The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-23
SONS OF REVOLUTION DINE.
THEY CELEBRATE WhsHINGT0N's
BIRTHDAY At DELMONIOO'S.

THEY CELEBRATE WhsHINGT0N's
BIRTHDAY At DELMONIOO'S.
two Hundred and Yiny members Cheer Col.
Taiimsdeo when Ho Puts On the Three-
Cornered Hat as Observation-Disclosures ,.
Ne Psyster ana the Rev. Dr. Parks speak.
One OF the customs Of tho Sons Of the Revolu-
tion is to celebrate washington's Birthday with
fcasting and the making Of speeches. About $50
Of tho sons gathered last night at Delmonico's
for the annual banquet. Tho room was dec
grated with American flags, and further with two
enormous baskets OF roses, one from the Colonial
Danes OF New York State, the other from
the Colonial Danes OF the United States. Fred
erick 8. Tallmadgc. President OF the society, pre-
sided, and with him at the head table were the
speakers and william CASTOR Hamilton, w. A.
Hoppin. the Rev. Brockholst Morgan. Frederick
Clarkson, James w. Bcekman. William Car
pender. and Mgr. Robert Seton.
Before the specchmaking began Francis V.
Hoppin and Philip Rhinclandcr, the committee
appointed for tho purpose, carried up to the
President tho big throccornercd Continental
hat and handed 1t to him.. When no put It on
there was great applause and considerable
laughter as well, for he bore a striking
resemblance TO the caricaturcs Of President
elect Mckinley as Napoleon. Mr.. Tallmadgo
handed tho hat back, as Is tho custom in the
society, and then opened the proceedings with n
fcw remarks Of welcome, after which no intro
duced the Hon. Hampton l. Carson Of Philadel-
phia. who responded to the first toast, "Tho
National Views of Washington" Mr.. Carson
roassd SrSat applause s1 when nn,I he said: ,,,.. w.
will not meddle in foreign affairs, and we will
endure no foreign intrigue in America, To all
foreign nations he said: Hands OF! This con-
The second speaker was William Alexander
s S%,ii vein Tnf nnsMei Of Patriotic c0sss Societies" Mo
spoke briefly but forcibly OF the necessity Of re-
straining Influences in a country which Is as
The Rev. j.. Lewis Parks, S. T. d., who said no
hadn't been here very long, touched on a sur:
Patriotism, which was his toast.
7, IJinsoism, he said. rs z VERY vulgar Ev thing :.
q fm the Prsssi a sa1 and tho way Il WASTE was received BY
The disease. sir. which dcstroyed Carthage, which
puts commercial interests before honor.
Must MSs s iish tina" iA iss5s srI i Bun ;ol T ns? think 6 na! ySn
that we shall do ourselves honor by bulldozing a
little %nstioni WIN any one Uphold ,hatI"
to a consideration OF the Women's Congress, and
then gracefully ysulted to state p9litics, attack:
his sesrcShiisht upon Greece
rupt and not ashamed; that she viii borrow
n %Sesy 70 S to protest nS ! pay w f%a; q u nation fsil. i Sf tS Sst
gcntlemanly quality Of self.respcct, then-my
nf Fredc sHRo J. b ,Sq Pes ySSa % rSsPondod to Tho De.
v%elopmcnt OF the American"
"imnst differ a little ~ from d.. PHrEs" said
song and thrilling legend. VIII many Of US il
West Point and Annapolis Is not alone how
70 form lines OF battle; It is to make men
loud lie readily pypla %n@ slffSSli s f soeiei fs'if e.i% sGPsni nSi
for the glorifcation OF ourselves and our an
%cestors, but to keep up patriotism and pass A. on
Greece may bo wrong in her pockets. but she il
right in heart. There isn't a Greek that wouldn't
The next speaker was Theodore Roosevelt.
Mr.. Roosevelt was announced TO respond to tho
toast, True Americanism." but IT was so late
when he took his place on the platform he was
~ find in the last two months" he said, that
am always voeiferously greeted BY any party
Of : sf%ntl9 sRis /. a adp my,a III or the ss rsnssFl %p pr sSt
ence secures the absence OF the. Captain OF tho
precinct is a matter into which need not in
Mr.. Roosevelt said he regretted that he had
not heard the other addresses, as he would have
and the part we should play in tho matter OF
Cuba. On the subject OF true Americanism, no
srdm he t6s s: .aon 1ss tight ., to ons sp wSoss sn the snS, ssd
been in this country a hundred years before tho
Revolution; u.r,o.n,.m,. ,o ..,a .a,.. ~,
depend upon a mans ancestry or birth. but upon
the way lie faces the duties imposed upon him
as an American"
Mr.. Roosevelt said that he was the representa-
tive Of a very American institution. the Police
Department, and cited the fact that when ALL
Jew cops, SO that he was protected
by was S Ssssilins. He @en Thought %aS'0 that rshs Wss
the best way to answer a man who came here
to attack any creed, in a country where all were
said, that had not one OF Its sons, by birth or
descent, on the police force, and he found that
any line OF creed or nationality. ran across all OF
them n. front all norson, alike 4, N. s,,-,, .,
have a right to expect all to behave as Ameri-
cans; ANY man e a demagog9e who tries to
pander to the feeling Of any of the people as
Mr.. Roosevelt then pitched into the men who,
he said, shir Ike I the re aRSand dna so Of american ,SSsd
It was a good thing. he said, that such men were
gone. and although he did not deny the right q
msss, h for '9 iSs, e md 4 you You %i ss t vS sss
AZ sSros SHn and nSt's Because Ss' OF L. .dsp,a s. so1 TO
do good on this side Of tho water. Seek the
adjust II to our Institutions
JOnn ". OIullnsOn bpOkO Oh Inc SlOt0
Of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Gem
turtles" Among those present were: sam.
uel 2. Avery, Charles H. Arnold. Charles
yer Cierkson. Chester Griswold, Charles lsh.
am, James NJ. Montgomery, Thomas L.
Hatch, Henry p. Hatch, John Hone, William q.
Hamilton, William l.. smith, William w. Hop;
g.. Thebaud, William Kelby, George vii.
son, Louis J. Allen. william f. Hounsiow,
Henry Manning, John p. Allen, Jared w: Bell,
Bright, Collins L. Balch, William bunker,
robert f., Bloodgood. George DE +. Barton,
d. Barry, Lawrence f. Brown, Benjamin
w. d. Brown, John V. 3. Clarkson, GIL.
man T%axd H. I TH1ke + 1; GriSTold a Tslrt, Frank I Tarr A.
Hamilton d. Tompkins, James T. Van Ronsse.
laer, Harrison L. Wallis. Morton d.. Bogue,
George Whittemore, Jr, and Jacob Washburn.
AMERICAN RECEPTION IN LONDON.