The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-01-30
THE BURNS ANNIVERSARY.
Large Gathering of Sons of Scotland
to Celebrate the Event.

About 200 Scots gathered in the
Washington hotel grill room Friday
evening to commemorate the 14Sth
anniversary of the birth of the i'm
mortal Scotch poet, Robert Burns,
| given under the auspices of the
Yakima Caledonian society. The
room was deliberately decorated with
American flags and Scottish colors.
All speeches made were in the Scot
ish dialect, as were also the songs.
All the singers and speakers were
heartily encored and responded sew
eral times.
tables at 1880 and POSTMASTER Hon
S. ]. Cameron stated that they were
gathered once again to commemorate
the memory of the immortal Robert
Burns. He said that the Caledonian
society had held these banquets fer
several years, and that it was the in
tention of the society to resume them
and make the present one the best of
all. When the party was seated d.
Mccall rendered several selections
on the bagpipe, which were loudly
applauded
After the banquet Toastmaster
Cameron asked for a toast, "The
President of the United States"
which was responded to by Rev. By
water He said that if the president
toward him his heart would be bub-
bling over with joy. He made some
very appropriate remarks regarding
the presidents life and responded to
the toast in very able manner. The
next number on the program was the
Star Spangled Banner" by the COM
pany, followed by "a toast to King Ed
ward III by James Merry.
Other numbers on the program
were piano selection, "Strathspey
Draw Matches Lassies,' Mrs. Ketch-
UNI: toast, Scottish POEMS" by
Prof D. c. Reed. Mr.. Reed said in
part:
eve have met here the nicht to do
honor to the sweetest soul that ever
breathed. and to me has been given
| the pleasure of speaking to you of
that which has endeared him most to
the heart of every loyal son of "Auld
Scotia" his poetry The immortal
singers of Scotland, the Ettrick
Shepherd, Thomas Campbell, Walter
Scott, Bobbie Burns, have made that
obscure country-though smaller
than the state of Westinghouse
noted as Greece and Rome in their
palmiest days, have made of Edin-
to the world its romantic history,
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quality of her noble sons, and have
| associated their own names with
every loch, glen and brae side. We
think of the writings of the former
literature, but no so those of Burns,
though he outranks them a as the
stars outrank tallow candle. Scot
land would not be Scotland, nor
would Scots be Scots but for Bobbie
Burns and his poems, and yet man
| kind will never consent that he shall
be owned by Scotland alone-the
whole world loves and claims him.
There is something for everybody in
Burns-the poor, the rich, the friend,
the patriot, the lover-and for ev-
erything-from mountain daisy and
a mouse to Aud Hornie himself. We
cannot eXaggerate the debt that we
Scotsmen owe to Burns. Some one
has said 1T is more important to
make the ballads of a nation than to
frame its laws" And he has be-
queathed to Scotland the most ex-
quisite garland of songs in the
whole world. What has not Burns
done for Scotland and for the race
in his love of liberty? He loved
justice and he loved humanity. He
hated. and only hated. the things
that were enemies of these. He loved
the poor men and could speak to
them, because he himself was poor
He spoke to freemen in the right of
a man who was himself free. Bobbie
Burns never doffed his bonnet to any
man because of his wealth or station
( in life
Mr.. Reed quoted during his speech
portions of several of Burns songs
and poems.
Mr.. Reed was followed by a vo-
cal solo entitled Cam Ye By Athol,"
by Mrs. E. Carmichael duet, "Ye
Banks and Braes" by Mr.. and Mrs. J.
| NJ Ferguson; toast, "Scotchmen in
America" by r. K. Nichols. Mt.
Nichols made some very appropriate
remarks regarding the work the
Scotchmen have done in this country.
He said that Scotehmen were among
the first to land in this country. and
when the crisis came they did active
work. Wherever the flag of this