The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-24
The Admiral Mentioned in Coming
Down the Line Of IIIustriouS
New EngIanders by President
Of New England Society of Penn
ANNUAL BANQUET
AT PHILADELPHIA
Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court Brewer, David J. Hill and
the Chinese Minister Were the
Principal Speakers at After
Dinner Exercises

FTlIICIpdl opodkeIS dt HIt0l
Dinner Exercises
Philadelphia, Dec. 23.-The 21st an
nual banquet of the New England So
ciety of Pennsylvania was held tonight
in Horticultural Hall, covers being laid
for nearly 400 members and guests.
were present from New York, Balti-
more, washington, Boston and other
cities
Assistant United States Atty. Gen.
James NJ. Beck, President of the So
ciety, opened the speech-making with
| brief address. In coming down the
| line of the illustrious New Englanders,
President Beck mentioned the name of
George Dewey" This was the signal
for an outburst of applause such as
was not repeated during the remainder
of the evening.
The chairman then introduced as the
first speaker, Associate Justice David
| ]. Brewer, of the United States SUI
preme Court, who responded to the
| toast, THE United States; a world
power" Justice Brewers address was
frequently punctuated by applause.
| The next speaker was David ]. Hill,
who took as his theme, 1.-TWO types of
| patriotism"
Hon. David ]. HILL first assistant
secretary of state, responded to the
toast. patriotism" He said the
patriotism of place has played glo-
rious part in the history of the world
and has nerved heroic men to do noble
deeds on many field of honor. Amer
lean patriotism, he said, is not born OF
possession, but of aspiration not of the
influence Of place, but of the inspira-
/ ton of principles. Continuing, he said:
"A great movement was when the
struggle for local sovereignty surrend-
cred its pretensions and recognized the
reality of the nation and the solidity OF
| the Union. Another great movement
was when this great republic stretched
forth it's hand of pacification over the
reality of the nation and the solidity Of
the Union Another great movement
was when this great republic stretched
/ forth its hand of pacification over th'
island of Cuba, rent with insurrectioT
and devastated by fire and sword, anC
consecrated the sovereignty of pow
erful nation to the work of peace.
make no argument here to justify the
| recent course of events, but I believe
the days of Washington, Lincoln and
| Mckinley are glorious days in the his
| tory of our country. They mark the
/ Triumph Of patriotism of people ovel
the patriotism of place, of ethics ovel
geography, and Of humanity over To-
cality.
"Never before has our country seemed
as worthy of love and conflict as now
for never before has it exhibited great
err Justice or magnanimity. From the
humblest beginning the nation has
risen to a position of world wide influ-
ence and it may be trusted to wielc
a more than imperial power in a truly
republican spirit so long as it continues
to treasure in it's heart the memories
of the Pilgrim and the Puritan"
| WI Ting Fang, the Chinese minis
ter. responded to the toast, "A greeting
from the Orient"
Minister WI spoke briefly, saying
that 1t was eminently proper that the
New England Society should each year
hold celebrations concentrating the
landing of their forefathers, as it was
but the celebration of the day Of New
Englanders' political and religious lib
erty.
He alluded briefly to the open door
of the Chinese empire, saying that
| foreigners are treated the same as the
! natives; there was no high tariff in
| China such as other countries had, be-
! cause the other countries had regu-
| lated the tariff for China. The oldest
nation in the East, he said, was CRATE
! full to America for all she had done
| for China. America. he continued
would not Cypress the weak, but would
! see that justice is done to ALL This
country will, said Minister WI, not
only become "a world power, but the
world power in commerce and peace.
| Bourke Cochran responded to the
! toast America in the Twentieth CEN
! tury." He was followed by Simon Ford
of New York Rev. Rockwell H. Potter
of Hartford, CT, and Charles S. Ham
| lin of Boston, who spoke on the re-
spective topics, The Yankee Of to
day" Puritan and Yankee" and "The
old Bay State"
Mr.. Hamlin paid glowing tribute
to Massachusetts, touching on the
| commercial supremacy Of the United
! States, and spoke on the question of
whether the new races brought within
the confines of the United States are
to remain permanently or temporarily.
He said
| Differ as we may as to the manner
| in which we acquired this territory,
we as a fact hold them and we must
state whether we hold them for our
own benefit or for their benefit. For
tunately the great majority Of the
! American people not only accepts but
| procIaims that we are trustees. / be-
! lieve the time has come when our
| trust should be declared"
Associate Justice David B. Brewer Of
the United States Supreme Court re-
sponded tc the toast, The United
States; a World Power?" Among other
| things he said:
THE last few years have written
much of history. The goth century
| brings US face to face with new con-
! ditions, and we are conscious that the
/ United States of America have become
more important factor in the world S
| thought. Some fancy that the Spanish
/ war wrought tho great cbapoa This