Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-23
THu "pExEsr A BANouEr.
Former Representative Tayler Guest
of Honor-The Addresses.

At dinner given last evening at the Hote
Barton by the Washington Alumni Associa.
ton Of Delta Kappa Epsilon the guest OF
honor was r. w. Tayler, formerly represen-
tative in Congress from Ohio. The honor
was in recognition by the society of the
prominent part Mr.. Tayler had taken in the
affairs of the society during his residence In
Washington. Other prominent guests were
Commander Peary, U. s. N; District Com
missioner Biddle. Judge Ashley M. Gould,
Floyd B. Wilson and E. A. Rowland, the
latter two of New York, all Of whom re-
sponded TO toasts, Mr.. Wilson reading DO
hemia,' poem by the late John Boyle
O'Reilly
Commander Peary told the company that
the ambition of man will never be satisfied
until he has conquered the whole earth.
He said there is no spot where the foot OF
man has not trod save small portion sur
rounding the pole, and that If he was spared
he would make another attempt to win this
great scientific honor for the American peo-
PIE. He spoke enthusiastically of the work
OF the explorer and sad that he had given
twelve OF the best years of his life to the
task but that he was not yet done, and
hungered again for the time to come when
he might set his steps toward the frozen
northland and the goal of ambition Tor the
powers of all the world. He said the great
est hardship that was encountered In the
arctic regions was not the cold, but rather
the terrible solemnity, the silence and the
desolation and the long, dreary darkness
that surrounded one as q pail. He did not
mind so much the starvation and the suf-
ferings that were portioned out to him for
daring to aspire to the discovery for which
men had struggled for four centuries. but
the long nights and the desolation were only
compensated for by the exultation he had
felt when he knew he stood where the foot
of man had never before been set.
Mr.. Tayler told his fellow "Dekes' some
OF the amusing experiences of his school
days and made very pleasing speech in
expressing his appreciation of the honor
done him by his old friends
Judge Gould spoke of the character of the
society and said that it was cosmopolitan
ism of the best sort.
The body adopted resolution expressing
good will toward Mr.. Nun Yew Chung. one
of it's members and formerly connected with
the Chinese legation here.
Among the members and guests present
were the following
Commissioner John NJ. Biddle, president;
Judge Ashley M. Gould. Mr. Hilary A. Her
E. Peary. U. S. N; Mr.. Floyd B. Wilson of
New York, Messrs. f. R. Ford, r. b. Slo-
cum, +. H. Church, H. P. Sawyer, H. I.
Davenport, o. l.. Daskam of Baltimore, DIR.
l.. Y. Baker. w. s. Broughton, c. S. Brown,
]. w. Butterfield, E. C. Bullock. E. B.
ent, DR.. A. B. Coolidge,s H. s. Cumming, c.
A. Flagg. NJ. Gaylord, c. Hallock. S. Hen
drick, w. w. Hite. E. H. Lloyd, DR.. c. F.
Langworthy. E. H. Mailing, w. r. Maxon,
+. Mullan, Rev. Thomas J. Packard. r. G.
Povey. w. w. Rich, T. r. Robinson, ]. l..
lam Twombly. G. R. Wales, Rev. r. P.
Williams. DR.. F. ]. Woodman, Maj. F. c.
Bryan, DR.. a. c. Merriam, w. B. Matthews
and Col. J. N. Whitney