The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-05-26
Judge 0ray at Dinner,

A dinner delightful in every respect was
given las night by the Board Of Governors
OF the sons of Delaware ut be Hotel Belle
vue Philadelphia in honor of Judge George
Gray. In tho main dinngroom on the
second floor, which was beautifully decor.
ated with figs, dogwood and slnilax,
twenty.seven representatives. Sons OF Del
aware welcomed he di,tlngui ,hed jurist.
The hosts OF the occasion were William
7. Tilden, Norris S. BarraLt. Henry C..
Bye. Avery d. Harrington. Lewis b.
Morrow, r. L.. Temple, Alfred N. Chan
uler, DR.. w. Joseph Hearn, William ".
Slnlthers, Sussex d. Davis, B. H. Tatem.
Alexander p. ColesUerry James B. Candy,
William 4. Westbrook. Jr., Francis H.
Hoffecker, William Il. Marvel, Warren
Harper. Richard Fisher, l. Layton Regist.
er, Josiah Marvel. Henry Tatnall and
Edward G. Miller.
Their guests were Judge George Gray,
Judge john B. MCPHERSON. Edward u.
B,aIford. Andrew Kirkpatrick, Justice
George Shiras, Jr,, and W. H. Stayton.
SOME LETTERS OF REGRET.
Enthusiasm was the order Of the even
ing. Every speaker was applaudeh to The
echo, particularly Judge Gray, who was
received in manner that plainly showed
the esteem in which he Is held by hi
fellow iJelawarea S. That t,ts sentimen
again is felt throughout the entire country
Is shown by the folio wing extracts from
the lsuers of those who We're unable to ut
tend.
Ex.Secretary John Sherman. in auto
graph letter, says: Il take his occasion tt
ex1nt6s my sincere aspect and good vii
for Mir. Gray and my good wishes for his
futue"
Charles II. Treat, of Now York : at is Il
personal disappointment that am uuabl,
to b. present TO show my esteem for him
as man. and my appreciation OF him as Il
sta5esman for the broad and patriotic
stand that he has occupied In regard to
Fundamental questions that concern the
welfare and prosperity Of the republic"
aPresident Mckinley, the Secretary of
War and the Secretary of the Navy, >'ov-
ernor Stone, Captain Clark and Judge
Dallas also wrote letters compliment tin z
Judge Gray and expressing their regret at
not being able 10 honor him In person.
There were but three speeches made dur
Ing the course OF the dinner, n welcome
speech by Alexander p Coesberry. presi-
dent of the Sons Of Delaware; Judge
G,ay's reply and resporss to the toast,
Delaware" by W. H. Stayton. In his
speech MIR. Colesberry briefly gave the his
tory Of he organization and finished by
speaking Of the guest of the occasion.
"Whatever may have been our past he
said, ''or may be our present polite al feel
ings, we are all one tonight in this-that
you bave honored the State of Delaware
ana we. as her SONS, extend to you oul
warmest congratulations and felicitations
and wish YOU every success in your po-
si,ion as Judge Of the Third judicial cir
cult of the United States; a position con
ferred as fl Ting compliment by u patri.
otto President upon true man and true
American
JUDGE GRAY's ADDRESS.
william Tilden, ex-otlicio of the reoep-
ton committee, then presented Judge
Gray with jeweled emblem Of the organ.
ization. And the Judge, in reply, made
one of the eloquent speeches for which he
Is noted, allowing himself for the first
time since the lale war to dwell Oh the
Peace Commission aud the Philippine
question. He said: "You have been good
enough, Mr.. President and Vice. President.
to speak of my public career in a way
cannot deprecate Or express, but allow me
to say in res ponse to the partial Judgment
you have nnde and the kindly way which
you have alluded to it, thai 1t only en-
forces this sentiment and idea thai wher
a man honestly tries to do his dn ty and his
whole duty, with whatever powers have
been given him and whatever OF talent Of
aptitude he may he endowed with, tha
he may be assured that in this great, gen.
erous country Of ours he will receive al
and more than he deserves of recognition
Aad praise.
"Of course tonight what Is paramount
in our thoughts and what must conten {
for utterance with every one who speak
naturally Is the situation in which W,
find ourselves and our country rs q result
of the Spanish war. We would 10 doins
violence to our feelings II we did not Say
| that that was the foremost topic in TIN
| thoughts and hearts OF every true Ameri
| can. ! felt, rs u member OF the Peac
| Commission, that We ought not to shrinl
| from accepting what has been ca lied II
| poetic phase the white mans burden
| that came upon us in the acquisition o
the Philippine Islands, and am not be
traying any confidence in saying that
| and Judge Day were reluctant In bring
| Ing about settlement OF the Spanish.
| An, rican question that would leave lis il
| DO ss III OF Uhs Philippine Islands.
| "l.o, Jnere came Il time when it was oh
| viou- t. me that We would have to eithe
| abandon these i.lunds entirely or drive on
/, the Spanish and keep them out. l. sesmet
to Il Inu jority Of that commission that
was our pain aud bolnden duly, whel
| all the ClVlllZeu Woflu HhS WaltlnR upOl
Its action, to accept tho responsibility an
to preserve its prestige, its honor, its mag
nanmity, Its greatness and the console nc
of the American people by driving th
Spanish out and as l said before, keopin
them out. We owed to the family of ma
TONS in whose presence we were enactin
this great drama, our obedience and 10y
atty TO those principles Of civilization nm
Christianity which put upon us tho buI
den of standing ns sponsors for the pros
perity and future Of those hali-ciylliz1
peoples on those distant Islands.
| MUST CONFRONT DANGER.
I'VE must accept difficulties, wo mus
confront danger, II we believe that tn
conscience Of the American people IS sal
isnsd that wha we have undertaken
right in the sight Of that part Of tho OWL
zsd world whose Judgment Is wort
striving for feel when hear Tho dis
cussion oil this question, that this greu
land Of ours /, II ian'l that has con scienc9