New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-07

fe.t this would be all right II the "other le,o"
could be made to see It in the same light :,
ferring TO the Army 1t exists. he sau "
was a thing that should be capable Of moving 81
1t was. this country had nothing to move ue"e''
Kruger Closed with plea for increased FORCES
Commodore Montgomery Slcard responded to u,
naval side Of the toast He began by saying ina
he had heard much during the evening OF the Du'0
men shore. but nothing Of their achievements d"
sea. Yet they were active on the water as "N'
other nation on the globe. The Dutchmeh re-
/ peatedly beat both the English and the frehc"
when there was anything like equal force. He maue
the remark that the Lord the side OF '''e
heaviest ships and these this country was no" u
ing TO build The battle-ship he he'd to be the on,
effective ship In time OF war An American nav
said that ne always felt at ease when he saw 'i'e
American flag in a foreign port. For his part 'ne
Commodore would have him feel much more d.
ease at the sight Of the flag on batne-ship III d
foreign port.
a PLAIN SILENT MAN"
When Commodore Sicard had sat down. 'He
president and SAID The founders OF ->e"
Amsterdam plain silent men, who ala 'ne
worlds rough work. have the honor to introduce ~
you plain, silent man. who will respond 10 'i,''
toast-Mr. Depew." Amid deafening applause '"e
silent man aforesaid arose and smiled by way %
preliminary. and remarked;
! am here TO hold the fort for Few MINUS bie
while my friend Choate sits back ana prepadTT ~,
scalpng knife and battle-axe to polish US ~si 60
feel difference between nov and two years 49,
Then was the presiden, Of this sociey tbe stew
ards table and am fed upon It's charity 1he ME- ,h
is dead long live the King. This Is one OF b blle
best dinners have ever attended Inc sp s,n Of
have been better. They have been more Iu'. 81 y,
wit OF humor and more eloquent ana kno" .nuy
this is due to The fact that only one navs feel
different when attending St Nicholas diner II on
seX 40 ea al IR Re G he any rn s Who
took her sle.sh-riding AS they gLdt ai III aid
John ! feel so different from what / dld the
other night, when my lips were sore; Ihen M
were all covered with camphor Ice. lHe'o nun"
on 'em tonight
Then the speaker looked tina; unutterab'e iook
OF his which has melted many audiences. ana
laughter and cheers followed Turning 70 the PEesl-
dent the speaker told him his time was coming.
Speedily he would have tS doff his crown lie
would have TO go TO Scotch hnners and eat hasgis
and drink Scotch whiskey He would have 10 so 10
the New Engan dinner and drink pork ana Deahs'
He would have TO attend the Welsh dinner am near
alleged music. He would have TO attend the lrish
dinners and be told that he was dominated by the
Irish and that he would have TO make the most oil
II and drink v,hskey hereafter: and If he out
OF the ordeal without case OF dyspepsia when
would last him his life long why, the life insurance
companies would consider him a risk at a low
rate Of premium Continuing he said
The Dutchren have impressed upon their posterty
their pecuarties There never was a more ehoi s
and emotional man than Peter Stuyvesant 30 ;
We Dutchmen. Thrty-livc years ago a man walked
into De.monlco's He had under his arm a rooster
bown of a barn up at Irvington because it per
sisted in sitting up there and gazing toWa , 5he
The man with the rooster Washington Irving.
Broadway yAi 10 lead to hs Inauguration President
OF the United states. woman was standing htai
the hnsd Of that child ana that blessing so be
slowed gave the inspiration which produced the
best biography we have today. That President was
George Washington and the child was Washington
The speaker paid ripe tribute to the genius of the
Dutch ana then turned 10 their masterlul sym
pathy and readiness to aid the doWntroaut t III
showed how during the eighty years war the cNl,-
ali our bOastei Advancement and improved iac;l-
ties for spreading and gathering Information. lie
drew a strong picture of the Armenian difficulties
Yet Christianity, he said stood silent. congress
looked or studying the mere quest ons OF policy and
party success He would ask II We have grown
any more humane Then Of Cuba he SPOKE az a
own shores. robbed plundered ami downtrodden
under the heel of the oppressGr unt hey can san
Yet no voice - raised in this country 10 say TO
them maj they have shown their right to be free.
and thar this country will give them rights as
belligerenis, The right to buy arms ana 10 wage
As the last speaker Joseph II. Choa'e. was intro
duced 10 speak to the toast. "Ou- Guests ne
"a have no Presidential boom 10 foster" ard then
he proceeded 10 devote himself for time to Ny
Depew or the ST. Nicholas ne said that 1t was
half orphan society. or. rather made up OF half
breeds OF every kindred tongue and nation. and
he could not appreciate that Il IS only Sky
Years old instead % two hundred and Sky.
The coat-of arms Of the society came In for MT
as exemp!ifving many things. even the new woman
on a wheel He said he had heard al too mucn
OF Van Tromp ana too little OF our own Farra-
gu, who dashed nothing less than himself to the
mast This 10 his mind the best signal OF
duty due that the world has ever seen.
New York had to borrow Rufus King to perfect
her greatness Il was not the Dutch who made
New-York Had they been let alone the pallsaGe
tha, used 10 stand on the north side OF Nai4-st
would st.ll be the barrier of the town. The Dutch
were conservative. They did not multiply, and
the never would have given the increase We no"
cntnt