New-York tribune., 1908-03-22
HUGHES THE 0PTlMlST
MEN NINE-TENTHS GOOD.
Mean Vel and Most of Them Do IL,
He Tells Beta Theta PJs.

~orror HUGHES expressed his faith IN hu-
NON Nature to three hundred members of Beta
Theta Pi at the Hotel Astor last night py say
ing that nine hundred out of every thousaiu
men meant to do right and that most OIL 'heih
atd do eo .If it were not so this great COM
uonwealth would never have attained lts pres
ent supremacy said the Governor we are
human and these fellows must see that they do
not overstep the bounds. Even men who come
from Iowa and Kansas must be watched as
closely as if they were from here. The Ameri-
people stand for equal rights for all ana spe-
cial privileges for none.''
THE man who thinks that the average Amer
ican is not honest has business cheering for
| tho fap he said in closing "It is duty to
| put on our thinking caps and try to devise
means to right the wrong wherever II exists,
| and not talk much
Referring TO the review of the I'd Battalion
| of Naval Militia which he attended earlier In
| the evening, Governor Hughes declared that he
had seen a splendid exhibition of discipline and
| that he noted with pride the work OF the naval
forces under his command
: When Governor Hughes entered the room he
was greeted with cheers of the different univer-
| sites and many of the guests stood up on their
chairs and shouted, "Our next PRESIDENT The
! cheering lasted for several minutes.
Justice Townsend Scudder, the toastmaster, in
introducing Governor Hughes said that the
diners not there to make political speeches
| but asked the members to listen to the Gov
ernor of the state. This was met with rousng
applause and more cheers for the future Pres
| ident''
The boom of Uncle Joe" Cannon for the Presi-
Dental nomination received many boosts from
Repre sentative H. S. BoutcIl who spoke 1.-THE
Ship of State" II the President is called captain
of ship state he said, to the Speaker of the
House should be assigned title and honors Of the
| pilot. He continued:
permanent far-reaching value has been enacted
BY Congress than in all the other years since the
legislation the President and the Speaker have
accorded to the other fun recognition and praise
In carrying in the future the policies OF this
administration Mr., Cannon President would sim
py page9 Dc in dng the s i've in
with President Roosevelt
He paid a high tribute to the success of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's financial policies and vigorously
defended the President against the censUre that
had been directed against him for calling last No
vember subscriptions of s5oooo.ooo for Panama
bonds 500 100000 for the per cent emergency
certificates. He declared that there was no sini-
lary between the situation that induced his action
and the dilemma that compelled President Cleve-
land to issue 1862 900 of and cent bonds
Senator Morris Brown spoke of the growth OF the
principle of equal rights for all. more recently eN
pressed in celebrated declaration of President
Roosevelt when he said: a square deal for all the
people this motto Nebraskans believe
certain changes should be made in the tariff sched
ue. He went
They protectionists; do not mistake me: I but
protection as they ~ tons oban
monopoly of our markets and seek to
e the ae6as S5 TheTe
equality in law that affords any mar Or or GorpIra m 2
is found to be responsible for monopoly the law
Sn0nd be bs & fna rson must be attended
with intelligent and patriGtic care is SonGedea Tne
ton of schedules. They favor no horizontal reduc-
tons.
OF the interstate commerce law he said;
But Of fadd has OF been he work is
not yet ended; Equality before the law is not yet
things yet to DO. the interstate commerce act is
so s thst be dee at %e ors and
rebates, and reasonable rates shall be established
factory Of this productive country.
Senator W. E Borah in his speech paid high
tribute to the stability of the American public IN
the recent financial panic. He said:
But this much is certain-those scenes OF law
frenzy THEFT 6a s and
much more is certain it was the deposits of the
people, the small earnings of those OF moderate
aster inaugurated by the daring and recklessness
of those leading business men.
If the masses had become excited, did these
few hundred about the centres of conservative
business places s & there would have e been holocaust
/ have patience with that species Of artess
cause they are rich. which arraigns corporate
wealth honestly obtained and honestly used, which
would smite the unconscionable adventurer who
would raise his parricidal hand against the Con-
reform the red flag of anarchy.
Among the other speakers were Representatives
Frank Q. Lowden, from Illinois, Charles f. Scott,
from Kansas, and Charles B. Landis from Indiana.
Before the speeches began Betas young and old
became undergraduate tos in spirit again. and
between yes of colleges from Yale to Virginia and
dog was raised from the shades and brought back
to earth Even dignihed Senator's and Congressman
made bones of carving canine" The merry
making reached its height when Mr.. BOute chair
of the committee conducting submarine inves-
tiGation at Washington. was greeted with repeated
strains of There's a hole in the bottom of the
sea"
tion the trip of the fleet about the world. He
said it struck him IA peculiar thing that the
people who lived in the interior of the country were
willing to support the navy. while from people who
lived in New York City Congress had been flooded
with petitions urging against the increase Follow
iEg the Congressmens speech il voted to send
to the United States feet telegram including a
poem which had been written by Robert Z. Mac
Alatney, a member OF the fraternity.
The dinner celebrated the completion of its first
year of clubhouse life by the Beta Theta Pi Club.
More than d thousand members of this college fra
ternity live and around New York. In addition
to several hundred OF them there were delegations
of undergraduates from Yale Rutgers. Stevens.
the University of Pennsylvania and Lehigh the
dinner last night, with the entire chapter from
Columbia.