The Saint Paul globe., 1903-12-27

The one hundred and twenty seventh
anniversary of the battle of Trenton,
the Gettysburg of the American Revo-
luton, was celebrated last evening by
the Minnesota Society of Sons of the
American Revolution by a banquet at
the Commercial club. The annual
meeting of the society was held prior
to the banquet and officers for the en-
suing year were selected.
There We're about fifty members of
the society present, many from Min
neapolis and other cities in the state
being in attendance, and the meeting
was an enjoyable one to all present.
William B. Dean, the newly elected
president, Judge Loren w. Collins, D.
r. Noyes and L. D. Wilkes made hap
py and interesting speeches at the
banquet and there was some stirring
patriotic music by the Schumann quar-
tette composed of Messrs. D. F. Col
vile, H. E. Phillips, Harry E. George
and B. F. Forster.
The business meeting lasted nearly
two hours. The committee in charge of
the patriotic essay contest among the
high school pupils Of the state reported
success, and a large number of con-
testants are looked for. Former Presi-
dent J. S. Mcmillan, of Minneapolis,
announced that the essays would be
judged by Prof. w. N. West, Maria L.
Sanford and w. ]. Thomas, of the
state university
Maj. John Espy reported that Mrs.
Rachael Albright. of Fort Madison,
Iowa, a granddaughter of, Betsy Ross,
who made the first American flag, had
consented to make a flag for the So
ciety.
Mrs. Albright, who is now ninety
! four years of age, made flag for Mai.
Espy sometime ago.
Resolutions of coincidence with the
| family of the late Gov. Alexander Ram
| sey, who was an honorary vice presi-
dent of the society, were submitted for
approval. The resolutions have been
handsomely engrossed in ink by John
B. Brown, delineator of Brown, Treacy
& Co., and are said to be one of the
handsomest pieces of pen and ink work
ever done in ST. Paul. The resolutions
will be hung in the library of the State
Historical society until the return of
the Ramsey family from Europe.
Prof. H. G. Emm, of Faribault;
e. Gooch, Duluth, and Hon. Charles
Keith, Princeton, were elected mem
bers.
The officers were elected as follows:
List of Officers.
Presfdent-William B. Dean, ST. Paul.
Vice Presidents. G. Haynes, Minneap-
| oils; Jesse A. Gregg, st. Paul. Honorary
Vice Presidents-Rensselaer R. Nelson,
st. Paul: Walter H. sanborn, st; Paul;
Brown, Morris; James o. Pierce, Minne-
apolis. Secretary Reginald B. Leach M.
p, st. Paul.. Assistant Secretary
ward A. Sanford Jr., st. Paul. Registrar
| Reginald B. Leach, M. D., st. Paul.
Historian--Rev. Maurice D. Edwards, d;
G. Mitchell. St. Paul: Managers A.
| B. Robbins, Louis P. Chute, Wilbur F.
| Decker, Robert D. Cone, ]. H. Riheldaf-
| fer, Minneapolis; David L. Kingsbury,
Nathaniel P. Langford. James P. Gribben,
| Lawrence G. Washington, Arthur M.
| Wickwire, st. Paul; Hon. F. M. Crosby,
| Hastings; Frank L. Randall, St: Cloud;
E. w. Durant, Saltwater; Winfield Scott
/ Hammond ST. James; Gen. John III.
! Baker, Garden City; Charles Keith,
Princeton; Mr.. A. T. Stebbins, Rochester;
/ A. w. Norton, Northfield; H. L. Wells,
| Preston; w. E. Richardson, Duluth.
Mr.. Deans Address.
'It should be a source of great pride
| to US to feel that we inherit the virtues
of revolutionary forefathers and that
| through our ancestors great privileges
! of freedom and liberty have been con-
ferred upon US" said William B. Dean,
the new president, in his postprandial
address.
1--WE should all. rejoice to know that
our ancestors had in them the patriot
ism which led them to enter the great
! struggle for independence. While we
may never be called upon to resist
the attack of a foreign invasion, we
must be on our guard constantly, for
there are dangers within which we
must resist. Every good citizen should
unite in expelling. from the veins of
| our country any venom which may
lead to the downfall of our liberties.
1--WE must guard against the forma-
ton of any organization which at
! tempts to say what men shall or shall
! not do. Such organizations are re-
| pulsive to the freedom for which our
forefathers fought They foster prin-
ciples which will eat away the foun-
| dations of our liberty and our pros
perity. Every right thinking and act
/ Ing citizen must unite against them.
| Life, liberty and pursuit of happiness
| should ever be our watchWord and we
should allow nothing to imperil the great
| objects for which our ancestors fought
and died."
Mr.. Dean closed with an interesting
! bit of history concerning the BETRAYAL
| of Fort Washington during the Long
Island campaign. He read a letter
found among the possessions of the
Rev. Mr.. Peters, of the English church,
! which showed that William De Mont,