The sun., 1910-12-07
DEPEW DODCES The MESSAGE
TELLS ST. NICHOLAS SOCIETY
tBDT'T FALLEN SPaRROWS

James n. Ho,t of Cleveland SpeahS for
ronser> atism in Public life and 10
'hr scrawny Hand of Caiuun, Nlw ays
CIutrhinS at the Threat Of PatrioatsD,. .
Their. ~asnt An ms gent IN siRht--or
rarh.r the-'. wasn't one IN o@ heard-at
LAT night Inn If tn - Nicholas
Socie,y At u..'nonico's II was The so
ci.ty sav.u'.. fifth anniversary that was
iring Celebrated. ~ we'll A. an ODE
a-niv-rs of N pat on. Ja'aes II
Hort, a Liwy-r Of Cleveland. Ohio. and a
hro,h.r ri Colgate Hoy'. gave tn first
poi,t Al = 1T 10 tn" evening He made a
pl.... for "onsa -vafi~n in ublic lf".
Tn. n. e-ant unrest ho attributed 20
personal "Nt-t"aGa1C". which he said al
WAYS leads to puh!i" "StravaGaii'-. -iii tn"
latter always |. id- 10 public unrest The
rich. he said. W, shall always have with us.
and no legislation can prevent man from
being succ".sful and getting richer than
his fellows
Why. then IN tn" name Of heaven.
ne -aid. should we hate the rich'" The
rich. ha said buy pictures and put them
where the public can -ee them. and. he
added. II il had not been for the efforts Of
one man. whom senator Spooner has char
ac,erized as the ,incrowned king. the
late panic would have been with us yet.
In thes. days. when slander passes for
truth and defamation for argument
and when the La, lie. not the last word.
i effective. We should take the time to
learn the facts before We damn our fellow
co,nrryrn-n No true American will
bear fals. witness against Americans.
y L ~ lt,un - - 90
clu,rbing at the throat Of patriotism.
We owe a duty of vigilance 10 guard the
integrity Of our nation Constitution and.
II il must be amended. to see that 10 u
amended as our fathers provided
Mr. Hoyr mentioned few Of the earlier
amendments 10 the Constitution. includ-
ing that referring to the right Of search
and the one which has 10 do with man :
testifying against himself. and then men,
toned the agents of the Government
who enter our Offices and take such
hooks as they think may furnish them
with questions embarrassing 10 us and
the procedure which obtains by which
a man IL called upon TO tell OF things.
Infringing upon himself the scorn Of his
fellows even thou gh he ia protected against
rrimina prosecution afterward
senator Caauncey ". Depew said
that he had been sitting in his seat in the
senate yesterday morning with the an
of the dinner before him
and had asked the clerk what was next
on the programme The clerk had told
hin, that tn. President message came
next.
How long viii! it take'' the Senator
asked.
1t contains 10000 words or So. he
says the clerk answered.
Whereupon the Senator went outside |
and asked the nearest taxiclb chauffeur !
II he could get him TO the station IN time |
for a New York train.
senator Depew said that when the
SENATE opened for the present session
{ here were ten Senators. including him
self who had been victims of the late
lindslide And the chaplain got up
and prayed % Lord. thou knowest that
not even a sparrow falls to the ground
without Thee. Iaughterl. l called on
he President and sat in Lame Duck
alley The reporters came mp to me and
asked how il felt and told them IL wasn't
~ bad when you got used 10 II. Brt
hess days IN Washington are not com
fortahle days for some Of US
rher. were 325 members and guests
in the room at this anniversary dinner.
The speakers. beside Mr Hoyt and senator
Dep.w incitiued the president of the
society. Charles A. Schermerhorn. who
was toastnastsr: Bishop J. u Darlington
II Harrisburg. William D.. Murphy. Dean
} H. Van AmrinRe. the Var Am
II Columbia undergraduates; Carlisle
Howard and others representing other
societies and the army A the guest
Marion Houze. Walter l.. Suydam. repre-
-enting the Society of Colonial Wars:
Rollin VI Morgan represent ing St David =
L,wrence b stoddart. ~, Georges.
Jr, /. NJ. Ludlow Chrys'i" the Cha
rlnnati: William sloane. ST Andrews;
Patrick. Charles r. Brooker the New
tngla nd Society: A r. Clearwater. the
Holland Society. John X. Planten Consul
ienerSI Ot the Net hcrlands. and Adrian
lips. representing the Netherland Club
IN front Of the toa@tmastar was the
, IRi1al gldei cock which had been the
YEA ner vane on the old Siadth iu- in
Nrw Amsterdam and which later WA, put
Dn the gable of Wo.fert = Roo-t and was
pros. ~ II 10 m" society by Wsshin Rton
irving SENATOR D"pow said that ih., cock
vas blown down by a hurricane. hecaiIsa
t'spIt" fh" hIrricdn. which blew against
. u insisted upon pointing east Thus
IN" senator explained. you sae thor.
. "r" sfandpst;"r' even IN those days
On either end II tho table wore Dutch
sindmilis win fans which rcvoivsd
'loSIy through N" "vnning The sOuv-
mrs w.r" ash trays hearing the arms Of
.h,' society and miniatures Of the g,Id..d
,Ock ps,rch"d over the ice cream boxes
Mr. Schsr rnerhOrn wore his three cor
1sred hat all through III. festivities Tho
= member Of the society He said that
'ho soci~ty had accumulated nearly 81. 600
n tho trelTIry IN each of its revenfy- five
'@ars Of existence. making sT5. .OOO there
o-day. bishop Darlington told Of good