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

E-astus Bsainerd. Of this city, was one
OF the principal speakers at the monthly
dinner OF the Clover Club. In Philadelphia.
On the night Of May II. and his topic
was Seattle" The Clover Club is one
OF the best known social organizations IN
the world and its monthly dinners are al
ways notable occasions This espec-al
banquet was made unusually important by
the distinguished character OF the guests
present. The Philadelphia 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 or
the history making character OF the times,
when patriotism is the moving4y trans
ceIdelt impulse than aHinlateS the Amer
lean heart, it was rarely impressive oe-
casion." The dinner was in honor of Post
master General Charles Emory Smith. and
there were present, among others, Secre-
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. h. Mcclure presided and
introduced the guest OF honor in witty
address Mr. Smith tittingly responded and
then Secretary Gage spoke on Patriot
ISM Secretary Wilson. Secretary Bliss
and Senator Hanna were called upon for
speeches and then United States District
Attorney James NJ. Beck. delivered an
eloquent address in memory of Gladstone.
Other speakers were Second Assistant
Postmaster General W. S. Shallenoerger,
Dr. TaIcott 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, Erastus Brain
erd and Postmaster Thomas l.. Hicks.
Mr.. Brainerd said IN the course Of his
remarks:
II want 10 add that your only fault is
that you do not live in Seattle. There. as
Joshua babe the sun stay in m.dheaven,
the star of empire in it's Western course
has been ordered TO stand. To mark where
Ii shines effulgent over that most progress
sive, most energetic, most Industrious of
cities God has placed one of his Inn
mutable monuments, silent sentinel peak
rising sheer into the dome of heaven.
nearly three miles high from the seashore
level, there TO point TO the Iodestar OF the
manifest destiny of this imperial domain
CT ours.
Where rolls no longer the Oregon, but
the Columbia, and where the Pacitcs
pulse throbs against our hearts, there we
hold the key which uniocks the chill and
icy doors to wealth beyond the imagina-
ton Of an Arabian Nights dream; there
the hroadt fields Of waving grain pour forth
a wealth OF food exceeding in value the
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
glittering Olympics are made to yield n
product to shingle and shelter the nation;
there we unite the two grandest narss n
the nations history-Washingto 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 1t, We know that Sew
ards prophecy is 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 10 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