The Washington herald., 1911-02-18

| Representative Bennett speaks.
Vigorously proclaiming that the world
is growing steadily better every day,
| that public men and morals are on a
| higher scale than ever before. exempli-
hed by the fact that the three greatest
men of the country-Col Theodore
| Roosevelt, william Jennings Bryan, and
President Taft" preach constantly in
churches without criticism. Representa-
| tive Champ Clark laid down few of
the principles of optimism last night be-
| fore the Vaughn class. at its twentieth
annual banquet in Calvary Baptist
| Church.
Representative Clark laid particular
stress on the awakening of the laymen
of the church, whom he declared are
| taking up matters now that were for
merly left for ministers to wrestle with.
This fact, he pointed out, was sufficient
in itself to show that the world is get
| ting better.
Public Opinion Changes.
Mr.. Clark declared that in former times
the greatest man in the country could not
pTSdCn III d HldiOul
down a storm of criticism, but that public
opinion is changing for the better every
day.
Suppose Vice President Sherman
| fight duel tomorrow, the whole world
/ would be filled with horror, but no one
ever criticised Burr or Hamilton. If two
Senator's got into a fist fight, the world
| would again be shocked, but in old times
| Senators. governors, and other public
men killed each other and the world
didn't think anything more about it,
Mr.. Clark touched the true optimistic
spirit, somewhat akin TO Robert IngersOll.
when he firmly declared that he did not
think the world was going to end in
chaos Tomorrow The republic will sur
vive no matter which party has it, but
it would be a great deal better OF If the
Democrats won the next Presidential
election"
Glad 1t Is Clark.
Representative William S. Bennet, OF
New York, was next introduced by DR..
H. Colver Mcneil. and took as his sub
ject, Present thoughts" Representative
Bennet declared that as long as the next
| Speaker had to be a Democrat, he was
glad it was to be Mr.. Clark.
He dwelt on the laws against race
horse betting. declaring that the country
| had changed its views against it, as
| with prize fighting, and told of the way
the betting was abolished at BenninS,
| ously telling of his connection with 1t.
Referring to Peary, he declared he was
not interested in him enough to care
" he fyOt IN tho rOla
| The programme closed with remarks
from F. w. Vaughn. founder of the
class, and Rev. DR.. Samuel H. Greene,
pastor OF Calvary Church, who spoke Of
| the pleasant "reminiscences of the class
and its work for its congregation.
List of the Guests.
Following is the list of guests:
J. B. Abraham, P. J. Al6Dr, ST.. W. e Andrews.
| Walter B. Avery, and c. W. Atkinson.
Edgar Z. Bageant, L A. Bageant, Mr.. Baker.
C. A. Barker, Newton E Barnes Dr. G. S. Barn
| hart, A. N. Baramiam, Henry S. Beeks J. W.
Bell. R H. Berry. Sanford Bird Prof. L. d. Bliss.
| T. NJ. Bowling, Rev. John L. Briggs. Ernest J.
| BrasTell F. H. Bristow, Bert. H. Brucxway. Hon.
Mr. Britt Frank S. Browne. L. r. BrownIey, f.
| S. Browne, George B. Bryan, Genrge n. Buck,
Sterling P. Buck. Thomas ". Bull, Richard H.
Burdette, 4. c. Burke Charles H. BUrT, Harry
Byarly, and ". Scott Byars
Prof. Mitchell Carroll. Z VI. Carroll William n
Carroll, A. F. Campbell, E L Carter, ]. Barrett
Garter. ". R. Cade. N. NJ. Cady. B. L. CAstea,
F. 7. Chapman, Mr.. Chapman. George I. C+om-
stock, Arthur GDTeiand. ]. S. Cornish, Mr.. CraW-
ford. and j. Mob. Credible.
Henry H. Daniels. Sherman E. Danforth Hon.
James L. Davenport, and Earl R De-fing1.
Perry J. Edmonds Ralph T. Edwards, W. T.
