Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-08
Senator MARITIME Calls Former
President One of Century's
lOveIieSt Men.
MAKES ELOQUENT PLEA
FOR MORE PATRIOTISM
Urges Phi Alpha Delta Members to
Be Americans in True Sense
Of the Word.


OF Gods noblemen." and declaring him
to be one of the loveliest most congenial
and most companionable men the world
has known in the last hundred years.
Senator James E. MARITIME of New Jersey.
!, at the fifth annual banquet OF the Will
liam Howard Taft and the Alumni
Chapters Of Phi Alpha Delta Fraternity,
held last night at the Raleigh Hotel,
declared that though OF different political
faith he revered the ex-President above
nearly all men.
Senator MARITIME is an honorary member
of the fraternity. and was the first speak
er called upon after the banquet by the
POSTMASTER. Judge Daniel Thew Wright
OF the Supreme Court Of the District of
Columbia.
The New Jersey senator continuing in
his eulogy of Mr. Taft, said that defeat
had not crushed him. but that in his de-
feat ne had shown the noblest qualities
OF manhood Life is a continuous de-
Feat for many OF u.s. Senator MARITIME
said. IF We view it from narrow stand
ards. But 1 think that Mr.. Tafts life,
taxing broad view. is a great victory.
Tells Of Own Defeats.
my own life" the senator continued.
might be regarded as a long string of
defeats. but / do not regard it as such.
At the age Of eighteen years l became
affiliated with great political party
was SO interested that 1 became a can
didate for various Offices many, many
times After each election when / had
lost l bobbed up again ard kept on fight
ing. because the truth for which / stood
and for which my party stood was not
defeated.
Finally" the senator said, 1.-The people
of the great commonwealth of New Jer-
sey, the garden spot of the earth saw
fit to send me to the Senate of the
United States as their representative.
In speaking of the profession Of the
law. the speaker declared it was one of
the greatest factors in the advancement
of the civilization, not only of this coun
try. but of the whole civilized world. The
Phi Alpha Delta fraternity is a legal
one. having chapters in more than thirty
of the law departments of leading uni
versities of the United States.
The senator then touched upon the
fraternal spirit saying that. in his opin
ion. friends were as necessary to a man
as air is to life. God help him who re-
Trains from friends the senator said.
guided man who shuts himself away
from human companionshp and fellow
ship
Plea for Patriotism.
The New Jersey statesman closed his
remarks with plea for patriotism. urg-
ing the members of the fraternity to be
Americans in the truest sense Of the
word. throwing aside all considerable
of political faith religious inclination
if they interfere with this spirit.
Capt Jesse r. Dyer. assistant judge ad
vocate general OF the United States
Navy, enlarged on Senator Martins idea
of patriotism. He deplored the fact that
history in the schools OF today falls to
give the children Of the country the right
idea of what has really happened at some
points in our nations history. The war
of 1912. SO far as the sea fighting was
concerned. Capt. Dyer said. was any
thing but victory for this country.
This speaker urged his hearers to bet
ter ideals as Americans. One step toward
getting far better idea OF what Is trans
piring every day could be gained by the
ordinary citizen, Capt. Dyer said. by
reading the Congressional Record. Cues
lions discussed in Congress. the speaker
said. which may seem remote at the
present time. will be startlinEly big ques
cans all should have knowledge of what
these matters mean to the country at
large.
Other Speakers of Evening.
Attorney Edmund Brady. an honorary
member OF the fraternity. and a pro-
lessor in the Georgetown Law School.
made a brief address. relating a num-
Der Of amusing anecdotes and keeping
his hearers in good humor Prof.
Char E. Roach of the same institu
ton also made a brief address. as did
Gibbs l.. Baker. F. B. Ochsenreiter.
Michael j. Colbert. John Doyle Car
mody, former supreme justice of the
fraternity; Howard P; Wright. asso-
ciate editor of the Phi Alpha Delta
Quarterly; G. G. Rorke, Chaplin Bau-
man. Prof. William S. Culbertson Of
George Washington University and
w. A. Yates.
Judge Wright before introducing Sena-
tor MARITIME read letter from Prof
Taft. who is a member of the fraternity
and for whom the chapter was named
expressing regret that his engagements
| would prevent him from being present at
the banquet.
| r. NJ. Murn Of this years graduating
| class OF Georgetown Law School. on the
behalf Of the fraternity, presented p. r.
Leverich. the outgoing justice OF the
| chapter. with a gold ring hearing the in
sigma of the fraternity.
Committee in Charge.
The committee In charge Of the banquet
| consisted OF Chaplin B. Bauman. Pierce