The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-20
Supreme Test of a Nation.

put It seems to me the supreme Lest is self-p possession, the power to resist excitement, to think calmly, to think in moments of difficulty as clearly as it would think in m moments of ease, to be absolutely master of itself and it's fortunes.
 'eTherefore,e it seems to me that the object of traditions such as this so-- perpetuating is to show us the basis of principle upon which we shall keep our boise. We are interested, in the United States, politically speaking, In nothing but human liberty. We are not interested in politics Of govern 1nent for their own sake. venture to say that if there should ever be discovered a better form of govern- ment than the democratic, we should wish to adopt it, because it was better, for our object is not to stick in the bark. Our object is not merely to pre- serve forms, but to preserve precious essence and that is the essence of equal opportunity and essential hu- man rights.
 4 rtfThe first thoughtais apt to proceed from impulse, is apt to proceed from prejudice, from predilection, from some transient sympathy, but we can mot afford to sympathize with any body or anything except the passing generations of human beings. America forgets NUhat she was born for when she does exactly the way every other nation does-when she loses her reco1- lection of her main object, as some times nations do. and sometimes, per haps, she herself has done in pursu- ing some immediate and transitory eb- ject.
 1T canont speak, ladies, as you know, in more than general terms. speak at all But I can ask you to rally to the cause which. is dearer in my estimation than any other cause, and that is the cause Of righteousness as Tn1nistered to by those who hold their minds quiet and judge accord ing to principle.
 Preserve Judicial Temperament
 We must preserve the judicial temperament mot because we would sit in judgment upon others but be- cause we should ultimately wish to sit in judgment upon ourselves. be- cause we should ultimately wish to bt justified by our own coT1sciences and by the standards of our own national life.
 x tfDo you wonder that, hoping for such things and expecting such things from bodies of people like this, I should be glad to come and greet you, that I should esteem it an honor to say I hope I shall have some part in the great things that you are trying to do and to- create in the field of the national spirit?''
 Ambassador Jusserand of the French Embassy followed President Wilson. He said he wanted to thank the American people for their gener- osity. in this time of distress.
 fT will say.,' declared he, Et'tha at America--the neutral United States in this crisis has so behaved as to command the gratitude and thankful <>F T7%-o know what the American heart is. am glad to say that I can affirm the thanks of France for. the generosity shown by the people of this country
 Mrs. Story Looming Ahead
 The 'Storyftes seemed to have the best of the contest for the Presidency. The friends of Mrs. George Thacher chine of Mrs. William Cumming Story is stronger than they thought It is well organized and ready for quick work on Wednesday. It is now esti- matersthat Mrs. Guernsey will get less than one-fourth of the 1000 votes.
 The. first test of strength came yes terday1 the Guernseyites tried to enlarge the credentials committee by six. This proposition was defeated by the Storyites by an overwhelming vote. The rival camps held receptions last night. The administration reception l took place in Memorial Continental hall and the Guernsey function was in l the New Willard. Among the speak