The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-23
FEW GOVERNORS AND NO PIE,
III 10 LACK or SPEAKERS At
1UE NEW ENGLAND DINNER.
prcs'dcnt Of the society Urges the Need Of
n clubhouse bishop Lawrence Lauds
hughes as One worthy Of New Eng
land Birth Three Governors There.

Hughes as One worthy Of New Eng
land Birth Three Governors There.
There vas a comparative scarcity OF
Governors az the annual dinner OF the New
rncland Society at the W~aldorf-Astoria
last night. That is to say there were only
,bree Governors there. IL had been planned
- have the Governors Of all the New Eng
,.rd States present, and m a matter Of fact
Gov McLane of New Hampshire, Gov.
C,bb of Maine and Gov. Roberts OF Con-
necticit managed to dodge the hoodoo
that sidetracked the others. But ov.
GtiId pf Massachusetts was taken i'll in
Rostou. Gov. Proctor Of Vermont sent word
,hst his wife was i'll. Gov. Utter Of Rhode
leland. who, despite his name. was not GO
,ng 10 make a speech, telegraphed his
regrets,
H;t II there was a shortage of governors
y, re vas to follow. There was "A positive
famine In yie. A delegation of sons Of the
,ia belt. after aaking the walters 10 rams
late the menu, appointed a grievance com
mi,tao 10 deal with the situation. Ii was
learned that there was plenty of supreme
DO volatile. chevreuse, any quantity of
,or,ile verte claire and oceans of amandes
ssIe.. hut of Pie not one single little bit.
The crieN ance committee consequently
rrieyed. It further appeared that there
was not a bean at the board. GOSH" aid
the gric, ance committee, in addition to
grieVing
The society's priest lent. Austin b.
lletcher. was the POSTMASTER and at the
t,ble Of honor slt, in addition TO the three
Governors mentionei, President Alderman
49, Ir.t.'s. - U...tAfa DpaasJaA.
Luther of Trinity College, Bishop Lawrence
Of Ma-Slchuse IT,, AUmiral Coghlan, Robert
Perry. Horace Russell. Edmund Clarence
Ste'm~n. Gen. Thomas II. Hubbard, John
lloyd IiCmas. Austen G. FOX and others.
President Fletcher obtained order by
means Of n gavel made from a piece of
Tyn1uta Rock. Then he said he thought
me society was scarcely doing its duty by
the section IL represented because II had
10 home of its own. The treasury con-
iained more than $50 900, he declared, and
udded
am sure the socisty will never fulf
the PURPOSES for which IL wa founded
until it has a suitable home il may call its
own. | am OF the opinion that AT least
sG0, 900 can readily be raised, by voluntary
Subscriptions among our members TO be
used for this purpose. | know Of one sub
s%cripti)n of $lO, 600 that is ready, and |
fnliaye there are many others of much
larger and Of smaller amounts that will
he forthCD ming the moment a satisfactory
plan ia presented. All that is needed Is
serious and concerted effort. Is il not
time. gentlemen, after the lapse Of a hundred
wears that we provide the means for carry
out the purposes for which this society
was organizedg'
Bishop Lawrence responded to the toast
'Forefathers' Day" He Landed the prog
ress Of independent political thought in
New England, and told Of a conversation
he had with President Mckinley in which
the President told him that he knew the
country didn't want the Philippines, and
that he personally had no desire to a X
them. but stated hat they devolved upon
us a duty. The heartieet applause Of the
evening came when the Bishop praised
Governor-elec Hughes. Said Bishop Law
renee by way OF eXordlum:
1t is my privilege to report from the
ancient town Of Boston, whose State House
il ~resplendent with a new covering OF gold
leaf, beneath which still hangs in dignihed
silence the Goldfish. Proud. Of our descent,
we recall with some satisfaction that we
have escaped the teachings and customs OF
our Puritan fathers"
As to political independence the Bishop
had this to say:
In the political life, ~. of New England
are we'll aware that the H1~dependent may
grow somewhat overTipe in the mugwump
and fall 10 decay in the chronic critic and
Cynic. But because therr - overripe fruit
shall we condemn the waole CROP No!
New England ~rejoices in the thought, she
i proud of the fact, that she is the home
Of political independence. So that when
party power becomes arbitrary or party
government becomes loose or corrupt
there may always Re found o n OF the
Pilgrims who will break with the party
end stand for the right and for the Nation.
You have seen and felt the power Of the
Pilgrims here in New York again and again
! do not know whether he has in him a
strain Of New England blood, but l think
he must. But this l know, that from the
Jay that that comparatively unknown
hwyer took up his work for the people IN
the insurance Investigations, through this
campaign to this Forefathers' Day, your
GovernOr-elect has nobly illustrated and
expressed the spirit of h Pilgrims.
I recall with gratitude one OF the finest
expressions of duty from the lips OF Presi-
dent Mckinley. | never met him but once
and for a very few moments; it was in Bos-
ton after the Spanish war. l X him II
he felt a little strange in a city where so
many citizens criticised his decision to
take the Philippine islands. He answered:
have a great sympathy with those
gentlemen and were not in his Responsible
position that ! now am, i might be with them.
] did not want the Philippines, you did not
want them, the country did not want them,
and when our commission started for Paris
] did not suppose that we should have to
nv AAVAhs DoN VITA al NNC
were studied l found, that in justice to
those people, other nations and ourselves,
We could not help taking them. These
Boston gentlemen did not have to decide
anything; l did. It was our duty to a X
them. And now that we have taken them,
let US not whimper, but stand up to our
duty like men and help those people and
give them the blessings of our civilization"
What the people and the State have to
stand for, the Bishop continued, lis this:
There shall be no meddling on the part
o. the prelate, priests minister or layman,
whether from Rome or Boston or WASH
ington, whether Protestant or Romanist
or Mormon, with the policy, officers, taxes.
schools or legislation Of village, city, State
or nation. And as our President has re
lterated there shall be no meddling by
city. State or national officials nor any
Inducements for meddling with the work.
policy or faith Of any Church whose teach
lngs are not injurious to the morals OF the
people,
-Sectionalism and Nationality" was Pres
ldcent Alderman's toast, and he showed that
me one might complement the other, say
ing:
Certainly there are no two peoples in the
world who quietly enjoy so much each
otners commendation, or vince 30 smartly
under each othera' diaa nnroyal When a