Elliott, Charles o. Enbrey. Clayton Z Enig. G.
n. EmnonA Walter X. Evans, and William NJ.
Everett
7 Fail D.,;,I Z r.Lo- uo,-r T. Ps-,-
n. S. FSncHt, r. H. Ferguson. William NJ Field
ing Mr.. Fletcher. Allen G. Flowers. William A.
Ford. Percy Foster. Elmer ]. Fox. Bruce G. Frick.
and !. c. Foster.
B. S. CARRIER Albert S. GatIey. B. C. Getaneer
George L. Gibson. Joseph r. Gibson, Hon. o. ".
Gillespie John T. GilliS. Joseph V. Gonzales.
Robert Bond Gotta, L. W. Grafton, John s.
Graham. NJ. C. Grasty, Rev. A. W. Gr1Nes Rev.
Samuel W. Greene, H. H. Gresn D. n Green, W.
". Green, o. z Griffin. and R z. Guard
Walter Hagen. William H. Hall, J. St Clair
Z. Hebbard, John S. Hebbard Charles W. Henry.
John &. Hodges, F. s. Holliger. Thomas r.
Holmes, Barry N. Hopper. Horace E Ho~es, Rev.
II. '. Hewlett oren F. Hunter ]. T. Hmphnes-
c. c. Hutchison, and NJ. Hutcbinson-
NJ. ISiehart and Hugh R. Insey.
Z. W. Jackson. John E jenkins. Washington
Jenkins. L B. johnson. Q. Clark Jones. Edward
W. JonHs. Waylaud d. Jones, George Il. Judd, and
Harry ". Keister Edward Kinea. O. W. Kitter-
man. Col G. g. Knifin, ], E. kouns. and Charles
A. Kram.
Walter Lansche, william N. Lath. Albert L
Lees f. r Lewis. Joseph X. Lewis. Iyun l.
Long, JOseph Longest A. II. Lyle. and Van AlLen
Lyman
A. B. Marsh, Charles & Marsh, D. O. MArshall.
Thomas morrill, Prof O. W. Mortimer, Or. William
L Munger, ]. A. Mcknight, Robert Mcleod, DR..
n. c. McNe,rell and ]. ]. McPhesOn.
C1eon r. Nixon, Thomas A. Norman, H. S.
Omchundro and Grady P. Oakley.
Dr. E L Osbourn and GuE A. Orrand-
William @ Parry, John a. Patterson, A. Owen
Penney, W. G. Penney, ReT. DR.. PinkhAm, J..
sprigg Poole, William R Pratt, and Clarence
Price
Gus T.. Rsushe. DR.. z. O. Rice, Clarence Rce,
T. L. Roberts. Powell Rogers. and Thomas Ryfand.
G. B. Sapderlin, Howard II. Saxton, Z. ScanIon,
DR.. H. II. Setter. John F. Sherwood, Stephen n.
shnpson. Mr.. Simpson, Arthur Z. SITES. Hugh w.
Smith, AdeIbert Smith, J. c. Smith, Chapman o.
Splitter, and Gen. W. S. ShallenbIger.
Robert Staley, F. Charles Starr. Anton Stephen.
Rev H. 7. STEPHEN. Frank S. Stone. o. NJ Styruu,
A. L. SEsrtsout Mr.. Swartvout, and Rev. George
N Swift
B. @. Thomas, ]. II. Thomas, Edward L. Tolsou,
+. A. Tuck, II. Claude Turner, and George TSser.
o. s. Ufrd-
W. b. Van Bibbsr and r. W. Vaughn
John p. Wager J. Bernard Wagner, G. z.
Wager. C. E waIlace, Dr.. Samuel Watkins. Will
lam Werntz f. r. White, l. @. Whitney, Rev.
Earle wilfey, Dr.. T. A. Wilmington, W. l..
WiIkazon, W. s. Wilkes. s. wilmot. R s. Will
iams r. n. Williams Harry A. Wood, Gen. L
w. Whitaker. S. W. Woodward, Edgar Whistler.
and W. J. worrell.