The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-09
HONOR TO GEN. HOWARD
PUBLIC DINNER IN NEW YORK To
CELEBRATE HIS sEVENTIETH
BIRTHDAY
CHAUNcEY DEPEw PRESIDED
Long List of Distinguished Guests
Sat Down at the banquet Table
ia the waldorf
Astoria,

NEW YORK, Nov S.-The public din
ner given tonight in the ball room of the
Waldorf-Astoria to Cen o. Q. Howard.
in honor of his seventeen birthday was
attended by 800 men proni:i!en- i'll busi-
ness and professional HE. Chauncey M.
Depew presided, and on his right sat Gen.
Howard. To the left~G J. r. Broo&s
was seated. Others 1T the s5eests' table
were Gen. E. G. smith, George p. Nc
Lean, Thomas B. Fed, Zen. Fl. NJ. Bur-
nett, the Rev. j. B. ourrei, Gen. Benja-
min F. Tracey, Russell A, Alger, Gen. u.
NJ. Dodge, Admiral A S. Barker, Gen. D.
E. Sickels. the Rev. =. Il. l5arrews. Capt.
A. t. Mahan, Comte de Sahune de La
fayette Gen. A. G. McCook, Gen Stewart
L. Woodford, Gen. w. y. Mhi7Plr,
Booker I. Washington AMI W. =. Gaines.
One of the features of the dinner was the
presentation to Gen. Howard of a hand
somely bound and decorated album. It
contained a handsome poitcalt of Gen.
Howard, as well as a brief biography of
him. 1t also contaiAed q te sttrit hal
from the following. societies, Gd1cationaI
institutions and private individuals:
American Bible society, National Tenn
perance society, International Y. III. G.
A. American Board of Foreign Missions,
American Missionary association, Congfe-
gationaI Home Missionary society. con-
gregational clubs, Brooklyn and Chicago;
Union league clubs of New York, Brood
Iyn and Chicago; the Howard, i4ir toln
memorial; st aight, Alta nta and iSS uni
versities; Hampton institute, PennStlTa-
MIA and Bowdoin colleges, President NC
Kinley, Senator w. P. Frye, Russell Al
ger, Daniel Lamont, Lieut.. Gen Mics,
Admiral Dewey. Lieut. Gen Schoneli,
Aijt. Gen. Corbin, Horace Porter, Rob-
PN r Of Inc
tice Brewer, Thomas B, Reed, Mrs. Y. 5!
Grant. Edward Everett Hale, President
f. L. Patton, of Princeton; Presittent FL
P Faunce Of Brown; Rev. = |. .Cuyler,
Archbishop John ireland. ex-sSoY. t'Sihn,
ex-Gov. Chamberlain. The speakers OF
the evening were Mr.. Reed, Capt. MAhSH'
Mr. Dodge, Booker T.. washington
Comte de Lafayette. Rev: John l5afro ,V
Bishop Gaines, of Georgia.; Gen. SieSels
and Gen. Wagner Swayne who made the
presentation speech when the album was
given to Gen. Howard.
When the speaking begun Senator De-
pew praised the bravery of Gen. Howard
during the war. and spoke of the services
he had rendered the country during MS
life. Then he said:
.tNoW. gentlemen, let us drink 10 the
health Of Gen. Howard. Let us congratu-
late him on having reached the age OF
three score and ten. He looks as young,
as vigorous and as handsome as he dld
MANY years ago, when | first saw MN IN
a cadet uniform at my old homestead IN
Peekskill' - -
The diners arose and crank the hnaltn
of Gen. Howard and then gave him thfee
cheers. Senator Depew then INTRODUCED
ex-Speaker Reed
THE EX-CZAR
Mr.. Reed said: 81 have not come here
to praise Gen. Howard, but TO nollor
him He does not need my praise; he
hardly needs my honor. He began life
we'll bv being born in the state OF. Maine
He started off equally well by being
graduated at Bowdoin college from
where no better class of citizens come.
Mr. Reed than spoke of Gen. Howard
as a soldier and as a citizens and COM
pleted. his brief remarks by saying. - g
I'VE can praise him not only because
of the uniform he has worn, but because
of the lofty life he has led as a citizen
in times Of peace.
I. Cant. A. T. Mahan, U. s. N, was then
introduced as the son of an old teacher
of Gen. Howard. He spoke briefly and
referred mainly to the deeds on the part
of Gen. Howard on the battlefield. 81
Gen. Grenville M. Dodge, president of
the Society of the Army of Tennessee,
Of which Gen. Howard was commander,
spoke of Gen. Howard as a soldier, and
told of having recommended him to sue
coed to the command made vacant by
the death of Gen. Mcpherson. He re-
ferred to the Army of the Tennessee a
the most successful army of the war. He
spoke of the action of Gen. Howard in
giving the credit of all the victories of
that army to Gen. Logan in his report
of the work of the army
BOOKER WASHINGTON
Booker T. Washington, president of
Tuskeggee institute, was next introduced,
and he said he had the distinction of be-
longing to a race so important that it
came to this country under extreme pres
sure; that it formed part of the COM
mercial prosperity of the nation In its
early days Tile unfortunate white man,
he said, came to this country much
against the protest of its leading citizens
in 1892.
We were. a part of the commercial
prosperity of the country he said. eve
had to be sent for There was not enc
Of us but what was worth from $500 to
N,OUp when we came here. And the Door
White man was not worth 80 cents Even
such men as our distinguished ard illus
triGuS chairman would not have brought
so cents at that time.
Mr.. Washington said he brought a.
message of sympathy and. congratulations
from 100000 of tho negro race in the
South to Gen. Howard. Continuing, he
said:
TOO often it is our custom to curse
men while they live and to praise only
when they are dead The name of Gen.
Howard is a name that the negro keeps
tenderly folded in his bosom by the side
of GARRISON Phillips Lincoln and Grant
The negro is not and never will prove
himself ungrateful Cor the rare and
precious contributions which Gen. How
ard made to our freedom. The occasion
is too great, too sacred for mere personal
eulogy The work which Gen. Howard
so we'll began in the dark past is not
yet completed. though miraculous prog
ress has been made -
Count Sahune de Lafayette vas intro
! duced as being a descendant of Gen
Lafayette friend of WASHINGTON, whose
deeds contributed so greatly to the free
dom Of this country. Count de Lafayette
spoke briefly. He said he was glad 10 be
so honored as to have the opportunity of
| being present and of being introduced as
the descendant of man who had helped
to make this nation what it was.
GEN SICKIlEs.
Gen. Daniel E. Sickies said:
:. We have not half told the story of
Zen I1oward's brayerJ. | have always
! looked up to Gen. Howard with a Singu-
lar reverence. Howard was good man.
Although L am considerably his senior, 1
! nave always endeaVored to oVeTtake him
in that capacity, but have never been
say that he has the advantage of two
! feet. 1t is said that self-peservation is
the first law OF nature. Gen. Howard is
! a protest against that miserable maxim
/ toward believes in self sacrifice. Every
I glorious deed that has been achieved has
been done by those who followed Gen
statement"
Gen. SlckIes then told of the devotion