The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-01-01
WOLCOTT'S PATRIOTIC SPEECH.
Delivered Before an Assembly
of Yankees at DeImOnico'S.

lie oSnu annual festival OF Ine
New England Society of the city of
New York was held at Delmonico's.
-Four hundred members of the soci-
and their friends, including many
distinguished men, were present.
The tables were devoid of decorat-
ions except for the miniature pyra-
mids of yellow doughnuts and rose
red Baldwin apples. Throughout the
evening the parlors of Delmonico's
were thronged with New England
ers, representing every one of the
states so designated. An hour was
spent in social intercourse, and al
though the dinner was set for 6
o'clock 1t was s o'clock when the
guests seated themselves.
Among those who sat at the
guests of honor table were J. Pier
pont Morgan, Joseph Choate, Gener-
al Wesley Merritt, James Whitcomb
Riley, Richard Olney, Senator E. 0.
Wolcott, Gov. Frank Black, Senator
Geo. F. Hoar, President Chas. w.
Elliott, Gen. Nelson a. Miles and
Mayor Strong.
The dinner was made up of good
old New England dishes and during
its discussion a quartette, assisted by
the greater number of those present,
sang popular airs. The speeches be-
gan at 10 o'clock and Rev. Lyman
Abbott responded to the toast
''Forefathers' Day"
He declared that if Puritanism
reigned in Massachusetts at the
present time it would not be
safe for DR. Elliott to remain there
for moment ani he himself would
have to depart for New Amsterdam.
Gov. Black responded to the toast,
''the state of New York"
President Charles w. Elliott Of
Hartford university said that the
Puritan spirit survives and that the
descendants of the Puritans are now
doing just -sneh4t things as the Puri-
tans themselves had done.
Senator Edward O. Wolcott of
Colorado received hearty applause
when he rose to respond to the toast,
''the East and the West"
Mr.. Wolcott began with humor-
Gus reference TO the resignation with
which the exiles from New England
bore their banishment; then spoke
of an alleged desire of the Canadian
government to acquire the state Of
Maine and portions of New Hamp-
shire and Vermont for Western Can
ada. Serious thought on the sub
ject of possible cession of part of
New England, Mr.. Wolcott said,
brought ga realization of what it
would mean to this people to face
the possibility of changing by the
shadow of hair the contour of these
states or the sacrifice of chip of it's
native granite, however bare" He
continued: ''Not only does this
sentiment pervade the land, but we
seem at times to be developing an
inclination to invite some other
country to differ with us in order
that we may demonstrate our united
aggressiveness. In certain direct
ions our domestic differences are
crystallized and not disintegrating.
For more than a generation we have
waited for the day when parties
would divide solely on national
questions and when the old sectional
issues, growing out of the war and
the race problem would be buried
The time came. The parties met on
broad, economic question and 10.
we emerge in the contest threatened
with another bitter sectional division
The far West, largely the child oI
the East and pulsing with its blood
Joins hands with the South.
"The new alignment is not only
debtor against creditor, class against
class, but in land pervaded with
equal devotion to what its people
believe is the truest welfare of the
country, great majortes in one sec
ton face equally great maiorities il
another.
"The West is not decadent; its
views are of men virile, industriou:
and genuine, and the beliefs are
honest They would soorn any sort
of an evasion of an obligation. They
are patriotic men. There is in the