New-York tribune., 1907-12-22
NEW ENGLANDERS MEET
GoUernor Cun,mins Speaker at So
cietYs Dinner in Brooklyn.


Albert B. Cumnins. Governor OF Iowa. the
| guest Of honor at the annual dinner OF the New
England Society last night at the Pouch Mansion.
Lafayette and Clinton avenues, Brooklyn. Elijah
R. Kennedy. president OF the society, presided.
1.-The Ladies' was given by Henry d. Estabrook;
I'VE Pilgrims by Francis W. Cushman. and 1.-The
Continuing Heritage" by Talcott Williams Are
We Pilgrims Stl?'' was the subject OF Governor
CuInmns's speech.
Mr.. kennedy after making few remarks ABOUT
the dinner and the New England Society. an
nounced that ]. Pierpont Morgan had been elected
honorary member Of the society He then IN
troduced Governor Cummins as "a great Governor
who comes from what he says is a great state. the
State of Iowa.
II am particularly glad" said Governor Cum
minis. ito that you have with you tonight Pill
grim mothers. wives and daughters. Thsy empha-
size In my mind how fine a the Pilgrims are
After reviewing the earlier history CT the Pill
grim Fathers and of the Virginia Cavaliers, an
alyzng their motives and the qualities that made
them great. Governor Cumrnins said that. although
both times and conditions had changed, the Amer
lean people to-day were in substance unchanged
from the people who came over in the Mayhower
and those who settled Jamestown we are P1I-
grimS STILL" said the Governor. That both pa-
tional and state governments have the right TO
and should pass legislation for the regulation and
control OF corporations emphasized by him.
New conditions mean that the government should
have new functions he said His speech was as
follows:
With this epicurean feast and in this notable as
semby we are celebrating the incoming OF nttis'
unhappy. fear-stricken a @ men and women, beating
It's unknown way through stress and storm mo n
cembe. day not quite three hundred years ago ago;
Within the week In which l am speaking. from ON
to sea feet Of sixteen giant battleships, with It's
The Pilgrims were brave. persistent and con-
ecieptous. but the world has been full of brave.
persistent and conscientious men and women, ano
as much as we reverence these qualities OF mar
annual festivals. We are not here because wor-
ship ancesrX but because we love our I,, country T5
MayhqweE was the beginning Of New England. an. and
New Engand has contI6uted more to s }1S' n s0n
n1unity upon the face Of the cart earth -
New In society IS ss1 ths
the m9sRg sb Of SsC any CfhT g tS soy and 2s
Pilgrims Still?' Are we preserving In it's full
ssg to us shs as ts ds saeF
n1itted by one generation i to another? believe s
dering confusion about fundamental truths and
wild incoherency in applying them TO human
Our DEVELOPMENT is So vast. our interests so so
@ that a Jggt abe 4b
most difficult task ever undertaken by organized
society.
work FOR ali the people for fair charge and With,
out favor or diseTiminaton Every man n1ust EN-,
their injustice When they attempt 10 be Unjust
charge is TO destroy the instrumentality upon
egysr the cost q the servce @ % and return reason
able return for the capital invested
the people Of the country. and especially the peo-
pie of the West. have gone mad in a crusade
against railway investment. It is not so. On the
tity in the course they have taken
The tendency toward monopoly. substantial
limits oonsisent With effective Competition great
corporations should be encouraged. not denounced:
enough TO dominate the business In which it IS
engaged and TO exclude all rivals IL becomes dam
gerous as the spirit of anarchy
unfortunate habit OF denouncing the master spirits
who have accumulated fortunes, but they have no
for supremacy. II he wins rairIy, i, e1titIed 10
the fruits of his victory. matter what may be
the field of his endeavor and. while he may excite
envy. he will always extort admiration. There are
a few who in every advocate OF change
and progress a dernagogue but they do not speak
in the current OF sober thought and a noble
patriotism.
Among the guests were Talcott williams DR. P
L. Schenck. president OF the St Nicholas Society:
George J. O'Keefe, vice-president OF St Pat
rck's Society; Congressman William r. Calder
Mr.. and Mrs James W. Osborne. Mr. and Mrs
Augustus Van Wyck. william Van wyck Mr.. and
Mrs. Sidney r. Kennedy. Mrs. Elijah p. Ken
nedy. Mr.. and Mrs. William B. Hurd, Nj and Mrs.
Herbert K. Twitchell. Mr.. and Mrs. W. T. Bing-
ham. Mr.. and Mrs Ethan Allen Doty, Francis z.
Dodge. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph A Burr, Judge John
Woodward, Mr.. and Mrs r c. E Brown. Mr.. and
Mrs Russell e Prentiss and Leonard Kennady.
During the dinner the guests rose and sang The
Star Spangied Banner" Among the other songs
that were sung were THE Old Oaken Bucket"
THE Pilgrim Fathers" and Down Upon the Su-
model of spinning wheel was given each guest