The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-15
SOUTHERN ATTACK ON ROOT.
FILINGS AT CROOSEyELT, TOO, Ar
SOCIETIES. ANIMAL DINNER


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AsAinaa MskinS r~ Many Laws
william Ihrber, a South Carolina Law
war ana ure Sident Of the South Carohna
SonL4y. stir pd up the SoOLhSra Soosefy'
and its g,lasa las night a. tina annual
d,nnsr at tho \Valdorf-Ast0ria by attacking
Flihu Root for his State rights speech dr.
lfvrred by the ~SecrrsAgy Of stare Asa
"wednesday nix}s before tho Pcnnsy%
x.nians The s Vuth Oarolinhan took q
little ding, also, Az Presidsnt Roosevelt
TAsre was Wild .(pplanse hron soaoe 600
TONS Of the grand lSalroom, bat there we're
nllsnt spots also. Apparently al Of tho
diusrs wore not IN n. eoord with MI. Barber.
prasidept Woodrow Wilson Of Prtnoetoo
WAS the principal spe Nker n the Sousnsrn-
ers' banquet, rsspoc ding TO tho toSst
~-Psinotism,' in which, no ekpr SS~AS
/ opinion thar not more laws are neeoo1'
fbst a smaller regard few pasons IN uns 40
MANIFESTATION of ths LAWS we nave. lido
address of the presideEh OF Fnnceton w&s
received with marked spproRA ano warm
applause, .,,,-ert q, the
Southern Society here ard the most Glad
orate perhaps in its history, lnere weie
present more than 600 mernpen anu tn%r
guests. The dinner was staresd WIN INC
Traditional blnst from the societys ougier,
and President M arion J. Verder1, decorated
with the scarlet collar Of the society, led
the vay to the tune OF DIXIE.
With President Verdery ON the dais
were the ~preSdents OF most OF the New
work societies. Albert p. Massey OF the
! North CaroHnaI y. M. Gardenshsre OF the
Missouri DIR. F. j. Bowles Of the Canadian,
Edward +. Darrell of st. Georges, hopert
Frater Munro of st. Andrew'st william
M Polk of the Tennessee, j. Hampden
Robb of the Pennsylvania, Joseph l. Clark
Thomas Ewing; Howard X: Bayne, gov,
ernor of the V~itginians: Major Edward
Owen of the Confederate Veterans, beden
Parker of the Georgia society, D. Nevett
Steele of the Maryland, Gen. Horace Porter
President Wilson and Augustus Thomas;
The souvenir menu was reminlscentoith the
South from cover to cover. IL was pouhu
in Confederate gray and contained por5
traits of the twelve past presidents trauneu
IN nalm. olive and oak leaves. A page
which the banqueteIs kept in sight through
out the dinner ard FROM which they sang
enthusiastically hfld a picture OF the Old
Kentucky Home and aVerse.
They hunt no more for Nhe possun and the coon
ON the meadow, the hill and the shore.
They sing no more by TIA gllmmer OF inc moou
ON the bench by the oldscabin door'
President Verdery started the speech
making with an apost sophe to the aides.
of whom. in the galleriesS there was a hand
some collection. He told the members nat
the society was out of debt had money
H IN fn9 bank. anu NIcIl lpaFbNb I" '
elloQy of the late Samuel Spencer, who was
a member of the Southerners.
Gen. Horace Porter. who spoke flrst
oked up toward the galleries, which
bioomed like poppy gardens, and told the
hanouetters that ne was a firm believer in
the Scriptural injunction for men to set
their affections on things above. Then,
constantly interrupted by laughter, he paid
tribute 10 the Southern girl, winding up
with this:
have 10 he polished with a toothbrush.
laughter, applause and Rebel yells.l .
Gen Porter made a column or two of
epigrams which tickled the Southerners
Immensely. He said that New York was
n CITY of men with settled incomes and I'M
settled minds, partaklng OF original sin
done M in quart bottles. He old them
that he had to quit diplomacy because he
didn't want to be labelled like the hniment
bottles in a drug store, For Internal Use
Only" Then hi got them laughing with
half A dozen stories of the civil war. this one
among others:
In the final campaign with Grant. Gen.
burnside. a perfect Chesterfield and ladies'
man, was reviewing his troops near the home
of a witty Southern woman. a Mrs, Tyler
Pointing to the men marching by, Gen. Burn
side said to her.
Madam. you never saw such a Dody oil
men. eh1"
mot at liberty, " she replied. instantly.
Az the outset OF the civil war people up
North did not believe it would amount 10
much, Gen Porter went on. They thought
Il was a labor trouble stirred up perhaps. by
walking delegates, for, sad he, were not al
on the other side -non-union" men?
President Wilson Of Princeton followed
Cen Porter with his address on "Patri-
otism." He took for his inspiration a pas
sage in Tennyson's Princess.
A nation stu, the rulers and the ruled.
Some sense OF duty,
Something OF a faith.
Some reverence for the laws ourselves have made
some patient force TO change them when we Will.
some civic manhood. nrm against the crowd.
each line" said President Wilson
tafords a text for the matter i speak OF
Il. requires constant fort Of the imagina'
fion and constant studious attention q
the variety OF conditions which diversity
the life of the country from ocean 10 oceat
and an ever persistent catholicity OF sym
patby and Judgment think OF this coun
trv as every citizen should as a single
whole, a thing to be served not merely IL
it's parts and In its separate interests, Al
the States are intended 10 serve IL, but ais
In its entirety as the Federal Government i
Intended to serve IL, keeping all interests
harmonious, all powers COoperatlVe-aS
nafioncompact Of rulers and ruled, moving
together under those who make the law
and by reason Of the virtue OF those VIII
obey them" lApplause.l Then Presiden
Wilson said:
And vet only upon such a conception car
an intelligent sense of duty be based. Gen
nine patriotism cannot be based upon
sense of private advantage or upon any calcu
lation of interest. II can be based only upo
n rense Of duty. And duty must conceive u
object the country. the nation we woul
serve.
like to recall that passage OF De Iocque
N yirie's in which he marvels with eloauen
praise at the variety Of Information and ex
cellence of discretion which our polity dh
not hesitate to demand OF !ts people, I'll
common people" II 10 in this. rather than b
anything we have invented in the way O
government form. that we have become dis
tinguished among nations. lApplause.l
Indeed, America has fallen to the common
place level of all the other nations whic
have preceded her and which now accom-
pany her in the race for leadership. II sh
have not something OF a faith that make
Of her public men ideRlists and OF her typicG
citizens men to whom principles seem eve
y n sustaining motive Of action.
II there il any circumstance which shout
deeply trouble US in the signs of the tim
IL 10 taat we have found as a ground OF actiO