The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-26
DR., BUTLER POINTS
OUT NATIONS DUTY
Tells Associated Press Men,
hers Time Is Here to Line
Up to Ideals.
NATIONAL UNITY IN AIR

A6out 400 NJ the 800 members Of the
Associated Press-al. Of them men who
,.1ec, the opinions Of the parts of the
country from which they had come
gathered at the Waldorf-Astoria yester-
Ssy and held their annual meeting and
,"ncheon. The meeting was a matter Of
,outine business. the reading OF reports,
,Ss election Of directors. &C. Tho lunch-
.on was distinguished by a toast to the
PRESIDENT Of the United States m by
an address delivered by DIR. Nicholas
Murray Butler.
arn this hour Of uncertainty as to
chat the immediate future may bring to
M" said President Frank b. Noyes. pro-
nounc,ng the toast. I'VE tender u af-
f.ct,onate sympathy and our loyal sup
mort 10 the man who by virtue OF his
srea, office Is II spokesman to the
world. and who speaks for u rights
and our honor as God gives him to see
our rights and our honor.
81, is our custom at these annua
gatherings to drink but one toast. I
o6er II to-day with a fulh heart. I give
YOU the health Of our President-wood
row wilson"
The grand ballroom Of the Waldorf
vas comfortably flled with men who
publish newspapers In nearly every State
81 the Union when DIR. Butler rose to
deliver the address Of the occasion. He
chose a. his subject THE Place n the
responsibilities. Of the United States In
the World To-day
Not Sure Of National Unity.
AT this moment" said he. with a
world war raging about US and a Presi-
Dental campaign opening in front Of us.
with years full Of fate stretched out
before us. We are not sure Of our ma
tlonal unity OF thought and feeling and
purpose because OF the presence Of dis
,ntregrating elements and forces that
weaken our sense OF unity at home and
which deprive us Of the influence abroad
which attaches to unity at home.
The grave problem before the Ameri-
, can people to-day Is that of completing
tho process OF nation building. 1t ID
Tho problem Of setting Dur house in Or
der. II is the problem Of subordinating
every personal ambition. every class in
,erest and policy. every race attachment
10 the one dominant idea Of an America
free. just, powerful. forward facing. that
thall stand out in the history OF nations
as the name OF a people who conceive
he mission and their true greatness TO
10 IN service to mankind.
w are the inheritors of a great ira
dtion. What poets n philosophers
have dreamed. that VI are trying to-day
l to do. our standings. our %blunders. our
shortcomings are many: but II We keep
our hearts clean n our heads clear. he
who a thousand years from now writes
,hs history Of liberty and Justice and
happiness among men will be able to
.eil 10 those far of generations the story
o. the rise n influence OF the American
i nation.
Tn year 1916 Is but one member OF
AZ infinite series. Countless Rons have
gone before II. and countless eons will
come after II. The physical forces OF
nature will 20 their way through in
definite time. performing their allotted
functions. obeying their peculiar laws and
Undergoing those manifold changes and
,nnsmu:ations which make up the
heAvens and the earth.
Nation's Opportunity L. Now.
Not so with the reputation and ths
influence OF a nation. Opportunity will
no, knock forever at any door 1t ID
J knocking now At the door Of the Ameri.
can people. To come to a consciousness
o. national purpose. to come to a con-
vc.ion as to wise method n policy al
home, TO come to an understanding OF
tho character n aim OF an attitude
;oward other nations that Is to be main.
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V. 8. McCla,chy. Sacramento Bee: FL,
bert II. Baker. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Oswald Garrison Willard, New Yort
Evening Post.
The following advisory boards and
committees were elected:
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Asvi,orv poarJ-Thaodor. p~odepw.;p
New Lonion Dnu. Edw,ard Ruxton' Jr'
Providence RulIeti,. Csorge +. Conner
New YORK. Fren;no 1eIcorrn waiter =.
pumser. Reading yc,rs. Tin,,. .Josent
Bancroft, Wilmington, Del, Ererub Eve.
wing.
Nominating Comm!ttee-A. p. Moore
Pttsburg Leader; william II. Dow, Port.
land. Ne. Express and Advertiser.
Auditing Committee-E. f.. Smith
Mer.den. Conn. R,cord.
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Advisory oa,dwJam p Gray Az,
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