The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-16
REED SCORBDAT
DEMOCRATS DINNER
President Wilson, Unable to
BE Present, Sends Tumulty
With Message.
MANY NOTABLES THERE

Tho Young Democratic Club. . new
organization Of more or less youthful oe'
levers in the principles Of Thomas JEFF
ferson and Woodrow wilson. held, IL
first dinner last night At the Hotel
Knickerbocker and very nearly had Pres
ident Wilson for their guest Of honor.
Had not international Affairs been %
tense, the President certainly would have
come 10 New York TO dine with the colts
Of his party inc to offer q few words
OF wisdom. Since II Was utterly impos-
sible for him to leave washington and
get out Of touch even for . few hours
With his Cabinet and departmental chiefs,
he sent his secretary. Joseph p. Tumulty.
10 the Inner TO cay how dye d" for
him.
Richard c. Patterson. Jr.. president Of
the Young Democratic Club. had con-
ceived the notion that Mr.. Tumulty
would make . hrst rate substitute for
his boss in the speechmaking way. and
70 suddenly he called on Mr.. Tumulty TO
stand up n 30 as far u he pleased.
MIR. Tumulty smiled n blushed and
said II was all very unexpected, n
Just then when every n was expecting
him to launch into = speech he grinned
and said he guessed he a better end
By reading the letter the President had
entrusted to his keeping.
The Predicate Message.
President wiisonis message to the
young Democrats was a. follows:
Il 10 with the most sincere regret
hat I find II impossible for me to
attend the banquet this evening. I q
promised myself the very great pleas
ure Of %cons0rting with my friends Of the
New York Young Democratic Club.
The Democratic party has become the
party for young men and for all the
forward looking forces Of the country.
for those who will not turA back to
privileged control and who do meal
TO 20 forward to the realisation Of
every genuine human right !: n I had
hoped to nave the privilege Of speak
ing 10 you tonight. however imper-
fectly. the message Of hope and conf
dence which should spring to the lips
Of every Democrat who sees In. their
true light the past achievements n
future opportunity Of the great party
TO which we belong.
Nearly $50 young Democrats heard
the letter from the President
speeches by Edwin s. Harris. the new
chairman Of the Democratic state COM
ml,tee: Supreme Court Justice Clarence
J. Shearn. George McAneny and Sheriff
Alfred +. Smith. At the guest table In
addition to these speakers. POSTMASTER
Patterson and Mr.. Tumulty. were Ed.
ward NJ. Bassett. william F. McCombs.
Henry Morgenthau. Morgan J. O'Brien.
William Church Osborn. Abram I.
Elkus. Arthur J. Somers and Marion
Verdery.
Mr.. Morgenthau, the Ambassador to
Turkey. spent q considerable portion Of
the dinner time In earnest conversation
with Mr.. Elkus, who Ii to q X his place.
according to political rumor.
Some Of the Gaests.
Observed at other tables were Stuart
G. Gibboney. Henry b. Keith. John II.
McCooey. Stanley J. Quinn. David l..
Iodell. Max d. Steuer. Senate John
Godfrey SAKE. Gordon w. Auchincloss.
Harold A. Content. Abraham Levy. Ber-
tram de y. Cruger, Magistrate John J.
Freschi, Justice Frederic kernochan.
Second Deputy Police Commissioned
Frank A. Lord, Elton Parks. Supreme
Court Justice Francis h. Pendleton.
James 4: Foley. Walter r. Herrick.
Lamar Hardy, Alexander Konta, Fire
Commissioner Robert Adamson. Cleveland
n. Dodge. Albert de Roode. John +. Dool-
ing. william G. Wilcox. Sinclair Howard
Armstrong, A. II. Wilson,. R0llo Ogden
and Franz NJ. Patterson.
There was a %sprinkling Of Tammany
men-of the straight out Murphy organi-
sstion-but the so-~aiied Federal" va
riety Of Democrat was In greatest num-
Der and dominated the celebration. There
were many, many office holders at table.
President Patterson started the speech
making with the explanation that the
purpose OF the club was to provide for
young voters interested in Democratic
principles a non-factional club. 1t was
. Young club. he said. but that was a
fault il would get over. and meanwhile
II was going to pitch in and hustle as
hard 10 II knew how for Democratic
principles and Democratic candidates.
Then Mr.. Patterson presented Justice
shcarn. who proceeded at once to speak
his mind about Senator Reed Of Mis.
souri,.
II have nc patience Maid Justice
Sh'arn with the doctrine promulgated
b. Senator Reed Thursday night.
whether the offences (%offences against
the United States by warning countries)
proceed rom England or from Germany.
His argument is that as long as the
offences are not aimed at US and our
injuries are merely incidental TO a death
struggle between others We should not
complain.
He likcns the case to two Infatuated
men fighting one another with revolvers.
and incidentally, hut, rs he naively OBJ
serves. unintentionally killing innocent
passersby. That argument - as IN.
sound in logic as It is In law. 1t ignores
tho fact hat a nation. like an individual.
IL presumed to intend the natural con-
sequences OF a voluntary act, and fur
thorI, that utter and reckless indifference
to the consequences Of an act IL equlva-
lent TO intention.
"After the long series Of violations
Of International law by both England
and Germany that we have suffered dur
Ing the last eighteen months deplore
the fact that a Democratic Senate OF
the nrnminenca nf MI. Reed anneArl