New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-23
TOAST TO THE PRESIDENT.

| of tho President which was drunk by all stand
| ing. The ladies in the boxes also rose 10 pay
honor to the Executive head Of the oniteo
States and Joined in singing the star SPahs'eu
Banner" with which the toast was associated
Altboueh many letters Of regret had been re-
ceiyed for various reasons by the committee IN
| charge Of the dinner ex-Judge Rowland woulc
! permit himself time only to read one THIS com
municat,on. which was from Sir Thomas Upton
WAS of peculiar interest in view Of the fact that
! ne will endeavor next year to wrest the inter-
| national Yachting trophy from the possession
| % this country. Sir Thomas Upton cabled to
| ex-Judge Rowland:
please convey to your society my high APP
probation of kind invitation to banquet: also
my warmest thanks. Much regret impossible to
attend Upon the friendship Of our race depend
| the permanent peace and prosperity or the
whole world. May the friendship grow and In
| crease; may no shadow ever fall upon IT. may
the stars and Stripes and the Union Jack ever
| float together.
The same friendliness TO England which has
been manifested so frequently OF late at repre-
sentative gatherings was reflected by the New
Englanders. The suggestion by Judge Rowland
| that the health Of Queen Victoria should be
| drunk was received with the greatest cordially,
and with the additional honor of the singing of
| the English national anthem.
In introducing the first regular speaker OF the
evening-Governor Elisha Dyer Of Rhode Island
Judge Rowland, with characteristic felicity
said that though the State which Governor Dyer
represents was small, yet in the United States
Senate It had equal representation with the
great State Of New-York. 1T is a small State"
remarked Judge Rowland amid laughter. "and
it scarcely needs q telephone or a telegraph SER
/ message
you want Uaughter) 1t has not the advan-
| tage that the young lady suggested to the young
| man. her admirer, when she said. oh. love
! good beef ard the young man replied. oh.
wish were beef" she said. Never mind, you
will grow"
WHAT GOVERNOR DYER SAID.
"Forefathers Day" was the theme assigned
| to Governor Dyer and in speaking to 1t he said
! Mr. President and Gentlemen Of the Wing.
Invitation to be with you this evening, and for the
of epnS to vo nn dSs
has been responded to by go many eloquent men en-
! inspiration which on former occasions has iilumi-
mated their words.
that little band of Pilgrims first stood on Plymouth
Rock hearing in the signing OF the fir trees the
Bcas Sesaands and the gloomy hid
outlines Of The mighty Nation which e was 70 come ONE
says o n wes nas be or
ever in the annals of human freedom. 1t was the
landing Of few weary and wave-worn men from
Bleak sRs and desoa amd the storms and
tempests Of welnigh Arctic winter, with none
t;s stood ss the 1s s i SsS9id ananv
,ha, God had slfied whole nation Fiat he night
send choice grain over into this Wilderness
THE MEN AND THE DAY
Is 1t OF the day or OF the men that am TO speak?
1t is of both-of that New England winter day
which brought these Pilgrims face TO face with
destiny fearful 10 contemplate. OF the Pilgrims
themselves who stood ready to face that destiny.
giants in their faith and clothed with the spirit
In the land OF Egypt sit two colossal statues
facing the River Nile. They have been sitting there
While centuries keep
The record OF long fallen asleep,
and while the fertile plains below them are wrapped
in the twilight OF early morning. the sun coming
sanns o %S asd
nd that & esa the Df
pneonscSgs Of the fact that out Of the wilderness
builder and maker is Cod"
OF the winter season following the day, we cele-
| history and story have loft nothing to learn.
Through all the years Of suffering and sorrow TIA:
was building better than it knew, raising the
mSms S comnse T PI hsr
bic will descending from father to and from
generation to generation.
GIFTS count nothing-wil clone Is great.
All things give way before 1t soon or late
THE FIRST CELEBRATION OF THE DAY
One hundred and forty mine years had been gath
cred in and Forefathers' Day. 1863. occurred the
first celebration Of the anniversary Of the landing
| Of the Pilgrim Fathers. On that day the old Col
| ony Club composed OF some of the leading citizens
OF Massachusetts, met for the purpose Of discuss
ing the treatment to which the coonists were being
subjected by the mother country. and openly 70
, advocate measures 70 resist the increasing tyran-
! Day was noteworthy in more ways than one What
was said on that occasion has passed into history;
anything after eating the viands that history says
ared before fore them ct b ths 9nnGuI Is ndsps
but Of their superb digestion.
% i ne sSsy days q the r.
though not especially honored. the New Eng
@sn wh their H5s R"r hs s
,ShGohSSascs s'ail s'f'ns In their simple faith and
II was the religion Of the New: Epglander
Of Individual independence.'' AND so we ind the
conemp Of hh ana sns VII" h nn
less spirit cutting loose from the ancient landmarks
TO this great Sat, Of New-York to ohio. to the
rivers! am using centuries as miles stones to mark
their advance-onwa.d they travelled until TO-DAY
by the waves OF the western the descendants Of
the Pilgrim Father unite with their brothers here
in the East in the observance OF one OF the grand
est Anniversaries Of American history.
II. Mr.. President. honor taose New Eng
landers who went across the continent sowing right
and left the principles upon which this Nation IS
built, confess that must congratulate the New
Enganders who ceased their wanderngs and took
up their abode In this goodly city. Greater New
York Is n fact: greater territorally 7 admit but
her greatness. measured by her philanthropy. en-
terprise wealth and hospitality OF her people ha
; always been beyond the limits Of expression and
viii outs'rip her widening boundaries il they reach
from pole 20 pole
, THE CHANGES OF THE YEAR
We can almost hear tho chimes OF old Trinity
ringing out the old and ringing In the new year
Since the last rang out their changes some OF on,