The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-22
DUFFY MALI WHISKY co., Rochester. MY.
DINNER OF MICHIGAN CLUB.
MORE THAN 500 REPUBLICANS AT
THE ANNUAL FEAST.

Detroit, Mich, Feb 2l.-Several striking
of the Republican party in Michigan to the
stars who appeared before them on the oc-
casion of the fifteenth annual banquet of
the Michigan Club, but the enthusiastic
reception accorded to Hon. Timothy L.
Woodruff, Lieutenant Governor of New
York, far outshone all other features of
the otcasion. He was introduced as the
probable candidate of the great pivotal
state of New York for Vice President of
storm of applause ensued.
Maj. Gen. Shafter, Cows. Nash of Ohio,
Shaw of Iowa and Pingree of Michigan
all received enthusiastic welcomes.
More than 500 Republicans sat at the
annual feast The galleries were filled with
spectators. The big armory was gay with
patriotic decorations.
Gov. Pingree, in his address of welcome,
warned 1.-The sextette of those who hoped
to succeed me that a conscientious dis
charge of the duties of Governor of this
state, with determined purpose to serve
the interests of the entire people and not
a special few, is not always a pleasant
task
After eleven years of continuous serv-
ice l have no desire for further prefer
ment."
POSTMASTER Patton said:
"Our great character, the Governor, hav-
ing given us his farewell speech, and hav-
ing once again, as he disappears in the
horizon, reiterated his sentiments on tax
alton, this club not being organized to
make the platform of the party, but to
support its candidates and declared prin-
ciples, will proceed to listen to other
speeches."
Hon. George K. Nash, Governor of
Ohio, responded to the sentiment:
washington and the Northwest Terri
tory"
MIR. woodruff of New York.
In presenting Mr.. Woodruff to respond
to the sentiment: washington, the Ex-
pansionist," Mr.. Patton said:
THE Republican party believes in young
men. They were in at the founding of
the party; they have been in 1t since, and
to them the party still turns with con
fdence and hope. The Michigan Club has
been in the habit Of nominating presiden-
tial candidates" (alluding to speeches be-
fore the club by Harrison. Mckinley, etc)
Surrounded as l am here by Governors
and would-be Governors and other cand-
dates, ] am inclined to think that light
ming might easily strike a vice presiden-
tial candidate here as well. When in the
next National Convention the question Is
asked, Who does New York want to name
for Vice PresidentY because as New York
goes so goes the Union) will they NOT
turn TO the stalwart pair of New York
leaders and bring forth the name of Timo-
thy L. Woodruff" Uong and loud APP
plause)
Among other things, Mr.. Woodruff said:
The history of the world shows nothing
equal to the physical, commercial, finan-
cial and moral progress of the United
States during the century which has
elapsed since the death of Washington.
In laying the foundations for this inn
perial work for God and man, Washing
ton left a name to which generations yet
unborn will pay homage, when all the
monuments erected to his fame by a CRATE
full country have crumb.ed into dust He
left a record summed up in his own
words, ''to promote the happiness of the
human race" that will forever expand for
good, with each recurring year and CEN
fury.
Following Gov. Woodruff's speech Gen
shafter was called upon. He paid earnest
tribute to Gen. Alger
Gen. BOyntOn's Address.
men of Michigan in the Footsteps OF
Washington" was responded to by Cen
II. V. Boynton of Washington. He said
in part.
"our war with Spain had it's origin in
such conditions as Washington may have
had in mind when he declared that If we
remained one people, under an efficient
government, the time would be short I'M
til in dealing with belligerent nations we
might choose peace or war as our inter
ests, guided by justice, should counsel
at is possible that but for the assassi-
nation of the Maine the war might have
been avoided. The President was striving
hard to maintain peace, If peace could
be chosen with honor But after the blow
ing up Of the Maine, then believed, bur
now known to have been deliberately ex-
ecuted, with the connivance of Spanish
officers, the only open path led on to war
There is nothing which drew the coun-
try closer to Washington than the digni-
ty silence and patience with which he en-
dured the Islander and abuse to which even
he was subjected. Your own honored sec
rotary, following this great example, bore
his unjust burdens with a manliness which
has already commanded the nations re-
spect. When truth In regard TO war man
agement shall have driven falsehood into
merited oblivion, the verdict of history
for him Is sure to be Wei done
"As man of Massachusetts birth 1
may be INDUCED for a moment In re-
ferring TO family affairs. Some who we're
formerly patriots and some of them men
of renown have, as you know, organized
against what they are pleased to call I'M
perialism A friend in Boston assures me
that the great grandfather of one of the
most active officials In organizing the
League was ordered out
OF Boston by Gen. Washington because
he was a Tory; that of his grandfathers,
both were opposed 10 the war of 1872 and
one was in the Hartford Convention; that
his father denounced the war with Mex
leo; and that both he and his father were
in the civil War-from which
It would appear that this league Is or
ganized strictly on the merit system.
"There Is not an anti-imperialist In
New England whose title to his real es-