Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-03

that settles tte fate. These things are but
some Weeds D that gather In the eddies and
cumber and defils the river'e banks. Out
| In mfdstream the great, free. clear current
OF national life sweeps on to its destiny.
Some twenty years ago at Montreal
| crossed the St. Lawrence river in a rowboat
There the stream. you remember. Is a mile
| wide Halfway over asked the boatman
| right here he said. never had felt the
| whole strength and grandeur Of the stream
| before. There 1t was sweeping along It's
majestic course as II 1t stih feit through
Niagara.
ut was straining like a race horse for It's
| goal in the far, Atlantic. Close to the bosom
| of the enormous dark green Hood. now
pretty appeared the marshes and wharves-
| even the towers and temples Of the city on
| its banks! So 1t is whep you come close
rent of our national life and purpose. The
| obstacles in its course. the temporary drift
wood, even the lofty landmarks upon ats
shores-all these sink into insignihcahce
You feel only the majestic stream of
Anglo-Saxon liberty. stretching from It's
far-ofr sources in the German forests. gath
ering force from Runnymead, from Naseby,
| from our own great revolution, and reach
ing forward to Its shining goal-to that
| bright ocean of universal brotherhood and
peace which is one day to surround the
world.
Capacity of American People.
"Faithless indeed must that man be whose
| study of the great ages and examples Of
| our race permits him to doubt whether the
guiding Is from above. l believe In the
capacity Of the American people to solve
| every question its duty brings before 1t.
| For every great hour the great man Is born.
Out of the loins of the nation shall spring
| every of strength 1t needs. Leader
| after leader may fall, but the mighty re-
public moves with unfaltering step to
fIn F,,l6 90 har nv n hl n
| shall overtake thee o my country! Thou
sands shall fall at thy side and ten thou
sand at thy right hand, but 1t shall not
| come nigh thee!
What lives without thee?
We reck not what we gave thee;
We will not dare to doubt thee;
But ask whatever else and we Will dare!
Guests Present
The guests present were
! Mr.. G. NJ. Bowers, Mr.. James S. Courts,
Mr.. William Shines, Mr.. E., E. Helm. Mr..
C. H. Syme, Dr. II H. Donnaly, Mr.. J. B.
Lambie, DR.. B. .Lttlewood, Mr.. c. V.
Grunwell, Capt. J. E. Hart, Mr.. G. II. Sens
ner. Mr.. c. b Hunt. Mr.. r. D. Chase, Mr..
j. l.. Davenport. deputy commissioner or
pensions; Mr.. c. B. Lands. Indiana: Prof
f. E. L. Beal, Mr. j. A. Van Orsdel. as
sistant attorney general United States DR..
A. II. Hall, Mr. C. w. McFee. Mr. E. -.
| McCalmont, Mr.. A. II. Bedford. Mr.. John
Joy Edison, Mr.. w. E. Andrews, auditor
for the War Department Dr. A. L. Stavely,
Mr.. L. P. Shoemaker, Mr.. Edgar c. Snyder.
DIR. A. p. Pardon, Mr.. l.. T. Michener Capt.
c. A. Romeyn, Mr.. w. F. Stone. collector
of customs, Baltimore, Md; Mr.. r. V. La
Dou, Mr.. NJ. J. Ferren. .,lr William NJ.
Mason, Mr.. James Mckinney, Illinois; Mr..
Frank ]. Stillman, Col. George c. Rankin,
Capt. C.-A.~-Martin, Capt. w. S. Overton,
Mr.. O. S. Firmin, Mr.. J. j. McCardy, au-
ditor for Post Office Department: DR.. E. B.
Behrend, Col. A. H Russell, U s. A; Mr.
J. II. Grill, Gen. j. C: Black, United States
civil service commission: Mr.. e. F. Droop.
w. H. Wylie, New Jersey; Mr.. Alexander
Grant. Mr.. Edward B. Moore, Mr.. E; L:
Williams Mr.. W: W. Baldwin; Mr. Robert
Kenyon, Rev. H. 8 Smith, D. D.. DR.. Rich
ard Kfngsman, Mr.. S. H. Graves. Capt. w.
G. Coleman, Mr.. j B. OsboEpe. Mr.. r. P:
Office Department; Mr.. w. J. Vickery. Mr.,
]. P. Johnston, Mr.. J. B. Randolph DIR.
L. Y. Baker, Major W H: Arthur Gen; I.
J; Henderson, Gen. W. A.; oimsted, Gen.
