New-York tribune., 1905-12-23
n E. SOCIETY DINNER.
DR. ELIOT Il SPEAKER.
Prophecies Concerning Future of the
rountru-Weu Knoscn Mem There.

Tho New England Society Of the City OF New
rorr attained its Tooth year last night and
,.lsbrsted with the annual Founders Day
sIrner at the waldorf, No one was present who
.srosn1bered the first dinner. IN 1905. but the
.,c.,,re of James Watson. the first president.
ing over the seal of the society, directly back
~ the speakers table 10 remind the diners Of
~. sort OF men who were the first members.
.,s Joseph H Choate was there to tell of the
.+5rring happenings at the celebration fifty years
an which lasted two days. and to eulogize the
torner presidents of the society William NJ.
,.zsrts and james c. Carter. President Eliot of
ue-vard, also spoke and General Horace Por-
..r added his tribute TO the men who made New
z-reland Mr.. Choate suggested that New-Tork
sbould erect a monument to Mr.. Evarts.
The dinner was given in the main banquet
hall Of the waldorf-Astoria, and more than six
hundred members of the society and guests sat
st the fifteen tables The boxes in the two
,,srs Of galleries were filed with women who
rss come to hear the speaking. The hall was
,scorated with American and British flags. and
.r the sneakers table were six banners, on
zb,eh we're embroidered the arms OF the New
England States. The first toast was TO Tho
congress the President and the Courts OF the
1-nited States" and after drinking st the COM
rspv 5olned IN singing "The Star Spangled
Banner.
General Thomas H. Hubbard the president OF
tbe society. was toasImalser, and the guests or
tbs occasion were Charles W. Eliot Joseph H.
Choare General Horace Porter, Major General
James 2. Wade the Rev. DR.. Samuel NJ. Croth-
.rs. the Rev Dr. Charles z. jefferson, Rear
ADMIRAL Joseph B. Coghlan, General Stewart L.
Toodford, Eoracs Russell. Cornelius n. Bliss,
Pierpout Morgan, ex-Judge Henry E. How
lard. Francis K Pendleton, E. F. Darrell
william Butler Duncan. Hart Lyman. James
fitzgerald Mornay Williams. Austen G. Fox.
Colonel John ]. McCook. Thomas r. Proctor
and VIII Carleton.
When Mr.. Choate was presented the diners
rose and waved handkerchiefs and napkins ana
cbeered for several minutes He remarked that
he was the only one present who could go naeA
TO that dinner fifty years ago about which ne
was TO tell and explained his selection mus
When was in Egypt they showed me the
Of The sand not rnurnnies. but just men who @ had
and sSs wRic6eyer igot hagRsm tSr to fSs be
Ty had put those ,a 69ae fbe IN bap Sag Of the heads
and archaeology and physiology and things Ike
sand & II Is se IN bse seaf brogSt me Before YOU To-
night because can go BACK 10 that olhher my
years ago.
Mr.. Choate told in the course of his speech Of
+bs New England father who, by dint of hard
work and strict self denial. had succeeded in
having his four sons in Harvard University in
one year IF that were tried in the present
dsv" said General Porter, who followed Mr..
Choate. the corporation of which he was presi-
dent would pass its next dividend.
General Porter also had a shy at the Rev.
Dr. Crothers who had explained why the FL
grim Fathers landed on Plymouth Rock instead
of on Manhattan Island. The Dutch had SUD-
sidized a man named Jones. DR.. Crothers said,
who juggled the navigation Of the MayfoweF
-TTE
Hudson they landed on Cape Cod There is
something strangely familiar about that charge
of graft against Jones' he remarked
General Porter said that he wanted 70 correct
an historical inaccuracy by Dr. Crothers. 1t was
in regard to the landing of the Pilgrims IL was
no. due TO the honest graft" of Jones, but the
fact vas that the cook Of the Mayhower hao
onl7- an old fashioned broadaxe with when 10
ebop the wood for the galley fire. and every time
he cana on deck he laid the axe down near the
compass. which caused the needle TO defect, and
80 the vessel was turned from its course
This" said General Porter. was believed TO
be the hrst Of the Cooks tours.
qha first speaker was President Eliot Of Har-
ward. He said in part:
The city of New-York is an immense market
place forum and arena thT9ngea WIZ 5 nelFy.es sg
heterogeneous nefohc f hotb prodmctton and dis
frihi+ion an unprecedeated application Of natural
forces 10 the service of man. an eNtFa99ITeithaFg mary
:nteriaeing interests and forces is any single result
isnt discernible? Is this greatest of American
nsss or is it aSing in direction toWaTd sS q
gsal prefgured though distant: II It's naaIen a Is
Discriminate. under what guidance OF inspiration
s an gbbg To YatFe am en " shr
worker in the market or eomhatant in the arena: arena
p2es B2En to ana 0G9f eas na's lad = &
Eew-Erglanders and all other Americans more no %
encounter Occasionally the group. or combination
liberty which the laws had authoT5zea ana Ta
TSetbSr of the individual or Of groups needed
and that liberty Of itself was not a panacea for
righteousness and happiness, either public or pr-
idea began 10 lake the lead in New-England. the
iisa OF cooperative effort for the common SH0o,
eyen If cooperation involved some loss OF precious
.bs gh spSea shGabsf bs fraai fdea n
numeroGs legislative acts which have distinctly
There Is new in Massachusetts liberty for adult
Grated OF spoit foods drinks or drags ; no no b,
service corporations to issue stocks and bonds at
a PsagFs @ 1 10 es[g syig % 6enRs insurance com
psnisx, trust companies or transportation com
Thieh tie voter or his party prefers Many busi-
nssses once uIsregulated BY the nIc qcs
Of all governmental power, must be exercised IN a
xeTv pTecious liberty in MASSACHUSETTS for CEN
turtles was the liberty OF local selfgoverpment. and
Sse,eS ss' bg boars or ocers locally chosen It
ogd he hard 70 mention 6erty more ret valpea a sa
been repeatedly sacrificed to higher needs OF the
The new idea which has prompted these changes
s the idea Of uniting for the common geoa m
o,her. The first half of the nineteenth century
saw the Development Of individualisnl. the last
haze belonged has had experience with Reth prlh
other II IS indeed hard 10 choose between selfish
ineiv6uasm and selfish collectyisn paFucaiaG!y r d