New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-14
LOGAN FOR PRESIDENT,
ADMIRAL DEWEY ILL
Unable to attend Dinner of Found
ers and Patriots.

The ninth annual dinner of the New-HoIK 90
ciety of Order of the Founders and PatTlols Oh
America vas held il the College Hall Of the HoIei
Astor last night 1t was given In honor o. ''-0
national officers of the society. but Admiral George
Dewey the governor general Of the society was
detained the Hotel Cambridge by slight Illness
The guest table was hanked by the national col
ors and the standard of the society. IheodoIe
Fitch governor of the New-York society. presided,
with Rear Admiral Joseph B. Coghlau at his right
Brigadier General Frederick D Grant after ming
an engagement at the Military Tournament joined
the guests Others at the guest table We're Edward
Hagaman Hall. deputy governor general; Theodore
Gilman, secretary general; the Rev. Dr. Edward
Payson Johnson, Of Albany, chaplain; William >.
Wadsworth governor Pennsylvania society; George
Clinton Batcheller, treasurer and former treasurer
general Walter Seth Logan, attorney general ana
deputy governor Walter c. Faxon, registrar gen
eral and governor OF the Connecticut society Henry
D. Miller, treasurer general; Edwin d. Ripley
treasurer Connecticut society; Edward r sill. gen
ealogist general, and Henry + AtwateT. historian
general.
Governor Fitch. in making his announcements at
the opening of the banquet acknowledged the pres
ence OF the ladies and their associates He read
the letter Of Mrs. Dewey explaining the admirals
absence, following which on motion of Edward Ha-
gaman a resolution unanimously adopted
conveying greetings to the governor general with
regrets for his illness and inability to be present
Robert B. Roosevelt who is a former governor
Of the society, had written from Sayville, Long
Island. that he was detained away from the ban
quet by attack Of the govt.
1t was announced to the members of the society
that Admiral Dewey. as governor general. had
recommended in a communication to the general
court that the meeting two years hence be held at
jamestown, Va. ana that a suitable memorial be
erected by the society to the Pilgrims of 1907.
Walter Seth Logan attorney general OF the or
der. said that there was too much inclination 10
magnify the glories Of the past and minimize the
duties Of the present and that although the
heroes and patriots Of the past deserved honor the
patriot is needed in the present time as much as
ever before. Speaking Of official corruption, he
said
There was never anything at san Juan Hill that
troubled Theodore Roosevelt SO much as the cor
Wien he became President, never any en5my that
George Washington came up against S-4t was 50
lobbes in this year Of grace 1905. The public vel
fare was never IN so much peril from an armed en-
ing Influences by twentieth century railroads.
But We have our champions for good as well as
for evil No Revolutionary hero deserved better OF
Governors Folk Of Missouri and La Toilette Of
Wisconsin William IraNerS, Jerome ceseINsS 10
90 Gown IN history oy ILe 80 AI,t-ii,-S ' nc
and Orvile Il Pl2tt, VINO dled the o5her day as
/ true hero any knight of olden days
! Mr. Logan also praised the administration OF
/ William H Taft in the Philippines. He referred
/ to President Roosevelt's speech at the Iroquois
/ Club in Chicago Thursday concerning the rail-
roads and the probability of their coming under
government control or the adoption OF a law regU-
/ lating their rates, and said
/ I have voted against Theodore Roosevelt every
time re has been = candidate for anything. from
( ASSembl ynan 10 President in Washington I have
been the devoted 70 lower Of party that has stood
FOR all that his parry opposed and has opposed all
that his party stood fer. have been partisan of
ka5-e resd ' ib Fr.t ,Ili :l ~ G
/ nave quoted, ana since l have become convinced
/ of the overpowerinF earnestness and determination
Theodore Roosevelt is my President and wherever
he leads in this tremendous night that he has nstI-
tuted against the combined corporations ana cor
ruPting Influences Of the land I shall be proud TO
! They tell that the United States Senate has
taken up the sword for the railroads and thar the
struggle is between the President. who repre-
l sents the people and the Senate that stands for
the corporations. If the Founders and Patriots Of
uncertain stand, Will seize their weapons with no
doubtful grasp and strike with the power that God
MS 81 lI1SLlt III f1G',st'cI t anu Ao I-s
COO bless Iheodore ftooseyeIt VINO has taken the
lead in this great work! II he succeeds in it-and
succeed he will, for dauntless courage and daring
+ devotion. combined with honest motives and clear
intelligence always sUcceed-if he succeeds in it,
! then history will write the names OF Washington
and Lincoln and Roosevelt side by side on its top
} founded and Lincoln saved, VIII be started by
RooseAlt career of prosperity and success and
| happiness such as the world has never known be-
/ Governor Fitch. in presenting Rear Admiral
! Coghlan, introduced him not only 10 respond to
/ The Victory of Manila Bay, but as substitute
! for Admiral Dewey, TO whom lie alluded "a
/ nation builder. who had created an empire in Ma
/ Mia Bay
! The Founding of jamestown was a toast TO
/ which General Fitzhugh Lee had been expected TO
respond. Governor Fitch alluded 70 the affection
/ nNorth and South. and the aSSemDase, in silence,
! drank a toast 10 his memory.
! Edward Hagaman Hall, E5en + Olcott, Walter
/ Seth Logan and Theodore Gilman. secretary gen
! eral, were the other speakers
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