New-York tribune., 1900-05-02
CHEERS FOR MRS. DAVIS.
WIFE OF CONFEDERACYS PRESIDENT
RECEIVES HEARTY GREETING AT :.
A r. DINNER-COLER'S SIG
NIFICANT REMARKS
NIFICANT REMARKS.

The four hundred more members of the So
ciety of the Sons of the American Revolution at
their dinner the Waldorf-Astoria last night had
a score of things to applaud but none of them re-
ceived such sharp and hearty burst of com
mendation the Controllers reference to recent
transaction in Wall Street. He said:
A few nights ago 200oo men and of
this city took part in labor demonstraton. 1t
was manifestation of the industrial unrest which
the action of few men behind
ing a shutdown of the works am not attack
ing corporations in what l say but | do maintain
whose operations may be made harmful and un-
just TO the people OF other states owes 10 olner @
States fair and honest control over the company
it has created.
Next to that in interest was an incident OF an en-
tirely different character 1t was at $50 CLOCK.
just before the speaking. when the orchestra sud
denly struck up Dixie" General Joseph Wheeler
was at the guest table. Every one looked at him
and soon there was wayng Ct M ndPhInS ] @HT in a a
Widows cap and wees leaned oysT the 1g Fqgg 81 1e
to table three words were passed;
The spirit of tender chtvary asserted itself in
stantly The men on the floor and the women IN
the gaeTy rose ana chefGeG ana amsd and smiled
again ana again These near her y sad ine So fb
scene Men sxGhaEsed 6 HoEb Ebngg5d snd the
murInured something ABOUT bind bIe \orn M nd
then string of men and women @ eesq aIsI 10 were
The diners were seated at twelve tables and a
guest tat American COlOrS every
where to be seen. Walter S. Logan. vioe-presdent
Revolution presided n the atS1ICe or & p,
Roosevelt Who IS in EuTo2s Inc otnsr S9easTgT
Joseph c Breekinridge, General Miles Lieutenant
MG9aub busht Hs 9enroer Goer
Judge Good, OF Virgtnis Joseph jefferson William
in addition to those vino made addresses there
were Al the table Edward Pay7on CoHS Gen
Gore fTRff baTid BlfEsoH Banf southard General
e9ma Reer n n M Laa%5 Gnder Jon
athan Trumbul. Frank w. Rollins. ex-senator
Rev. Dr. JESSE l. RurIbut General Stewart
Woodford Franklin Murphy, GeGTgge j. S9Feg 8,rs ?
Colonel William RidgeIey Griffith, Trueman G
The Rev DR. HurIbutt, chaplain of the National
society in whose honor the dinner was given by
white blue aud buff emblem of the National society
and the National colors presented TO the
Three cheers we're given for General Horace Por-
ter United States Minister to France. an absent
Colonel Hopkins read fake" telegram from
could have plover on account of the game laws,
and that squads would have to do.
aid Mclean. of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, and Miss Annie E. Wheeler. daughter
Walter s Logan was "erowned" with laurel lS, and and
cfeneraI Brecknrtdgs, paid glowing tributes to
Generals Lawton and Miles ana Wneeler ana ana Mss MISS
drunk lt5i-s- anu ''-S '+'''''' y. 'o
General Miles received with great dppldus-.
and spoke Of the union of North and South and
the complete defences Gf New.York Harh3r
Lieutenant Governor Woodruff spoke without pre-
vous prepa ration and regretted the absence OF the
sturdy and strenuous nephew of the president OF
the State society.
Nothing is characteristic of great soldier
as 10 give credit TO other soldiers more than TO
himself" said General Wheeler in speaking Of Gen
eral Lawton. and OF that officers unselhshness.
He said that any one who had watched the events
Of the last years must have become convinced
that the destiny of mankind ruled by a higher
power than the mandate of legislatures.
In hound said he, "Ango,saxon eiviiza-
ton crossed the Pacific Ocean and has begun to
plant its strong civilization where fifty centuries
ago there the best civiliZa ton in the world
He who would call back the Anglo-SaXon would
find himself peweress TO effect his purpose If
he tried 10 change the of the Gulf Stream ="
The health of General Frederick D Grant was
drunk.
The Rev. DR.. Hills spoke with unusual force on
the topic Lest We Forget and was followed by
the other speakers mentioned