The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-02-21

meets his character, \and poets find
their inspiration the magic of his
name. Last week In every large city
OF the Union there was a great Lincoln
dinner. to which great men gathered
and talked Of the Liberator's character
and told us what he would do with
government in co4tracistinction to
what Roosevelt is doing now If
ne was with us in the flesh. All
men are coming surely to a proper
appreciation of the elements that
conserved the great President
and his one time foes are loudest
In establishing his immortality, for
as Choate said at a mammoth meeting
IN Cooper Union last week, when
ne died by the madman's hand in the
supreme hour OF victory the vanquish-
ed lost their best frlenu."
Aftermath Of Two Lincoln Dinners.
TWO OF the Lincoln dinners, one for
what occurred, the other for what did
not OCCUR proved of more than local
interest, and may have some bearing
upon the future development OF the
now engaging and, exhausting political
situation, with especial reference to
the next meeting Of the Republican
National Convention. At the Lincoln
dinner In Baltimore, where for the
most part the diners were Federal office
holders, both the Vice President, Mr..
Fairbanks, and the Secretary of the
treasury, Mr.. Shaw, were guests Of
honor Each Of these gentlemen Is an
for the Presidency But the toastmas-
ter SO far forgot himself laboring
doubtless under the perpotation incl
dent to so glorious an evening, as to
introduce the Vice President as the
next President of the. United States"
OF course the guests of the banquet saw
the mistake, but when they saw it tue
work had been done, the deadly lave
lin thad been hurled, ianI was on it's
way. Mr. Shaw's friends felt angered,
or course, they did, and why shouldn't
they? Had the good Secretary used
the patronage Of the Treasury to no
better purpose? Where were his
friends? Or did the willy and churn-
Ing Hoosier conspire with the toast
master while he was putting away his
turs in the dressing room? The Incl
dent has caused furore, and about
the only person who discovers any hui
NOR in 1t is Attorney-G General Bona.
parte, Marylander, who ds not can
didate yet--but soon? 1"."' e,
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But what occurred, tor rather what
did not occur at the New York Lin
coin dinner has got the politicians in
q degree Of excitabnlty nothing short
OF alarming. This dinner, as has been
each Of the Republican Clubs Lincoln
dinners, was notable one Speaker
Cannon was to have delivered. the prin-
yfipal speech, but he got In the raih
fBst made to daS dIffaFeSss, SSs,on r : G99s tSa
braves from all over made merry and
got eloquent. A Massachusetts Con.
gressman said he thought Roosevelt
was dtsregarding the Constitution too
much, and former Assistant Attorney
General Beck said that corporations
and trusts were not as bad as they had
been painted, and the rafters could
hardly stand the shouts-the dinner
was given at the Waldorf-Astoria one
OF New York's little inns. But what
didn't occur? Why, there was no
toast for the President Of the United
States; it was not on the program,
and no one thought of it. And this is
the countrys great Republican Club,
supposed to guide Republican admins
tratlons. NO one proposed a toast, and
1t can be now said, no one thought of
1T. The President is an old member
Of this organization in good stand
Ing. This Is the first time, in
the history Of the Grub tnat toast to
the President o. the United States has
not been offered and spoken to, and
the politicians are making the most Of
1t. They cay that the Presidents own
State, his own CLUB, and the greatest
organization of tn Harty, has repudi-
ated him. Poiitic88 peculiar thing,
peculiar, very peculiar.