The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-22
VAYYERSON'S SPEECH
A. .he Banquet Of the New York
- wv Board of Trade.
,poNISENT MEN ARE PRESENT.

,,,,.d Editor Of the Louisville courier
Inc - warns the wealthy to Take
.,..a 20 Their Political Duties-"enera'
"'..r,.r Late Candidate for vice fresi-
-, and Lieutenant Governor ""o"-
~.r Also Deliver Speeches.
x,ou, York. Jan. 22.-The big banquet
Of the Hotel Waldorf was
,Srorged wednesday night win tue
'"io tors If the New York Board OF
m"aao and transportation and their
,r,ends. who attended the annuai uii-
,or ~ the organization and listened 10
Henry Watterson and General Buck
At the guest table, on either
90 w II. Parsons, who presided In
siu 90 Maurice X. James. the presl-
pa n, we're Henry Watterson, Lieuten-
w. Governor Timothy l.. woodruff,
am - xiIhreth. Senator George w.
AIdridge. Rev. Madison II. Peters, ioI
n,er Secretary of the treasury -
Eoirchild. IsidOr Straus' D. EuWaio
c,nomons. Subtreasurer Jordan COM
n,issioner C. II. Il. Coils. postmaster
Charles w. Dayton and General simon
B. Buckner' -, 800.
,To,or strong was to have been pres
- and said that nothing should keep
Rim away. even If he should nave 10
aon,e ON crutches, but, alas! the Sout
attacked the municipal executive anu
90 &c now bemoaning his disappoinc-
ment.
Welcomed by Mr.. Parsons.
Mr.. Parsons welcomed the guests. He
ooncratulated the Americans on the
cordial relations now existing between
Great Britain and the United States.
concerning the arbitration treaty he
said:
"Retter a defective treaty of such
sort than none at ALL" and he urged
that all members Of the board use taelr
influence to obtain the senate's ao-
prevail Of it.
r r. Thurber urged that rising vote
he taken i'm favor of the treaty. All the
diners arose. Then Mr.. Watterson,
greeted with cheers, began to respond
70 the toast, when Uncle Sam Was
Young" He said in part:
1--WE are to reconcile capital and Ia
Dor. and to this end we must purify
ourselves. We are to teach the lesson
that the citizen exists for the govern
ment and not the government for the
citizen. We may not be able to bring
back the intense and new reality OF
the days when Uncle Sam was young
but we inculcate character and per-
sonal accountability.
Right Of Property.
ours is to protect the right OF prop
erty not less sacred in the form of az
gregations Of capital than Of private
ownership and to do this effectively W.
must not leave the prosecution and pun
ishment of dishonest and unlawful
combinations to the indiscriminate out
cry " irresponsible agitation, but our
selyfs lead such movement toward re
dSkss and reform as the public inter
lest and credit may require.
IF the intellect and the aspiration o
the country insist upon placing tn
amassing Of riches above all other con
slderations, leaving the administrator
of the public business in the hands o
characterless and incompetent men
who though i'll paid, are overpaid-yo'
need not be surprised If the dregs q
society should begin to say: Sine
statesmen come so cheap, why not We
Where Look for Security.
IF the wealth of the country con
tents itself with buying immunity fror
It's share of responsibility in public IF
fairs, relegating its political interest
to mere attorneys i'm and out of con
gress, where shall it look for security
when-having destroyed the popuia
conscience and broken down in the pOr
ular mind the partition separating tn
right from wrong-agrarianism rises |
It's might, and in turn. tempting you
attorneys with still greater brides, dc
mands its share of the pillage?"
General Buckner spoke to the toas
Patriotism, Country and Party" Lie,
tenant Governor Woodruff spoke of til
prospective benefits to trade and tran!
portation incident to the creation {
Greater New York