The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-03

I all around the banquet board remained
so toast could have furnished more
] opportunity FOR a brilliant response az
ms time than The PRESIDENT oi , lAe
/ made The most OF IT, Mr. Leaken said:
] "AN history tels you, slrS, that thcre
I IS the greatest injury Of power being Ilis-
/ used. whether one. two or any huinoe. o.
/ men are its custodlaus. but. sirs. WIN
Z judgment and uprghtness and the APP
I proval OF an entire community or coun-
I try. no power can be misused There IS
I the danger Of one man power, but that ga
I the words OF the ever iamenied Al Aai','f
] IIamItou- To q moral certainty that Of
I ire viii never fall TO the lot Of a man
I who is not iu an eminent degree endowed
I with the requisite rec uirements-
Talents ol low degree, such as pohLc1l
I pull. may alone suffice 10 elevate maa 10
I honurs in single state. but IL requires
! other talents and other merit to establish
/ him in the esteem OF the whole nation.
/ SID almost prophetic words, sirs, in the
light of resent events, he also SAID;
EThe very idea OF the power and rl2ilt
l of the people 10 establish government
presuppOses the duty OF every ludlNlulal
I 20 obey that established government.
To the honor. therefore, sIrs, 10 the
I honor. therefore. I say. Of Stephen Grover
Cleveland, be Do said that he saved me
| city Of Chicago and the state Of Illinois
from The rape Of riot and the stagna-
ton Of strife and when the emergency
was presented 10 him when commerce
was blockaded and traffic paralyzed am
all business suspended the emergency, ]
say, presented itself. and the man or
destiny was equal TO IL.
Did he exceed his authority ah, sirs,
did jefferson. the father OF democracy. the
atheist, The nan who would have no last
days or Thanksgiving proclamauous, cN-
coed his authority Wheu ne purchase
Louisiana from France; History VIII say
no
THE man who has no enemies is worth
nothing he who makes no mistakes does
Cleveland has his enemies. too. Wit
ness our sister state shame when, bear
like, her representative insults him be
hind his back.
That old Palmetto state, the state of
my great grandfather. which is now over
burdened with unconstitutional enact
ments which will sow discOrd and trial
and tribulations and bear forth sorrows
yet unknown.
quet in the city OF Chicago on 81 An
drew's night, we hear hurled the hot
Kisses 70 the man who so far forgot him
self as a guest Of st. Andrew, as TO as
sail the character OF our chief executive,
and he himself a confessed socialist, and
stating that he was dark background.
OF course THE Star Spangled Banner
had to follow Mr.. Leaken's toast, and DIR.
w +. May won the applause of his hear
ers by his excellent rendition of IT,
The Land o. Cakes and Robbie Burns
Is a theme which delights all Scotchinen,
and they could not have been more de-
lighted I'm response to IL than that 10y
Mr. T. A. StOvan He said the great
charm of Burns Is his literary patriotism.
More than any man his word glorifes his
country and his home Every line breathos
OF Scotland When we think OF Scotland
we think Of Robert Burns. Greater than
the influence of monarchs and minions is
the memory Of the simple ploW boy, SO
kindly in SOUL so spontaneous in song,
whose faults were so human, whose work
lives i'm the republic of letters, and whose
life fingers in the love of his countrymen.
From names like his Old Scotia's gran
deur springs.
III there Is any man in Savannah who
knows all about Bobbie Burns and the
Doe fss TFlerar Roll lqT
| the programme would have been incOm-
plete without his song The Highlands.
1t was received with the usual stormins
applause that he is always greeted with.
Maj. Edward karOW responded TO
the toast Savannah. the Home OF
our ADOPTION in a most interest
Savannah was born child of charity and
philanthropy, he said. She mad Strug-
gle against pirates. Her ground Is Aal.
lowed by the blood of patriots VINO fought
| for mans rights against foreign oppres-
sion. worthy successor to the great
| Oglethorpe, her citizens have pronounced
| the ideas of advancement and broad pa
/ triotism. Through her power, many
changes have been made in state affairs
Through her gateWays pass the products
| of our forests, fields and pine Mills and
she stands to-day the port of the South
| Atlantic. Our home is beautiful, our al
| vantages are many, but SaVannah's chief
| est attraction is her men and women who
| live here where faces bear the imprint
/ Of the best of every thing and there are
! Irish, the German, and that most talented
| race of Jews, and all races help build up
| our city. We had not the whirlwinds
/ that carry away other communities, bur
/ Savannah's conservatism holds her up.
| She is not degeneratng and her future
/ progress is a question or our own enter
l prise and efforts. Welcome every earnest
/ worker who visits our shores encourage
! every new enterprise and attract immigra-
! ton by offers and Inducements God helps
| them who helps themselves, he said, and
| that is the way we must build up Savan-
Mir. p. ]. O'Connor one of the most
! prominent members of the Hibernian So
/ ciety, made a most apt response to the
toast "Our Sister Societies" In the name
OF the sister societies ne congr9tulate9
/ ST. Andrews Society on its long life and
| growth in power and prominence. II was
! fortunate, he said, in its early foundation
| and its growth. Its first object is the al
| deviation of it's distressed cOuntrYmen TO
| preserve the hardness of their race, ana
| the virtues of their ancestors He spoke
| of the paternity and the charity of the
| society and the devotion of its members
to one another. He spoke of the sister So
cieties and the Scotch society as institu-
| tions Of power in America, which will do
| much toward the progress and advance
MIR. w A. Reaves sang Dear Heart
| with much effect. His delightful tenor
| voice was much admired, and he was COM
| PEELED by continued applause to respond
to an encore, which he did with the same
! grace and excellent effect.
| The response to the toast THE Press, -
was made by Mr.. J. +. Lewis. He said
! the day had passed when newspapers
could catch the public eye by falsihcation.
| Human nature loves and seeks the truth,
/ he said. and IL Is the province and duty
of the journal which lays any claim to
| patronage to give the people what they
seek. Competition will drive from the le-
Ultimate field journals which refuse to
/ adopt this policy.
IN Mr.. Julian Walkers absence Mr.. ?.
| II. Ward sang Mary of Argyle" with
| much feeling. and he was warmly APP
plauded by his hearers.
The toast "Bench and Bar" responded
TO by Mr. Davis Freeman, was one of the
acknowledged gems of the evening. A
good speech was expected from Mr.. Free
man and he did not disappoint his hear
ers. To appreciate the subject he said
one must be a member of the craft and
know something of the life of the cir
cult Only there, he said. car
it be witnessed in its high
est development. His reference
TO the devotion and seff-sacrifice of tn,
bar and the power of an upright and pros
trate bench was much enjoyed. His pic
ture of life on the circuit was an apt one
and only thus. he said can one know
what both bench and bar undergo. Hi.
; conviction that the life Of a LAWYER was Z
.