The Washington herald., 1907-03-07

New York, March e-The annual dinner
Of the Indiana Society Of New York was
held tonight at the Waldorf-Ast0ria u
brought together a large company Of dis
tingUished Hoosiers. Col. James 3. Cur
It's, president Of the society. acted as
toastmaster. Others active ia the man
agement Of the dinner were;
Col :. 8 Mcclure. Frank H. scott. Century
Magazine; Judge Eugene g. Hsy, H. y. Bethel.
Joseph 4. kclsey. ". l. Moyer. Carroll C. Raw
lasz. Dr. .. r. Hay William T. Homaday Lyman
Abbott of The Oudoak. Rev. Dr. Carstensen. VIII
lam B. Leeds. Daniel q. Reid. Oliver Il. Bosls.
+. c. Yohn. J. Robert Mckee ]. >. Bsrcus. ". l.
OEerstreet, ;. p. Fleming Charles =. Robbins and
Joseph Gray kitcheiL
All NOtabIes Were There.
1t was the flower Of literary culture
that gathered at the dinner, and secre-
tary George Z. Fleming, who had az
ranged the dinner. had rounded them ali
up without going north Of Mishawaks,
81. Joseph County, or south Of Mauck-
port. which is away down in Harrison
County.
Mr.. Finley Peter Martin Do0Iey Dunno.
it is true, got in. but Mr Dunno is lit'ry.
George AIDE. Booth Harrington. and
James Byron Elmore. the bard of Alamo,
we're among those absent, the first two
because they were in the middle Of d
chapter, it was said. one reason given
Tor the absence of the distinguished poet
of Alamo was that In view of the pres
ence at the speakers table of the grand
old man of the State MT EImore felt
bashful about coming. after having. 10
one of his famous poems, said something
about the Senator.
Senator Beveridge came into the ban
quet hall amid HOosier hurraEs that
started the glasses clinking. Venerable
authors. weighted down with the SHOWS
of thirty or forty years and the resp0nsi-
uilities Of dozen best sellers, looked on
the statesman with patcrnally proud eyes
and fond smiles.
Col. Curtis Is President.
The grand young man sat at the right
OF the president of the society. Col
james Brecknridge Curtis. cx-speaker OF
the Indiana house. colonel of the Curtis
Light Battery. Of indianapolis. which
never lost "a single engagement of All the
competitive drills it has entered from
coast To coast Meredith Nicholson. aU-
thor Of ali the best sellers that the rest
OF the State didn't write. sat at Col.
Curtis left. ard stretched along the guest
table on both sides of this center Of
thought were J. r Mckee who achieved
fame as the father of Baby Mckee,
Judge Eugene Hay. Of the board OF United
States appraisers. David Graham Phil
lips W. g. Bobbs. the publisher. PTes.-
dent Robert b. Armstrong, Of the Iowa
Society: Col \. \ Mcclure, who buys
tn, products Of the agthor belt and dis
tributes Il 20 local consumers: Col. john
J. McCoo6. president Of the Ohio Society.
which is right next 70 Indiana: John y.
McCutcheon. who is only an artist but
has "a brother an author. Frank r Scott.
of the Century Magazine; Gen. Manage
L. y. Bethel. of the Bell Telephone Com
pauy: Horace B. Hord. who writes rho
history Of the society every year. and Dr.
a. W. Harlan, who writes prescriptions
Historian Called on Carpet.
Historian Horace Hord was called out
on the carpet to tell Of the wonders Of
the society itself He said the organiza-
sion had bank account despite its youth,
and he spoke Of the glorious State where,
he said. the silver strings of pure liter
ature flow majestically among the en-
battled towers" Of something or other.
The applause that greeted the metaphor
was too great 10 permit Of hearing where
the strings are floating.
Where all were big noises. IL would be
hard 10 pick the biggest noise of all. but
doubtless the other celebrities Sould give
way 10 the grand young man With native
mOdesty- Senator BeveridEe was intro
10 la is r1-a
growing brighter"
How It shines at night the tosstmaster
could not even attempt 90 express
Vigorous Talk on Nationality"
United states Senator Beveridge made "a
vigorous speech in favor of Nationality"
using that term instead Of centraIizatiou
and eloquently champioaed the course OF
he administration. He said that Oliver z.
Morton. the greatest American Indiana
gave TO the nation" personifed Indiana's
sentiment of nationality He declared uu-
lualifedly ina favcr of the election OF
nitcd States Senators by direct vote o.
he people. His speech in substance fol
ows.
The master note Of the American peo-
pie living in Indiana is nationality In
iiana is the geographical heart of the
nation. Indiana has within her borders
the center of population of the nation.
And Indiana. above all things. is devoted
10 the nation
I'VE Americans living i'm Indiana by
formal law on our statute books. have
refused 10 recognize any state nae
BY act Of our legislature the only nag
We know is tie flag Of the nation II is
he same. in reality. with Americans liy-
ng I'm any other State-only their legisla-
Ures have not carried it so Tar as we
nave.
Morton Indiana's Hero.
"Thc historic hero Of Indiana is Nor
on Abraham lincoln named him The
deputy President Of the United States for
he Mississippi Valley The reason Lin
,oln gave him that title is the reason
why he is our hcro-and that reason Is
hat Morton personified Indiaua's scuti-
nert Of nationality
1T is as curious as il is inspiring that
great men-and Emerson tells rs that
nen are great only by rejecting the
common VIII and wisd0m-Usually agree
IN great things So Morton, the greatest
American Indiana gave 20 the nation.
iEreed with Franklin, Madison Hamil-
on. on many things that to-day are
allied 'socialistic.' For example. Morton
ollOwing Franklin. Madison. and Wilson.
hampioned the election Of Senator's by
he people.
Is for Direct Election of Senators.