Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-23

we live in admires you for your dog gedness and persiStency and you come by it naturally. When We see the massive marine engines propelling the great ocean steamers to and fro on the oceans, with their loads of pas sengers and freight, we think of the River Clyde. and thank you. When we recall that the banks of England and France were established by two Scotchmen, and that the first safe system of life insurance was estab- lished in Scotland, the land we live in thanks you for the great banking and life insurance systems in our land based in the main upon the system first introduced by Sootchman. The land we live in appreciates your worth, so much that in the past it has seen it to select three Scotchmen to preside as presidents of this great re- public, and they have just elected 8 fourth in the person of Woodrow Will master, that if a Scotchman was put in office as secretary of state that he would go out on the road featuring with a parcel of yodelers? Well. he would not, but I will tell you what he would do. Since the precedent has been established you would find him out on the road with, his grip of sam ples selling Scotch plaids or other conComitants of the dry goods busi- ness. But he would not have any SOuGISIS . WILL 4llAlls bSNGhSS 4lC WON4N hO all his own yodeling.
 The land we live in, thanks you for
 Alexander Hamilton and the great work he did for us. He established
 and laid down our system of finance
 and even had in mind the present
 system we are now arriving at, of
 banks under government control.
 Now it comes too late, for Andrew
 Carnegie has pinched his bundle of
 money and gone into hiding, just be-
 fore they started to investigate. And
 now Andy says he wants to die poor.
 When Andy says that it makes me
 suspicious about his being a true
 blooded Scotchman, because I never
 heard of a Scotchman, sane or insane,
 wanting to die poor. If Andy means
 what he says, I think I am safe in
 saying that every person present here
 tonight, except the minister and my
 self, stand ready to assist him in his
 desire. Ministers and lawyers, as you
 well know, have no use for money. The land we live in admires you for your make suredness, and the acid test you apply to your business ven lures, and you have a good precedent for so doing.
 MT. Barnes concluded amid a burst of cheers and applause as he told the story of Abraham's bargaining for the burial lot for his wife Sara, which Mir. Barnes said happened way back in history-iust prior to the orGaniza - i tion of the largest dry goods estab- lishment in the world, referring, of course, to the well known firm of Por- teous &e Mitchell, and from the story ! the speaker illustrated his point that he sometimes thought the Caledonian business is a bluff and the Scotch are ! descendants of one of the lost tribes 1 of Israel.
 The Star Spangled Banner, finely sung by Archibald P. MacDougall, ! was the appropriate musical selection i which followed at this point. while the ! banqueters rose and sang the chorus ! with him.
 1 The Land We Left.
 l The toast The Land We Left was proposed by A. T. Hope of Hanover l who made some affecting references to 1 home scenes that were enthusiastically received by his hearers.
 1 Response by ex-Senator McCleiland. l A ringing response to the toast was ! made by eX-Senator C. P. McClelland i of New York, who had host of anus 1 ing anecdotes which he introduced to the great pleasure of his audience iH