The record-union., 1898-02-13

The other addresses of the evening
were by President Garfield of the Uni
versity Of Ohio, who responded to Ed
ucation and the Nation" and w. j.
Calhoun Of Danville, ILL.,, who replied TO
Illinois"
AS OBSERVED AT NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, Feb. 12-The Republi-
can Club observed Lincoln's birthday,
as it has for twelve years, at a banquet
tonight at Delmonicos. Nearly 300
members of the club and guests were
present, and fifty ladies dined in the
Empire Room" below. When speak
ing began the ladies took seats in the
gallery.
Rev. DR.. W. H. P. Faunce said
grace Cornelius J. Bushnell led the
singing between the courses, "Tenting
Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
John Browns Body" MY Bonnie, -
and the like. AS souvenirs, each din
er received a neat silver badge, me-
dallion of Abraham Lincoln. suspended
from a bar bearing the legend 1.-The
Republican Club"
President Chauncey NJ. Depew opened
the speaking. The toasts were: "Abra-
ham Lincoln by Hon. Albert ]. Bev-
eridge of Indianapolis; The Republi-
can Party" by Congressman Charles
A. Boutelle; THE Mission of America"
by Henry Dodge Estabrook Of Chicago,
THE Navy" by Assistant Secretary of
the Navy Roosevelt.
Mr. Roosevelt said in part: when /
speak Of the United tSates navy l do
rot merely have TO make a mere party
speech for when we reach the water
line We get beyond the domain of party.
In preparing to face a foreign foe all
Americans should stand alike.
Fifteen years ago we had no stand
ing whatever among naval nations. Now
our navy has been built up until it can
fairly claim to be about tie with that
of Germany for fifth place. 1t is yet by
no means as large as 1t should be, and to
lie supine and let other nations pass us
when we have made so good a start
would be one of those blunders which
are worse than crimes.
"In the fate Of China to-day the shrill
advocates of unintelligent peacefulness
should see a grim object lesson especial
ly fitted to teach them, if they are capa-
bic of learning, that unless we are pre-
pared some day to share this fate land
long before that day to suffer humilia-
tion and insult which would make every
high minded American hang his head
With shame, and for which no business
prosperity could atone), we must be
ready in time of need to do as our fore
fathers have always done, and show
that we are ready and able to appeal to
the ultimate arbitrament of the sword.
Unless We are false to every tradition
of the American foreign policy. we must
continue to uphold the Monroe doctrine.
But 1t would be better to surrender the
Monroe doctrine outright than to dis
credit ourselves and make ourselves the
laughing stock of the world by loud-lp
loyalty to it. while we nevertheless de-
cline to take any step which would make
good our pretensions.
THE worst offenders against the hon.
or and dignity of American foreign af-
fairs are those who loudly proclaim a
desire to entangle US in foreign difficult
ties, but who refuse to help make ready
the forces by which alone our preten-
sions would be made good. Difficulties
are thrust upon us; we do not make
them. We did not create the Hawaiian
Islands: they already exist. We merely
have to face the alternative of taking
them ourselves and making them the
outpost for the protection of the Pacific
Coast. or else OF seeing them taken by
any powerful nation with which we are
at war, and at once transformed into
the most dangerous base of operations
against our Pacific Coast cities. We can
not help Hawaii as being strong de-