New-York tribune., 1908-02-20


~.n The hum and talk continued until a''eh-
- ,-ss drawn 10 the guests table. Nheh per
=. ,,,,s.. vas obtained Mr.. Cho2te began
..r,,.,,e- pilgrims: The trait thar we ar
,,+,,1 ,,f is our loyalty; loyalty at home anu
,c--setr abroad, loyalty to our own country az
- s5e+ar nation with whom we as Pilgrims .i0
..n;aa am therefore going to oah upon you
-7-S- "a drink 70 one large compound Ioa7a, 0i,@
4ss .-osi 10 stand when You drink IL 40 .l
President and the King, " said MI S"'A'e
.ng his glass. ..o -oss+ nro-
= ,r- C-haate The orchestra immeol-
-, .--,r.x IN The Star S7angled Banner
- u, ,l,ose r-esent Joined il. singing the ia
.s1 song Then the orchestra piaSeo G01
save the King" .u.
The last lire Of Engiands an1nein "
:. ,,Ha, George T Wilson. chairman OF
- exerutire committee, standing right heiiAo
a. -,as4e called out Justify. Give three iois'
-,,,;,s cheers for the President and the hiis'
and they were given with plenty OF 1oIee anu
NiEor. o-,.
said. al,
.v-e.- 42ro1her Wilson got through with
cheering he came UP right behind my shoulder
and sa1d TO me The cheering is done: you can
20 right along. There IS duty / have 10
-,erforrn before I Try 10 go along. AND tha1 Is
20 ask vou 10 drink another toast, which am
sure VIII be received with quite the same en-
shusiasrn IS that one fy which you have already
shown z-o1s- loyalty ] mean TO propose 10 you
she health of the president Of the Pilgrim 50
sierv who was 10 have stood where I stand
tonight and preside over this mee1ing-W But
der Duncan"
The guests th-n arose and drank the toast
& Mr. Duncan.
Mr. CHOATE'S SPEECH.
afr Choare continued as follows:
IAN going 10 say for AIr Duncan that ne was
.aker ili a da,- or two age and his illness was
z9s-rlv caused little by anxiety about this ban
cue- Of The Pilgrim Society. but am oeilsfleo
20 hear To-day that ne is-Sery much better. anu anu
-rher rhe Pilgrims meet the next time ne VIII
see IL his post t1e head as toastlnasfeT-
80 vau Win infer by my having Deen suu-
denly called 70 stand II his shoes that nave & no
speech To make you once before on d sIiiillaI
occasion Nheu ! II tight place uceU
over my temporary en- haTrsssII1erJ py borrow
ing few notes from FierpoIlt Morgan IN 80 -
fail tonight 10 have them honored by my
;4trernrf 10 use them ! would ask 10 nave tneIh
endorsed bs Andrew Carnegie and Lew + MOT
must congratulate our friend. Nj. Reid IL
7he rrsJ place upon this delightful tribute lllle
has been paid him by the mere presence 81
mis- COMPANY which is not the bone ano sine"
Of New YORK but the brain and heart OF the
state. and every man of ileIn mas , coIlle ~ -
Tor he purpose Of na1lifesIi1S has PERSONA Re
gard and esteem for our ambassador 90 no. t
believe that there Is q single man mere oII i %
curiosity 10 see whether or not NhlelaN t-elo
IS ali right
They had no occasion TO meet the American
representative another American Ilao on an
,a-rasion when he called At the ofhce OF me
American Ambassador in London, with ms WI =
and baggage
Just arrived was the answer
Have ECu been 10 your hotei- vas eliol-lei
No came the prompt answer.
no
- every visitor Of that kind, and which we put
the enc Of an interview Wei. what can
a. for YOU
You can 90 nothing for me" came the reply
- merely came here ro see whether my anlbas-
sador was. IL his place"
Now afr Reid and L ] may sag we were
CLOSELY united. / am only his stepfather. We
talk about each other We try 10 hn0 something
~ common interest in office. I cali il our
Office still ! know that YOU have found that
-nce al ambassador. always an ambassador is
1rue. and II is our Office to-day just as much as
= ever was.
was greatly amused when AIr Reid began
81 there was any place except This dinEy space
where We received visitors or ambassadors. or
even Americans We are apt TO lament az
headquarters the diuEv place which country
has in London and wonder is this the best that
EIy the time vas. sir. this the de-
lightful abode Of some Of The best men in the
American Republic" Diugy as il Is. I found
some things - that chamber J1GC showed the
glorious light Of my predecessor They We're
from John Adams 10 John Hay The whole
history o1 me country on Iuy arrival N England
seemed 10 M 10 be written on the faces OF those
II my predecessors, whose portraits adorned the
walls Of Tna1 dingE home 01 the American rep
TesenrstiNes 10 England Five Of them after
serving ambassadors III London became IL
VUe course FresjierJ Of the United States. Those
were the good 1id days.
The post as Ambassador TO London seemed 10
be regarded the natural pathway 10 the
Presidency But times have changed since then.
In those Gays ministers. or ambassadors. as We
cal them now. were made young. and they had
plenty Of time fo- subsequent progress. Look
Al The orce3lS THAI Jhe AdaEnSes went through.
They were not fighting men. Not one Of them
ever was soldier. but they had the good old
Adams fighting blood in their veins which has
continued 10 percoiate down the succeeding
generations They were there IN The right place
|, and ia The right time
John Adams and John Quincy Adams were
our ambassadors TO England after the two wars
with mat country And Charles Francis Adams.
TO whom this country owes more than 10 any
ot0er foreign representative ever had. was
The other o1 C'le trio i his calm sense and
Judgment. used those terrible days Of ot1r
s'viI War. when there was mutual agitation be
tween the rTn countries. that prevented a
serious rupture il mis- firm tact thar
preserved 1he relations between those Two
countries through Ihat trying ordeal
J would like u can 10 your mind he names
Of our flustrous Yredecessors-I say our pred
.-cessors-ta-uicht. but time will nor permit
ny. Red and have been IA -le habit of making
great many speeches in London q habit that
M Reid feels is part OF the position. ] notice
Thai there IS q saneness n our IItIerances on
-he other si0e. ana ! Was al a loss 10 see where
we got our common ideas and discovered that
They came from description of dinner once
given bT The American Ambassador in one Of
1fe other countries Of Europe.
Nov this speech i very short. much shorter
-ran N~ Reds VIII be tonight. You came 10
hear Mr. Reds speech tonight. not mine Re
= responsible for this dinner. The only thing
that vii break II l1D Is an accident and that
viii easily be reTnedied hy my friend Mark
Twain.
There IS one thing wanted in that Office al
20. 123 Victoria street London and 7 am sur
yrise6 that has not been brought 10 the
attention Of the American people long ago.