The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-22
WOMAN" rRoUry's TOAST.
Citizen of Dewey's state Delivered
an Interesting Speech.

an IPNNNA-
In compliment to Mrs. Dewey the toast
Woman" usually lower down on the list,
followed Immediately upon Judge Speer's
response to 1.-THE President Of the United
States" Judge Prouty OF Vermont, a
member of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, responded.
Judge Prouty opened by thanking the
representatives Of the city for their very
kind welcome to him and its other guess.
Giving word of praise to the parade he
had witnessed in the afternoon, he began
to depreciate his own importance. search
ing about for some explanation as to why
he had been invited to speak, and finding
it finally in the fact of his being from
Vermont.
Because Dewey is from Vermont you
doubtless decided it would be a compli-
ment to him to have a speaker upon your
list from his state" he said. vermont
is a rugged state. and 1t has produced
many rugged men. Should I attempt to
give you a list of the eminent men the
state claims as its sons, you would be as
tonished, for there are many of them, but
none have won such honor for themselves
or reflected such glory upon the state rs
your distinguishes. guest.
MY position demands that l travel far
and wide over the country. From the
Atlantic to the Pacific, from
the lakes to the Gulf. l
have TO go, and l meet many people.
To the question as to wnere / am from,
| reply Y ermont. Vermont, some one
will eXclaim. Why, that is Dewey's
state Then he will shake hands again.
Being from Vermont since Dewey won
fame in the Philippines has been a pass
port for me INTO the good graces of thou
sands of people.
'As the only other representative Of
Vermont in Savannah as your guest, I
wish to thank you and declare that Yer
mont appreciates your welcome to Dewey
and the wonderful hospitality you have
shown him. For myself / may say that
this is not the first time l have been in
Savannah and partaken of it's hospital
ity. Three years ago l was here for a
long sitting of the Interstate Commerce
Commission. l was then taken to Thun-
derbolt Oaughter) and on a trip down
the river"
just here Judge Prouty made distinct
pause, ana the audience seemed to be-
lieve he joke was on the Admiral. All
began to laugh, and the Admiral, feeling
far more in a laughing humor than he had
the afternoon before when he was taken
i'll on his trip down the river Joined in
the mirth Judge Prouty continued with
his talk, having the temerty to give the
Admiral another prod. ION that trip down
the river we had salad 0aughter), and
there was. ] believe, some of that infantry
or cavalry or some sort of something
along II was rather strong. though, and
! do not believe it should have been given
a man from a prohibition state"
Judge Ptouty here intimated that he had
seemed 10 miscue on his subject 'Wo-
man. had not been touched upon up to
that point. and he fastened to make
amends for his diversion from his topic
Passing over, with brief note, the in
congruity as he thought it, of a man
from a frozen North being called upon to
respond TO such q toast as his, the Judge
said he did not want to treat his subject
as though 1t were a jest. Indeed he
said. at is serious matter. For me II
is particularly serious. Mrs. Prouty only
decided to come to Savannah when she
learned upon what toast / was to he
heard. 1t is said that woman is the
weaker vessel, but that Is not the univer-
sal case.
woman rules the universe, because she
rules its rulers. our Admiral is an illus
tration. After winning his great victory
in Manila bay and holding the islands in
peace he returned to this country. and
1t was but few weeks before he fell cap
tive TO the charms of a woman. And do
you blame him." y
The Judge turned 20 personal consid-
Grafton of the relations of woman to man.
declaring that one-half the literature of