The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1916-03-16
= cITB OF KALAMAZOO.
,;sm forms Keynote of Inaugural Ban
..st E. N. Dingley Elected President
u,,ery Vice President.

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,u,o4oo Daily Gazette March l, 1861
h'i. ..,,, and America for Americans" as
Patr,a0a NV the spirit of New England,
kDpliiiSsu Esvnote of the first annual BAN
Iped w. newiy organized New England So
b i III 'i,J was held Tuesday evening in the
By @a' nr;.an hotel. About fifty persons
s a sent Following is the menu:
a Grape Fruit Cocktail
Waters
Tomato Bisque, Connecticut Style
Mixed Olives
ssnI,at Islesboro Scallops, Tartar Sauce
Little Rhody Chips
p.ssf Vermont Turkey, Stuffed
Maine Cranberry Sauce
i n',.foas Dreamed Hominy
pfOes' g,s,on Baked Pork and Beans
- Bunker Hill Salad
P"H White Mountain Ice Cream
Assorted Cakes
Coffee
.v-euent program of speakers was offered
- ,ddress emphasized the fact that it
,n8omitable spirit of New England
! I'D The United States ia 1775. land that
\ ,1 mint must check the startling and
'a ,rrrease OF toreign-born residents
a""s esa TO foreswear their allegiance to
4 naive countries.
LIN II Titus presided as POSTMASTER,
\ ! fou,np the banquet brief business
Vas held. E. N. Dingley was elected
F.,3so- Ralph Emery, vice president, and l.
IT, ssrre tary and treasurer. The board
5...,t,r, Of the society is composed of DR..
n sf.t.ou, t.. c. Cutting, George E. Bardeen,
d, Ira, and A A. Wheat.
| b. NJ. Irish was the first speaker of
,,5a..ee His talk was of humorous nat
,,g.o,c with the New England States,par-
r Maine. In the course of his remarks
'.,. -i4l declared that moving from one
W. -. another is merely changing rooms in
Ig.,-asI mansion" and that the first duty
..-..r-U1rn citizens-whether New Eng
6 p. IT, should be to the United States.
e... t dealt cleverly with the famous
e-rrd turkeys and "reminiscences of
.a-, H.. cod in Maine.
H. --s.s.a vas the next speaker introduced,
.-. New England. its industries the
s.ga1a boiled dinner" and the Indian
dang paid nigh tribute to the wo.
N nj New England, who. he declared, found
nm. IS. c. A, and at the same time es-
l;s4-5 5Js.ltals for ailing cats. DR.. Stetson
4 pgrre 4nkee characteristic-eco
said ae genuine Yankee clipped his words
0rier NO be economical.
rte sues4 ar continued to point out that New
gand had contributed a great deal to the
,ntry-m0re, possibly, than was generally
,g2sd. ana It's educational institutions were
, 7ldes. and ranked highest of any in the
uDUl
n Steison declared he regretted and feared
toe If Emigration of foreigners that was
efvhemlng the New England States. He
i the New England spirit was endangered
the millions of foreigners who come to this
Iotry, retaining their customs, habits and al
lance To their mother countries.
j predict that the fighting spirit of New
esad will be necessary to combat the in
pncs Of the foreign born, and l trust that
spjr' will be sufficiently strong to triumph
en the crisis comes" the speaker concluded.
Jr William Forbes Emery, pastor of the
,Bo1ist church in Augusta, was next called
BY T5astmaster Titus. DR.. Emery spoke
of his "home town"-Newbury-
IT Massachusetts-a short distance from
st0l, and he took occasion to point out that
E YANKEE was not always penurious. The
essai told of the famous New England
lue avs and intimated humorously that
;ss avs may have been the reason for so
ny New Englanders seeking the Middle
1T
strong plea for America for Americans"
: made by 0. B. Towne, secretary of the
slBtr Of Commerce. Mr.. Towne, born in
rBori, but brought up on the prairies of
ls8s declared that New England is the back
IL Of The nation and democracy, and that it
founded by the Puritans who sought free
shove all things and endured untold hard
ls to attain their desire. He pointed out
fapic increase in the foreign population
these people refused to adopt the customs
TIE United States, and, instead, lived in
ten eat7 and under conditions as like their
countries as possible, still retaining their
glance tu their native lands.
l. loEne declared that in Kalamazoo there
e $50 foreign born persons unnaturalized,
t.s- approximately 5000 of this number
&c l.t peak the English language He
aaslz-l the fact that the spirit of American
vcsay was being lost and that the spirit of
: England as shown in ITS, 1912 and 1861
-'gotten in the United States. MIR.
Tue adiress was enthusiastically received
7 Dig ey, the newly elected president of
society, spoke briefly. He praised New
,s-l. e founders and descendants, and
tribute to the spirit of New England
cf patriotism. Mr.. Dingley made the pre-
l1 Jtat internal troubles would be soon
iv1a0g the United States of a magnitude
{ would amaze, and that these troubles
I'D BE- caused by the foreign born unnatural
population of the country,
This nation cannot be half American and
foreign" the speaker said. The hyphen
d he abolished. The spirit of the Puritans
u be breathed into the Americans of today
this republic will perish from the face of
earth as other republics have DONE.
was decided to hold the next annual ban
tin december.