The Detroit times., 1908-10-21
WI fifty tPIGRAMS
PROJECTED BY
JOB {. HEDGES
NEW YORKER DELIVERS CLEVER
ADDRESS AT BOARD OF CON-
MERGE eANouET-sEcRETARY
SAWYER GIVES STATISTICS.

| Comparison or after-dlnner speakers
Is futile because the little matter OF
who was the last speaker heard, and
also the quality OF the dinner have
much to do with the judgment. but IL
Is safe to say that almost every mem
Der OF the board OF commerce who AT
tended the quarterly dinner In the
Hotel Cadillac Tuesday evening
nudged a neIghbor before he went
away and declared he had heard the
wittiest postprandial address OF his
experience.
Job E. Hedges, OF New York. who
might have been Republican nominee
for governor OF that state IL Hughes
had not entered at the last moment.
and who is now stumping the country
for Taft. delivered talk on The Edu-
cational Value Of National Election
that fairly sparkled with sound sense
wittily put.
Il have no patience with people who
are discontinued here-and yet stay"
he said.
The wealth OF the country Is In the
hands OF q number OF people who are
decent and wholesome and ordinary.
| am tired OF geniuses. Some men are
great and. therefore. odd: others are
odd and think they are great
IF we had to start this country
again we would not start it. II Is a
good thing the Declaration OF indie
pendence was written before We got
here. We couldn't agree on anything
now except the Ten Commandments
and no pne has an absolute cinch on
how to carry them out.
They say we ought TO elect a presi-
dent only once in eight years. Why 20
per cent OF the people do not vote
now and two-thirds OF the remainder
spend their time asking the other third
to exercise their right Of suffrage.
Politics IL the art of handling peo-
pie In the aggregate without brute
force.
The Standard Oil Co. put 800. 900
In the slot and drew out s29, 900 900
nne.
The time Is coming In this country
when II will be considered decent to
be active politically: philosophically,
our government is founded on the idea
that we will all be politically active all
the time.
when anything goes wrong in this
country 1t Is by default.
The only people that can whip us
are We.
I'm my town n rise In the tax rate
OF 10 points will not change $4,000
votes; but marked bill in a police
mans pocket will change d budget Of
STAG. 900. 600.
The greatest achievement OF Thee
1 nrxraaunIt xrn ~ Ln oil In
people think on the same thing at the
same time"
Richard G. Hall. Of the Chicago AS
sociation OF Commerce. talked in favor
or a national organization OF business
and industrial organizations. Com
munity Patriotism" was his topic. and
he told Of the achievements brought
about by the civic pride spirit in Chi
cago. Speaking of the age of Detroit.
he said that Chicago Is IAN unlocked
Cub" by comparison. This brought
shouts from the Baseball fans.
The Rev. Maurice Penfeld Fixes ad-
yocated the emancipation OF pure pa
triotism from the realm OF politics.
The Cadillac banquet hall was well
filled for the dinner, about 300 men,
bers Of the board of commerce being
president. President George r. Moody
presided with excellent Judgment.
Homer Warren sang 1.-THE Sword" and
solos were rendered by Sam Slade and
william Lawn.
One Of the most interesting features
was the talk of Secretary Sawyer on
board Of commerce work, illustrated
by lantern slides. He showed the com
parative appropriations Of Detroit and
other cities, described the playground
work OF the City Service league,
showed the need OF better docks,
flashed a picture Of the Alter road and
explained the reasons why its Inn
provement had been opposed and gave
views OF the convention halls In vari-
Gus cities. When q slide showing the
net debt Of Detroit TO be $4,000, 900
and that Of Cleveland $24, 000, 900 there
was an outburst Of cries Of tom l..
Johnson"
The greatest enthusiasm was shown
when a standing toast was drunk TO
the president OF the United States.