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More than hail tho mcmbera ~ the Cana.
dian Ci1h " thia eity who assembled Inst
night ~ tho Iiu,ai Aatof ~ ~ honor ~ their
nntive land. anil Incidentally extol that u
their residencs, are American cItlEens. The
British colora we're drnped above the tsbie
al tho head ~ tho room presided over by
Dr Neil McPhattcr, prcHident ~ the club,
and tho Stars and Stripes we're displayed In
the ccn,re of tho right hand wall 81 tho
room. References 10 the Star Spangled
Banner elicited moro vigorous applause
| than thosp 10 tho bunting % britain.
DR.. McPhatter said that the chief mason
that tho Canadians had assumed leader-
ship in certain lines IN the United States
was because their schoolmasters had been
Of thu vigorous scotch variety. When they
did not develop nj the top they were cas-
tiEated at the bottom. He spoke Of the
undeveloped wealth Of Canada. but said
that IL was not wealth developed OF un-
developed that made a people. Civilization
could exist only through moral elevation,
and tho chief factor In this wae the mag
nihcenco Of the women Of the land. Good
mothers produce good children. as has
been declared by Napoleon.
George =. Graham, member OF the Cana
dian Parliament, In talking Of the body in
which he Is q representative, said that the
city Of New York had been described TO him
as n very badly governed municipality.
After some experience here he had decided
that this was not true. His own opinion was
that morally, intellectually and industrially,
II was the finest city in the world. This
caused the Canadian s~tep-children Of New
York to let out a roar Of appro val.
Mr.>Graham said that it was difficult to
ia nrrntpA A~nnfIt- uuknrA tho linz yra n chat
separated Canada from the United States.
He was strongly inclined to believe that the
Canadian system OF government was some
what more democratic than ourown.
He said the Governor General OF Canada
had much less power than the President Of
wish in any manner to reflect upon the
incumbent OF the Presidential chair;
he had the greatest admiration for
President Roosevelt; as q man of great
energy and ability he was a credit to the
great republic. Mr.. Roosevelt, he said,
had the advantage Of being himself and
nobody else; he was original; he did not
love precedents: when he thought there
ought to be a precedent he made one him
self.
Canadians, p~raising their loyalty TO the
British flag in the days Of the American
Revolution, and COMMUNICATING their most
disting uished descendant. Sir Wilfrid Lau-
rier. Mr.. Graham wound up his remarks
by saying that he was a loyal Canadian
and he believed that he could safely
prophecy that Canada would some time
be conspicuous among the nations of the
world. She would always stand alone: she
IL willing to be n big sister to tho United
States, but never to become It's bride.
The Rev. DIR. Robert 8. Macarthur. who
proclaimed himself a native Canadian OF
Scotch parentage, eulogized Great Britain
and said Of Canada that she was one OF the
brightest jewels in the world-encircling
crown Of that magnificent empire Of Great
Britain. He said he was glad that there
has never been under the British flag such
outrages as lynching, and he thanked God
that the British EN- pire was the symbol Of
law, liberty and civilization around the
globe. He said there was no voice in
Europe or Asia so potent in the affairs of the
world as the voice of Roosevelt in Washing
ton. In all his world tonight, the fore
most man was the President Of the United
States.
At this point the Canadians, American
lied and otherwise, gave a howl that might
have been heard a block away,
OF her speakers were Mark H. Irish,
president of the Canadian Club Of Toronto;
Pierre Beullac, president Of the Canadian
Club Of Montreal; and Samuel M. Garden
hire, president of the Missouri Society,
and President Verdery Of the Southern
Society.