The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-26

I condition He cited a case involving the
] statute o. limitations, showing how,
] though a case or moral wrong Is possible,
Z il would not 10 10 have claim hang over
I man or his family indefinitely. The law
must seek the highest and best OF eVi-
dence, and cling 10 ID tenaciously- Judges
VIII incline 10 moral Justice in so far as
they possibly can when legal principles
VIII allow. The acQulttal OF the guilty
I that law ls designed as well 20 protect the
innocent as 10 punish the guilty He re-
Ierred too, 10 the principle by which IL Is
unlawful 20 convict a criminal upon the
testimony OF an accomplice. which. he
said was a very just one, though IL might
sometimes result ia the acquittal Of the
guilty. IL is necessary that legal and
moral justice, he said, ever 70 keep near
ogether. and the one should always re-
nect the glory and the beauty Of the other.
Col A. X. LaWton. Jr-. was called on
for song. He said he had not reduced
MS remarks 10 writing, but ne would
try 10 think Of one. Al called for Use
Gwine Back 10 Dixie" which Col Law
ton sang in his usual excellent and feel
ing manner.
Our University Boys" was the toast
responded TO by Rev. A ". Williams.
Mr.. Williams said for nfteen years he
had wanted TO speak Of the bad boys or
the University, and had never had
chance, but now he was going TO say
word about them. He mentioned by name
some OF these bad boys Of the University,
who are now the leading In church work
among the laymen, throughout the state.
He lived in one town, he said, in which
two Of the ministers and several church
trustees were bad boys OF the University
speak OF the University boy Of % TO %
years He spoke OF their genius, intel
lectually, the power TO create new IDEAS!
morally that of carrying their youth and
boyishness into their later years.
He spoke especially of Henry Grady ana
his action in adjOurning the general as
sembly of Georgia when Grover Cleveland
was first elected President. He also spoke
Of the youthful spirit OF Bishop Piefce
He thought the club should work Tor
some kind Of improvements. He said ne
wanted TO propose some improvement ana
reform ia the suffrage, and TO that end
mentioned three principles which, ne SAID,
should be kept in view. First an interest
under which he mentioned an educatiOndi
and property qualification, carrying his
humorous description TO the extremely
humorous, then prospective interest, or
that a voter should be married and nave
at least two children, and, thirdly, that
they should have the intelligence to carry
these principles out and then there WoulG
be no more trouble about the free silver
MIR T. Remsen Crawford made a most
eloquent response to the toast The
Abroad" Mr.. Crawford referred to the
fact that this was the only club that
lives to honor the old alma mater. The
American newspaper he said, had been
ten times mOres potent in the civilization
OF this country than any other factor.
At home, he said. 1t has been a benedic-
lion 10 MS country. AS an educator IL
has over-shadowed the schools and coll
leges. In every possible sense the news
paper at home plays most conspicuous
part He spoke interestingly OF the work
Of American newspaper men in Cuba, ana
their every effort to get the
correct news, some of them even
losing their liberty and their lives
On IN sr efforts. In concluding he said: THE
climax of what the American newspaper
has done abroad is reached tn what Mr.
Bennett has done in his European edition
of the New York Herald. The American
going to Europe finds fresh from the day
before all the news of his country present
ed in the Paris edition OF the Herald"
Mr.. Henry MCAlpin sang eloquently,
1.-The Warrior Bold"
Mr.. II. NJ. Cunningham, Jr., was warmly
applauded when he arose to respond to
the last regular toast ''The Twentieth Cen
fury" He said In this instance the speak
er had been chosen with regard TO his alb
solute ignorance of the subject. He spoke
of the wonderful physical development of
the age. Some Newton will discover per-
petual motion, and somebody else perpet-
ual rest. ! am inclined to think the latter
would be preferable He said he despaired
OF the social status of the twentieth CEN
turning themselves TO intellectual devel-
Opment.
Mr. Cunningham made most apt re-
Spouse especially in his references to the
progress and development of the age, and
his humorous references to these features.
were equally enjoyable with his eloquent
description.
This concluded the regular programme
of the evening after which some Univers!-
ty merriment was INDUCED in, and shortly
before midnight the college boys adjourn
ed for Sunday