The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-01


Erassus Brasns-d. OF this city. was one
OF the principal speakers At the mcntnsy
dinner OF the Clover Cub. IN Philadespa.a.
On the night Of May -. and his topic
was seattle Tie Clover Club IS ore
OF the best known social organizations II
the world and It's yncn.h.y dianers are al
ways notable occasaoEs This especial
banquet was made unusually Important by
the distinguished character Of the guests
present The Phu.delphia Times said n
its report. There were men distinguished
in this city. men who Stand high n the
councils Of the nation. and On account Of
the tissory-rzking character OF the times.
when patriotism il the knowingly trans
cendens impulse than animates the Amer
lean heart. IL was q rarely impressive cc-
casion." The dinner was in honor Of Post
master General Charles Emory Smith. and
there were present. among others. Secrs-
tary OF the Treasury Gage. Secretary OF
the Interior Bliss. Secretary OF Agriculture
Wilson, Senator Hanna, Congressman
Adams and Commissioner OF Pensions
Evans. Col. A. X. Mcclure presided and
introduced the guest OF honor in witty
address. Mr., Smith .ittingiy responded and
then Secretary Gage spoke on Patriot
ISM Secretary Wilson. Secretary Bliss
and Senator Hanna were called upon tor
speeches and then United States District
Attorney James Ii. Beck. delivered an
eloquent address in memory of Gladstone.
Other speakers were Second Assistant
Postmaster General w. s. Shailennerger.
Dr. Talcott Williams Col. Patrick Dohan,
OF New York. Surgeon General Of the
Navy Van Ripen, Congressman Adams,
Mayor Warwick. David w. Sellers Con-
gresham Thaddeus Meyer. Erasfus Brain
erd and Postmaster Thomas l. Hicks:
Mr.. Brainerd said N the course OF his
remarks:
Il want 10 add that your only fault is
that you do net live in Seattle There. as
Joshua babe the sun stay in m.dheayer.
the star OF empire in its Western course
has been ordered TO stand. To mark where
IL shines effulgent over that most progress
sive. most energetic, most industrious OF
cities God has placed one of his i'm
mutabie monuments. silent sentinel peak
rising sheer into the dome OF heaven,
nearly three miles high from the seashors
level, there TO point to the lodestar OF the
manifest destiny OF this imperial domain
OF ours.
Where rolls no longer the Oregon. but
the Columbia, and where the Pacific's
pulse throbs against our hearts. there we
hold tho key which unlocks the chill and
ley doors TO wealth beyond the imagina-
ton OF an Arabian Nights dream; there
the hroaddelds Of waving grain pour forth
wealth OF food exceeding in value the
product OF African diamond mines. there
the teeming treasures Of the sea are gath
cred and shipped TO every quarter of the
earth; there the forests which cover the
slopes OF the green Cascades and the
glit.ering Olympics are made to yield 4
product TO shiugle and shelter the nation:
there We unite the two grandesf names in
the nations history-Washlngto and Co
lumb.a; there the American with grim
determination and irresistible energy turns
TO face and fight upon the real scene of the
worlds activity today. For little as some
OF you may feel II, We know that Sew
ards prophecy IS a fact. Not on the
Atlantic, but on the Pacific. Is the seat OF
greatest activity. Of widest dominion. So
We look for the immediate future not TO
Liverpool or Lyons. but TO Munook and
Manila and today the Tenth Pennsylvania
and the First Washington will march
shoulder to shoulder to follow the guns
OF him whose name shines in letters OF
light on your walls. the American hero,
Dewey"