Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-20
WESTCOTT LAUDED !
BY STATE FRIENDS.
Jerseymen Out Strong at Tes-
timoniaI Dinner rendered
to Acknowledgement.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 20.-"All
honor to you Mr.. Attorney General
of the State of New Jersey, and all
, love to you, John Wescott!'
This was the message sent by JUS
tice Charles G. Garrison, of the SUI
tpreme Court of New Jersey, that last
night brought 300 Jerseymen to their
feet with ringing cheers, as John w.
Wescott, of Camden, rose to respond
to the words of the guests at the
Jubilee dinner in his honor at the
Hotel Adelphia-
What New Jersey can do when she
wants to show one of her sons just
how much she thinks of him was
demonstrated at that dinner--a love
feast" such as probably never has
been equaled in the history of that
State.
In front of the toastmaster Ralph
E. Donges, Public Utility Commits
sioner, there was heap of kilograms.
On top was a~letter from President
Wilson that said:
please give my love to the judge
and express my regret that | cannot
be present to express my affectionate
regard for him." And there were
others from Vice-President Thomas
r. Marshall, Secretary of State Will
the Navy Daniels, Secretary of War
Garrison, Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo. Secretary of Agriculture
Houston. Attorney General Mercy
nolds, Secretary of Commerce and
Labor Redfield, Governor Fielder, of
New Jersey; Attorney General Bell,
of Pennsylvania; Chancellor Walker,
of New Jersey; Justice Mahlon Pit
ney. Senator MARITIME, Senator
lot a nj IF
Kentucky; futile. of New Jersey,
and Henry, of Texas-in fact from
everybody who knows Judge Wes-
colt.
Judge wescott is fighter-and
all the world loves a fighter" said
Commissioner Donges as he intro
duced the guest of the evening. And
all the world loves better fair and
manly fighter, such as he has been.
Wherever the weak are to be defend
ed.there you will find Judge Wescott,
like an impregnable fortress. Big
Drained. big hearted. big In warmth
of human sympathy, he cannot be
welcomed tonight better than in the
words sent by Justice Garrison-"All
honor to you. Mr.. Attorney General
of he State of New jersey, and all
love to you. John Wescott.'
"our Next Governor
"Our next Governor" some one
shouted. Attorney Wescott
was trembling with emotion as he re-
piled:
'.This occasional is intensely per-
sonal, therefore it furnishes an apol-
ogy for some self-allusion, some per-
sonalities. No man can deal forcibly
with a situation unless he knows that
situation This situation I do not
know. 1t was said to me some days
ago: You should prepare a speech,
and it should be the best speech you
are capable of preparing Instantly
I said 'Spontaneity' is better than
preparation. So | speak from my
heart.
81 love to contemplate hope and
happiness. And, incongruous as 1t
may seem, I love to contemplate
misery, for 1t is wrapped up with the
history of the race. love to taste
the rich fruit of human progress.
"Your presence here is an earnest OF
the desire of all men to help on the
worlds progress. I thank you, on
the personal side, because you recog-
nize the desire of the human heart to
be right. however wrong. We have to
recognize the great destiny of the
human race. We must see that good
must be the final goal of ILL AS
earnest men we accept the great
strife. the great struggle that is in
voIved in our destinies. The destiny
of the human family is toward better
things. and we live not for the mo-
ment but for eternity. N man dare
live for the present moment The end
of all must be the unity of all men in
brotherhood and love.
Our hearts arer united in the cause
of the betterment of human condi-
II 7 1--we a
thousandfold and to you, IN your eff
forts for the betterment of life, |
pledge the last atom of my strength"
Ex-Governor Fort Speaks.
When the cheering that followed
Attorney General Wescott's words sat
last had died away, former Governor
j. Franklin Fort, of New Jersey, said:
"rhere are too few occasions of this
kind. 1T is, in my view, unwise to
wait until a man dies to pay proper
tribute 1t is little embarrassing to
praise the living at times-but not In
this case Judge Wescott is to fill a
great office. A long line of distin-
guished men has held 1t in New
Z Jersey--two Frelinghuysens Dayton,
Southland. Robson, Grey, who have
gone, and McCarter and Wilson
among the living.
State has there been more need for
watchful attorney general. The seven
sisters are with us, and they are not
to be neglected, but must be respected.
Judge Wescott has the judicial tenn
permanent. He is good listener. He
does not anticipate before he hears.
He does not decide until after watch
full waiting
mo public man in our StaGc ever
- -r.ta FxNt
than this. And however well the judge
will fill his high offlce-and his friends
know that he will fill ii well-surely
the things he will cherish most in
after years will be these friendships
and this evidence of our personal APP
probation of him as man, lawyer
and a friend"
Former Governor Stokes, of New
Jersey; Judge Howard Carrow, of
Camden, and John r. Hardin also
spoke in praise of Attorney-G
Wocrnft'S epryicpS