Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-16
Justice Browns Speech Pre-
pared Before Secretary's.
MANY GARBLED REPORTS
What Really Happened at Pennsyl-
vania Dinner.
THE w1NE-sPuIINa INCIDENT
Enthusiastic Applause by Morgan,
Baer and Others Caused by HUI
morous Story Told by Guest.
.ecial Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
NEW YORK. December Is. 1905.
The Pennsylvania Society of this city Is
| in luck. It gave banquet last Wednes-
| day at the Waldorf-Astoria that has be-
come famous the country over. The so
ciety is composed of 800 members. men
who left the Keystone state to win fame
and fortune in and near this great metrop-
| oils. The banquet was rendered notable
by an exceedingly long and delicious menu
and four short speeches, and the diners
were on their way home at II o'clock.
The menu was discussed by half-past nine
and the four toasts by quarter to eleven.
| Twelve guests sat at the presidents ia
BILE and 700 occupied places at the sixty
tables, while over 800 beautifully gowned
ladies graced the artisticalIy decorated
| boxes of the great banquet hall. Nearly
all Of the captains Of industry and noted
| fnanciers Of New York and vicinity were
| present. One table was occupied by men
| representing over billion Of dollars OF
! invested capital. AT one table sat eight
were Baer, Wilcox and Underwood. At
| this table were also j. p Morgan, Robert
| T. Lincoln and John Markle, with a dozen
other famous men.
| IL Is SdiU tlfdI ITO DdIlQuet Was ever given
| in this country where many men of
commercial and industrial note were pres
| ent, where such important and remarkable
speeches were delivered. where so much
| comment and interest in what was said
| has developed and about which SO many
inaccurate statements have been made in
| the public press. In the press 1t would
appear that Secretary Root had spent
much time and. care on his great speech
and that 1t was coolly received. Nothing
| is farther from the truth. He and his
| speech were received with splendid en-
| thusiasm and he prepared the speech upon
| a few hours notice. No truly great speech,
as this was, was ever delivered with less
| preparation.
| On Short Notice.
| Less than sixty hours before the BAN
quet the Secretary asked the committee
| Of arrangements-the chairman of which
| was Mr.. George A. Post, former demo-
| cratic member of Congress from Pennsyl-
| vania-what subject they desired him to
discuss, and Secretary Ferree telegraphed
| him. Take the United States" and he
took them by storm and gave them a
| shaking that will awaken them, it is hoped
| to true sense Of their duties and re-
| sponsibilities.
The report that Justice Brown spoke
| without notes and answered Root In detail
| Is very far from the truth. Justice Brown
| had spent weeks in the careful prepare
ton Of his speech without knowing what
the Secretary of States theme would be-
| He read every word from manuscript and
his former partner. ex-Attorney General
| Hensel of Pennsylvania, held a printed
| copy of the speech during its delivery and
| followed it with deep interest from begin
| ming to end. It was a remarkable coinci-
| dence that tfds speech, prepared weeks be-
fore Secretary Root even knew the theme
| of his discourse, should have been so
framed that an impression was made that
| 1t was an intended and direct reply to the
| SecretaryS warning to the states Ger
| tainly both speeches made a profound i'm
/ preston on the banqueters and the strain
! was relieved and the atmosphere was clear
| ed when James T. Du Bots, the third
| speaker, arose and said:
| very appropriately there has been placed
upon this artistic program the first verse
! of that great song that glorifes that fias
which a Pennsylvania woman by an in
| spiration of almost miraculous power made
| and gave to this nation as an ensign for the
| state where man is law and law is king
| and God aione is great. And today after
| one hundred and thirty years the northern
| stars and the southern stars and the stars
| of the east and the west lie side by side in
peace and pride, on that fair flags mother
| breast, and yet, and in spite of all this i'm
pressive talk about federal control and the
:, rights of states, l firmly believe there are
| not two Americans in one hundred, inside
! or outside of this banquet hall, who know
| the words of their national anthem, and if
they do the probabilities are they cannot
| sing them"
| This sally set the banqueters in good
humor, and the spell of the remarkable i'm
preston left by the two great speeches
which had just been delivered was broken
for twenty minutes by a clever mingling of
pathos. humor and patriotism, which was
| received with almost continuous laughter
and applause. 1t was when the speaker
| told the following story and applied it in
a unique way to his patriotic argument that
| the champagne glasses were broken at the
table occupied by j. Pierpont Morgan, Pres
ident Baer, Wilcox and others by the hilar-
| ious uproar that followed. Speaking of a
patriot who had been put in hole by the
| retort of an opponent, he said: He found
| as little comfort in the situation as the
| teacher did who sent a small boy home
from school one day with a card upon
| which was written: Your boy talks toe
much and when the father read it he
| smiled and sent the card back to the teach
er with these words upon it: You should
hear his mother
Praised Mr.. Root
The speech following this was delivered
| by Robert c. Ogden, who made great hit
when he said: "As Secretary of War Mr.
| Root prepared this country for war; and
| as Secretary of State he has prepared il
for peace at home or abroad, and will MAIN