The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-22
PEACE
/ IS FAR IN FUTURE
Continued From First parc.)

tween the nations. In laying down my
Office could leave no greater claim
to the gratitude OF my countrymcn
than to have secured such treaties
But cannot permit myself in the en-
tiiusastIc desire to secure universal
peace TO blind myself To tho possibili-
ties OF war. We have not reached the
time when we can court on tho settle
mcnt OF all International controversies
by the arbitration OF II tribunal"
Andrew Carnegie, who was down i'll
the printed guest list as "Dr." Car
ncgIc followed the President.
The ironmostcr's witticisms kept the
diners In "a continual uproar oi
laughter.
History records that the Cons,itu-
ton OF the United States, the greatest.
instrument ever cast off at one time by
the brain aud purpose of man. accord
ing TO Gladstone. was born on Penn
syivnnia soil and what. alas counts
for much. born In Philadelphia ).
groat deal depends upon where You arc
born. u is said that some men are
horn great, some achieve greatness,
some have greatness thrust upon them,
and some arc born ~ Ohio.
This is sore point with us Penn
sylvanians. True as the needle TO the
pole is PENNSYLVANIA TO the political
party OF Its choice. even though IL suf-
fer the cruel pang which supreme
virtue SO often suffers and passes nm
rewarded In every national political
convention, and both parties arc equal
sinners in this no presidential candi-
date has q chance who comes from Tho
keystone Stale. Tho contrast between
lcr ana her immediate ncighhor 10 the
West is melancholy indeed How for
:linatc is the candidate born in tina,
'ortunate-but always doubtful-Statc
Ohio"
fo-nights function was a Most bril-
liant affair. The banquet was preceded
oy parade, during which the guess
and officers OF tho Pennsylvania So
:lety, preceded by buSlc and the
presidential and State ilaSa. wound
their way across the grand ballroom
at The Astor to the guest table -Four
brilliantly uniformed officers of tile
cegular army-Ma jor General &. H.
Doughcrty, Licutcnant-ColonclS sharpe
lieutenant Colonel Vandling and Major
Davis-escortcd the President.
The presidential party was accom-
panied by the usual bevy OF Secret Scr
vice men and Inspector Titus and half
4 score OF Central Office men were in
evidence James NJ. Beck. president of
the cnnsylvnnia Society. presided
! The President was seated upon his
right and Mr.. Carnegie was placed next
10 tho President. Joseph II. Choate de-
voted his speech, for the most part, to
the President. He said, among other
things. that the people of the United
States should be deeply grateful TO
President Taft for his rehabilitation Of
TIE United States Supreme Court, the
bulwark of our liberty"
Governor Tenor, of Pennsylvania, in
a short address. said it would be
proud night for Pennsylvanians If they
could have PRESIDENT Taft with them
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would have the honor Of welcoming
the President inside the State OF Penn
sylvania.
At the Press Club.
When President Taft arrived at the
New York Press Club dinner at the
Hotel Martinique at late hour the
guests arose and sang, What's the
matter with Billy?i The President
made only Il short address, In which
he said in part:
# have just come from ban1ue,
At which I breathcd tho same air ae
Andrew Carnegie and Joseph IL
Choctc and ! spoke on tho necessity
for fortifying the Panama Canal
also sat between two handsome Gov
crnors- 1 could not help feeling some
sympathy for both of them They
will probably work out ali right"
Tho President spoke of his first year
In the White House ana said that af-
, ter tho first year president generally
managed to get through ais term
without nue.. dinicrity. whcreupon the
guests started singing: -Four years
more"
You VIII be yelling like this In 1912
for Champ Clark or Harmon" said the
President with laugh. 10 which tho
crowd replied in chorus, We'll shout
| for Taft
Other speakers were Governor Dix.
Augustus Thomna. William G. Nc
Adoo. Nathan Straus and Gustav
Mailer.