The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-05-06

L4iSNOl4NaA PtlPSA'
Governor Goodwin asked the mem
bers to dring together to Rev, DR..
Walker of Hartford, who has always
been much interested in the society and
is now very i'll. This the members did
all standing,
Rev. George w, Douglas, rector of
Trinity church, was next introduced,
and said:
1T seems to me that one of the char
acteristics Of this society is peculiarly
important at the present time. 1t is the
purpose of this society to take US back
of the War of the Revolution to a time
when we were not fighting against
England
Il believe that it is important that in
this time when there is so much loose
denunciation of all things English on
the part of a large portion of our popu-
lation that We should recognize and
emphasize the fact that we were not
always lighting the English and that
we should not fight them for all time,
Il believe that we as a society should
attempt to carry out the principles
which are characteristic of the Anglo
Saxon people. (Applause)
After all, what does the Anglo-Saxon
stand for? The foreigners who have
come to this country speak of the Ang-
lo-SaXon as selfish brute. And selfish
about what, may l ask? When we hear
of the doings of such men as Altgeld
and the like, may we not inquire if it
were not we'll for the Anglo-Saxon peo-
pie to be selfish for the institutions and
principles which they represent? Have
not the Anglo-Saxons been selfish for
freedom of speech and act, and have
we not reason to be proud of this race
| selfishness which the men who are at
lacking all our institutions decry. CAP
plause.)
| The important thing for us to realize
| is what sort of men we are getting, and
what sort of ideas We are propagating,
If you go back to that colonial time you
will find that the men were controlled
by that higher race self1shness which
cares for the best interests of the race.
1t is our duty to propagate the institu-
lions of our own race, and not the i'm
ported ideas of other people.
| cat a dinner some time ago, at which
We're three representative men, I aston
| ished them by my optimistic views of
| the present state of the country. I said
| that thought that the trial of our in
stitutions would come within twenty
years; and those three representative
| men thought I was too optimistic be
| cause I placed the time so far off, and
they all agreed that the trial would
| come sooner.
1.-THE trouble to-day is best expressed
in the epigram of President Lincoln
You can fool all the people some of the
time and some of the people all the
time, but you can't fool all the people
| all the time The trouble with our
great proletariats to-day is that they
believe they are being cheated by the
politicians. The politicians come around
with promises, but when they are elect
ed to congress they fail to fulfill them,
and the people believe that they are be-
ing cheated out of their freedom. We
should show them that we are unset
fishly carrying out the original Anglo
Saxon ideas" (Applause)
DR.. Douglas referred to the cowboys
of the Wild West show as having a
| Tammany men, and concluded by say
ing: Il had rather have that kind of
men in my church than the down town
| PtlllCldu Ill New maven VI view AOlh.
I think we would prefer to see the
cowboy perpetuated than those poll
ticans who try to procure the Italian
VOTE
DR., Douglass was frequently applaud
Ell throughout his patriotic address.
Rev. William Love of Hartford was
the last speaker: He said In part:
'Uncas deserves great credit for the
service he rendered the English and the
fama which he has handed down TO his
posterity. Several descendants of I'm
cas- did honorable service in the Revo-
luton, the French and in the civil war.
I know Uncas was a liar, but he did not
have a monopoly of lying, for it was
enjoyed by many of his white brethren.
We must think of the Indian as al
most devoid of humor. I cannot con-
ceive of one of them smiling. l have
heard of one anecdote related by John
Elliott, where the Indians sat in solemn
conclave over the body of an Indian
who had frozen to death, and finally
delivered the opinion that death result
ed from the freezing of too much wa
ter in him. I cannot imagine of these
Indians smiling, however"
| LIZ. LOVE clOScd Wy say lDS IL we
all knew the history of our ancestors
we should see him parting with his
own scalp or taking the scalp of one of
the North American Indians"
About fifty members of the society
were present.
: James Junius Goodwin of Hartford,
the governor, presided, and made the
annual address.
: Bella P. Leonard, chairman of the
nominating committee, reported the
following names for officers for the en-
suing year:
Governor-James. Junius Goodwin of
Hartford.
Deputy governor-Frederick John
Kingsbury, LID, of Waterbury.
Lieutenant governor-Professo Theo-
dore Salisbury Woolsey of New Haven.
Chaplain-The Ri. Rev. John Will
liams, D. D., LID, of Middletown.
ecretary-Charles Samuel Ward, M.
D, of Bridgeport.
Treasurer-Charles Hotchkiss Trow-
bridge of New Haven.
: Registrar--Frank Butler Gay of
Hartford.
Historian-Hon. Morris Woodruff
Seymour of Bridgeport
Gentlemen of the council, to fill the