Evening star., 1902-04-11

ana strong IN ner republican tne
ing champion of those rights OF man which
her sons first defended on the soil of Amer
lea. In the name of the old friendship OF
the two republics, destined, trust, to be
perpetual, have the honor to propose the
health of the president Of France"
Mr.. Peck the POSTMASTER, then proposed
three cheers for the President of the United
States, which were given with will.
Ambassador Cambon bowed his thanks
for the honor done him and proposed to
drink the health of the Emperor of Russia,
the King of Italy, the King Of Denmark
and the Shah of Persia, whose representa-
tives in the United States were present at
the banquet
The toast was drunk standing, after which
Mr.. Peck introduced Mr.. E. D. Wood
ward, who proposed the toast THE Ma
tional Order Of the Legion of Honor" (Ordre
National de la Legion d'Honneur).
Toast to Legion of Honor.
Mr.. Woodward made his address in
French He spoke of the origin of the
order and what it meant to the peo-
praised the industry and stability of the
French people and spoke in enthusiastic
terms of the manner in which the people of
America were treated by the citizens Of her
sister republic.
Archbishop Ireland responded to the toast
in French. He traced the history of the or
der from the time Napoleon caused it's es-
adjustment 1t offers a reward for the
poet, philosopher, explorer and citizen of
the world. 1t makes soldiers braver men
and greater leaders. 1t is the Grand Armie
of France. Its members spare no sacrifice
for their country. The Legion of Honor is
supreme, the highest reward that can be
bestowed on man. The speaker congrat tu-
lated France on the prosperity of the past
and wished her success in the future. He
said the establishment of such ideals as the
Legion of Honor created meant the better
ment of civilization, and that it was the
star of Christianity. Civilization followed
Christianity in the past and will follow it
in the future. The knights of the Legion Of
Honor, he concluded should only look to
the past and keep up it's record in the
future.
Telegram of Congratulation.
Mr. Woodward read a telegram from the
French residents Of New Orleans to the
American legionaries congratulating them
on the honors that have been conferred
upon them and congratulating France on
having such number of able men in a
foreign country to represent what was
highest and best - her civilization.
Mr.. Henry Peartree, an American who
mas nVed many years in Paris, proposed
the toast France and the United States"
Mr.. Peartree said he wished to speak rot
only of the treatment of Americans by the
French, but also of the great work that
mas been going on in that country toward
the solution of the problem presented by
the relations between the laboring man
and his employer. He said that no one who
Is cogniZant Of the affairs of that nation
during the past ten years can but admire
the manner in which this difficult phase
of the social question has been met and
how it is being solved. France has learned
the lesson of individualism set her by the
United States, he continued, and has put
it to its best use Schools for the working
man have been established by the republic
AT night the great school buildings are
crowded with men and women, working
by day in the factories the shops and the
offices, studying by night the lessons that
Will make each and all of them worthy Of
citizenship in the great republic which
gave them home. He spoke of the work
bonds that bind France to the United
States by the citizens of both countries,
and urged the adoption of reciprocal meas
ures which would more permanently ally
these two great powers, and which the
speaker regarded as a heritage from that
great American citizen, William Mckinley.
Response by M. Cambon.
Ambassador Cambon responded TO the
toast. He spoke of the friendship that has
formerly existed between the two republics
and of the many ties which bind them to-
gether. He said he believed the day was
coming when they would have a greater
unity, both of purpose and sentiment Am
bassador Cambon spoke in French, and his
address signalized the conclusion of the
regular program or speeches. ,-
The conception of this dinner was he
work of Professor Gore of the Columbian
University, who was the chairman of
the committee of arrangements and to
whose interchangeable industry and excel
lent judgment and taste the successful out
come was due. He was warmly congrat-
ulated by those who participated in the
dinner upon the result of his labors. Mr..
Gore s associates on the committee were
James H. Hyde, Chas. A. Moore James
Stokes and Robt. j. THOMPSON
Those Present.
Among those present at the dinner were:
NJ. Jules Cambon, ambassador from
France; Count Cassini ambassador from
Russia; Edmondo Mayor des Planches, the
ambassador from Italy; Gen. Khan, minis
ter from Persia; Constantin Brun, minister
from Denmark; Mr.. Leslie NJ Shaw, sec
retary of the Treasury; Mr. Henry C.
Payne, Postmaster General; Mr.. John D.
Long, Secretary of the Navy; Mr.. Shelby
NJ. Cullom. chairman of the Senate commit
tee foreign relations; Mr.. David JAYNE
Hill, first assistant secretary of state; Mr.
Herbert II. d. Peirce, second assistant sec
retary of state; Mr.. Alvey A. Adee, third
Macfarland, president of the board of Dis
trict Commissioners; Mr.. Pierre de Marge-
rie. Capt. P. Vignal, Lieut.. Commander de
SPARSE, Jules Boefve, Viscount de Saint
Phalle, Theodore w. Noyes. Melville E Stone,
Eugene de Bocande, Louis Boisse, Fer
dinand Peck, Perry Belmont, George East
man, W. Morton Grinnell, Clement A. Girls
com. Edward Holbrook, b. E. HuntIey,
James II. Hyde, Roland F. Knoedler, Cyrus
H. Mccormick, Robert H. McCurdy, Henry
Maillard, General Charles Miller Charles
A. Moore, Norton P. Otis, John H.
Patterson, Charles T. Schoen, William
Sellers. General Daniel Sickles, Lyman
c. Smith, James Stokes, George Westing-
house William p. Blake, Frederick Brack-
ett, Charles Francis Brush, Alexander s.
Capehart. Frank Wigglesworth Clarke,
Charles I. Cook Osward w. Dayton, Dan
iel c. French, Prof. James Howard Gore,
Rush Christopher Hawkins Henry M
Howe, William H. Howe, Archbishop Ire
land, Lazard Kahn, John Lafarge, John
Harmon McGibbOns, Prof. Simon New
comb, George Washington Ochs, F. Cum
liffe-Owen, Henry Peartree, Henry Petit,
George B. Post, George Haven Putnam,
John Krom Rees. Edwin w. Rice, Howard
j. Rogers, A. Lawrence Rotch, Augustus
Saint Gaudens, Charles E. de NJ Saiours,
Frederick J.. M. Skiff, Willard A. Smith,
Albert G. Spaulding Ambrose Swasey, Will
liam Watts Taylor, Robert j. Thompson,
William Howe Tolman, Egbert Louis Viele,
Rodman Wannamaker, Lewis A. Ware,
Capt. John r. Williams, Benjamin Duryea
Woodward and Lucien Wulsin.