Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-27
LOOMS ON THE NATION


ERN SOCIETY Last NIGHT.
The Southern society had . sort Of inno-
vxtiou IN the dinner line last night at thu
Hotel Aston In New York. They called Il
ian International dinner There were
tables representing England. Scotland.
Japan, ireland. China and Germany. deo-
grated with the days OF each. and at which
sat guests Of the society who were natives
Of those countries. Consul General Uchida
sat at one with several Japanese friends.
ConsM General Shah OF China. with some
Chinese friends, sat ct the table Gurmount-
ed b. the Chinese dragon. William Temple
Emmst was at the Irish table. ana COM
missioner Won Skaal at the German table.
Surrounding the tables OF the nations
were tbs tables representing the southern
states.
There were pipers to furnish the Scotch
favor and German songs for the Germans.
The entertainment went on while the diners
ate. President Verderey described the
gathering as q pocket edition OF the peace
conference at The Hague, and the stats
buildings at an exposition.
Consul General Uchida's Remarks
President verderey then called upon
the Japanese table TO say something. and
Consul General Uchida got up to thank
America for what she had done for the
japanese famine sufferers.
Our government and people," he saiA,
odd the best they could to relieve the dis
tress caused by the famine and at the same
countries. and OF those countries the United
States sent the largest amount Of money,
with no solicitation on our part Now that
our trouble Is nearly at an end our hearts
n yUf hn fnv-r HI
your own country. We sympathixe be-
cause we have had more of such calamities
than you have had and because we had
American sympathy in our most trying
hour. War, famine and earthkuaaxe are
great calamities. but the mutual expression
OF sympathies after them are fnestfmable
In value In cementing the cordial relations
now existing between the United States
and Japan"
Mr.. Loomis' Address.
Francis B. Loomis, former assistant Sec
rotary of state, spoke for the United States
next. In the course of his speech he touched
upon new developments in our political
conditions. and said that one OF the most
regrettable ones was a slackemng. IL not a
breaking, of party ties; a reaction from
over Jealous craftsmanship. He said, in part:
Party ties should be elastic where mI1-
nicipai and local matters are Concerned.
but in the consideration of questions of ma
tfonal Importance, IL parties mean anything
and stand for any principles, then there
must be organization. dlscinline and party
loyalty. 1t was the design Of the founders
OF this government that IT should be as
sisted and sustained In it's operation by the
EFFORTS OF the great rival patriotic, political
parties. This arrangement is in large
degree responsible for the measure of sue
cess which we are proud to think our sys-
tenn of self-goyernment has achieved
If the great parties are disorganized and
young men are taught that needless disloy-
atty Is virtue it seems to me that dam
gerous premium will be set upon the false
ambition and vanity of every pretender or
shallow leader who can get a little cOter1e
OF party adherents at his back. We may,
perhaps expect to see a multiplication OF
parties-a breaking up into small political
groups. The result of such a condition may
be that sooner or later In the national House
of Representatives we shall have members
elected by perhaps eight or ten political or
CARNATIONS. and see the House divided into
parties, or groups. consisting of from ten
to fifty members each The President Of
the United States may be compelled, in time,
when he selects his cabinet, to do 1t upon
the bargaining system resorted to in some
countries where the parliamentary form OF
government is in vogue.
Increased Powers for Cabinet.
'It may be obliged to give vastly increased
power and initiative to his cabinet officers
and then be compelled to approach each OF
the respective groups in the House of Rep
resentatives and ask 1t to name member
OF the cabinet and then require the member
OF his cabinet so designated to control a
certain number Of votes in the national leg
islatfve body. We would have all Of the In
convenaences and all Of the unlovely phases
of the parliamentary system without any OF
It's compromising advantages OF expectancy,
responsibility and responsiveness
halt
condition is not an imminent danger. I
believe that when the great political parties
divide sharply on questions Of momentous
governmental polity many Of the difficulties
and fsmS' which now annoy US will be
borne away by the rising tide Of patriotic
interest, and that we shall have seen IA
miliar party alignments, or something very
similar to them.
This nation Is not Ill with g mortal mall
ady, az some would have US believe, think
ing that they see In our very success seeds
OF decay and intimations of destruction. We
may not endure forever. but we are heirs
Of all the ages and still swing in the arc
OF youth. We are at the beginning. not the
end of q great career. Turn your gage west
ward-look as you have with sympathetic
eyes on San Francsco-burnt, shattered
charred. bleeding. Do you find symptoms
of national decay and racial decadence
there? That stricken community, encour-
aged by the helpful sympathy of the whole
nation, superbly lifts her head and looks
with proud resourcefuI determined eyes to
greater future. There Is no decay there,
there Is no Sullen muttering, for there is no
place in that vital. uplifting struggle about
the Golden Gate for the bumptious theorist
or the dyspeptic critic; they want men"
ORDERED TO SAN FRANCISCO.