The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-12

his departure for Spain from about ESQ
fsIlow Ke~ntuckians last night in the ban
oietkng room of the Waldorf-Astorla
There was Kentucky oratory about the
tables, Kentucky women in the boxes and
all the accessories Of a Bluegrass reception
saving only one thing corn bread and bacon
wss not on the menu.
The dinner was given by the members
Of the Kentucky State Society in New York,
who preferred TO call themselves simply
-Kentuckians" for the evening. John q.
Carlisle presided. with Col. Watterson
at his right hand. Among the invited
quests OF the evening were the editors OF
most of the newspapers of tho city, ex-Gov.
David Francis of Missouri. John {. breck-
inridge. James Lane Allen, the author, ana
the editors Of several magazines.
The boxes we're well filed and the wives
and daughters of the KentuCkans were not
IGNORED. FOR each succeeding speaker tried
20 Guido his predecessor in compliments
to them
When Mr.. Carlisle rose 70 herald the time
for Speeches he announced that Mark Twain
had written his regrets at his inability
70 be one Of the guests, and said that 70
read this letter sent bv Mr.. Clemens would
be some recompense for his absence.
I an sorrier than 7 can convey in words
that / shall have 10 be absent when the Ken
tuckian ms foreeather to do honor to my age
long friend and klnsman, Henry Watterson.
But suoh Is the case. Ny sixteen years OF
annual bronchial attacks have now CONSOLE
dated, in accordance With present day policy.
and become a permanent trust, carrying on
business all the year round, without vacation.
Therefore the physicians have forbidden
me 70 attend public gatherings az night this
winter. This il with an idea OF saving what
Of health is. left 10 me.
May Wstterson long keep his superiority OF
il. since it comes of his being about the best
man in the country at the present time and.
as ! think. the only one without sin.
Very truly yours,
MARX TWAIN.
The K~entuckians chcered Mark Twain's
name and Mr.. Carlisle then announced that
Kentucky favorite son, Col. Henry Water
son, would say his farewell TO all the assem-
bled Kentuckians. When Marse Henry
got on his feet everybody waved napkins
and gave him a full thoated cheer.
"The Kentuckian's revision of the familiar
Bible text evidently applies here " said Col.
Watterson. slowly moving his head from
side TO side to take in all the tables. Where
two or three are gathered together IN her
narne--.' And il needs no great display,
merely an u~nobtrusive CorkScrew and an
humble tin cup--and there you have IT.:
the K~ertuckian brotherhood Of feeling.
The speaker said that times had changed.
The old shotgun still hangs on the wall
over the fireplace and the plough is left idle
in the field while Kentucky's sons come
eastward to live what Col. Watterson de-
Nominated as "t.le simple life of making
money among all the CarneRles and the
Rockefellers.
Il hear a message from the folks at home"
continued the Colonel. Come back where
your homes once were and visit once again
all the old places. Don't forget Aunt
Betsy's Christian preachments. nor Cousin
polly's complacent and wise rusticity.
~Shal | also say, the resolutions OF '9S?
Well, gentlemen. whether you call your
selves Republicans or Democrats you may
ssy as the good priest said in defining
purGatory, You may go a good deal further
and do worse
Laughter greeted this sally Of the
Colonel's and the diners stifiened up in
their chairs TO hear what the Louisville
sage would deliver as political prophecy.
Under the hand Of a President whose
personality is go attractive, whose motives
are 80 unchallenged, whose service is 50
eminent and brilliant that most men ara
10th TO question anything that he Says or
does,' continued tho speaker, under the
hand Of such a President the pendulum of
naturalization has swung much too far TO
the leeward and will need TO he swung back
again if We are 10 recover the poise and
balance which the fathers and founders
OF our Republic designed for the Federal
Government and the States.
we have already the splendid govern
ment' they dreaded. Modern invention,
by its humiliation OF time and space, has
well nigh obliterated the old landmarks,
Happily some things We could we'll spare
are gone. sectionalism among them. But
shall we stand listlessly by and see home
rule go with it?
III Alexander Hamilton were 70 revisit
the White House and could see the big stick
suspen Ted trembling over it he would say,
Go = /. tie slower. Theodore, my SON."
Col. WattersOn said that he was free
20 confess that he was old fashioned enough
sta 70 revere the Constitution. He be
lieged that wherever the flag goes, there
mast go. too, the law. and wheverever the
flag is there must be, too. a uniformity
Of Jew. he said that when some Of his ola
friends gatherci 80 say good-by 70 him
upon the eve OF his departure from Louis
vine he described himself as "a Lincoln
Democrat Crossed on a Jefersonian Re-
publican " -That," said Col. Watterson,
Ought To catch the truth both ways
going and Coming
Each Of these men rnvered the constltu-
ton continued Natterson. Planting my
een on that Declaration Of Independence
which one OF them framed and on that
c~onsitution which tho other protected
eypansionis' that ] am, even lingo that 7
am, fully conceiyIng the import and portent
of the advancing greatness Of my country,
/. and rejoicing that IL - at length a veritable
world PoveT-I vet cling 10 the belief that
wherever he flag goes The law nus go.
and with 10 uniformity of freedom before
the law "
These are formative times" continued
the speaker, after quoting from an extract
of an opinion on the supremity of the Con-
stitution rendered by Chief Justice Harlan.
sLet us read them by the light Of the organic
law Of the Land, oonstrue them by the wis
dom of our fathers. improve them and apply
them, not by opportunist theories but by
principles OF Justice. as a matter OF course
allying tradition and progress, but trusting
always the heXibility of our institutions
end the moral nature Of the people.
The speaker concluded by saying thai b.
WAS going to Spain, a country RUNE by
gold in the centuries past. is Heineis
cynicism that money is God and the Roths-
childs are his prophets 10 come true in this
country" he asked. Are we to be over
Swallowed by the trade mark? In my
country and in you country back in Ken
lucky this is not no. And here in New York
I hope that ever honest men. such a. your
selves. wen the poorest and humblest
among you. may exc out a living on a scanty
so. 900 O year.
Melville E. Stone babe Mr.. watterson bon
voyage on behalf of the press. He said that
Of all the old time newspaper editors who
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