The Washington herald., 1914-01-22
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do With his declinatioa. andN explaining
| that be had decided to eschsw Ill func-
| tions whsre his presence was not de-
mandsd o0lcially.
But II there vas any political sIgnih-
cance to the AFFAIR Il was not apparent.
and whatever plan may have bean dis
cusssd or plots formulated wsre born In
minutes snstched bstween Informal
spesches Of gpod-fellowship.
ON the spirit Of friendship exemplified in
the banquet, and then turned TO the prob
iems Of the founders Of the United
States, which he pictured ~ being dis
cussed around the same table. OF pres-
ent-day problems. he said:
Grave Preblems To-day.
"Yet, I feel that Just n great prob
lens confront US. just as grave RESPONSE
bilities rest upon US. Just as crave DIM
culties' beset us today as were expert
enced by those noble spirits who pre-
ceded us and laid the foundations OF lib-
-erty and gave a new definition to the
rights of mankind. With gigantic devel-
opment new evils have arisen. new abuses
Of privilege have been indulged In. new
dangers to popular government have
become known The greatsr the devei-
opment of the time. the greater the mag
nlIu0e Oh our koNCThu1GheT thS BiO1ACA
the populoumess Of our country. the
more zeal is required to watch the safe
guards OF liberty. to fortify the bull
warks of popular government and
strengthen the rights OF the people.
These things sometimes appall the
stoutest-hearted and dismay the most
hopeful. but when I look around me
and see the stout hearts, strong char
acters, and sturdy patriots who are
now at the helm of the government.
feel that the rights of the people are
in safe hands. guarded by wise counsel
and protected by true hearts. We have
with us tonight men who are worthy
successors of the founders of our gov
ernment and who, i believe, are just
as great in ability, as true In loyalty.
as rich in patriotism, as any who lived
in the times to which I have referred
or who brought into existence the
proclamation Of ITS that
all men are born equal
Praises President Wilson.
Il feel that We have at the head of
our government in the person Of our
honored President one. who. for fidel-
ity to the people, zeal in all that Is
good, purity of patriotism. strength OF
cha racter. and wise leadership. Is the
equal of any man who has preceded
him in the illustrious position which
he occupies. He is fianked and sup
ported and his hands are held up In
his good work by Cabinet advisers
around him who are worthy Of their
great leader and OF their greater
cause and are worthy OF the greatest
OF all, the people whom they so well
serve.
This country il in its infancy. The
of the rights of man Is In
infancy. As this country grows, the
of right along lines OF
must grow. Right must
be supreme: truth must be fnvincibie:
Justice must be universal; equal rights
to all and special privileges to none
must be the practice. There are tasks
ahead. Men like those whom l see
around me are equal to them"
List of Guests.
Those present were: Maj. Gen. F. c.
Ainsworth, Henry +. Ashurst, Admiral
George w. Baird, Ira Z. Bennett. William
Jennings Bryan, Prof Barry Bulkley, A. |
S. Burleson. George f. Chamberlain. |
George p. Conn, John w. Cox, William
Gordon Crawford, Mai J. ]. Dickinson. |
F. T. Dubois, Maj. Gen. @. F. Elliott. |
John N. Evans, ]. J. Fitzgerald. Charles
R. Flint, John Foord. Robert T. Frazier.
A. S. Frissell, Robert n. Harper. II. B.
Hawes, r. L. Henry. 8. @. Hopkins. w.
D. Hoover. Martin Horne. DR.. l.. o. How
ard. Bayard Hyde-Smith, W. F. Kelley,
william Kettner, Luke Lea. Robert r.
Lee. jr., DR.. p. ]. Lennox. James Z.
MARITIME.
Walter Mccoy, James F. McGee, Maj.
Carroll Mercer. Prof. Charles E. Mon
-oe, Henry l.. Myers. George II. o'Con-
Tor, George F. O'Shaunessy. Thomas J.
Pence, Thomas Henry Pickford, William
\. Pierce, James A. Reed. Col. F. A.
George F. Schutt, John +.
;hafroth. James L. Slayden, Rev. DIR.
:. Ernest Smith, Marcus A. Smith. Lieut.
II. C. Sparrow. W. p. Spur
,eon. Sylvanus Stokes. Tom Stout, Maj.
Richard Sylvester, James A. Tawney,
,harles S. Thomas. william H. Thomp-
on, E W. Townsend, ]. p. Tumulty.