The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-09-07
BANQUET TO GOV.
HUGHES At LAKE
CHAMPLAIN
N. Y. Executive Pays Tribute
10 Green Mountains.
SUNG UNCLE JOE'S FAvORlTE
Dinner Of Fish and Game League Yes.
to-day tionored by Presence Of
Many Notables.

BLUFF POINT. y. y. sept TIL,
annual dinner of the Vermont Fish
and Game league held here brought
together about 800 representative eli.
zens % Vermont. who listened with In.
tcrrst 10 speeches by Governor Charles
T. Hughes % New York. Speaker 10
seph q. Cannon Of Illinois and Baron
Rosen. the Russian am AMBASSADOR Max.
we'll Eyarts Of New York. president
~ the league. presided as POSTMASTER
Just bcforc Speaker Cannon rOse g.
speak they nll Joined im singing what
was jokiugly said by Tuasimastci
E,aris tu hr Speaker Cuuuon'- favor
IT, song THERE'S q Hole ln thc Bot.
tom Of the Sea"
Governor Hughes Ia hi- address.
SITTER tribute % the stupiy sons oi
Vermont said
Perfectly consistent with the upuli
zatiuu 90 our ideals perfectly cpn.
slsl,nt with our devotion tU thr'na.
ton. u %. pride which every man
feels iu the state ln which De- has biz
home. and w. should make every ~
fort that in the future the unly rivalry
lsiwcrn the two gr'at commonwealth
~ this country will h. rivalry ln dem.
onsimting hdelliy and purity ~ gov
eumsut and iu settling examples ui
legislation mud administration whirh
will ~ % help 90 sister common
wealth
As I have Iourucyed through the
state % New York in the last few
months have beuumr more closely
acquainted with the actI,iiI,s 81 th,
state. and I have martrIri ut the
carnrstns-- aud 40. amount ~ work
that .. l--ing duur. 90 the Erui amount
90 effort that u ls.ns rNi.'n,l,i by
The is-si ieor'r ~ thr state ~ New
York. Tor the most part Ice uircur' aud
uunuiic-i ways. iu order thnt ths
WORK ~ the state may D. faithfully
carried ou.
~ u great mistake a. uuderrute
10, quality 81 American citizenship
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leiug done Tor the huuur 81 our r.
sprriivc governments We have iu
the stat. ~ New Nurk lu every lurnlity
many men who. when opportunity "f
fers. Will d. ihe best that n tlirm iirs
fur the welfare aud Interest 81 "a,
state mud many who have ihis spirit
Whu d. uut see the opportunity fuf
work hut as ihr idrn hr,umvs more pre-
,nlrnt TINT The state d. anxious fur the
ser, irv 81 the best mru. that thr is'.i
men can be- more Boz their l.fc by show
lng their public spirit Than They eau
iu nmns-iug wealth aud providing a
corruption fund for their children. that
there j. more in ssrirr a. the com.
muuity iuau in living q narrow. con
traci~i. soulid life. We may b. SURE
that the high ideals set ~ and tpwnrd
the attainment ~ which there II nu
natural ~ Artificial obstacle will h.
surely r'ulIzrd. n We can eject FROM
our legislation aud our administration
all fnNuriiism aud recognition 81 in.
ierrsis that d. not square with these
~ the community. n We can dclillcr.
atcly und fairly proceed in an iniclli
gent manner aud after drlibcmilon
aud analysis deal with the abuses that
exist we shall go steadily forward.
aud Ia this grrat land. which furnishes
the finest opportunities ever offered
Tor the development ~ manhood. We
shall realize the blessings ~ freedom
Ia q way that the world has never
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