The sun., 1909-02-28

This is a contribution Of greater value
than you intended. The senior Senator
from New York and the chairman Of
the State committee OF the only true
party Ilaughterl owe 10 you increased
vitality in the doing Of their work.
In China they have been making
attempts to do away with the traffic in
opium. That country promulgated last
year a code Of regulations requiring the
gradual decrease in the use, importa-
ton and consumption of the drug. In
those regulations one clause which par
ticularly impressed me and which j
would ask you TO apply TO me tonight
is that officials over 30 whose craving Is
great should be treated with leniency.'
Applause,
McARREN SURVEYS ROOSEVELT.
Senator McCarren was the next man
to he called TO the platform. The Brook
lyn Senator seconded that part Of Mr..
Roots platform, as outlined in his speech.
relating TO minding ones own business.
Il try to attend to mine said MIR. Nc
Carren. but have some trouble doing
it." Laughter.l He disagreed with
Mr.. Root in the !attcr's insinuation that
the Republican party was the only true
party. Although" he went on. If l
would say with him that the Republican
party is the only true party"
MIR. McCarren said that the Ameners
had talked OF their principles as lido
syncraciee, Inconsistencies and absurd
tiles 'ThenI am In the wrong pew he
said. Those three things have been and
are the bane Of my life.
or the change in national administra-
ton Senator McCarren said: The cap
tain Is about to go. and in few days i
presume there will be nothing to fear
from him. ] want to go on record as
having been ready seven years ago to
give thanks for what the Amen Corner
Is ready only tonight TO thank the
Almighty for Laughter,l
Il agree with what has been demon
strated here tonight to the effect that
Wall Street does not gamble-that it is
the other fellows-the ones on the out
side-who do the gambling. The nation
recently has venerated the father Of his
country and the savior Of his country
! think il lies best with the Amen Cor
ner 20 say and do what ia necessary 10
the outgoing OF the present
RPIoRAMs FROM oDELL
Benjamin b. Odell. Jr.. made an
epigrammatio speech on reformers in
politics. Whatever Mr., Odell may have
had in mind seemed veiled. but the |
Ameners had guess at what he was
driving at. I
To consider ourselves possessed of
all the good in the world said the ex-
boss from Newburgh, ,"or to oonfound
with evil deeds is an evidence
Of ignorance. This standard would con-
viot us at one and the same time OF being |
cyclists and arrant sinners.
Those who grovel and turn with every |
Whit of the wind are not leaders but mere
Apologies for men. BY the untutored.
however. they are often confounded with
H.. ll,,, In tx,t ha int |
sst OF the public. Ne have altogether too
many remedies for fancied wrongs, and
he worst specific is legislation, because
I is usually prepared by thcse who do not
understand political anatomy.
"We Of the Amen Corner don't believe
he world is entirely bad, We have a
soodly supply Of Of faith S and char charity, We
ight in the aspersions OF character, We
,uild no bogey men and have no hypocrisy
" cant in our composition. Above all,
ve decline to follow those whose moral
nd intellectual blindness renders them
dangerous as guides.
You can fool some OF the people all the
ime, but you can't fool the Brethren OF
he Amen Corner a little Bit
LEGISLATION MUCH MIXED.
Senator Grady. following Mr.. Odell. got
hem laughing with a little satire on the
usiness OF the State Senate. So many
rival matters occupied the time Of the
legislators In the upper house, said Sena-
or Grady, that they had little time to
onsider the question Of direct nomina:
ions or any other important question.
There was the great issue of whether
orses' tails should be docked,r said
enator Grady In his best oratorical style.
Two years ago the Senate passed bill
the docking OF horses tails. y
perfidious Assembly turned down the
Ill and baked a public reform OF tre- |
,endous moment 10 the people. Then I
70 appealed directly TO the people as |
D whether the tail Of a horse might be !
ocked. and the people gave US an As {