New-York tribune., 1895-12-22

AND THE UNITED STATES FERNISHES THE
TOPIC FOR MOST OF THE SPEECHES.
The thirteenth annual dinner of the Society n
Medical Jurisprudence vas held AT the Hoffman
Houye last evening Doctors and lawyers. old and
young grave ard jov!al 70 the number Of I'D satA
cred about the bountIfully laden tables and entered
with true fraternal feeling into the merriment Of
the hour.
Seated at the table Of honor were John Sabine
Smith. Judge William II. Arnoux. Recorder John
W. CiofY, the Rev Dr.. r II. Boi.es. Police co-mis-
soner Andrew ID. Parker. Augustus Thomas. Dr.
H. NJ MacCracken, Chancellor OF the University o.
New-York; Edmund Wetmore, DR. Joseph D.
Rryant president OF the Academy Of Medicine; Nd
ran II JolIne and John 5. WISE ex-Congressman
Of Virginia.
Among the others present were Drs. y. f. BRIL-
r. c. Spitzka. London Carter Gray, Z. 5. Newton
Edward r. Brush. Alexander Hadden and General
william W. Badger. Congressman Benjamin Z.
Falrchild. ex-Tax Commissioner Theodore su,re
Judge McAdam Judge Ernest Hail. Columbus o.
Johnson Jerome Buck. Alderman Ware d. Nc
Lean Shaw. J. Shrady. Assistant Dstrict-A At,orney
Percy McElrath. James p. Foster. c. II. Denison,
Drs Bates King. Parsons. McGowan, Toucey, Muir
nv Dorcum. Oppenheimer. Herold. G. a. Van
Ramdohr, Youngling, Ferguson, Baruch and Ken
dali.
Notwithstanding the fact that all Of the ten
sneakers had set toasts assigned to them. with
hardly an exception they gave their respective sub
jec:s wide berihs and launched forth Into talk o,
the Diplomatic contest between the United States
and England over Venezuela Not content with
this alone, some of the speakers advocated the
earliest possble settlement. by whatever means
might be necessary. Of the Alaska boundary dis
pute and they even went 10 the length OF a1Yo-
eating the immediate dispatch OF an American
Commission across the Atlantic, up toe Bosphorus
and nto Asia Minor, to investigate tae Turkish
outrages Turkey willing or unwilling.
Io-.a aT fr1Or f1Fn fgr0
and coffee was Just being served ard cigare lighted
when John Sabine Smith, the president Of the So
c,ety toastmasier. arose and, after few words
Of welcome introduced as the frs, speaker Judge
William II. Arnoux. who had for toast. Forensic
Medicine"
Judge Arnoux said he thought that the Venezuelan
dispute was one upon which the members Of both
professions were particularly capable Of rendering
valuable opinions. rs it," said the speaker. "a
National lack OF Judgment OF patriotism or is II the
influence OF unrestrained passion the part o.:
England and America that makes the people OF
both nations Uphold unhinchingly the stand taken
by their respective Gcvernments?'
The speaker said that the most remarkable thing
that within twenty-four hours after the Presi-
dent had sent his message 10 Congress both the
Senate and House were with him heart and soul.
and the American people who had been criticisns
the President in the severest terms were laudng
both him and his policy. He congra :ulated the
Nation upon this unity Of feeling.
The next speaker was DR. ". NJ. MacCracken.
who had for his toast. College Men in Law and
Medicine"
The speaker said in part:
prefer to speak OF my remaining point and that
see in the professions of law and medicine The
profession of law assumes wide dimensions before
our minds when we realize that from Is ranks We
virtually choose the officers Of our Government.
The President Of the United States is lawyer AS
awyer It the stroke Of awyefs pen hat To-
day agitates two continents cannot but think
that there is little 100 much of the lawyer in the
recent action by our Executive. The lawyer is
Iogican. He insists on carrying things to their
found lawyers always the most practical men.
b3 have not & doubt that Mr NJ Cleveland Is correct
ing the United States. have not doubt that as
50 would it be logical for the dear OF our under
graduate college who is a venerable man, 10 de-
dents. and take the side OF the oppressed freshmen,
but when that venerable dean perhaps suspects mat
on the other side of the campus Big bully OF a
sophomore is spanking small freshman for some
infringement on supposed sophomore claims, II Is
as to whether the venerable dean should take any
notice OF the small fracas If il would involve MS
provided he is satisfied that the freshman will be
very t,e the worse for the tn'se ne ToRG 9serr Se
solves. Still. II venerable dean should interfere
versity, corporation and chancellor and the entire
six faculties would all stand by him I'll the crack
Granting that our President Is the guardian in the
of that small boy Venezuela. ! am afraid
that he neglected great deal more important inter-
estS when he turned his attention TO tEe possose
spanking that being given him by Great Britain
on the other hand Mr.. Cleveland is too much OF
lawyer. and too little practical to embrace another
opportunity that is opened Mr.. Cleveland Is the
guardian of hundreds OF our citizens IN Asauc
Turkey, who have suffered loss or hundreds o.
thousands OF property. Suppose he had sad 10 ur-
key, will send commission 10 value the prop
erty which YOU have destroyed, and n You shu,
the door against them. we will open II by toe suns
of every warship We can send through the Datia-
nelles, and they shall stay there till these damages
are paid us Then he would have done service toT
God and for humanity But should never .N,
pect a lawyer President TO do such practcaI
deed. unless. like Abraham Lincoln. the lawyer IN
him was subordnated to the wise and great man. IL
Great Britain and ourselves get out or the dlicul!
without suffering great calamity, II VIII not he tne
result of the position taken by either Mr. CleVe-
land or Lord Salisbury: II will be through the sane
titled common OF the Christian people OF Ing
land and America.
The other speakers and their toasts were; stang
ing OF Physicians in Court Recorder John W.
Goff: Politics and Ethical Law. Edmund Wet
more; "A Clerical Error" the Rev DR.. r. n
Bolles; Doctors and Lawyers as Cit zens, Josepn
ID. Bryant. VI. d.. president Academy OF Men.
cine: "rhe Peacemaker by a club Man, Ponce
Commissioner Andrew u. Parker: The lnsanW
Plea Again" Adrian II. Jol.ne; Lawyers and DOC.
tors on the Mimic stage" Augustus Thomas;
Woman. the Old. and the New" ex-Congressmaa
John :. Wise OF Virginia.