New-York tribune., 1908-12-22
new ENGLANDERS DINE
PRAISE FOR j. u. MORGAN.
Crest of Honor keenly Enjoys
Shafts of H'n also Directed at Him.

re-ront Morgan vas the especial guest of
henor of fhe New England Society in Brooklyn at
=. -v-errv-nfnti s1rual dinner last night AS de-
sce,dart Of the Pilgrim Fathers. he the object
- many good ratuued but keen sallies from Pat
-, Francis Nurrhv. who has a reputation as a
-,--, after dinner speaker. They convulsed the
,-,5,ence and none seemed 20 enjoy them more
,bs, Nr Morgan himself
= VS. the first dinner OF the society In the har
oget ha1l OF the new Brooklyn Academy of Music
I'D was the largest ever held by II. More than
s,e hundred and thirty men and women including
-o-,f,ent iurtsts merchants and other men of af-
.,,-s snail tables which were decorated with min
,s.ure christmas trees. bearing riny iucandescent
AIMS and vith abundance % holly.
af-e- reception Of half an hour. the diners were
allied 10 order by Elijah r Kennedy. president of
the sooleJy-
A cross the East River" said NJ Kennedy. they
ns,e long rc5oced in the boon OF limited aristoc-
-scv The u1Jnifcence Of 2 few citizens who have
crete. tbs academy has enabled US to gather Of
F-oolrya's beauty a2d chivalry more than Manhat-
.s--s ,srnted four hundred"
The roastInaster paid glowing tribute to Nj.
,.o-ssn Which brought hearty applause. and when
70 finished James McAeen proposed three cheers
so- -h0 guest of the evening. which were given
win 2 NH. In closing Mr.. Kennedy said:
nation with past not worth celebrating IS un-
yfkey 70 have future Of which il may boast. And
peePs - RsT ne Heroes ne sdSs 6f T ne
and free from reprosch in these respects. We
f.-he-s Looking back through the near four cen
sss --s- have ELAPSED since the pilgrims landed
81 Plymouth justly claim that New England
rner snd New England ideas have led this nation
eIong the highway Of modern civilization and with
the greatest Of all New Englanders We may eNult
at The past. 81 least. Is secure
And Il he present also is sound what influences
hsve rsde i so Whose narne; in the last few
his schiever7ents as the leader in higher educa-
ion 4 Nsw Engiander's- And year ago. when
rsn.-sl ruin who vas it that by his wisdom his
TaSsesson of the confidence cf men and his com
seR sags-,- Neu Fnslander. Of course anu
And the future Fear not. Nav England viii
e-ts- WessJe-s other EEiots. other Morgans New
England forever
Wr Kennedy then proposed 2 toast to the hon
orsTy members of ne society. among whom Nj
Morgan. Admiral Dewey, Horace Porter and Jo-
ssph Il. Chcste-
7 stsG nov propose 4 toast said Mr.. Kennedy
'ro which may all drink. whatever your politics
O. creed. 4 propose that drink TO The SoveT-
egn People Of the United States This toast
which took -e place Of the usual the F'resi
~ ths United States. vas innoy alton Of Nj
Kenne6v the dinner Of the society last year and
TIE f6es Vaz followed al some dinners in Man
hsrrs1 later in the season.
The Re. John Calvin Goddard. Of SaSshury.
com spoke on The Pilgrim Fathers and the Pill
grin Mothers There was win Of hunlor min
re3 with his keen comments on the character Of The
Pilgrims which kept the diners laughing. He said
thst Ns0 England had been sandered in regard
n irs treatment of witches. and showed that the
latter had been subject 70 much more persecution
in other colonies. and in England itself.
Witches Vera hung in England for t~enry-three
wears after +he practice stopped in Massachu-
ssrrs" he said "One hundred and twelve years
st-s- the salem delUsou q Tf1ch was condemned
= : Years Imprisonment IN Scotland"
Patrick Francis Murphy began BY some depreca-
;ory remarks on after-dinner speaking in general
There Is only thing more distressing than 20
rave sfter-dinner speaker know that he has
ruatnc 80 say" said Mr. Murphy. and that IS
vhe7 he does not know it Then Mr.. Murphy
started tn on the Pilgrim Fathers and their de
scsndanrs IN 2 light and airy vein, saying:
lec1vely =earn 70 ne al from New England When
hsv= met them alone they seem TO be half Scotch
ire Pilgrim fathers were al saints. and by impii-
estlou he 4as SAID fhat tller descenn@nts are an
loscHht n Hfe every saint has past ana every
When fhe Pilgrims crossed the ocean they little
dreamed that one Of their descendants would set
tLaf 1odr of water and that they would call it
H7rEzn.s ocean hear that cur distinguished
EEesr- Nr- Morgan. has Just received title IN
4sSIs Ha Is to light their cathedral It is bother
.1rr Nfzszra rails or is to take the " palace Of
BgCai1ghsIn for powerhouse. 49,. IT. e..,,.-
teo 1'm man WHO did not believe in the future
@ "o49 a Ee PTeke 3e9 he ie roiIs beratTg
~ Mrs. Eddy in giving the United States the
No matter What financial emiuence be may
-eFr rr@ rteone in this country viii like him be
CaHSe they know lie has more brains in his heart
rs~ he las in his head
TIE descendants follow their ancestors. They
m E-e-- p6 they appropriate But there seems to
ne ro-iins left of the old days nov except traces
n r0e language. and there would be nothing OF
.st. II Roosevelt had had his way The rich man
ct TODAY WOULD rather he rich and Tretched than
poor and T-refcEed.
TIE Rev. DR.. Charles =. Aked. Of the Fifth Ave
Bap-ist Church. spoke The Pilgrim From
rha Eng ish Point Of View. and Simeon Ford com
rs-ed ~. speaking with A Few Remark Relevant
an rr~eIe-ant''
Others tlI- guests table were Rear Admiral
Goodrich. Congressman William NJ. Calder. Justice
Like T. Stspletcu. president Of the ST Patricks
So7ef. - Brooklyn. d. T. l. Schenck, president
- the St Ni-hola Soc.etv. OF Brooklyn; the Rev.
Marian II Roy Bu-to1 end George Nine.
Among she diners Nr- and Mrs Darwin =
KflFs'ey. Nj and Mrs. George W Perkins. NJ.
and Mrs James McReen ex-Judgs and Mrs Hiram
r Steele ex-Judge and Mrs. William B. Hurd.
= Colonel Willis L. Ogden Postmaster George II.
Roberts. eK-Justice ard Mrs. Augustus Van Wyck,
collector and Mrs. r P Jordan. ex-MayoT and
Mrs. David A. Boody. Nj. and Mrs. Timothy J..
Woodruff. Justice and Mrs. Edward b Thomas.
JaErioe and Mrs Frederick E Crane Justice and
Ms 'isrret 7. Ciarretson Justice and Mrs Walter
Il Jsvcox Nj and Mrs Julian d Fairchild the
Re- Tor. Nehemiah Boynton. Mr. and Mrs VIII
isrn Y Hester. Colonel and Mrs George A Price.
Mrs Elijah r. Kennedy. Sidney r Kennedy.
Leonard Kernedv, Mr. and Mrs William K Ward
nsr. NJ and Mrs Herbert L. Pratt, MI and Mrs
= g BEDFORD. Mr.. and Mrs Harrington Putnam n
". and Mrs. A Augustus Healy, Lowen NJ
r rner, Jacob /. GreatsngeT, ex-Sen8tor ara MIS-
stephen -. Csrisw-od. Colonel A 3. Chandler and
eh-Juoge George G Reynolds