The Washington herald., 1915-01-17
'BOOMS HERRICK;
LASHES BRYAN
James H. Hoyt Appeals for
Larger Navy and In
creased Defenses.
OHIOANS CHEER WORDS
Purveyor of Words" He Calls Sec
retary of State-Jibes
Bring Laughter.
Special to The Washington Herald.

SPECIAL 10 Ine washington Herald.
New York, Jan. 16.-Nearly l.Oot
members of the Ohio Society and
guests at their annual banquet to.
night in the WaIdorf-Astoria applaud.
ed the suggestion that Myron T. Her.
rick, former Ambassador to France
and the guest of honor, would be the
Republican candidate for President in
1916. To James H. Hoyt, ot Cleve-
land, friend for thirty years of Mr.
Herrick, fell the lot of projecting the
Herrick boom, and second only to the
adroitness with which he accomplished
the object, was the mariner In which
he poked fun at the Secretary of State
William Jennings Bryan and his poll
cies
Reference to the need Of a greater
navy was received win one of the
greatest demonstrations of approval Of
the evening.
1t was at the conclusion of his
speech in which he had referred 70
Secretary Bryan as "travelirg sales
man of words" that Mr.. Hoyt received
the most prolonged applause when ne
said:
State pride, and that feeling alone, to
paraphrase a memorable peroration of
Patrick Henry by saying: Bryan had his
Mckinley and Mckinley was from Ohio; A.;
Roosevelt had his aft and Taft was
from Ohio: and Mr.. Wilson may have
well. Mr.. Wilson may profit by their ex-
ample. If this is partisanship, make the
most of it
''All of us Americans from Mr.. Bryan
up, was one of Mr.. Hoyt's gibes at the
Secretary of State that caused laughter.
Scores Vera Cruz Incident.
We do not now desire to lombard the
cities of another nation he continued
I'VE sent our feet and army to Vera
Cruz to enforce a demand that our flag
should be saluted, and after losing pre-
cious lives and spending millions of treas
ure in the doubtful enterprise, came away
apparently forgetting the prime reason
for our incursion
We have lately been assured by an in
cumbent of high office, though by the
way, his authority does not seem for rea-
sons which shall be nameless. to be COM
mensurate with his place, that In case
of an emergency 100000 men would
quickly respond to our Presidents call
think he said they would come out in
about an hour.
But somehow this does seem to all
of us to exactly fit the case anymore
than the swift cruiser "Brotherly Love-
and the superhuman Dreadnought Good
Fellowship which this same purveyor of
speech with brilliant eloquence-for a
consideration-and with imposing cere-
nony launched in Lake Chautauqua
over a year ago, have added
nch, II anything, to our feeling Of real
security"
AS we have some thousands of mills
of seacoast to protect and an expensive
ana which We may be called upon to
lefend. built at our own expense but
argely for the benefit Of other nations,
We believe that the United States should !
lave a navy in point of efficiency second !
o none"
Collector Malone complimented Mr.. Her
Ick upon the work accomplished by him !
n France. taking a share of credit for |
himself as Assistant Secretary of State |
nd for the present administration Of the |
tate Department
Mr.. Herrick appealed to all Americans (
o pull together to meet the situation
hat has grown out of the European war.
In Europe when the crucial moment
rrived.' he said. the conflicting eIe-
nents in every. nation buried their in
ividual differences. Has there been a
Ike effect upon the people of this coun-
ry?
Thus far unfortunately, the principles
hat make for national unity have been
My partially recognized here. Our dis
ussion of social questions has been too
aptious and Querulous, and the spirit
l which We have approached many of
ur problems has been too hypocritfcal
nd suspicious. In short we have been
alking too much and thinking too little.
he men of Europe have forgotten the
1ings that separated them and have
answered the call of one great unifying
oirit-that of patriotism. Let US init
late them