New-York tribune., 1902-02-13
CELEBRATES DAY.
MANY PROMINENT MEN AT THE DIN
NER OF THE MIDDLE
sen CLUB


the anniversary of LincoIns birth the Middle
s.x Club gave banquet at the Hotel Brunswick
his evening The guests who addressed them
we're John D. Ions. Secretary Of the Navy, Ma
.or General Daniel f. Sckles, Captain John
T2osrdman [. :. A. and Roscoe Conkltng Bruce.
. ,olored student and orator at Harvard College.
The LIST Of those present contained the name of
almost every we'll known living Republican in
be nolitical history OF the State. The presid-
irg oehcer ex-Mayor Edgar r. Champlin. of
csmbridge in his Introductory remarks. read
,he origiral manuscript OF a campaign speech
made bv Abraham Lincoln in 1861. to the effect
+bst public sentiment cannot be withstood. for.
with il behind a principle. there can he no fail
ure.
Jobn L. Bates Lieutenant Governor of the
STATE described the way in which Lincoln
srarted out upon his career, and the principles
and sentiments which influenced him.
SECRETARY LONGS SPEECH.
Secretary Long said that he was glad to be
welcomed by the MiddleseX Club, and continued:
bring YOU good tidings from Washington. To be
mira tive ard We are carrying out. as believe in
every department the ideals and the demands OF the
besr sentiment Of Massachusetts II Is interesting
10 note the difference between the political history
Of year after it has passed and is written IN cold
type and the history OF II as IL woul De II "I!leh
onlv in the sensational headlines Of the contem-
poraneous enterprlslng press. Inc sIeaI HoiA ~ %
Varied trusts administered in the interests OF
the people its officials are as busy and as ansoroea
in their regular duties as are the members OF any
trade vocation in Boston. c.. 49,.
Nv own department is serene. The State DeparS-
ment has covered itself with distinction The ad-
nnstrston in the Philippines is not a tallgne @ Du{
ise student looks not to the sporadic incident
6eht here or a riot or a murder there. but to the
fact that schools established, that the Amerl-
can teacher is in evidence in great numbers that
courts are established. that roads are built that
business grows. and that American civilization Is
The question OF the independence of these islands.
which Will one day be substantial ana vital ques-
make speeches for party effect, but there Is no
party. there is no community, in the United states
that for one moment intends TO abandon or Would m
take the responsibility OF abandoning the trust We
the government and civilization which we ourselves
enjoy I doubt If there are many lnteihgeht Ill
rior RTIt when the time comes that that trust is
executed and the ability OF self-government is as
sured. then the question of their POLITICAL status
70 decide Whether they will walk alone and in
dependent. whether they will walk hand in hand
whoever they shall then be-wi decide. And as
England respects the wishes Of Canada in this re-
gard, shall we then respect, ana ought 10 re-
spect the wishes of the Philippines.
hut so much: that there has been such an advance
ia every line OF progress; that in three years the
anarchic conditions; that the real Philippine cues
tons before US today are noi questS3s 81
crrre1cy-oIjr own home questions. and that are
sending there best representatives IN every one
What miracle is the transformation3 Of Cuba!
Four years ago a scene of murder. piliage mas mas
secre burning, war TO-DAY rePubic with Us 4ml
constitution its own PTesoent lts 81" a. @
fi-f!;sSf 6rity Of universal irftts sal health. -
that | hope TO see redeemed in accordance with
the recommendation Of our President by ACCUSING
Having made her dependent upon US in the respect
Of her agricultural prosperity we shoIla t]uid ] 'e %
GrFty oh &c
ore return for her Industry and labor.
Porto Rico is already 50 far as any Snxlety for
her welfare is concerned. thing Of the pas'-So
Whs NE cal Our PUNK fou9tT5E C5 Is It nGt g the soul the
spirit. wrought as by fire in the crucible Of the
time past II IS the composite spirit Of all the
Tad na 5R 9Fa25s R2fS Ws56nsf9n and
S the names among whlGh towers nlgh ncoID thar 0I
Lincoln the humble. Lincoln the true, Lincoln the
wise, Lincoln the patient. Lincoln the great Great
not because he was unlike other men. but because
re was typical Of other men at their best Attacked
5 his bs TINE e and d dgPTfT1ted oTe than most great
Mckinley little while before his death. Have you
not had Lincoln in mind as a guide for your own
He told ne / was correct. There the same
ssmpathy with the people at large the same train
n American political problems the same experience
Both had the faculty of personal attraction.
Neither was OF the stern rigid temperament which
pe But Both 9it PePt steadily IL in mind m the T umaPe
great purpose to be accomplished. and that bent
thing and effectively achieved it. When stress
ana crisis came and the sky was clouded and dark.
pS.Eat would have been the course Of Lincoln, AT
Iat Ms ieet Mckinley sat The pupil rose 10 the
masters heights Both live in the hearts or their
countrymen.
Major General Daniel L. Sickles was received
with three cheers and tiger He voiced his
leelng that there was little in common politi-
cSy between himself and the members of the
g4uo' but he said that he agreed with Secretary
long IN his praise of the management Of the
nstlon1s affairs in recent years. No nation in
ne world, he said has advanced as we have in
ne last five years. He said that Stephen a.
douglas said 10 him the day when Lincoln
Has nominated that Lincoln, if elected, would
prove TO be one Of the greatest men in the
world. Without Lincoln" said General Sickles
the brilliant administration Of even Mckinley
would have been impossible"
Roscoe Conkling Bruce and Captain John
DsFdman also spoke.