The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-05
ADMiRAL DEWEY
RESPONDS TO TOASTS.

After the Admirags party returned from
The drive through the park il proce,d-d 20
IN, University club "n Grand and Wa-h-
ingtou avenues. where luncheon was p'e-
pared. The club entrance was decorated IN
The American oUlyr~. and the interior was
lsr rIi~,i Ia liis"> and snIilaS. In the
diuing-rav,u the tables were arranXed fn
the form og the letter T. the stem OF th-
letter continuing into The adjoining room.
covers were laid tOI sixty at the table. A.
the center Of thr vress lar or the table
tNre,. seats N"re prepared under : canopy
oT American flags. naval Fcuuauts being
j;l, ,udei in the decoration. The central
-r.'t was occupied by !. II. l.onberEer.
Mrs. Dewey being seated at his lsii and
the Admiral al his right The other seats
were occupied 10y members ut the club and
10y some "f the party. who had driven
With the Admiral earlier in the Gay. The
.aO.e decorations were In pink and green
a bunch of pink roses being arranged at
each plate.
\ Large crowd hal collected outside the
club by le..f, and the number vas being
constantly augmented until 4 .,-w minutes
after I o'clock. when the carriage contain
ing the Admiral hove I'm sight. y aoabe
ihe or police was drawn Up III the street
ana by the sideS Of the steps Of the club.
and those In the street had considerable
difficulty in restraining the more euthuslas-
tic %; the crowd from pushing forward.
The Admirafs party was greeted with the
usual cheers when # arrived. and the AZ
miral returned the salutaiioH 10y Hitting his
hat. In fact. the AdmiraIs hat was more
uften in hand ih1n on his head thra ugh
out the morning. The police sal,rt.d as the
party alighred
A short reception wa~ held iu the yallurs
uf The club until 20 Iun-heon being served
tt that hour. Among thosa who sat at the
Table besides members OF the driN ne party
were: II. II. T;tman, r. y. JudSun. e. T..
Doane. h. II. Meliier. J. -. Davis. 4. &.
Hitchcock. 4. B. Graham. II. r. Bent. J. L.
Mason. q. l.. Masters. t. u. Markham.
G. Mcclure. J. r. S.,rjs. }. l.. roy. Henry
hitchcock. J. y. Drummuri. /. H. Lion
berger, Huntlngdon Smith. James Campbell
\. {. Steward. T.. c. Lane. : l.. s;l.ir
T.. l. GUtEra. 4 Thatcher. Lester iJa,l.
Dexter Tiffany. J. v. N"ltr. J. r. DeIaney.
II. 9. : Oft. ". MCl;ltir. l.. II. Smith InG
q. e. Jones The seven or eight Iadir. a.
tha table were seated n th, cross nlr
where the Admiral ami Mrs. Dewey wsr,
seateG.
During ;he fepa>. President Lioubcreer
arose and proposed d. toast 70 Admiral aud
Mrs. bew~:, ,. th- follow ing address.
4 caaI."i suffer Ia, occasion 10 pass
without expressing tu,. pleasure ~ tie ,!u,.
al { :lv noUur done b.! uUr great Admiral Il
mas been his high privilege 10 render Il
greater service to his Couutr. than aux
luIu Of This generation What n. Ma told
20 co h5 accomplished. He did MS work
Sp!.udjdiy ana ,n a"ruTuance with the hest
traditions ui the navy. Hidden perils did 10:
Gaunt h.m. His feet wss handled g. il were
Ii.tn"Uy"r-d trr holiday. Alter th- bIttic
was over he behaved with the ruaguInity
.: gentleman. His nrinae and jagt pre-
vented The horrors ut anarchy.
by his victory aui IN. splendid manner
IN nicn Il was won. the ssif-Coniid.nce Of
the nation was restored. its PRIDE was grat-
iii.d. its powe! made evident TO all the
people of ihe world. and its empire was ex-
tended by 2."c, leagues Of land ana sea and
l1Ue.aD OF people.
His announcement of this M asniiicen;
achievement was so modest that It seemed
as If he himself. of all the world,
alOr. ign0:dnt OF its greatness.
''H.ucetorth and forever the name of
Dewey wili add impcriShabi. glory to the
countTy's history. Gentlemen, l propose
the health OF this great Admiral, couquerOr
OF the Philippines. and OF his wife, the
conGueror OF the coniueror.
The speech was received with applause
and the toast was drunk enthusiastically.
admiral Dewey then arose and replied:
Il Sant TO say something on this rcCa-
sion. | have been huuoreI beyond rNpr-s-
sion since ! landed in New York las; fall.
but never like this. ! wish to propose IN
response toast 10 the president and nem-
bers OF the University Club Of ST. Louis"
Several other toasts We're proposed. in
Guiding one by Mr.. Lion hergeF-thc health
of England. Mayor XieEtnhein also made
a characteristic speech. y large number q:
bouquets We're presented. both to Mrs.
Dewey and Mrs. Whitelaw. after the lunch
con. Immediately after the party WAS
driven 10 the Coliseum.