New-York tribune., 1903-04-23
HORACE WHITE HONORED.
At Colonial Club-Wedding Anm-
Uersary Keeps Carnegie A7cdy-


Horace White was the guest of honor at a din
ner given by the Colonial Club, Seventy-second-st'
and Broadway. last evening. l.. Lahin hehoss'
the president of the club, presided and acted as
toastmaster.
The address of the evening was made oy MI
White other toasts were responded to by Charl.
ton T. Lewis, whose theme was The FFess %
New-York' Edmund Clarence Stedman, on Inc
Standards of journalism John De Wit
on THE Standards of Citizenship. anu -
Raylis on ''The Contemporaneousness OF
Edward NJ Shepard to have respondeu " ~
toast 1.-THE Hopes of the New Century Ou' H0
teIegraphed that illness prevented his attenoahce,
In his address of welcome Mr. kellogg saio
in part:
Journalism known to- TO-DAY o dfP TfPrsssnss years
The newspaper of to-day is greater educae9ef 90, o
the people than all the schools and coeges Ua
earth. Never ceasng day and night, its liIluenJII
are going forth to every corner of the land nouia
ing the minds 0d tne Of oubc interest sulatin
good citizenship. advocating and lncuica'ihs P''
Now it IS our respect for these sentiments which s
has brought US here tonight s 9 63 @ hGsUr eonnr To-
day in the evolution wrought oy tne % tb
% or the editor is the intellectual force and soul OF
the newspaper.
After telling of Mr.. Whites early journalistic
training and of some Of his later work. Mr. hehoss
added:
hm most frequently as the managing editor OF our
own Evening Post, as the most worthy I SuGces50 d
others in the most valuable and far reaching "orA
B1t we Know him best and honor him most for
his high ideals OF journalistic work ms IN t
e hed and pTyate morals for his advocacy of all that
is good clean pure H S and M S st conpicuons rep
resentatives OF the day Of the right kind Oh nae-
pendent Journalism
Mr. White, after toast to him had peen oruiiA'
said in part:
I al
ali. am known as journalist It happened to me
at the beginning Of my career Lincoln % pT That co.
lossa figure will always be an interesting Ir nneIro
& for any6ody Do tb9s we Sho Sfn eRn do so are
number in this world; So thought II Wouta ,,i hoI
You what Impressions were made by MT Lincoln Lincoln
on on r0sssi3n boy .i1 @S i5yuraiisnl.
Mr. fincola was many sided man. and one who
humorous being ever met; and also the most seTl @
GUS His Shy n9m6s was OF nogsesion ss Of all parts of
the person. well as all the parts or speeeh- AS
ternporaries in illinois, and yet his solemnity as
pnbf speaker 1i and fa as @ an P9GT PId Testament I prophet
He the only public speaker have ever m known rn
shPS d3Hog or eVs mPae his of gravity
How are we to account for these wonderful turns
the same genius that gave us Macbeth, and Lear;
and Hamlet gave US Fassa % ana s,5eron of opho
eles in tragedy and of Aristophanes IN & eomeHy
the range of prose his power OF expression was
like that of Shakespeare. Here was the Old Tesla,
his head. saying that he had never listened to
greater speech, although he had heard several OF
NIr. Lincoln quickly gained the confidence, Of
affection as well I found myself strongly drawn
to him from the first, and this feeling remains to
Lowell @ said that ne cGnnted t 3 u great gan 70
How much greater the gain to have felt the subtle
This personal quality. whose influence I saw
growing and widening among the people of Illinois
from aay 10 DAY duFns RI m tfas f great
and after his death to all the Southern States 1t
2s ' e wss this 5as tha
@ f I IN t me dT6 s hours M OF the war ana sent
We are coming. Father Abraham, three hundred
the affections and confidence of the plain people
this homeIy giant Of the prairies? He was himself
and heart was in theirs He spoke straight I. into
their bosoms He translated the weightiest pOlit-
dealt with into language that all could understand
Nobody was so humble. nobody so high. that he
crisis
Letters Of regret from Andrew Carnegie. St
Clair McKeIway, William Winter. Hamilton W.
Mabie and others read. Mr.. Carnegie's
letter. dated April "A. said in part:
Since accepting your kind invitation to attend the
banquet in honor OF my valued friend @ Horace
negie had Invited large number of friends to cee-
o
being the date. Under the circumstances must
beg to be excused by the Colonial Club. 1t is a
real deprivation to me, for there is no should
like more to honor. through and through. than
your guest.
You do well canonize him tonight: his place
is among the leaders and teachers Of the people
who have done the State some service
Professor c. T. Lewis spoke the toast, The
Press of Old New York" He reviewed the early
history of the press in this country and told how
frequently they were from eight months be-
hind In Continental. news. He regretted that the
papers of to-day did not show the individuality OF
their proprietors in the days OF Horace Greeley,
and in the early days Of James Gordon Bennett.
Mr. Stedman responded to the toast Standards
of Journalism He told what he considered We're
the ethical standards of journalism and then said
all the attributes eXempliied in Mr.. White.
He referred to Mr.. Whites work in the Lincoln
Douglas campaign and to his story OF the Chicago
fire He also spoke of what he called the "Class
of 49," Yale. OF which, he said, Mr.. White. Pro-
fessor Lewis and himself were the survivors
Horace White" he said, combines peculiarly
the qualities of being modern and at the same
time classical" He then referred to Mr.. Whites
literary works. particularly to his translation from
the Greek. and his works on sound money. Clos
ing he said he hoped that in the retirement OF
his library Mr.. White would enjoy the rest he had
well won