Evening journal., 1919-02-21
VICfbHI]US Note
FOR MARYLAND'S
SONS At DINNER
Commune dom page one.l

men all DOWeQ Ilelf nbdus ana 0uere0
silent tribute TO their brave brothers
who died on the field Of glory. Tears
gllstened lnfeyes and there was scarce
ly a person who was not visibly al
'ected.
The speakers were Hon. Walter NJ
Chandler, Congressman from New Yorn ;
City Comptroller James F. Thrift OF
BaltimOre DR.. Herbert T. Randolph
, formerly Of Wilmington, now Of Wash
lngton; Everett C. Johnson, Secretary
OF State for Delaware, and former
Judge pan Ell o. Hastings.
Members Of the society and their
guests met in the hotel lobby at Z
( o'clock and spent more than an hour in
making and renewing acquaintance.
They they filed into the dining hall
and partook OF a dinner "a la Mary
land" The room was decorated vita
flags OF all the nations participating n
the Peace Conference. and three large
panels depicting the Stars and Stripes,
the Union Jack and the Trl-colors,
gaily floating on the breezes Of victory
s and peace.
During hte dinner an orchestra play
cd southern melodies and the diners
sang Maryland. My Maryland" and
pixie" both greeted with zap
plause. Singing seemed particularly
popular at some tables, where little
groups would commence some favorite
that would spread from table to table
until not only ne entire assemblage
but the orchestra as well. has joined In.
In his Introductory remarks, Toast
master Hastings explained the reasons
4 which prompted making the affair
ltNfeforv panufnf TTa said.
During the war there were many
'peOple who. continually asked where
would &c all end and where would Amer
,ica be when 70 had ended. Tonight we
come here with a different sort OF feel
ing We meet with victory shining
] about us and our faces reflect is
brightness. But there are some among
us whose hearts are saddened for those
who paid the supreme and glorious
sacrifice Considering all these things
should we not call this a Nictory Ban
WetT When the war and all Of It's
pressing cons 'derations have passed
and the flush Of victory has disappear
I'd. 70 will be a privilege to meet here
In the future and remlnisce over this
occasion and the times which sur
-ounded IT," Pres dent Hastings then
asked the diners 10 rise in honor or
those who had made the supreme sac
ri1ce
Congressman Chandler was the first
speaker. Admitting himself to be
Republican elected from a strong Demo-
cratic district. he paid ringing tributes
20 both parties and TO President VIII
,son He traced the causes OF the war
from Germany's side and showed inc
difference between the philosophy
hn
: rs carried out by America
"a partisan address would be out ~
place at a time like this" he declared
tst the start OF his spirited address.
This war has been won by everybody
in the country. 10 has not been
Democratic war. &c has not been a Re
publican war. TO was strictly an Amer
lean war and was won by Americans.
There were no Democrats or Republic
cans in the Argonne Forest or at cha
icu-JThierry-they were just Ameri-
tansi
AS men advance in the national life
HE policy governing the person they
elect will be for him 70 represent all
the people-regardless Of party or poll
tics. The greatest possible good for
the greatest possible number. viii be
the ruling thought The honest voter
win cast his ballot for his country and
not for his party. The truth Of this Is
merely a problem In arithmetic which
saws jthe whole Is better than any
Va-t.' So the country is greater Than
any part or party in t."
The speaker then dwelt on the Demo-
cratic party. as founded by Jefferson
ind the Republican party founded by
Lincoln. lie said that the greater por-
lion OF our early history was made by
democrats. and that any man, whether
ne was Republican. Socialist or Pro
gressiye, who could not recognize the
Worth OF the Democratic party Is not
patirot. 'Then came the Republican
larty." he added. "with a mission al
most divine. and freed the slaves. Any
Democrat Socialist or Progressive VINO
could not recognize the worth OF the
Republican party was also unpatrlo-
Tic" he declared.
81 was a member Of the War Con
gress," stated Congressman Chandler,
and It was my stern duty 90 vote for
war against the Imperial German Gov
1rnment. This I did Having been
schooled In Germany II was at first
hard for me to believe that they could
he capable Of such atrocities. And then
remembered having attended the lee
turas OF Henrelch Won Tritskl, the very
man whose teachings laid the founda-
ton OF the present war. He was one
Of the greatest lecturers OF his time and
in an insidious way, bringing what sp
peared to be logic 10 his aid, be
preached fallacies as war must always
come as a bitter remedy for peace and
hat God will see that war alwa -
comes as a help to the human race and
when II does, war Is justihable and
moral and peace immoral Othe. OF
his theories were that small nations
have no right TO exist and that vas;
, difference exists between individual
and national morality
"Should you ask me what caused the
war, I would say the dishonest ami
corrupt thoughts Of Frederick the
Great and Bismarck, handed down 10
William the Second and Won Hlnden-
burg. These sowed the seeds that
blossomed into a worldwide catastro-
phe. But our country was founded
upon the principle that national and in
dlvidual morality as Identical that hon
esty is honesty, and a promise a prom
se. Thus the war was really a con-
test In Institutions, creeds and
thoughts. II was a struggle between
the vacillatlng examples handel down
II.