne ~ me
States For my fellow citizens Whatever b3rfierS
prejudice may r1ise 1ns whatever NAV be
tho outragcs OF cruelty 10 s'hN IN. mhIcn Oh
New Eng and that viii made me SUB iyision when
tho Souihern States and al mat separsteI tnem
from the States Of the West and Of the North VIII
be obliteratcd. Applause) ...u u,,.. a. ,,o, q,
have q New England strain. The fact IL that ]
have recently come TO The s9nSius9h 1nas ny
and have been locking after pOsterny uAugnt"r!
"One serious word. gentlemen. The No" England
character ana the influence Of England men
and women nave made their impress upon the
whole couniry: for even in the South. during times
OF slavery educated men and women from New
P;rSian1 were the tutors ana Instructors Of the
youth OF the South in the plantation home. The
love Of equcqton ne resoiyH mai ~, ~ SNOW DE DG
gaGT IN ne "%ewEnrland characttr that have
moving force incaculable in this great Nation In
which we live Mpplause)
Your civil institutions have been free and high
now New England has believed In and practiscd
the free election and the fa7 count $500.
virtues; time is brief and the catalogue long WIN