The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-24
GREATNESS OF AMERICA Theme at Banquet in
 Philadelphia. DEWEY'S NAME CHEERED Produced the Demonstration
 of the Evening. Associate Justice Brewer, Assistant Secretary Hill, Minister wu and Bourke Cochran are Among
 the Speakers.
DEWEY'S NAME CHEERED

Philadelphia, Dec. 23-The twenty-first annual banquet of the New England Society of Pennsylvania was held tonight in Horticultural Hall. covers being laid for nearly 400 mmbers and guests. Guests were present from New York, Baltimore, Washington, Boston and other cities. As- sistant United States Attorney General James M. Beck, President of the society, opened the speechmaking with brief ad- dress. In coming down the line of the illustrious New Englanders, President Beck mentioned the name of George Dewey" This was the signal for an out burst of applause, such as was not re- peated during the remainder of the even- ing. The chairman then introduced as the first speaker. Associate Justice David J. Brewer of the United States Supreme Court, who responded to the toast, The United States. a World Power"
 Among other things. he said; ''The Twentieth Century brings us face to face with new conditions, and we are con- scious that the United States of America have become a more important factor in the worlds thought. We shall deserve to be called a world power because our relations with all nations will be carried out upon the highest principles of truth and justice. We stand in the council of nations strong enough to fear no attempt to wrong us; so strong that we cannot afford to wrong any, even the weakest nation; strong enough to be firmly just to the most powerful nation, and so strong that we must be kindly just with the weakest.
 Into all the avenues of our official life is entering civil service reform. Promo ton by merit has ceased to be the joke of the politician. Whatever may be the present defects in the machinery wholly to secure the desired results, and very likely the defects are many, 1t Is one of the bright assurances of the future that the thought and purpose, of the people are turned in this direction, ana they VIII not be thwarted.'
 The next speaker was David J. Hill who took as his theme, Two Types of Patriotism
 He said the patriotism of place has played glorious part in the history oi the world and has nerved men to noble deeds on many a field of honor. Ameri- can patriotism, he said, Is not born oi possession, but of aspiration; not of the influence of self, but of the inspiration or pTlnClpieS. I1S Sdius ANSNSA OSAOAN has our country seemed so worthy of love and confidence as now. From the humblest beginning, the nation has risen to a position of world wide influence and may be trusted to wield a temperate power in a truly republican spirit so long as 1t continues to treasure in It's heart the memories of the Pilgrim and the Puritan"
 Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese Minister responded to the toast "A Greeting from the Orient" Minister Wu spoke briefly saying that 1t was eminently proper that the New England Society should each year hol~ celebrations commemoratins the landing of their forefathers, as it was but the celebration of the day of the New Englanders political and religious liberty.
 He alluded briefly to the open door of the Chinese empire, saying that foreign CTS are treated the same as the natives There was no high tariff in China. such as other countries had. becaues the other countries had arranged the tariff fol China. The oldest nation in the East he said, was grateful to America for al she had done for China. America, h' continued. would not oppress the weak but would see that justice is done to all Thi scOuntry will. he said. not only be- come a world power, but the woriC power" in commerce and peace.
 Bourke Cochran responded to the toast America in the Twentieth Century.