The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-15
Thus He Is introduced
at Banquet of South
ern Society.
CHIEF SPEAKER
OF THE EVENING
Sons of Dixie to Number of 500,
With Their Guests, Attend
Brilliant Annual Affair at
Waldorf-Private Dinner
Is Given to Governor
Elect Dix.

Especial to The -Dispatch.I
New York, December H.--The larg
est dinner in point OF attendance.
ever held by the Southern Society OF
New York took place tonight in the
grand ballroom of the Waldorf when
about 500 members of the society and
their guests occupied every seat and
every taa,4e in the banquet hall. Also
the boxes held throng of Southern
women, whose gay gowns added to the
brightness of the American ilugs that
sWatled the walls
Governor elect Woodrow wilson, or
New Jersey, made the principal speech
OF the evening He spoke on the quail
ticaMons Of the IDEAL leader and of tue
relative position of the nation and the
several States as TO the rights Of each.
President McAdoo introduced Slr.
Wilson as one of the four men who
kept faith with the American people
Abraham Lincoln, Grover Cleveland and
Theodore Roosevelt. You have drunk
the toast Of a President OF the United
States he continued. I've Will now
drink toast TO future president.
wants to Land Right.
DIR. Wilson sat smiling while the
toast was drunk and rose to deprecate
1T IF didn't remember who | was
yesterday" he said, II should not. know
who / am to-day, in view of Very re-
cent happenings. l don't know my
destination, and l have so much TO do
Just now that don't care where 1
land. so long as land on some peo-
pies necks.'
Throughout his address Mr.. Wilson
interspersed number OF little yarns
that won the laughter of his audience
The present problem of our politics,
said Mr.. Wilson rs not how TO redi-
vide the powers OF government, but
how to revitalize and redignify and
redeem the powers of the states.
There was in the South, he continued,
Through all the period when II stood
apart and pred a special character of
its own, very strong spirit of indi-
Yidualism. no doubt the Jealous regard
for the dignity and independence of
the individual. but It's individuals We're
bred IN 2 common way, and the enthu-
siasm of Southern life was for society
as well as for individuals who made
it up. Southern life was formed by a
singular combination of strong indivia-
uality with common ideals In the
South a community produces man.
the man embodies his neighbors, and
their loyalty went out 10 him and hung
TO him as matte. of course.
These are the things which the
Southcrner has brought out of the past
into the present, and it happens that
the particular problem OF the present
is to express national purposes in ac-
ton without loss OF local vitality,
NO sane or public spirited man Is
jealous of Federal power. Dvery one
who looks discernIugly upon the pres
ent problems of the Union must see
that those which are truly national
must be taken care of by Federal ac-
ton. But what we wish to guard
against is the atrophy of the Local
agency. What we wish to prevent is
anything which will relieve our people
! from the necessity of taking care OF
themselves.
Men of the South ought to see jus,
what this means and just how their
training and spirit may contribute tc
| it. A new day will come when the ole
! spirit of neighbors and servants is
age"
Governor Elect Wilson and Governor
1 Eject Dix of New York, who came tc
! the Southern Society banquet from an.
| other dinner. sat on either hand OF
| William G. McAdoo, president of the
| society.
Tribute to White.
! Mr.. Llttleton, who has lust beer
! elected to Congress on the Democra tIc
| ticket from Colonel Roosevelt's owr
/ county prefaced his remarks by intro
| ducing himself as being from a Repub-
lican county" Before beginning his
address proper Nj. Littleton smoke
! glowingly of Mr.. White. the new chic1
! Justice of the United States, and con
/ graduated the President and the
| Southern people on Mr. Taft's solec-
| ton.
Governor Elect Dix, whose speech
| was brief spoke of the proverbia,
hospitality of the South, and he ex,
pressed his gladness that the mem.
bers of the southern Society have
drought good bit OF their own good
qualities to New York
The last speaker of the evening was
| John Temple Graves, Mr.. Graves hat
the toast, Parties, Policies and Poll
| ticians," His address caused merri-
ment and much applause
Besides Mr.. McAdoo and the other
! speakers-Mr Wilson, Mr. Dix. Mr.
/ l.ittleton and John Temple Graves
4 there We're seated at the guest table
! and about the hall Dr.. john c. Wyeth
/ former president { the society. John
tEt. O'Rourke, Justice Delaney Borough
\ President McAneny, Of Manhattan, ant
| the presidents and other officers o,
most of the State Societies of New
! York.
Dix Guest Of Honor.
New York, December lI--John A
Din, Governor elect Of New York, was
! mute tonight on all probabilities, pas,
slblllties and contingencies that may
affect the choice by the Legislature
4 OF Jfntt a CO. i q,
succeed Chauncey M Dopew.
+ During the day he smoke n few