The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-01
THE NEW CENTURY.


Quent Remarks on This Theme.
Senator Albert J. Beverage responded to
THE Twentieth Century In an eloquent
manner, as follows:
'Mr. Presdent-Before responding 20 the
toast which the committee has assigned
to me, / cannot refrain from saying
word in the way OF acknowledgment OF
the debt we all to the whose
constructive mind, heart of purpose and
singleness Of devotion TO this club has so
largely contributed to making this beauti-
fuI building. Franklin w. Hays has. by
common consent, stood I'm the forefront OF
this great work, sacrificing time, energy,
thought, to give TO this association home
unrivaled In convenience and splendor
among the clubhouses of the world. And.
altering the expression Of the sentiment.
TO the victors belong the spoils.' TO suit
the occasion. to-wit: To the deserving be-
long the honors, We all honor our fellow
member, DR.. Hays. and none honor him so
much / am sure as his committee
men who have aided him so faithfully,
and to whom almost equal credit and honor
is due.
MIR. President, the committee has nofi-
fed me that L am to speak OF The Twen-
tieth Century very small and circum-
scribed subject, you will admit. The twen-
tieth century will be American. Each hour
the world is growing smaller; each hour
America is growing greater. On the one
hand, the telegraph, the railway, the
steamship and all the agencies OF COM
munication which bringing continents
within hail OF continents; on the other
hand, the reproductive vitality OF the Amer
lean people leach generation larger and
more vital than its parent). the construc-
tive energy OF the American people which
enables fraction OF US TO raise and make
more than all OF us can use, the adminis-
trative and governing capacity OF the
American people inherent In their blood
and evolved from the whole experience OF
our race the beginning OF the decline OF the
great powers of the world and the unripe-
Of he only IA % moss
contest the future with us-all these geo.
graphical. industrial and human facts fix
America In the place or primacy among
the nations throughout that great period
of which the twentieth century Is the be-
ginning.
Prophecy. Mr.. President. has ever
seemed extravagant TO those who think
that present conditions are eternal. and
that no human wisdom can possibly be an
Improvement upon their own. And yet IL
we take the advance OF the nineteenth
century as a premise, and the increduious
hostility with which each advance was re-
ceived. still further advance in the dawn
ing century may be reasoned out within
the limits OF conservative thought.
WAS FARSEEING.
Thomas jefferson was farseeing; and
yet, even before we acquired Louisiana.
he told Congress in a careful message hat
we then had territory enough 10 supply
our posterity 10 the thousandth generation;
but now. in the fourth generation from
Jefferson. with eighty millions CT people.
who. with a continent for home. ara
stin reaching out TO the islands or the
sea. We perceive how short Was me VISION
OF the farseeing jefferson. JOSIAH g
declared on the floor of CongresSH
acquisition OF that imperia
known as the Louisiana
stroyed the fundamental Y
the Republic was foCndS
ing powers fatal % -
actually dissolved
with that wildeEnel
public. with the
developed streng
stroying the n
so knit togeths
OF states a SIN
perceive how
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