The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-17

htlllNNlSlly lIOlll ClllACio eAAAo bNeHAASSS men of New Haven, referring to the art school, the Scientific school, Welch hall and Farnam hall. Speaking Of the contribution of the mercantile class to liberty he said; Where commerce goes there you have powerful Instrument for preserving liberty and peace among men.
 Hon. Antonio E. Delfino, Venezuelan consul general at New York, responded to the toast "America-North and South" He spoke of the glorious fu- ture before the nations of the two con- tinents of the new world and said that according to the rule of history when- ever the useful mission Of nations comes to an end these like veterans are put on the retired list and new races and new people are called forth to full fill the mission of the future. NOW America's turn has come, and may all the nations of the American continent follow their civilzing mission and De always faithful to their ideals.
 Rev. Stewart Means responded to the toast Political Economy" He spoke of the influences of political morality thathay been at work since the middle ages and leading up to the present time he said that the prospects for general war were now far greater than they have been for fifty years. Now what shall our attitude be? We must be q nation of men to understand our opllga- tions. Which way shall we go, along the way our fathers went or With the buoyant feeling that the world is ours, only to possess it? Remember the mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small'
 William G. Lotze, secretary of the central '. M. C. A., responded to the toast '"Twentieth Century Mem
 The toast "The War of 1898" was re- 1 sponded to by Hon. Charles A. Russell 1 congressman from the Third district, He thought that the war of lS9S was d ! providential undertaking. He charac- { terized the war as "a war of God Al mighty, who used the republic of the United States as His instrument. lie said that it was worth all it cost in the union, harmony and brotherhood when { it had brought about among ourselves.
 Rev. Dr. Gilbert of Trinity Methodist ' church spoke to the toast Relation of ! Business Men to Municipal Reform" " i He said that municipal affairs would ] never be properly administered until they were administered as are business interests. He concluded by saying that if business men let corruption and the spells system go on, by and by not only the higher institutions will go down, but business itself will perish in such a miasmatic atmosphere.
 The guests present were as follows:
 Table 1-Rev. Clarence w. Bispham, General George H. Ford, Hon. Joseph R. Hawley, Colonel Norris G. Osborn, Hon. N D. Sperry Hon. Frederick B. Farnsworth, Lieutenant Burgess U. s. A., Rev. Stewart Means, Rev. George P. Fisher, D. D., Hon. Antonio F. Del fino, Hon. Charles A. Russell, Rev. Levi Gilbert, D. D., Hon. James D. Dewell, Captain Hobbs, U. s. A., Hon. Charles g. Mersick, Prof. William Lyon Phelps, William G. Lotze, Rev. T. T. Munger, D. D.
 Table 2-Henry c. Rowe, John T. Manson, John c. North, Colonel N. G. Heft, Herbert Mason, F.. P. Avery, Charles I. French, Edward Gayel, Hon. E. c. Birdsey, Hon. Zalmon Goodsell, Hon. John l. Mix, F. Harris Weaver, William s. Wells, Frank C. Bushnell George B. Martin!
 1 Table 3-James F. Bogart, Clinton H. Birds guest, Clinton H. Bird, Dr. R. A. Mcdonnell, Eugene DeForest, Robert N. Burwell, Frank A. Beckley, Charles H. Looms.
 Table 4-Benjamin R. English, James F. English, John H. Platt Roln S. Woodruff, A. C. Warwick. F. II. Ben- ton, Wilson H. Lee, George A. Alling. Table 5-Clifford Gilbert, Harrison { Hewitt, Louis c. Oakley, Lorenzo w. Housel, Ollin W. Hill, William II French, Sylvester Chase
 Table 6--Herbert C. Warren, Joel A sperry. Joseph Porter. Eli Whitney General Edwin s. Greeley, T. Attwatel Barnes, Ezekiel c. stoddard, Charles H. Townshend.
 Table 7-John A. Richardson, William E. Chandler, Frank Seward, John M Peck. Andrew E. Hendryx, Samue Lloyd, Lyman M. Law. l.. W. Moody.
 Table S--Frank H. Hooker, Dr. Rob ert S. Ives, IN. AlDefI 11oOhel, lHOilid' b. Addis. M. F. Lane, General Samue E. Merwin, Dr. $. H. Chapman, Mar quis B. Newton.
 Table 9--Dr W. w. Hawkes., John Osborne, Walter R. Gilbert. William II. Hull, Edward M. Clark, Edward c Beecher, Fred N. Kinney, George H Scranton.
 Table 10--F'rank A. Corbin, George G Pownng, Andrew R. Bradley, William II. Douglass Frank B. Walker, Samue H. Read, Walter F. Coe, George w Lewis.
 Table 11--Henry Herz, Albert E. Ro , gowski, Louis c. Heller, Maier Zunder Lewis H. Freedman, Henry c. Bretz fielder, simon B. Shoninger, Albert Zun der.
 Table 12-Prof. D. Cady Eaton, lame Whitcomb Riley, George E. Hodsor Phelps Montgomery. l.. Wheeler Beech CT, Cornelius s. Morehouse, Charles Il Matthews, Robert Brown.
 Table 13-James P. Bree, E. A. Beck
 ley, Moses c. Swezey, Samuel I ! Thrasher, James A. Fogarty, JamesA. Lawton, Henry W. Mansfield, L. l TT