The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-23
Senator yyOIcOtt at the Dinner of
New England Society.
TRIBUTE TO THE WEST
2EcPLED BY MEN WHOSE BE-
LIEFS ARE HONEST.
ga Feeling Which Pervades the
Great West Cannot All Be Wrong;
You Cannot Dispose of a Convic-
ton By Calling Tt Craze''-
Takes a Shy at Gage.

ond annual festival OF the New England
society of the city of New York was
held at Delnlonico's tonight. -Four hun
dred members OF the society and their
frienGS, including many distinguished
men, were present. The tables were
devoid OF decorations except for the
miniature pyramids of yellow dough-
nuts and rose-red Baldwin apples.
Throughout the evening the parlors of
Delmonico's were thronged with New
Englanders, representing every one OF
the states so DESIGNATED.
An hour was spent in social inter
course and. although the dinner was
set for O'clock, it was o'clock when
the guests seated themselves
Among those who sat at the guests
of honor table were J. Pierpont Morgan,
3oseph Choate. General Wesley Ner-
rift, James Whitcomb Riley, Richard
Olney, Senator E. o. Wolcott, Governor
Frank Black, Senator George f Roar,
President Charles W. Elliott General
Nelson A. Miles and Mayor William L.
Strong.
The dinner was made UP of good old
New England dishes, and during its
discussion a quartette, assisted by the
greater number of those present, sang
popular airs. tte--t
During the banquet Senator Wolcott
addressed the guests.
HUMOROUS REFERENCE.
Mr.. Wolcott began with a humorous
reference to the political designation
with which the exiles from New Eng
land bore their Punishment; then spoke
of an alleged desire of the Canadian
government 20 acquire the state or
Maine and portions of New Hampshire
and Vermont in exchange for territory
in western Canada. Serious thought on
the subject of a possible cession OF a
part of New England, Mr.. Wolcott
.@fx hat
it would mean to this people 60 face
the possibility Of changing, by the
shadow of .. hair, the contour of these
states or the sacrifice of a chip OF its
native granite. however barren"
He continued: Not only does this
sentiment pervade the land, bat we
seem at times to be developing an in
clination to invite some other country
to differ with US, in order that we may
demonstrate our united aggressive
ness.
SECTIONAL ISSUES.
TN certain directions our domestic
differences are crystalized, and not
disintegrating. For more than a gen
Grafton we have waited Tor the day
when parties would divide solely on ma
tionaI questions. ana when the old sec
tionai issues, growing out of the war
and the race problem, would be buried.
The time came. The parties met on q,
broad. economic question. and, To- we
emerge from the contest threatened
with another bitter sectional division.
The far west, largely the child Of the
east and puising with its blood, joins
hands With the south. The new align
rnent is not only debtor against credit
or. class against class. but in a land
pervaded with equal devotion to what
its people believe is the truest welfare
of the country, great rlajorities in one
section face equally great majorites in
another.
THE WEST.
THE west is not decadent: its views
are the views Of men virile industrious
and genuine, and their beliefs are hon
est They would scorn any sort Of eva
sion OF an obligation. They are pa
triotic men. There is in the whole far
west hardly o northerner born who was
old enough to go to the war whom you
viii not see on Decoration day wearing
proudly the badge Of his old corps.
They are Americans, to q proportion
greater. far greater than IN the east,
native born american citizens. The
views they cherish are held with pTac-
teal unaninllty.
$50 universal q feeling as that which
pervades the great west cannot all be
wrong. You cannot dispose Of a con-
viction held by millions of intelligent
people by calling it a craze, and some
day you may fir0 it worth your while
~ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. between eN-
trenes.
HTS THE BANKER.
"Somehcw it is not really recog nized
in the west mat ability TO reorganize
a western railroad and swell its stock
and securities several millions every
lime It is foreclosed, necessarily indi-
Gates an equal ability to determine the
wisest economic policy for the farmer
~, ,.5~-l ,,r- 4
men who would no more dream of en-
trusting their banker with The duty of
formulating their financial views than
they would Of entrusting the man of
whom they bought a shotgun with the
command of the armies of their coun-
try, are naturally inclined to fear that
in this part Of the moral vineyard there
is a tendency to assume that the pos
session of great wealth means neces-
sarily the possession OF great wisdom.
PROUD OF IT.
1T is only few years ago that New
ENGLAND was uncommon proud of that
west which her sons had so largely
peopied; and her resources, lavishly
ventured, had done so much to develop.
Perhaps they are only supersensitive
Westerners who fancy they see in GER
tain quarters a subtle change, an in
clinatiUn to criticise, an inability to
find much to commend, and tendency
to look SUu further TO the eastward
for methods and ideals fit to follow. ]
hope it is all 2 mistake. Contentnlent
cannot come To this land by sections.
and it can never cc:.le e5cent under
conditions which hsar equally on the
whole people.
SHOT AT GAGE.
Only the other day cabinet officer
came over hers to enlghten one of
your great commercial bodies, and with
q gifted Chicago Imagination. quoted
Walt Whitman; told you how our faith
ers, when George III was king dashed
the cup from their lips Ga precedent
ana glad to see las not been followed
at this dinne1), and talked about OBJ
struetion' at washington (having refer
cnce to the senate). 1t is rather a new
use Of the term TO call man who does
not vote as you want him to an oh
structionist. In the last hundred Years
the balance and check upon hastv le.r-
islation which the deliberations Of the
senate have furnished have been of
Infinite advantage to the country.
TIE OLD FLAG.
1.-THE century row ending has been
fun Of growth and glory. 1t has wit