The sun., 1894-12-01
LOYAL SONS OF ST. ANDREW
THE EARL or ABERDEEN IHEi"
GUEsT AT DELMONICO's.
The 1ssth AnnuaI Dinser OF the seo,a 90
sOeisty-The Govsrnor-Henersi ?. -. -
.so Anveor- 4, Euts-s'hoate 60 DePew.


Ths Iss,h AnnuaI Dinssr OF the seoteh
| soe,.,y-Tbe aovsruor-Gererai ot Cav
| ada Appears IN EIits-Choate 20 bePeW'
The i3sth annual dinner the st. Andrew
Society took place last night at Delmonico :.
There were nearly 500 present including the
Earl Of Aberdeen, Governor-Gcneral OF Cenao"'
who was the guest Of the evening.
George Austin Morrison, the President OF the
society, was in the chair. and with btm AZ the
head table sat Ashbcl p. Fitch, John Grim
minis, Charles T. James. G. c. Beaman'
Robert Gordon Of London, ore ot the
ex-Presidents of tho society, Joseph H.
Choate. Gen. Horace Porter. Sir Roderlck cam
eron, Chauncey NJ. Depew, Percy Sanderson'
Archibald Majoribanks, and the Earl Of Aber-
deer. Others present were James NJ. Varnum'
william Travers Jerome, J. Kennedy Tod.
John sloan. J. l.. Kennedy, Charles Stewart
Smith, Charles s. Fnirchild, Horace Gallatln'
ex-Gov. Lounsberry of Connecticut, Julian L.
Davies. and James speycrs
The dining hall was draped with the stars and
Stripes and the flag OF Great Britain, while the
walls were hung with the plaid OF the High
lands. The Earl Of Aberdeen came in the KIT
as did alsc Mr. William Cleland. the societys
piper.
As the guests marched into the hall and took
their seats MIR. Cleland played THE campbells
Are Coming" Mayor-elect Strong dropped In.
but managed to keep from public gaze by taking
seat neat the door.
Ex-President Gordon made very brief
speech. and won the applause OF the diners by
saying that he believed It took q good Scotch
man to make a good American.
Chauncey NJ. Depew was the next speaker. He
said There are so many kinds OF climate In
Scotland that native Of that place becomes
acclimatized anywhere. In America he has
s,,aN Ia,, ha, atnfa hR N
opportunity to make money, and to stand
up and dispute with anybody when and where
he likes. My Scotch friends, we like you: You
don't bother us for office like our Irish friend,
but instead you lend him money to hght with,
and take q mortgage on his house In return"
The Earl Of Aberdeen spoke, next.
our nationality is so conspicuously. represented
It may be allowable to express the hope that we
still shf ess s'tr To an be- ashamed of that nation:
ality. know that 1t has been suggested
ba 1e sa % Is ss mne o
sired in every community. But have no ap-
prehension ON that score; rather should the cele-
stimulus and an incentive to take areal share In
promoting the country. Of our adoption. trust
represent tonight Scotchmen will show that
they appreciate not only good business; s,.i put
SeOa &c ssottsh Trait namely the love Of right
well directed movement for securing more and
Ininis:ration Of our public affairs"
The next speaker was Comptroller Fitch, who
eulogiZed New York and spoke Of the call OF the
Scotchman. Carlisle, for funds for the nation,
which call. he said, was so quickly responded to
In introducing Joseph II. Choate. President
Morrison said he should have been physician
instead OF lawyer, " He's 40 good at mending
broken down constitutions"
Sitting beside the Governor General Of Can
great shame to myself that did not leave of
my trousers before i came. Now. one Of the
preceding speakers said that the Scotch
had much To put up with in New York.
That is fine sentiment, but believe
in reciprocity and l ask you how much
There's one thing | want to do tonight. and
that's to pay my respects to my old friend
Chauncey here. l don't often get a chance. |
have often wondered what we should do with
out him. Perhaps Edison might invent some
new tangled .phonograph, extended to inhnity.
distant posterity. Why, in looking over pub
lication which makes a specially of printing q
record OF the filing OF articles OF INCORPORATION
at Albany the other day the first thing my eye
struck was the ,Depew Natural Gas Company.
why. oh Chauncey. limit itT
You Scotchmer found Scotland as we
Americans found New England. delightful
place to emiRrate from. | think never heard
Of Scotchnan who came to New York who did
part of 1t. Our friend Carnegie here represents
more than anything the modest type Of Scotch
man. He says that the sole object of accumu-
iating wealth Is to give IL away. Now IL he
doesn't do this himself before he dies, I'm afraid
he will commit the atrocious blunder Of giving
himself away"
Andrew Carnegie and Gen. Horace Porter
also spoke.