Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-01-11

The menu consisted Of bluepoints,
olives. mock turtle, celery. lobster New
burg en- caisses, cardinal punch. fillet Of
beef, corn on ear, candied sweet pota-
toes. orange and grape fruit salad with
French dressing, Neapolitan ice cream,
assorted cake. toasted crackers, Rogue
fort and American cheese. coffee. cigars,
Poland water, natural and aerated. The
banquet was perfectly arranged and serv-
ed. thanks to the careful personal super
vision of Manager Emerson. The singing
was feature of the evening. being led
by Norman Bassett, secretary of the as
ISOLATION, with Professor ]. F. Mac
Nichol officiating at the piano. Such old
favorites as Annie Laurie MY Last
Cigar" Dixie Land" "Stein Song and
my Old Kentucky Home" rendered with
some very fine close harmony effects
served to enliven the meeting.
Following the singing of America"
by all present. a toast was drunk to
the President of the United States, and
President Morrill, in the opening ad-
dress of the evening took occasion to
thank the members for the honor
which they had conferred on him at
the afternoon meeting, by electing him
president for the ensuing year. He
urged the members of the Maine State
Bar Association to join the American
Bar Association, and in introducing
the first speaker of the evening he
said that he would reverse the usual
order of things a bit and said, Mr.
Taft, with your permission l present
re thn Tot,
Association"
Taft's Address
ExPresident Taft in opening stated
that he also believed that the members
of state associations should join the
National association, for I'VE have a
great profession, a great cause; other
professions. other businesses are en-
gagged in organizing, why then shall we
not also organize? We are better
adapted to organization than any 9TH
er profession. We can fight each other
according to rule and then settle, and
a fight in other businesses is often not
according to rule, and they don't
know how to settle. 1t is much the
same as an old fellow said about a
fight in church. a fight in church is
garden. 1t doesn't settle anything but
the garden l want tonight to talk
about very differnt subject from that
on which l spoke this afternoon" said
Mr.. Taft. THE European war is
great, radical upheaval, and we cannot
hope to escape from its influence in
this country. If what President Wilson
says is true it is going to effect us
from a selfish standpoint. He says that
in the next war there will be no neu-
trails, and he says that if science in
warfare improves in the next few
years, as it has in the last few, it will
not be possible for anyone to escape
from it's effects. 1t is therefore neces-
Sary for men who are wise in their
day and generation to look ahead, to
see what part we shall take when
trouble comes" The speaker then went
on to state that a League to Enforce
Peace is now one of the most vital
subjects under consideration by the
rulers of the world.
The idea behind it is not the discov-
cry of penacea that will forever ban
ish war, out league that will utilize
the combined forces of the nations of
the world to prevent any one nation
from forcing hostilities before suffi-
cient time for arbitration and discus
sion has been granted to the parties
involved in trouble.
ITO secure by means of the united
force Of the world a period of deliber-