The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-23
ROOSEyELTS WASHINGTON
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Tho Police Comuis-ioner.s Red-Hot speech At
the Southern society's Dinper-'votc Tor
the Arbitration treaty ana for Another
Battieship "-Pre-ident seth Low's speech.
Before the 200 members Of the southern Soci-
ETY. sat down TO their eleventh annual dinner at
the Hotel Savoy last night each man Of them
drank q cocktail Of mysterious manufacture
that had tho first place OF honor on
the bill OF faro under the title OF tho
Palmetto Cocktail" It was something that
put the partakors on good terms apparently
with all the rest Of tho world, and before It's
soothing effect could disappear the ~feasters par
took OF Maryland torrapin. To record two in
cidcnts OF the banquet. said ex-Gov. Hugh
Thompson, who presided. was equivalent to
making known tho fact that all OF tho
Southorners were on good terms with
all the rest OF the earth. These were
that Theodore Roosevelt, Police Commissioner
OF New York. and Seth Low, ex.Mayor Of
Brooklyn and President Of Columbia College,
were put forth as tho chief intellectual enter
taincrs Of the eleventh annual social reunion OF
the society. Chairman Thompson evoked cheers
by his tribute to Washington as a Southerner.
and tho cheers wero louder when he said that
Lincoln, too, came from the South. Hc said that
any war in which We might engage now would
bring North and South. East and West together
in n brotherly protection Of the common coun.
try.
we Southerncrs." he said. are all back In
our fathers house, and we are there to stay, and
there will be found no one more loyal or uncom-
promising In defence of the Constitution than
tho members of the old Southern statcs.'
Tho effect Of this was electric. The entire
company rose TO their feet and sang In n rousing
chorus the first verso Of MY Country, It's Of
Thee" and there was q rafting burst OF APP
plause to finish up.
The next thing that stirred tho enthusiasm Of
the company was tho unexpected way that the
Chairman introduced Mr.. Roosevclt-"my old
friend Theodore, OF New York, Holland. and
said his first son was named after n Georgia
Crackers distinguished. .Governor-and he
nfSaf both q b,w seemed m To enioy. '1 Hs s TO isG 10 s ,Sa sns,
1ect =" Washington" and his very first hit was a
"WSshineton he said. was n man Of pence.
but he foagh.; II we follow Wsshinston's ex.
and n large increase OF the navy.
The remark wns unexpected, and Il produced
an unlocked for effect. Men rose In their seats
and Sh6or waved their napkins and many OF them
70 the sensation hc aroused when Mr..
lsc ,no, tho said m,,,U that t, he was glad to
England, Germany. France, and Italy in do
manding, at the mouth OF the cannon, that
Greece ssys should min stop her patriotic T struggle, II
when we think he exclaimed. "ot what
stand why I rejoice that the navy OF the United
States had no part in this demonstration"
the e@ eacep piSn Of Ren st te s@G Tshnase Whoa hSit di Mi,a
clap his hands enthusiastically. A number OF
the diners got upon their feet again md
Mr.. Roosevelt himself had to smile
q the spontanisty OF the enthusiasm
left his place when he ended. and why he did It
was a mystery to a great many, for seth Low
Cciam 1E ,f e GmoM MINI 10 b sn i,-, ' ns ke p5e snd nrdoS of
and philosophic.a student Of politics as Mr..
EoosGyslt, and y mn moreoyer he is on the Charter
Nothing could have been In greater contrast
to Mir. Roosevelt delivery than President Lows
"Se% YORK mI'" and d the hS'e Greater s1 sPeS New 70 York 5@s 'of Me
his manner held his auditors captive. The
unanimous tribute to his argument came when
We Iaborcd with the idea that tho best thing
how it should BIO governed. We Thought Il
tight vot tina, II ai Sas,rs should Guild, say how
lated. and, therefore. we gave to H. a
new and greater city with 4 municipal severn:
pendent OF tho Legislature at Albany" "''
There was = great waving Of napkins, clepPing
closed with q tribute to the instant. sympathy
with which the people OF the metropolis answers
oil appeals for aid for any cause, and the pa
triotisim with which they rally to all calls TO aid
the country or their fellow citizens"
Richard NJ. Venable spoke humorously to the
toast The South; What II Wants, prefacing
II by the statement that OF course the south, in
common with the rest OF the world, wanted the
earth. John Fox, Jr.. OF Kentucky. n capita
story teller, made everybody laugh heartily over
his conception OF Some southern Ideals"
Then the Jolly Southern gentlemen, who had
all previously agreed that there was no city In
tho country whore brains and pluck could win
success 80 quickly or so triumphantly as New
York, Joined In singing more Southern dittics.
and congratulated themselves that they were
lucky 10 be In business in the metropolis OF
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