New-York tribune., 1902-12-23

He Praises Work Of DezCey and
McKinley at Orange Dinner.

land Society of Orange appropriately celebrated
Forefathers' Day by dinner last night EN-At-
torncy General Grggs was the principal speaker
About go members and guests gathered around
the tables. In the assembly were Governor FRANK
lin Murphy. Thomas a. Edison and Congressman
Fowler President Frederick w Kelsey, of the
Society, presided and made an address of welcome.
He said in part:
Another year brings around our thrty-third an
niversary of the day we celebrate II ma mas NT Eev,
an active and Prosperous year to ths 1tbnYgb aT
pToahng the prime Of te age II the o%b s9Giety wia6 hf5
ell the vgor hope and 0b we have
passed the limit of membership. and the opening
vincible -Four Hundred" our banner OF >, FRA. r
erna and civic endeayor our e 5 our treas as
urer is content in his afiuent condition IN having
n paying tribute to those who dared to do right.
and in cuitivatng social relations we e {osterng
alike the virtues and patriotic deyotlo1n ft El tb me
subject of equitable taxation. considered the nee go
of more Industrial schools and the p lInportSnve VI
lave discussed and assisted in the Isolation Hospi-
probem Of the dayNthe question of public eontrol
OF street railway franchises AIthonsh@ @ sIajn5
our attention and our members. after leaving me
IePe on @ Of the Strike Commission
have since @ jonea . n {ng bt 6 IS your coal bn?
Like the professional reforuers we ehGeaTGp @ TO TO
eecbew ee Sek regoIs I9 and political subjects such
our meekness will not preclude our cii!a consGieLilnS
topics next month as decided al our last meeting.
But in this hour of our Joy and prosperity ief fna aS
have fallen upon us the last year We mourn & the
@ @ioSS q IH Gnr " Charles c. Ritchie and Charles J.
Prescott We h.wever. turn from the past to
the ever present and TO the needs and duties OF
the hour Hope rests only on the brow OF him
who looks beyond
President Kelsey closed his remarks by proposing
toast to the President OF the United States, ~hlch
drunk standing
Ex-Attorney General Griggs responded 10 ''e
toast Our Flag in the Orient" saying in part
There is no more honorable page in our oI Gipl"f o.
matte hStGFy man a ~ ~ ro,neals of tht. powers by
which the fate of China was deternineo;@ @ W Was xas
finally Incorporated into the settlement as as >e Slt
ours The rapaMGy: M the nv others and were
restrained and moderated by the hqInahey sTIed sId
our share in the negotiations That lhe'aei.t Sa
vas sufficient 10 convince evefy POINTS, was
fhs S9is5 tha5 and hd1 snmaisq mpera me
when You set opposite my name on your programme
Our Flag in the Orient You we're thihKirs I'M XII oSr u
floats the emblem OF sole and undispute9 So'-
the gallantry Of our feet the quick and utter
destruction Of the ships OF Admiral Montojo well well
our people hailed it; but even more deserving of
patriotic appreciation in the minds 6t te
courage with which, in the darkness OF me hlshHt az
Manila Bay. unmindfnl of torpedoes or sh0re more pa pa
teries or enemy's feet, possessed ct but one puF-
ssGm1ate ability and tact with which for long and
weary months. half a world distant from nome, ne
held his grip upon the Spanish power IN the East
and at the same time kept US free from the least
complication with Agu!naldo and his lnsurEeht
schemes The first was gallantry worthy Of a Far
ragut; the second administrative capacity worthy
Pause for a moment and think of the perady and
eternal infamy OF any President who wo9id fe haTe
armed insurrecton in the face of a title and SOW
Hf onr ag dong hsre Is t Waving in honor and
with benehcence, the symbol Of light and civlliza,
~ IL Ls,c ak bean : standard
of imperial oppression? What did 1t supplant? The
can forces occupied Manila a Spanish lady. fearful
of her safety at the hands Of our soldiers went TO
security Of her honor in her own home. Madame,
Manila to-day than they have been for four hum
erty and self government which Aguinaldo and his
followers possessed were so crude. fantastcal and
established state. The independence which would
dependence which comes from the reign of all
ignorant, inexperienced and corrupt regime as the
In M this beeS s 1t it I to me t9o
tion of forms OF government and constitutions
rather than to the spirit of government as affect
the spirit individual enterprise, destroyed ambi
ton. offered no inducements for thrift or probty
/ universal education; made no stand against the
Ytf undef our Control the scope Of indivduaI op-
portgnity 9nder eq%a Just and reliable laws is
of the native American in his own home. The
. rlal
nor oppressive; it is humane, sympath
tiona altruistic. And 1t is in this spirit that
/ laws and government have been extended the
Philippine Islands The light of better days SHINES
he discerns in our flag the symbol Of liberty the
strength the trmness, the justice and the equality
! that flag typifes.
How long Is our flag to stay2 Forever, I hope
For the sake of the Filpinos l hope 1t means
much TO them than IL does us. We can
get along without them: they get along
federation with another. The people are not
+ homogeneous. even II they capable of inde-
] pendent Self-gOV6rnment al
ural conditions. They need the strength of Amer
/ lea for their support; they need its wisdom for
their guidance; they need its power for their pro-
4 lection: they need the American spirit for their
1 expect the time when the Filipino peo-
pie in the day of full appreciation will build a
monument to William Mckinley and fnscrfhe unon
1t, '-Our Liberator."
We have lost neither the courage nor the vipor
the moral tone of the forefathers They never
shTank from responsibility nor scuttled out Of dan
will she fail in duty she owes to humanity and
civilization.
In introducing President Woodrow Wilson of
Princeton University President kelsey said:
We fortunate in having with us as our e,,ss+
this evening the genial rising president of Prince
ton. His course of high and noble endeavor and
high ideals for the university has made his aces
sion to the presidency and cordial indorsemant
since like triumpha1 march. and whether or no
the millions of dollars he desires enlargine the
Tight. heat be secured, we must ali a6rn;re
his efforts and extend him the right hand Of fa
/ lowshp IN TINS corolal greeting give him
DR. Wilson spoke the subject of THE Pilgrim
Fathers
Other speakers DR. Henry Baker of New
Haven. who responded to the toast, 1.-The Pilgrim
Spirit the Safeguard for the Republic and Gov
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