The Washington herald., 1913-02-09
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CLUB FAREWELL
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has given its nermanence In such a wa.
that We are going to preserve 1t, when
ever we shall have lost some of tina
which we ought to preserve. we shal
find out, and I have every confdenc,
that the American people will know wher
i they are hurt, and will understand how
\ to remedy it, and where they made theil
mistake.
And, therefore, it Is in no spirit OF
Ipessimism, II Is In no spirit of hopelessnes,
that 1 have at times attempted to poini
out what regarded as dangerous ten,
denotes of the present day. but 1t only
was for the purpose of softening the ex.
perience THAI II We depart from the
path Of wisdom We are certain to have
punishment In heavy measure. I know
the American character, and / know the
common sense of the American people
and II they are led astray from sound
| lines of policy for a time, know they
will come back again, and when they
come back they will stay more perma-
nently in that path.
Refers to No Party Change.
y am not speaking of a change in party.
and ! hope no one here supposes that
am speaking at all of my personal ex'
perfence. ] am up a tree now. / am
in position of irhparuality. and I am
| not at all sure that 1t Is not good for
the country now and then to change,
| and throw the government from one
party to the responsibility OF another.
What am referring 90 is the threatened
departure from the PRINCIPLES OF sound
democratic. constitutional, representative
support Of many. and 1 hope the ma
jority Of both parties in control OF this
government.
IT am going to the elms of New Haven.
to the academic shades OF Yale to try
to convince the seniors of that college
that they have something yet to learn.
challenge you to find In the Houses
of Congress or elsewhere any set of
gentlemen that are more confident of
the righteousness and certainty of their
convictions than the seniors at a great
university. Therefore, 1 approach that
task with all the humility that II ought
to command. The possibility Of exposing
your ignorance, the necessity for pre-
pairing yourself on every possible ques-
ton that a bright mind can PROFOUND
without answering, all makes the life OF
the college professor one Of very con-
siderable labor, and also one In which
you have TO cultivate the histrionic
talent in that you must in your manner
carry Off as far as possible the existence
in you of knowledge whether 1t exists
to say good-by, to testify to you my ap-
probation OF your good will, and to say
to you that l carry away with me, as
one of the delights of my Washington
life, the good fellowship and the good
feeling OF the University Club.
II will be with you every once in
while. My Uncle Shelby Cullom. OF Hi
nois, anticipating probably some such
need, created through the good will OF
-, of RAnraQanr a
tives, a Lincoln Memorial Commission
of gentlemen who are not voluntarily,
hut inyoluntarily, retired from public
life, but who continue to be members
of that memorial commission. and that
being SO, our presence here is required
from time to time to construct that great
memorial to that great American. ana
with the aid and connivance OF a good
secretary who appreciates what the duty
m such a memorial commission Is, and
how important that duty. and how neces-
sary II is to select proper seasons IN
which to have meetings. and discharge
that duty, I expect to be with you every
little while to testify to my love ana
friendship for you al"
I Walter Lord. OF Baltimore. and G.
F. Williams, president of the club. also
spoke.
Singing is n Feature.
George II. o'Connor led the singing Of
many popular songs and thfe" IN
couple of highly appreciated SOLOS py
way of good measure. Arthur PIERCE
sang a solo, two numbers were gwen py
a double quartet and quartet OF Chi
nese musicians enlivened the proceed
inRs with a selection of Oriental airs
on weird-looking instruments.
Col, Harvey summed up the present
eft in these WORDS.
In a very broad sense, as / conceive
the present political condition. the two
abstract rivals for popular favor are the
law and the common good. Your out
going President is the foremost living
exnonent of the one. Your incoming
President seems to be irrevocably COM
mitted to espousal Of the other. l am
an ardent supporter Of both.
He said further: There are disquiet-
ing symptoms. to be sure; there ai%ays
have been; there always will be. Chief
among these at the moment Is ten
dency to regard law as an arbitrary de-
cree of some vague and distant power
and not as a mere compendium OF rules
of conduct prescribed by collective rea-
son and conscience. But revolt against
restraint is not unusual In history. ana
so long as it springs from the generous
impulses of humanity 1t bears no last
ing menace
At the end of President Tafts speech.
oliver Metzerott presented him with a
handsome gold key on a gold chain, with
the explanation that It was the only key
that had ever been cast for the lock OF
the University Club and that 1t was
further the key to the heart Of every
member Of the club.
Present at Banquet.
The following were present at the ban
quet:
DR.. George N Acker, A. B. Adams, DR..
Samuel s. Adams. Hon. Alvey A. Adee.
Hon Milton E. Allies, r. S. Albee, A. A.
Alexander. Hon. ]. w. Alexander,
Charles G. Allen, Harry C. Ansley.
Frank S. Appleman, Frederick n. Austin.
L. s. Bacon, Edward s. Bailey, Hon.
J. W. Bailey, G. L. Baker, Thomas NJ.
Baker, Walter c. Balderson, Jay F. Ban
croft Ralph P. Barnard, DR.. Francis NJ.
Barnes, DR.. Noble P. Barnes, DR.. w. NJ.
Barton, Walter H. Beal. R. ]. Beall, DR..
Edward B. Behrend. G. Arthur Bell, II.
II. BENJAMIN, Claude N. Bennett, !. E.
Bennett, r. r. Bennett, Alexander G.
Bentley, Clifford K. Bergman, G. NJ.
Belts, Louis Boyer, jr., C. C. Billings,
Dr. G. C. Birdsall. Paul S. Black, Henry
P. Blair, Arthur L. Bliss. Victor G.
Bloede, s. Hazen Bond, DR.. W.. r. Bran
denburg, N. A Brandriff, Redmond s.
Brennan, W. W. Bride, Alex. Britton,
William s. Broughton, Robert B. Brown,
T. Janney Brown, William L. Browning,
Capt W. H. G. Bullard, Royal E. Burn.
ham, Hon. ]. l.. Burnett, ]. w. Butter
field, Hon. James F. Byrnes.
]. A. Cahili, David D. Caldwell, c. c.
Calhoun. Thomas II. Callan. Walter CAL