The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-24
SONS OF TIE REVoLUrIoN.

Made by Many Statesmen Whose Repu- | tation is National.
 The seventh annual gathering of the
 Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution held in Waterbury Saturday was the largest gathering the
 Connecticut society has ever held. The guests, as they arrived, were conducted
 to the Waterbury club, which was used
 as headquarters. There they were en-
 tertained until they went to the city
 hall at 1:30 pm. A special train brought
 the contingent from Meriden, and
 special cars were set aside for the use
 of members of the society on all other
 forenoon trains. The hall was beauti- fully decorated in patriotic manner.
 The American band of Waterbury furn-
 ished music as the guests were seated, and during the toasts. The menu was an elaborate one
 | General s. w. Kellogg of Waterbury
 was toastmaster and delivered his own
 address at 2:30 o'clock, and shortly af- ter began the introduction of the speak, l CTS.
 l General Kellogg of Waterbury spoke in, a general way on Connecticut heroes in the Revolution. Jonathan Trumbull of Norwich, president of the State so- ciety, addressed those present on "The Connecticut Society, Sons of the Amer l ican Revolution" A. H. Fem of Win sted, justice of the Connecticut supreme court, spoke on 'Litchfield County in the American Revolution" The ad-
 dress of Walter s. Logan of New York
 was on ''The Sons of the American
 Revolution in New York"
 l Prof. Alonzo Williams of Brown uni- versity spoke on Rhode Island in the
 American Revolution" He said there were eleven reasons why Rhode Island
 was pre- eminent. She was the first to
 declare against the Stamp Act, the first
 to support the resolutions of the Vir- ginia Burgesses, the first to brave loy alty by sinking the ship Liberty, the I first to spill blood; Providence was the | first town meeting to recommend the
 establishment of Continental Con-
 gress; Admiral Whipple of Rhode Is- land fired the first gun of the Revolu- | tion; Rhode Island was the first to rec
 ommend the Continental Navy; she
 was the mother of the American postal
 system; she was the first to declare its l independence; no colony furnished more
 men in proportion to it's size; she furn- ished more money also on the basis of
 her population.
 | John Addison Porter of Hartford
 spoke on "A Plea for Old Put" He said
 in part:
 l Putnam was the pioneer patriot of all l New England; indefatigable, intense,
 sublime in his faith that freedom would l finally be won, and sure that the cause
 in which he was enlisted was the best
 thing an American of that day could
 live for, and if need be, die for. And l yet Israel Putnam has his critics and
 sneerers and defamers, just as Wash
 ington had, just as Lincoln had, just as l to-day a few silly snobs are villifying the record of big hearted bigbrained,
 useful Ben" Franklin, because, for sooth, as a young man, he worked at the case. A snarling, yelping pack of hu- man hyenas, jackals and wolves, I call them ready under pretense of a pseudo gentility, or ardor for discovering truth, | to circulate calumny and willing, if need be, to fay alive their own ances- ! tors in order to demonstrate their al | legged keeness. Putnam gave all he had | to humanity, to justice and to liberty. | He lived not for himself, but for others.
 He fought not for gain, but for glory | Senator o. IF, Platt of Meriden deliv- cred an address on "The Continental 1 Congress-. Congressman N. D. Sperry 1 of the Second congressional district spoke on "The Congress of the United States" and said, among other things: It seems as though congress acted at times so as not to do that which the people expected might be done. There are thousands of bills before congress in which the people are interested, and upon which much labor and thought have been expended, and yet when the session closes only few of them have come to light or have even been heard of upon the floor of the house, because perhaps, the originator of the bill has been unable to get his hearing before the committee in time to have the house and senate act upon it.
 And yet, my friends, let us not de- spair. The government at Washington still lives, and is pursuing it's noisy and fiery demonstrations each day, and in the end, perhaps, out of a bushel of bills here and there, some grain is saved Perhaps it is well that so little legislation is accomplished. Perhaps it is well for the country that all the bills presented do not pass or are even heard of again; and yet it seems strange, passing strange, to every one who has his pet measures and schemes that his bills, upon which he has ex- pended so much thought and labor have come to naught. Congress has many true and valiant statesmen among it's members, men who are real ly great and gifted in legislation, who are striving to do their best for the good of the country and oftentimes &C., complish great and noble results.
 The Hon. Lynde Harrison of New Haven spoke on "Washingtons Fare well Address Colonel N. G. Osborn of New Haven spoke on "The Women of the American Revolution and the Daughters To-Day"
 A notable part of the exercises was tine eloquent and pertinent speech of Judge Harrison concerning the farewell address of Washington. He said among other things, as follows:
 'But there is one issue before us to- day, the most important since the days of the Civil War, to which Washing ton fresh with the memories of colonial and continental paper currency, felt it his duty to call the attention of his fellow citizens, and he used these