New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-19
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1.-THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS"
Received the HIGHEST AWARD
at the WORLDS FAIR, and at
the ANTWERP EXHIBITION.

our peace or foreign enemy Sssai US. you win
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re country will be as the voice o. God threat
cheering)
Professor A. N. Wheeler. Of Yale University
also spoke. and the Rev. samuel y. Eliot adj
dressed the Sons In part as 1piiows:
rejoice sir. IN every opportunity for paving
honor 10 those who have deserved well OF the stat"
ana Who have through long and conspcuons carers
eXcmpiied tie force and Intelligence or American
The history OF Nation is the biography OF Its
great men. TIE glory Of a nation Is not In the num-
Dor o: bushels OF whea, Il raises or tons OF coal II
mines or miles OF railroad track IL lays D"' III
standard Of intelligence IT upnolds the best per
.! state do ontit!e II to observation or rern"l-
brance. china. iIindos;an. Tartary. such lands
cain deserve more than passing notice Of the
historian ON The map you can cover Athens win
significant, places. by the force Of personal charac-
ter. the Impulses have been given which nave not
the importance Of the personal factor In national
progress; We are 90 apt to rely nowadays rot on
but upon orr institutional arrangements. on laws
and statutes on forms OF government The boas.
OF what are to he. We observe s!ngularly
m'S'aE"n r-ilance upon STATUES as moral iorossi
happy 10 create virtue and many other commodi-
We need To- remember that reforms do not work
by mechanlsms bat by individual minds and wills
not by adjusting rCumStdnces without so mucn
a. by developing force Of character within. No
system Of education can educate unless the per
excite" we all know that 10 system OF socialism
can redeem our civilization by levelling all men
statute law IS is Force in Itself You can't estab,
ish 2nWhing by passing law; Il the desire for for
individuals who make NJ the community; 1t does
not make any difference whether there Is law
your statute book or not. Rightly then as you
gather 10 DO honor to the martial prowess OF our
nh character
the standard for military and naval achieve
msn o n 0T h Of rank Rra sS me Se
yet honor best the whole Army ana Nay in the ,
Gherarli. Applause' ..-,,.,--
Your guests Illustrate those distinctive Qualities
Of character which We love TO call american Not
that the IDEAL Of American leadership diners IN its
lands. but love to think that beyond the virtues
which all great men possess our american heroes
more peculiarly our own. think for instance.
that IN" real but or forgotten quality OF greatness
session ~ American character. 1t is prerogative
Of leadership 70 choose the right time for or action
- await the hitting opportunity. to strike just when
thu iron * hot. Applause) .,-,
ON the contrary. selfres,rant IL an essential
clement I'm successful zeal Without Ut. enthusiasm
may become mere bubble blowing. II may degener
at, into violence or be mIsdirected into channels
of idle iumut.
This Is the quality Of Grant at Appomattox. firm
6mi conca'ory Appianse3 II Is the quality OF
dealings for which we cannot pay him too much
YES. IT is the sodicrly quality which enabled your
guest IN the few strong words OF a man who means
business 10 clear the atmosphere and stem the
tide of violence Chicago last summer. This
quality Of character answers 10 the nywheel In a
mill o. the governor In engine. distributing
power equally. preventing destructive shocks
loud appous-D
The final toast was responded TO by Eldridge
:. Brooks
The officers OF the society are: President
Chaunc-y VI. Depew. vice president. Robert T.
Roosevelt. secretary. John Winfield Scott: treas
urer Ira Bliss Stewart. registrar. Edward Haga-
man Hail: historian. Henry Hall: Board OF Man
ayers the general officers and Colonel John G.
Calhoun Walter :. Logan, Andrew j. &. Foye
william T. Wadsworth. Lieutenant Walter j.
sears l. s y: Edward J. Chafree. General
Ferdinand = Earle Hart Lyman. Captain Hugh
r. Garien. General Thomas Wilson L. s. A;
Elbrldge g. Spauldlng. president Buffalo Chap
ter. and J. Warren Cutler. president Rochester
Chapter The Banquet Committee comprised
Chauncey VI. Dcpcw president: Walter 5. Logan
chairman: Edward lIagaman Hall. John Winfield
scott General Thomas Wilson. Y. s. A. Lieuten-
ant Walter j Sears. L. :. ". Robert H. Roose-
welt Henry Hall Ira Bliss Stewart. Colonel John
C. Calhoun General Ferdinand T. Earle. Andrew
J. g. Foye William =. Wadsworth. Edward j.
Chaffee Iiart Lyman. Captain Hugh X. Garden
Elbrldge @ Spauldlag and J. Warren Cutler The
Seating Committee were Edward ffagaman Hall,
Ira Bliss Stewart and John Winfield Scott