The Jersey City news., 1899-02-13

miral. and a sly dig at Rev. DR.. Brett
about sticking to his text, he said
1.-THE largest side of modern war is the
| business one. Without money and the
best weapons which gets, without science,
labor high intelligence and discipline
valor will not win battles. Given the best
ships and men with a weak, ignorant, un-
wise, dishonest administration and you
will soon lose the ships and have the men
deteriorate. (Applause.) A bad adminis-
| tration would ruin the best OF navles.
| The civilian head of the navy shoulds be
| a man of varied and high qualities ana
! in sympathy with the military atmosphere
| of the establishment. He should never
! forget that the whole machinery OF ms
department, from the messengers to the
| Admirals, functions to produce fighting
/ ship in perfect condition and in the hign-
/ est state of discipline and efficiency ana
| ready to go into battle on the instant.
| (Applause) The navy has been singularly
| fortunate in it's secretaries. Partisan
politics has no place in a church and a
naval establishment The soldier of the
cross and the soldier of the sword must
be characterized by high sense of honor
and disinterestedness. They must mingle
| in the affairs of their fellows and yet in a
certain sense they must stand apart.
That the navy shall never feel the con-
| tagion of partisan politics is the sincere
wish of it's best friends. (ApplauseD Its
| high professional qualities have been
saved from the communicating touch OF
reckless selfishness in some degree by the
| compass and sea sickness. Gaughter)
| ,i+l,o ,a1 1,,oc nf apn
may be subject to qualms of stomach
when undergoing UNUSUAL motion-tR Re-
| newed laughter)-and the statesman with
| the biggest pull might find boxing the
compass as different and dangerous as
sparring with Sharkey, the sailor. (Roars
| of laughter)
.sFor a considera ton some Of our fellow
citizens will undertake on land much for
which they are unfit; but their ambition
pauses at the waters edge. Any man in
| the republic can lead division, but 1T re-
| quires much skill to navigate battleshlp.
| The sea has more uses than one. Let US
! hope Congress will remember this in the
pending personnel BILL" (Cheers and
| laughter.)
| said that one of the lessons derived from
| it was that mechanical advancement nau
| to yield to meritorious selection. Secre,
| tary Long, he said, gave the professional
element latitude and discretion, and the
| solution of tactical naval questions was
| left in the hands of those who had been
! ey cut the cable and Admiral Sampson
| said that the cable in his case was used
] so discreetly that it helped rather than
| hindered him.
The nation" continued Mr.. McAdoo,
| sis expanding to nobler and higher ideas
as well as in physical power, despite the
| direful prophecies of the Jeremiahs. II |
| thought our condition past, present and
| future was as bad as some pubic men
picture it 1 wouldn't stay an hour In this
| country, except by necessity and com
authorities, we are going SO fast to
| destruction you can't see the Wheeis go
! round. Gaughter) I have the hardihood
| to take issue with them at once. peieve eye
| the late war was altogether benencial
| in its results to our people. Ii mas Wedueo
| the peoples of the Republic into one ana
| it has placed us on the path to higner
and loftier civilization: 1t mas paliaSteu
! us with those awful responsibilities which
| give zest and object beyond mere amman
| existence, to the life of men and nations,
| ii has silenced or made us needless OF
| response to the interminable cavilings OF
professional chatters, scholastic magples,
| (loud laughter) who are blind with rage,
| that one act of George. Dewey outweigns
| in the national estimation the noisy caWnlg
| for a hundred years of whole colonies OF
| self esteemed, mutually admired, noto-
| riety seeking grubbing haunting ROCKS.
| (Renewed laughter and cheering) Inc
| nation no longer believes that the whole
| object of existence is to bury our mouths
| in the swill trough of naturallsm ana
| our eyes on the ledger pages OF supreme
1 seIfishness except for an occasions recess
| to listen to these super-g1fted wise men
| Of the parish Qaughter) before wnom we
| are to sit in awful reverence ,thank1ui
| to them and the gods that we are allowed
| to live on the same earth with men VINO
| know so much and do so little.
| Naughter) :.
/ closing, 'is still the price of liberty, and
| Of everything valuable from chickens in
/ coops to bonds in bank safes. We are
not living in Arcadia and would mo- not ,ed, en-,
| know that we have advanced and are ao-
yancing rapidly, morally, socially and po-
litically, through much to try ana G aistress a sS
| labor to grander ideals and truer stand
| ards tremendous cheering as the
/ speaker resumed his seat)
| by Rev Cornelius Brett to the toast OF
| sFreedom," in which the eloquent pastor
| of Bergen Reformed Church emphasized
the underlying rule of freedom to be that
! of righteousness which exalted nation.
| Freedom was the rule of right, ana ne
only could, he said, be free who followea
| right to its ultimate conclusion. Lots oI
men, he said, tried to do right, but they
| made mistakes. Yet, said Mr.. Brett the
| world was set right by errors The worlo
| the perfection of Freedom Cloud ap-
! pIause.) Some people, continued Mr..
BRETT. don't know what is right from
| wrong and to illustrate that he told the
following story:
"An Irishman who was addicted to over
Indulgence in whiskey was told by his
priest that if he didn't stop getting drunk
| erence.' replied Pat, 'Oi think I've seen
| everything worth seeing up to the present
time (Roars of laughter) This is what
/ comes of following habit to a conclu-
sion" said DR.. Brett, amid renewed laugh
fer He closed his admirable speech by
reading Rudyard Kipling's poem, Take
IN the white mans burden"
| who was down for the toast of New
| Jersey Mr.. William D. Edwards at the
eleventh hour jumped into the breach
He praised the absent Governor for the
| legislation he had secured for the benefit
| of Hudson. Then Mr.. Edwards proceeded
to give some good natured slaps to the
Board of Trade, which amused his hear
ers.
II am surprised and f1attered." he said
with mock gravity, "at the Board OF
Trade asking me to respond to the toast
We've been on opposite sides so often that
I am now wondering whether I have re-
formed or they Cloud laughter.) What
1 ever it is, at least ! can say that they
have taken water. (Cheers and laughter.)
Mayor Hoos here has upheld the water
contract because it attacked him, and by
his action in upholding that contract he
Lhas upheld the best interests of Jersey
City, loud applause)
Coming to the subject matter of his
toast Mr.. Edwards said that New Jersey
was proud of her history, the long roll Of
;Il,,sfrio11s names and the battles fought