Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-26
new NATIONAL BIRD
Stork SuppIants the Eagle in
General Esteem.
REMARKS BY ]. ADAM BEDE
Sixth Annual Dinner of jewelers. of
New York City.
ADMIRAL C0GHLAN ALSO SPEAKS
Gentleman From Minnesota Says a
Man Should Love His Native Land
Whether Born in It or Not.
ADMIRAL coGHLAN ALSO SPEAKS

nuai dinner of the Twenty-four-Carat Club
OF New York last night was made memo
rabie by these utterances: Rear Admiral
Coghlan, cOmmandant of the New York
navy yard. announced that he was on the
water wagon; J. Adam Bede of Minnesota
the congressional wit. told about the new
national bird, the stork; Representative K.
b. Vreeland of this state declared that pub.
lie men left life poorer than when they
entered 1t. and State Senator Thomas F.
Grady said that. while he was considered
unimpeachable SO far as rectitude was con-
cerned In Manhattan. his morals were
nevertheless affected by the republican at
mosphere of Albany.
The dinner was held at Delmonico's, and
there were more than 400 representative
New York jewelers. and their guests pres
ent. All the toasts had to do with jewelry
the speakers touched upon the subjects
assigned to them. Several of them declared
that the only thing they knew about Jew
eiry was what they had read In advertise
ments.
Representative Vreeland, who spoke after
Mr.. Grady. Ia the man who was chiefly
responsible for getting through Congress
the stamping act, which guarantees the
genuineness Of the jewelry sold in inter-
state commerce. Mr.. Vreeland said that
he received a magnificent oaken chest
chock full of the choicest of silyerwares on
Christmas. and that the donors were the
jewellers OF the United States. He advised
the jewelers. to get the states to pass acts
that would harmonize with the national
law.
Sometimes men in public life" said Rep
resentative Vreeland. wonder what there
is In 1t for them. We often find ourselves
the beginning. 1 suppose you are laughing
because we have just raised our pay. But
1t Is true just the same. and IL there is
anything In public life for q public man
1t Is the hope that he will be able during his
career to put on the statute books of the
country some legislation that will be OF
benefit to the people"
The American Movement.
Il know nothing whatever of jewels, -
said Representative Bede, and there was q
sad smile on his face, the only thing that
know anything about being the necessi-
ties Of life. I cannot but think tonixht OF
that good old Irfsh-American who once said
that a man ought to love his native land
whether he was born in it or not 30 I. too,
sometimes think that the foreigner who
leaves his fatherland to come to us makes
a better American. He realizes that he
has got to prove that his Judgment was
right.
Il notice that you have assigned to me
as subject American Movement Well
all that can say about this great Amer
lean movement of ours is that the case
sometimes warrants criticism, but that the
works inside the case are always right. But
for this American movement there would
have been no popular election in Germany
the other day; but for this movement the
Gar of Russia would not hold joint de-
bate with his duma; but for this movement
Canada would not be free as ourselves
and China would not be awakening to the
advantages Of western civilization. All
these things are natural consequences Of
our good example.
Millionaires and Problems.
when we solve great problems we are
great enough to solve them for all the
world. In the old days only the rich could
afford the fabrics that the servant girls
Of today wear. Today the servant girl
looks like a princess. Again, in the old
days, when there were no creameres, you
could taste every member of the family
in the milk that You bought and detect their
political affiliations as WELL Fifty years
ago two sticks tied together made what
they called fiayer. and with that they
the wheat. Now we have the
threshing machine. and with it few more
millionaires and a few more problems.
Fifty years ago you could get the stage
at the corner roads. Today we have the
and more problems. Why, thirty years ago
freight trains half a mile long were run
ming through Minnesota with men running
down their spinal columns to put on the
brakes. Then a genius came along and
invented the air brake, and Congress made
the railroads adopt the invention. and We
got more millionaires and more problems"
Mr.. Bede then defended the American
life of today, and said that If there was
anything wrong in Washington or In AL
bany the American people were RESPONSE
BILE.
They say that President Roosevelt"
concluded Mr. Bede, has changed the ma
tional bird from an eagle to stork. The
President, they say, argues that the eagle
merely screams, whereas the stork delivers
the goods
After Mr.. Bede, Charles A. Towne spoke.
and he In turn, was followed by Admiral
Coghlan and Mai. Gen. Frederick D. Grant
Coghlan announced that he was
on the water wagon except on casons
when he got off Ito pick up the whip that
some other fellow had dropped" Gen.
Grant said few words in behalf of the
army.