New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-23

at her birth There must have been some mistake:
Everything points 10 a case of substitution She IS
no child OF Englands. politically. relgiously ed1
cationaiy or socially. She is republican pontieaS;
Scotland Is and ali her characteristics. her shrewd
ness tsbassy fruS S Srs the same
as the Scotch She is child OF the soft south
OF roses but OF the stern North. the land Of the
mountain and the flood IN ever Ft her true
mother and bear the proud name to which she rs
Iif,edi So much FOR the past Of the old and
lands That al least is secure in both cases. what
Upon recent visit to ST Andrews stood at the
foot Of the monument OF the nrst asked myself
would the Scotsman of to-day march 10 stahe
tionai nSependence as his forefathers did?' The
answer came Yes and in greater numbers In pro-
1oTiedge RP9Res us proude Of Scotland than all
else that could be urged and and asked myself
The question: 'Would the American Of to-day sIan9
or fall an Toqf Re or religious liberty for
Old Glory and all that IL represents .L nav e "a
d in greater numbers reporter to p TTSudes
than they did before And this makes .a souI5 he
of New England than ANYTHING that e4 fSs two
urged. Here is another parallel between ll0 '"'
The racs has not deteriorated in either land, as
those who assailed either would soon fSeV al
ways have stood in the past for the same anne ia tbs
stand to-day prepared TO- do OF qg az liberty ma
tiona Independence. for the royalty OF man ab bs
stoke. the fagot exultinely their forefathers
did rejoicing in the sacrifice ~ x,.-,
Mr. President and gentlemen. search ali his,U.y
and peoples Be found S 50 %us seb hee
ments, and so completely one In faith ana oeeu-
.srbe CIergymen of Two Hundred Years Ago"
was the subjest Of the address Of Dr. Hills
General Corbin, speaking for ''The Army.
said in part
In addressing a class of young officers at West
Point not long since. your own Horace e, 5osIe d
charged never underrate youTseh olcsi reports
And therein lies the application or Ine AZ 1rnr
fun duty and said but little about II. and yet
% SHi{Y We always 'ssH "0'' - ''
Admiral Rodgers speaking for The Navy"
said in part:
some information which will be new to YOU Re
Gently the Navy Department decided TO name rs
men. They began with Gushing. classmats or
oy ine' t fu LIST found the name of Brien and
curious to say, one seemed 10 know VINO y bIlet
N New liam His name was Jeremiah oBrien.
and he had the b Under 9e mercsn eoors
May IL. 1716. following the battle OF lexington
I viii simply say that the navy. as well as
the army. as regards It's size has been TGT many any
likely long TO continue view of the changes par
61estio1-it is an assured fact-that we must have
a large naval force well as large standing
66R 10 aSa fR Shqs the which
will supply the necessary force
The next speaker introduced was Job E.
Hedges, who, in a speech in which grave and
gay aIternated. said in part:
This Mayfower tradition which has been rudely
attacked here tonight troubled my soul II they
did not come in the May1ower why are we
here? l don't know and I don't care. II our an
cestors had over in the Lucania they would
have been failures. There would have been
nothin' don'-
| think the great danger to this country is from
the Observation-Disclosures men who know IL all and
do nothing. don't believe that this country in its
primal essence is a country of law and order We
have lot of law and some order and all our law
does is to tell what not to do, and constt-
tuition too, and whole lot OF statutes also. But
what we do need is that degree OF public opinion
which causes every high or low, rich or poor.
great or small. to square himself TO the great
traditions of human nature that have made this
country and that VIII carry II on.
Mr.. Wortley spoke to the toast "Our Sister
Societies"
President Stedman then formally surrendered
his office to General Thomas H. Hubbard. who
accepted the presidency in a short speech. The
other officers are Austin B. Fletcher. first vice
president; Morris X Jesup, second vice-presi-
dent Charles c. Burke. treasurer, and George
Wilson, secretary.