New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-14
Dawson Sounds Warning.

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Dawson Sounds Warning.
Henry =. Dawson, OF J. r. Morgan &
Co. i'm his speech called attention TO the
changes that are taking place in this
country
81. is certain" he said, that the re-
suits Of this evolution have potentiali-
lies for good or for evil OF immeasurable
Importance Is it true, can IT be true
that We are living at time when plain
straightforward facts and merit are to be
Gisr"gardcd when right and honor go at
discount and prejudice and misrepre-
scntation command premium? ON all
sides. almost every day. We see new COM
mittees Of inquiry and investigation
can proper conclusions be reached by
any body OF men forced TO approach their
subject with minds already prcJudiced By
transformation. and 10 continue its CON
sidoration under daily additions Of mis-
statements? II will he happy day for
this country when We can free ourselves
from snch prejudice and suspicion; from
such challenging Of motives and practices
Of all corporate interests | believe that
the day is not far distant when We shall
rccur n the order. Honor to him 10
whom honor Is due
Mr. Taft didn't think much Of the Pro-
gressive party. and said SO lie referred
TO IL as n vanishing quantity. and he
didn't seem 10 care how soon II vanished.
lie was I'm particularly fine humor-to
skin somebody or somethng-and he did
IL magnlficently. Those who heard him
chered his remarks AT a lively rate. and
his smile was much IN evidence. for he
liked the reception given him.
The guests OF the society were Mr.. Taft.
Governor John X. Tener Of PENNSYLVANIA,
Governor Charles VI. Miller OF Delaware.
Senator George Sutherland. Of Utah;
Robert G. Smith. X. g., Montreal. d.
Ncwlln Fell. chief Justice of Pcnnsyl-
vauia: John e. Winslow. chief Justice or
Wisconsin. William e. Hook. Judge Of
the United States Circuit court IN Kan
sas. John C. Bell Attorney General OF
PENNSYLVANIA George l.. Ingraham, pre-
siding justice. Appellate Division, Su-
prcme Court If New York. j. Hay
Brown. justice II the Supreme Court Of
Pennsylvania. Joseph II. Choate. Boies
Penrose. william u. Guthrie. Francis
Lynde Stetson. the Right Rev. Cortlandt
Whitehead. Bishop OF Pittsburgh and
chaplain Of the society. ana Captain
Reynolds KIM Townsend. military secre-
tary 10 the Governor Of New York.
Jokes About His Brother.
Mir TAFT vas asked if his brother,
Henry W. TAFT. would attend the dinner
II don't know" ne said. II come here
and speak 50 often that Henry feels like
Roosevelt used to say Of Elihu Root.
"'Elihu will attend the meeting Roose-
Welt would say. II he hasn't some su5se-
quent enlightenment
Former President Taft said in part:
II have been invited to respond To the
toast of The United States | regard
this as "A very delicate and kindly com
pl'mcut. reminiscent In its nature and
recalling former greatness. The United
States is 40 longer i'm my keeping. and |
am not at all sure that IL is not better
FOR the United States, as | am sure that
IL is better for me.
The truth is We have arrived at time
i'm our social development and our free
dom Of thought when We know every
thing and know IL hard, ami among other
things we know is that people who pre-
coded us In this life. and especially IN TINS
last one hundred years did not know
anything. We are going To make the rlch
moderately poor and the poor moderately
rich
1T is true that we seem to have seen
selfish motives still manifesting them
selves I'm some individuals. but IT VIII
be found by close examination. that they
are always reactionaries ana never pro-
grcssives.
'The line when drawn between the good
and the bad will be found To be the same
line that marks the distinction between
the Progressives, vino are the only good'
and the res; OF the world. who are the
only bad; and one Of the sad features OF
this momentary situation is that while the
generals of the Progressive army are still
with their flashing swords and brilliant
uniforms. holding conspicuous councils ana
shrinking from the public gaze. the rank
and file OF the army seem TO be rapidly
becoming a dissolving view, result
doubtless To be attributed to some eVll
subterranean effort of the reactlonaries'
who would retard human progress and
are stu worshipping their goddess Idols
like the Constitution OF the United states
like Washington and Hamilton and Mad
isou. the men VINO framed IT and the men
like Marshall and Webster. who took the
instrument from It's creators. gave it Nv
ing force and expounded its benehcent
provisions and upheld its authority ana
IN. men like Lincoln and Grant who de-
tended II against its threatened destruc-
zion by the greatest war of modern tlmes'
and their successors who followed II III
the rehabilitation OF our divided nation.
"But the Constitution is poor thing
u derives no sanctity or value from the
character of those who made 1t or de-
Tended ii. because 1t has been shown
what sordid motives its makers had; ana
the growth of our people under us au'
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