The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-02-25
MEETING AT
HEADQUARTERS
Interesting Historical Address
BY the Rev. 5. Parkes Cad
man, Of Brooklyn.
THE ATMOSPHERE OF LIBERTY

urQdY to the annual ODSeINdH0O VI
Washington's Birthday AS usual,
first came a buffet lunch served by
Day in the dining room. When 9he
doors were thrown open, President ).
w. Roberts lead the procession into
the room, accompanied by the Rev.
Alexander MacColl. Then followed
Vice-President, DIR. Stephen Pierson,
escorting General James Grant Will
son. After the invocation by Mr.
MacColl, Mr.. Roberts called upon the
members and guests to Go their duty
and it is needless to say that they
did. Music during the luncheon and
the subsequent meeting was provided
by Voss' Orchestra.
The formal meeting was called TO
order shortly after two O'CLOCK py
President Roberts, who said that 1t
had been his pleasure for nearly a
quarter of a century to welcome the
members and guests to this annual oc-
casion and in his eighty-seyenth year
he again extended hearty welcome.
He then announced that Vice-Presl-
dent Pierson would preside
DR.. Pierson said it was an honor to
stand in Mr. Roberts place, II only
few minutes. The members do not
understand their President for really
he is a dreamer, a promoter and
leader of fashions, but he has way OF
making his dreams come true, then ne
sets the fashion of taking off his coat
and pursuading other men to do the
same. He first dreamed out COM
Portable competence, then church or
two. and Y. M. Q. A. building. Tie
sent the fresh life blood coursing
through a savings institution which
was sickly and anaemic. He brushed
off much of the dust and many cob
webs from an antiquated historical So
ciety. He has watched over and fos-
tered the Washington Association for
a quarter of a century, nursed 1t from
youth to vigorous manhood with i've
times as many members and live times
as much property as when he TOOK
hold. 1t is rumored, but the story Is
not confirmed, that he has been urged
to accept the place of chief dreamer
for the Morristown Trolley Company.
DR.. Pierscn spoke of the times in
witty fashion and referred to the alb
sence of the energetic vice-presldeno,
Albert III. Vernam, TO whom a mes
sage was sent by wireless, the Doctor
intercepting the wirlesS waves ana
giving the answer from Egypt. lie
closed by presenting Mr.. Roberts as
candidate for president and rendered
him with vase of carnations and
miniature cherry true with instruc-
tions to share them with Miss Hatch,
who was jointly responsible with the
president for the latter's good health,
and wished for him many days OF use
fulness, and happiness.
Rev. s. Parkes Cadman, OF the Cen
tral congregational Church OF Brook
lvn was introduced as the speaker OF
the occasion and he for fifty minutes
held the close attention OF his hearers
with and ali able address on Washing
ton, replete with historical illusions
and statements of facts and conclu-
sions. DR.. Cadman passed over his
English birth as an incident for which
he was not responsible, and said he
could only be a cleaner in field so
many had passed over. We can de-
pend upon it that the name and fame
of George Washington are forever safe.
He quoted Geo. f. Hoar in effect that
our belief in anything is measured by
what part we are willing to extend to
others. The proof of Washington was
not in that he was a Virginia gentle
men, or member of the Anglican
church, but because he became the
vicar of an apparently hopeless cause
that liberty might be the atmosphere
of all who breathe in this country to-
day.
There is one man fit to stand along
side of George Washington, the elder
Pitt, whose dream of universal bond
of English speaking people bids fair to
become true by ties never made by
man and never to be broken.
But for the work of Oliver Crom-
well and William Pitt, the work Of,
George Washington would never have
done. 1t was for Pitt to dream, but
Washington to be large factor in the
fulfillment of that dream. All halos
about kings and heroes are false in
reality. The real saint is the man
who, standing among his fellows, dis
plays salient qualities. George Wash
ington was an ordinary lad leading an
outdoor life. He danced a little to
give his manners a brush in the soci-
tyof the place: he doubtless went to
some cooking mains. Don't turn too
close microscope in making an es6i-
mate of a man. Take him for what
he did and its effect We find little
to blame, much to praise in the sur
veyor, who could roll on the ground
in laughter at sixty. We are glad Of
it.
With Lincoln, sad and sombre, a
now America came fnfO heinp Sketch