Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-28
LAUDS THE PRESIDENT
u. S. SENATOR COMMENDS TRUST
WAR-MAPLE SUGAR PARTY.

The policy of President Roosevelt in
making war upon the great trust mag
mates was Endorsed by Senator John w.
Stewart in an address at the eighth an
nual maple sugar party of the Vermont
State Association Of the District of Co
lumbia. held last night in the National
Rifles Armory.
You have your Ryans. Rockefellers
and other masters of great corporations.
and OCCASIONALLY he said. ''tnese men
abuse power. The President has done a
magnificent thing by making war upon
these people,
Senator Stewart then told. of the great
amounts of money being spent for public
work in various parts of the country and
especially in the city of New York. and
are given to public officials there is great
temptation and often graft results. II
am not a pessimist," he continued, for
believe in the progress of the human
race The standard of Christian civinza-
ton was never higher than ii is today.
Maj. Edward r. Campbell. president of
the association. served as toastmasier
and delivered a brief address at the
opening. Later former Presidents Ed
ward L. Temple and Charles E. Fairman
of the Vermont Association delivered
short addresses, and at the close Prof.
c. n. Thomas gave a number of reminls-
cenees of days in the Green Mountain
state and concluded with recitation OF
"Sneridans Ride" Mr.. AFRO j. Max
ham sang several songs, after which the
800 guests left the tables. Dancing fol
lowed. In the dancing hall there was a
miniature maple sugar plant exhibited by
Mr.. Robinson of Manchester, VT.
Members of the Committees.
| The sugar party committee was. made
up of Fred o. knight, chairman; c. F
Bryan, E. w. Childs. Orville Drown. Hen.
ry A. Farnham, Abbott B. Goodrich
George r. Ide. Fred c. O'Connell. Mrs
A. S. Caywood. Mrs. Martha A. Miles
Mrs. H. T. Ofterdinger. Mrs. Mabel r
| Peirce. E. r. Campbell Ernest l.. Gran.
dali. Charles Dupaw: Dolphin S. Fletcher
Mellen c. Hooker. Hosea B. Moulton, II
T. Offterdinger. Mrs. Mary E. S. Graves
Mrs. Elizabeth 1. Muller. Mrs. Mary s
Patrick and Miss Grace Ross.
| A number of young women served as
mattresses. The list included: Miss Gene
We've Babcock, Mrs. Frank w. Garden
| Mrs George Clark. Miss Kate Gibbs. Mis-.
Anna s.. Hughes. Miss Flora l.. p. John
son. Miss Marie Johnston. Miss Florence
| ]. King. Mrs. NJ. r. PIERCE. Miss Stella
| Raymond. Miss Grace Ross. Miss Ruth
Scott, Miss Sara Skinner. Miss Edna
OPoiioiu. Oice
NJ. Wood. Miss Martha Berry. Miss Mir
lam Caywood. Miss Kate Fletcher, Mrs
william W. Gilbert. Miss Bessie L. Ide
Mrs Johnson. Miss Olivr Reyes. Miss Sue
Lacy. Miss Elizabeth j: Raymond. Mrs
c. A. Ross. Mrs. NJ N. Scott, Miss Heller
A. Skinner Miss Genevieve Simms, Miss
Sue Thomas. Miss Edna Turnburke anu
| Miss Lena NJ. Woodruff
officers of the Association.
The officers of the association are:
President Maj. Edward r. Campbell:
first vice president. Fred o. knight: sec
ond vice president, .Mellen C. Hooker;
third vice president Nelson D. Adams
| corresponding secretary. Miss Grace
| Ross: recording secretary. Fred c.
O'Connell;. financial secretary, c. F. Bry-
an: treasurer. Henry T. Offterdinger.
Board of directors-Edward l.. Temple,
David B. Peck, Maj. F. w. Childs.
Chaplain Rev. W. G. Davenport; mar
shall Mai Dolphin S. Fletcher.
| Honorary presidents-Senator John w.
Stewart Senator William p Dillingham;.
Kittredge Haskins.- d. j. Foster, Justice
W. p. Stafford. Judge Charles H. Robb.
Charles A. Prouty. Henry A. Willard and
Rev. S. H. Greene.