The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-12-17
CHEER UNDERWOOD AND CLARK
SOI THERNERS HtIL norm IT
THEIR DINNER HERh.
Nc \doo Tells the society the Two Con-
gressmcn Rcpresent Two-th'rds of
the Next President. Otn,r Third
Not Named tnderw ood TaikS TariT.

over here to dine last night with the
Southern Society az the Waldorf. Be
tween the Missouriau and the Alabaman
was William g. McAdoo. president Of the
society and toastmaster, the tunnel build /.
ing McAdoo who as very StnalI boy on
his mothers plantation in Georgia made /,
faces at Gen. sherman and the fanhS.
When the Southern Society heard that
story they made McAdoo president hy
a yelling vote
Possibly the Speaker and the House
leader were glad they came. The New
York Southcrners made big tuss over
them. whoopng it up cvcrv time thelr
names rose out Of the shouting. Mr..
McAdoo told them that they wcr" two
thirds of the South's choice for the Pr"sl-
dency, and that anyway on" ut thcmn
was certain To dictate his letters from the
White House beginning on the afternoon
of March 4. 1919 Nai-iin --ippp! and
continued cheering,
In reply To all this the speaker rcCkonod
that in the year 2o2l this country will
have population of 1000 ,O"."N ana
that the South will he the rich"st and
mostly thickly settled part of tn" coun-
try. Mr.. Underwood talked tariN and
explained why he was for q graduated
reduction. hut no politics Not a word.
OF the other speakers Jud~on {. Glenn
ents. chairman of the Interstate Tom
merCe Commission talked about how much
transportation lines and newspapers
have done for this country IN the last
loo years. William +. Nice omhs, Jr.,
,,l,rool Ear and
sisted that public opinion lr righter now
than it ever was And all tho speakers
said something about the beautiful ladies
of the South and how they hoped ~"
cotton crop would hr a whale nt q crop
and what fine folks come to Now Work.
from below the old hn". and the band
PLAYED over and over again thai song
about cinnamon -ced and sandy bottom,
hoorav. hooray,
The grand ballroom ot the Waldorf
was dolled up with th' Gags ot states
that once had notion they dldn care
for the society of Ma--a chusett~. The
tables hloomed with ro-es and smlldS
was traled along the balconies and th"
front of the gI"st tahl". There were
zoo memhers and guests present.
WIN fTPkltl'Il Wv N'l'' at III S''N'
table we're besides Mr. Underwood and
Champ Clark Jud~on G. Clements. chair
man Of the Int.r rstate rornmerce Comni~
sion, William 7 NcCumb~ senator luk"
Lea of Terues.ao. (icorg" Gordon BattI",
supreme Court .IIstic" John j Ilo'anv,
GOV. William hodge Mann of Virginia,
William Alexander. Richard R"rd Rogers.
the Rev j Nev"tt Steele Dr tleNand"r &.
Humphreys. Henry u Clayton. Augustus
Van Wyck. Jacoh II. SchiT and fr"d"rl"h
f.. Farnsworth
At the other ahles we're supreme Court
JustiCc- Seahury and Bls"' ~. cot
Beverly Dunn. 1leIt col Charles '
Echols. George Clinton Rat.t"llor
Robert Adamson. William Harmon HlaoN.
!. Temple Gwathmrv, William y. RGcb-
ner. United States Dsuict Attorney
Henry 4. WISE. r. .A.C. smith. Dr William
Polk pr Gin Wvl,e. rul John \ HUI.
Louis l.. HIN. De I.ancey \rcoU Adolph :.
Ochs. Lee MrrlunE. Treasurer of the
United States. Patrick Fraucl- Murphy
the jokesrth, John g Nihuru Water
Commissioner Thompson, Marion j Ner
derry, Dr John 4 Wycth. Nr William Il.
Pritchard. Dlck : Ramsev. cot. Lame,
Mann. Lindsay Russell, Dr Fielding /.
Tavlor. DR. Prince \. Morrow " j
Harahan. Percy :. Mallett, John T. last,
Wilbur G. Fiske. Henry ST. John Hyd'.
CcI J. &. Clavton. Dr Webst'r N.NI-.
Summer Gerard Major 4 Il Gwnthrn"y
, Thomas +. RYAN. Ma rtin " Iittl"ton end
William 7. Shcehan.
Toastmsster McAdCo shutting Gown
A. ~. s.,
= toast TO the President Cf tn" Unite"
States and followed II up by lifting his
glass to The Ladies The boxes hear"
~ this He said then that tho country
needs to-day the kind Cf men produced
! by the South in its glorious past After
the eXplos ion he went on TO say th5 I
either Oh amp Clark or Oscar W. Inder-
wood or another men meme Withheld
would be the next President Another
explosion MIR McAdoo presented the
Spea ker
MIR Clsrk's toast was Healthy and
Substantial Growth Tn" right kind
Of an American takes an interest in the
affairs of every part Of IN" country, he
thought The North Dakotan Is inter
ested IN Aahama's cotton crop and
Florida is keen 10 hear about
North DakCta's wheat crop It's pretty
shCrtsighted man. said the speaker
who lmagines that only the affairs of his
own little section influence his prosps rllv
This is going to be a mighty big coun.
try some day" he continued, 1T is now
figured that we will have no years from
now population of 2,"o00Ol 900 and that
our wealth will amount to S125, 600 unu.
600 900 Why, the Mississippi Valley
alone would support ESQ, 900 ouo people
! That's enough to dazzle a hard headed
lInmaginative man. Hitherto the mos
rapid growth has been IN the North. hu
in time To come the South will be IN,
wenlthest aud the most drnsely popu
lated section
"rhr South enjoys one great and pe
cular advantage over the rest Of tn,
country and that il ITS monopoly of th,
cotton crop. That crop more, far more
than any other one thing gives this Coun
try the balance Of trade.
But il wasn't cotton after all. Mr. Clarl
Thought. that made the South SO great
II II was the men and women of that ia
vnred Ichrersi section cheersl where IN,
sun shines brighter IcheerS than any
where else on Gods footstoo IGreat
applause
II was some time before Mr.. McAdoC
could get around 10 the introduction
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