NJ Hoag, Col. G. F. Hinton. Mr.. K. p
Gardner, Capt Michael McNally. Mr.. Harry
4. Robbie, MI c; c; Billings MI r. n
G. Sawtelle. Mr.. ]. e. jerks. DIR. NJ. A. De
Laney. Col. c. A. P. Hatfield, Major W
P Evans. Mr.. E. D. Shaw and Capt G. F.
Capt w F. Halleck. Mr.. F. D. Head, Col.
]. Van r. Hof. Col. Archibald Hopkins,
Mr.. A. B: Horner,, Gen; H s; Hawkins
Capt. John Hubbard, Capt. Abraham Hart,
Mr. Samuel Hart, lieut.. Thomas G. Hensey,
Capt. w. R. Hillyer, Capt. a. J. Huntoon,
Maj. W. E, Horton: Lieut., B. F. Hasson,
Dr. w M. Hunt. Lieut.. s. X. Hall. Lieut..
J. L. Heupel. Col. A. F. Holt, Capt. NJ.
V. Hotel. Mr.. A. T. Hensey; Col j. NJ,
Harlan Col. b. F. Hawkes. Col. John Han
cock. Lieut. r. F. Hill, Maj. ]. R. Hayes,
Mr.. F. W. Huxford, Col. R. l.. Hoxie.
Lieut.. ]. H. Jennings Capt; A. B. Jameson,
Col J. a. Jewell Capt. w. W. Jones, Lieut..
II. G. Jacobs. Mr.. c. P. Jacobs.
Lieut.. ]. R. King, Chief Engineer Absa-
lom Kirby, Capt. W. A. Knapp, Gen: J.
koerper. Maj. H: NJ Kendall, Maj. W. H.
KelI, Col. w. P. Kellogg. Capt. {. A
Krause Capt. /. NJ. Kelley, Col Q. D.
Kiusman, Col ], T. kirkman. Mr. Cram
Maj C. H. Lawrence, Col: j: S. Loud.
Lieut. NJ. D. Lewis. Lieut. J. NJ. Loud, Rear
Admiral john Lowe, Capt: Charles LoWelb,
Charles Lyman. Capt E. r. Lewis, Capt.
c, p. Lincoln, Lieut.. G. A Leavitt.
Captain, VA. MacNulty, Rear Admiral
John MCGOWAN. Lieutenant T; H. Mckee,
Mr. G. II. Mccarthy, Captain A. F. hcMi!-
Ian, Captain ]. II. MCGOWAN Major John
Mcdonald, Colonel ]. s. McCalmont, Cap
tain s. J. Mulhall, Lieut.. A A. Maxim,
NF. G. E. Mitchell, Civil Engineer George
Mackay, Captain J. c. Morgan, General NJ
p Miller, Mr.. ]. r. Marchand. Colonel j.
V. D.. Middleton. Captain f. W. Mitchell.
Captain II. L. Miller, General l.. A. Matile,
Lieutenant c. A Maxwell, lieutenant q. II.
Morisey, Lieutenant w. Fl. Mellach, Cap
tain Lewis Merriam, Major b. =. Mimmack,
Captain H p. Marston, General Arson
Mills, Lieutenant T. p. Miller, Captain w.
NJ Meredith Mr. A. e. H. Middleton, Mr..
G. II Marye, jr.
Captain H. B. Nichols Captain Horace
Noble. Lieut.. w. H. Norton, Major H
D. Norton, MIR. B. P. Northcott. Colonel
Joseph Noble.
General ]. ]. O'Connell, DR.. c. E. OCon-
nor Captain B. ]. O'Driscoll.
Mr. S. C. Peelle. Mr.. s.. J. Peelle, Captain
Alfred Pew, Lieutenant j. II. Poole. Mr.. q.
H. Powell, Captain j. Q. Pfeiffer. General
E B. Payne. Colonel G. E. Pond, Com
mander Robert Platt, General ]. H. Page,
Lieutenant H. c. Pearson, Captain j. Tyler
Powell, General David Perry, Captain w.
N. Paxton, Captain Robert Potts, Colonel
E. S. Pierce, Mr.. n. N. Potts, Captain II. l..
Prince, General S. W. Price, Captain E. A.
Pratt, Major G. G. Potwin, Colonel ID. b.
Peck. General ]. n. Patterson. Mr.. &. ID.
Pennebaker.
Gen J. w Reilly, Col. Robert Reyburn.
Mr. s. A Robinson, Lieut. r. c. Rynex