The sun., 1894-02-23
HEWITTS VIEWS OF THINGS.
SOMETHING UNEXPECTED FOR TEE
SOUTHERN SOCIETY TO CHEW.

a seuthern Orator Makes . Brisr Reply
OF all the intended speakers at the banquet
OF the Southern Society, held at Sherry's last
nieht. only one was present. Secretary Carlisle.
Speaker Crisp. and Representative Isidor Ray
ner we're unable to leave Washington. Private
John Allen was unavoidably absent, and Col
George b. Mcclellan was i'll But the Southern
Society got other speakers to ill their places.
Among these speakers Was ex-Mayor Abram &.
Hewitt who talked to the southsrners In some
what the same vein as Joseph H. Choate talked
to the Irishmen In his memorable st. Pstrlck's
Day speech last year.
before Mr.. Hewitt had got through there
were flushed faces. wrinkled brows. and
tlngling ears among the southernsrs. and nell
ther the retort OF one Of their young orators
nor the diplomatic and conclllatory speech OF
Elihu Root could entirely take away the feel
ing that they had bitten into an oratorioal
sugar plum and found It full OF red pepper
The President Of the society. Charles A.
Deshon. regretted in hls Introductory speech
the absence OF the invited speakers. He said:
The distinguished gentlemen who were to have been
at once our guests and speakers not with US to-
night The Democratic senate has prscipitately de-
yeoped . tendency to action. and not even the ext
aencies OF southern Society banquet can draw the
statesmen from such sudden. unexpected. and much
tSbe.dssirsd condition Of Affairs.
In the midst OF Mr.. Deshon's speech Mr..
Hewitt entered the room. and was introduced
presently as the FIRST speaker. the President
remarking that Mr.. Hewitt had been asked to
speak only that afternoon. and had therefore
had no time for preparation. When he oon-
tinued and said that the speaker would re-
spond to the toast, Tho National Credit" the
ex-Mayor look cd surprised and pained.
Ifthere 10 any man who fllls me with envy"
he began. and whose place would delight to
take in public or private anywhere. 1t is my
old friend John q. Carlisle. He comes
to ns"rss ssins ssan an nn nasi.ctus nick the.
slot machine. Put the pennies In at the
and s, tss % Il Rs T sI. Ss a se
| however. yop may be dead sure that the con-
ea,4n y. os equally r5Is w5HIsE a1gSusse ss
credit credit still think that Il no had selected his
other oIha III line of Susinsss than that in
which he. now ia Never was prompt
ind ah. :1SSa Gsssn nsns ssis pTSSs n'sdeq srss
with ;asfssS ": S.S. Sv. him debt of gratitude
Mr.. Hewitt continued hts, .ulogy q NJ Car.
and hHEns s5d nishsd If 6s Sss
f;SSy M fsslcs cs s,,sd ks.s '%s aP
listeners had they let the, speaker, stop there.
forward. with an sxpression Of humorous de-
termination. he bit out stf.igh, from the
Mr. Carlisle not The only one 6y many of
dsSs YS.F (. GorS @ q Ss
as Il ealeula,ina t6s efOst q what was
tSs tfSSSi's g.. pSfi".GSs q he South. e..t.la |;
WITH sse siants q ior%er days
thnndsns aG tnrsa tssa southern % and
the splendor OF their power and statesman
sn soul Of bxs has .S.r es that sann1
land or 10 devoted to other pursuits than
f want to say here" suddenly interpolated
t5st q ! had had had time .n, 70 ,as 1hins i over
iHts S.fi.Vs Pssa'Pih them. "s and T SslieSs them u
college training; Of disciplinsd MINDS d. men OF
power and love OF study and research. and the
familiarity with history that are the iounda-
The sout6erners Of the present may be
three The hos. sn rsd 90
have stayed at home and devoted them
selves to industrial deyslopment because they
wso. sc Being bel ' at for nothing else. have turnsd
thsl5 sttsP,icn e politics. And I'd, what !: q;
oRI isss sSs'9i:' y 81: s oSs ses Is
ssSsiaRt 'SSSm sSS hsh.r;S DSSSd:soSsfsS
eaS eaS ySa .ns S other S% Of fhs Es:
credit than intrinsic v luef The silver dollar
wa: no. made to represent the market Iss
diisrsscs between the real and the sham
nSSr SSnsS II al the the WE'RE
ss iieIs q sitoSoO 90 said i WAS III. eSis:
tTnS G coin nSsays qSaat, Sn .hs StSss
would do this thing
Other representatives O. southern interests %
pointm msnt TO the sunrsne Court bench is a
dent and some local politician. had supposed
that appointment 70 the supreme Court was
a N after OF national concern. to be filled with
for SsSe; ward i politicians to kick from one end
Your Se me soSthern h people that Calhoun and
benton and kives And the g1 grand old south
Gasd aoned thsir ssnatorisi Sonors ana have
I.thsr than dsErSsds SSsr those h0.Srs and
q mere petty politician. without statesman
ship without breadth or power Of intellect.
NlNnOub Nhai AAe"N - 1SSS@
for the great state OF New York. w,,
81 know your Southernsrs In Washington.
know them 10 be honest. truthful, gallant.
But / also know them to be ignorant IL
is the only word that fits; blank, Grass
ignorancs. Almost in solid body. with
a few honorable exceptions. they gave their
votes 10 the Silver Till. That 10 the work OF
your south OF to-day. That Is southern
statesmanship at the and Of the pinstsenth
century. That is ignorance; that's what it
H. Ignorance that goes forward with the dan
ReTous strength of It's own convictions There
Is NO fool Ike the fool who rushss in where
burst, Of applause followed Me-. HeTItt's
ending. Ii Was for the audAeity and biting
brilliancy OF the speech and not for the senti-
ment foT the iaess turned % me SPEAKER we're.
After toast drunk standing. TO the, PTssi-
spoke on the Southern Society. He made no
direct reference to his pTedscsssoTs remarks
After him came James Lindsay Gordon, a
young man who WAS slated for the toast to the
Southern statesmen whom Mr.. Hewitt had
decrisd.
been greater hal foresssn the scathlng
criticism to which our Southern statssmAnship
was to be subjected at this banquet With all