The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-14
Annual Birthday Din
ner of
REPUBLICAN, CLUB,
Senator Elect Depew Makes
Principal address.

view 1Ork, rep. lo.-Ine Republican
Club of this city held its annual din
ner in honor of Abraham Lincoln at
Delmonico's tonight. About 37J guests
and members Of the club were present.
Among those present We're Governor
Roosevelt, Hon. Horace White, Major
Gen. Nelson A. Miles, Rear Admiral w
S. Schley and former Gov. Levi P.
Morton. One of the features of the
dinner was the presence of So ladies.
| They dined in the lower banquet room
downstairs. After the dinner they lis
tened to the addresses from the bal
cony.
| During the dinner, the guests march
ed out to the dining room, where the
ladies were dining, and Gov. Roosevelt
Senator-elect Depew, Gen. Miles, Adj
miral Schley and others were intro
duced to the ladies. Senator Depew
made a short address to the ladies'
After the dinner, the speaking began.
In introducing Gov. Roosevelt, Char
man Depew said: The beauty. about
Gov. Roosevelt is that he has done
everything his enemies said he woul1.
The regular organization is behind
him in everything that he has done. He
| is the governor"
Chairman Depew then made an ad-
dress. He said in part:
For ID years the Republican Club
has celebrated the birthday of Abraham
Lincoln. At each annual recurrence,
we nave paid loving tribute to the
memory of one of the most marvellous
men, far-sighted statesman and the
greatest republican who ever lived.
fOne year ago we expressed our con-
| fidence in the president and our faith
in his administration. The basis of
our judgment was his record ana dem
onstrated ability in formulating and
defending the industrial policy of our
party Tonight we are proud Of his
wisdom and craftsmanship in the con-
duct and settlement of our war with
Spain.
From Feb. 18th, 1898, to Feb. 18th,
1899, has been an epoch-making year.
Inc story of many decades will be
told in paragraphs compared with the
pages that will be required by the his
torlan to describe the events and pic
| ture the results of this year.
| We left this hall one year ago to-
night to join the march and participate
IN the benefits of our industrial deVel-
opment. To our mortal vision the
9toSS VI Inc WOi1u 5 IneaLfG would be
occupied, as it had been for a century.
by old world tragedies. The scene
snlfted, and when the curtain rose the
pictures We're of the western hemis-
phere, the drama was a war of rescue
and of liberty, the actors William Nc
| kinley and Sagasta, Admirals Dewey
ana Montojo, Admirals Sampson and
ochley and Cervera, and Gems. Miles
ana Smarter and the forgotten com
| mann6rE Of tho isI,
there was any hating in the movement
| on the stage, it was forgotten by a
subordinate part being changed to q
! leadlng one by the genius and brilliant
action of Col. Roosevelt.
History is full of wars remarkable
only for bloody sacrifices, and which
accomplished nothing for mankind.
| slight agencies to bring about reyolu-
IONS Tor which the nations are ripe.
Seven farmers killed upon the common
at Lexington Wrested the American col
onles from the British crown and Gre
ated the republic of the United States
snell, exploded against the walls of
Eort sumter, broke the shackles from
TOUR millions of bondsmen, freed this
country from the stain of human slave-
ry ana reunited the Union in indissolu-
PIE po11s. An American man of war
| down up in the harbor of Havan,
aroused to action that resistless force
III the affairs of our time-the American
conscience. No matter what was the
cause OF that explosion, its fiashIight
| IeEealed TO every man, woman ami
chllo IN the United States the hideous
| conditions in neighboring island and
the responsibility Of the American gov
eminent. Within 80 days, out Of a
million volunteers who had offered tn
| enlist $4,000 had been moved into
camp, sampson and Schley had placed
around Cuba an impenetrable blockede
ana Dewey sailing across the far east.
ern oceans to find the enemv's shins
and destroy them. no matter 1gnpt ,
hilght be the discrepancy between b,s
| own force and that of his foe, had won
the right to repeat the famous nhraSa
| quered' "' CON-
Aguinaldo builded better than he
knew When he ordered that midniebt
assault upon the American soldiers
He assured for his people Anoa. ieas,
ifoefty, law and justice instead of tha
autocfacy and the sure and certain de-
VeIophent or tyranny under the gov
efninent or an adventurer who had
once sold his country for Spanish gold
ana Kept the money and repudiated the
contract: BY the ratification of the
treaty the wavering prestige of the
1865 WIN IOEeISn nations has
been restored. --''-'
The United States will not go be-
yohd TINS continent for new stars for
our nag or new states for orr ,,nion
Cuba may in time be the exception he
cause Of its proximity to our shores
ana because ferry will be run between
our coast and that beautiful island. But
! that event will not occur until Amer
lean emigration and settlement have
mace Tree CUBA prosperous American
republic, with American ideas Ana
lean institutions and American sDlrit
and clamoring for admission as a fulIv
demonstrated American state to the
American union. Far distant conn
tries, peopled by alien races with alien
civilizations, will never be Incorporated
as part of our governing body. he
lieve that the untried experiment of
American law and justice will, when
understood in the Philippines, gradu
ally educate these peoples to the point
where they can be safely entrusted
with the management OF their own af
fairs"
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