The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-08
WARSH|P UTAH
IS PRAISED BY
ADMIRAL sEBREE
Declared Among Greatest of
Uncle Sans Fighting Craft;
Naval Officer Addresses
Bonneville Club.
STORIES OF THE SEA
PROVE GREAT TREAT
Makes Appeal for Adequate
Navy as Surety of Peace
and Guarantee of Canal
Neutrality.

The battleship Utah is one Of the
greatest Of all fighting craft, and the
later dreadnoughts of the American
navy are only larger Utahs. The sill
yer service Of the battleship Utah is
the very finest of any battleship in the
navy.
With these statements Rear Admiral
Uriel Sebree enthused 200 guests at
the monthly dinner of the Bonneville
club at the Hotel Utah last night, be-
fore whom the admiral made his plea
for an adequate American navy.
Admiral Sebree is more Of sailor
than speaker. However, his address
was listened to with great interest by
the members of the club, and his sto-
ries of the sea were 4 great treat For
half century the, admiral has been
an officer of the American navy, work
ing his way from ensign to rear ad-
miral.
The admiral appealed for an adc-
quate navy as the best possible peace
insurance. Peace would be absolutely
certain, he said, just so long as Ameri-
ca had a navy adequate to protect the
American shores, to guarantee the neu-
trality of the Panama canal. to aid and
protect American commerce and to up
hold the dignity Of the American flag.
Unless we had such navy, the ad-
miral said, it would be useless to have
any navy at all, save a few small
cruisers to protect American shores
from pirates and to attend to the rou-
tine of government business upon the
seas.
Defends Sailors.
Admiral Sebree denied the stories
frequently circulated as to the wild
debauches of sailors and the mistreat-
ment of the sailors by their officers.
He said that 1000 or 5000 sailors turned
loose In seaport were not as unruly
as a similar number Of college students
under like conditions. AS 60 the sto-
ries of the mistreatment of the sailors
by the officer he declared they had alb
solutely no foundation.
Judge VI. 81. King, who acted as
toastmaster, made brief but eloquent
address of introduction The judge
pleasantly referred to his recent trip
to Washington, to the scramble for fed
era1 appointments in Utah and to the
approaching senatorial election in this
state.
More than 200 members Of tho Bon
neville club attended the dinner. The
army and naval officers stationed at
Salt Lake were among the guests. A
most excellent and pslatable dinner
was served in the main dining room of
Hotel Utah. Flowers were on every
table and behind the speaker an
American flag was s5s dJapsd, The The Hotel ,
sic and the Hotel Utah trio sang
number OF vocal selections.
Refers to Politics.
In introducing the speaker OF the
evening Judge Ring said;
We are told that those who speak
before the Bonneville club are Sc
lected not for their oratorical
ability, but because they bear a
message to be delivered. ] don t
know what message | am to deliver,
] may bear the message that Presi-
dent Wilson may give them n few
federal appointments--aft while.
Perhaps I am expected to say to the
few Republican federal office.
holders that they are not out or
favor with President Wilson, par.
ticularly so long as they continue
to give good service
Perhaps I am expected to say to
you that former President Roose-
velt is expected back in Washing
ton from his South American trip
and to decide whether he shall be
the candidate of the Republicans.
the Progressives or the Democrats
in 1916. or whether he shall amalga-
mate all three parties and then
choose their joint candidate.
Perhaps / am expected to bring
YOU the message that Senator BAN
berger at my right and Mr.. Moylo
at my left are casting envious eyes
upon the two senatorial seats at
Washington and that the senior
senator from Utah, who, from Ne
publican point of view has given
such signal service, is eagerly plan
ming the retention of his seat.
Taft Supports Wilson.
Perhaps | am expected to tell you
that Mt Washington we have
president who is bending every en-
ergy toward the solution of tho
creat problems that bis administra-
ton must solve. Perhaps am ex-
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