New-York tribune., 1908-12-17

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--,.raor The big dining room Of the hotei
,-.o,ls ma. hold all of the diners, who nuinOeIeu
,s,n,, 6 score Of one thousand. Ihere was az
overflow dinner in the Astor gallery bo'h 80 80
Of boxes were flied with handsomelY e e-.,z
.,-o,,sn who attended the dinner as 'heS W."
..,end a big theatrical spectacle Aheii
gnattes and opera glasses were leVeheo a'
TAFT and Governor Hughes and those "n0 So
ter ,bsrn st the long table across the front Oh
,hs room The women. in turn. were lhe i00US
for many glasses which men on the moor pfo-
.s,,,.s .t speaping time. The decorations OF 'he
,oor, were in keeping with the rest OF the SGT
,.ns Two huge flags hung draped oehlno j 'uuse
Taft. with the seal Of the State OF ONO hes'n,e
q, ,aatr folds All around the dining room Wills
1r.re other smaller flags. while huge vases "a
roees and carnations graced every table
0rxERs GUARDED CAREFULLY
Tho r-eseace of Judge Taft and so many
other notahles caused unusual precautions u 10
taken Every person who went by any eie'
10 the floor on which the dinner was helo passeu
-. sc-,,tinv of Secret Service men and Central
of3ce detectives. These guardians OF the fresi-
6ent-elect were scattered among the guests
themselves on the watch A large force OIL
,,olice In uniform was on duty outside the hoteI
70 rrsvent congestion OF vehicles and keep away
curious pedestrians from the guest OF honor.
In between the courses of the dinner there
was singing one of these songs-the b-l-
double r.-Y Taft song, which goes TO the tune
Of --Harrigan'-had been made famous In the
rs-,Daie7 and it was sung with a will. Judge
Taft bearned as the Ohioans rolled out the
chorus Governor Hughes. later on when
.pesking time came, gave another alphabetical
version Of the Taft proposition-"TactfuLo o0e
fearless. true: that spells Taft" said he ana
roar OF cheering greeted his description OF the
chief guest
1t was well along in the evening when Henry
". Taft opened the speechmaking- He declared
that, strange as it might seem. there had neeh
many notes of regret from those unable to al
.en5 He read cable message from Colgate
1Iovt ex-president Of the society; a message
from President Roosevelt, which served as the
signal for applause. and a letter from VICE
President Fairbanks. IN this MI talroahhs
wrote his hope that Mr. Tafts administration
would be one under which the people could
obtain the highest measure of prosperity and
obtain an opportunity to cultivate the arts OF
peaceful industry
USUAL CUSTOM ABANDONED
Mr.. Tart said that on previous occasions 1t
had been the custoR for the presiding officer to
rffer eulogies OF the guest Of honor, but 1or oo-
tstous reasons that hardly would happen this
time
Il suppose should be within the bounds OF
-5selioacy," he said, IF 1 remarked that 1 had
been observing his career for some forty years
and at an early day formed quite faVoraoe
opinion Of his character But this relationship
Is not the only thing which restrains me from
saying eulogy-there are other speakers here To-
might. and suspect what they say will be about
all that is good for him to hear He went on TO
ssy that Ohio needed no inspiration from New
III, hat 7 va 8
FOR Ohio men 70 be elected TO the Presidency
Then he made his prediction for Governor
1Jushes's future. paying him this tribute:
.-ConvuIsions Of public opinion in the Empire
Ftate frequently bring TO the top the highest
ideal Of American craftsmanship. No narrow
question of eIpediency could prevent Governor
Hughes's nomination for Governor; nothing
could obscure the moral issue his candidacy
raised, and the election Of so skilful cam
oaigner as he was 3 foregone conclusion
GOVERNOR HUGHEs's SPEECH.
Governor Hughes, who rose amid long cheer
ing. declared that a certain memorable occa-
sion AZ chicago he had acted as a curtain raiser,
and 1rodestly would try 10 repeat the perform
ance. He declared that while another state
might have monopoly on the City of Brother
" Love" Ohio certainly must be cIassed the
state of Broherly Love in the Future. He con-
tinued:
Il has been my good fortune this evening in
another place TO act modesty curtain
raiser, and L very glad TO have an oppor-
tunity OF taking my part in the same capacity
here II is not my intention 10 make an eX-
tended speech, but rather 10 join New IorkS
Selicitations upon having found in the great
State Of New York adequate scope for those
energies which have been generated in Ohio
We nave not begun TO exhaust the possibili-
ties Of state conference and consideration Of
problems that are essentially local, but should
Re dealt with by comparison Of views and ma
tured consideration Of results of experiments in
different commonwealth 1t is extraordinary
that they should be tried in one community
without thought Of what has been done with
respect 70 the thing in another COM
s1lulitv and that there should be available data
for comparison and study with respect to the
actual experience of many states which should
be ignored in contemplating Improvements Of
administration
Recently the President of the United States
called conference of governors with regard TO
hne OF the great questions of the day-the
servstion of~oGr natural resources. II is a
s7ost helpful thing-the suggestion-that those
Sho may be charged with the responsibility Of