The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-25
ANALYSIS OF
 CLASS BY GUS
 LONERCAN, N. C.

Washington, D. C.. Feb. 25- | Special to The Times)-A dinner was 1 given to the new Secretary of the Treasury, Carter Glass, last night by his colleagues on the Congressional | Committee on Banking and Currency 1 at the Hotel Willard. The occasion i was in honor of the selection of MT. Glass by the President as successor of MT McAdoo of the Treasury port folio.
 l During the Congressional career of MT. Glass he has been responsible
 for much constructive legislation but
 none of So great a character as the l Federal Reserve Law. This splendid l progressive financial measure now admitted by all to be of great value 1 to the banking world, is largely the 1 child of Mr. Glass brain.
 His appointment to the important 1 post made vacant by the resignation 1 of MT. NcAdoo, whose unexaga pied | achievements recall no better hand 1 ling of the position in the past with 1 the possible exception of Alexander 1 Hamilton.
 One of the most distinctive ad- 1 dresses made at the banquet and
 which was given much credit from 1 the diners was made by Congressman Augustine Lonergan of Hartford
 who has served for several terms with | Secretary Glass on the Committee on | Banking and Currency. Representa-
 tive Lonergan's address follows: 1 'fGentlemen:
 l After the glowing tributes paid l to our esteemed guest by other speak | CTS, there is hardly anything I can 1 say to add to the honor we wish to l pay him, and yet I am sincerely glad | to have an pportunity to extend to l him my compliments on this occa- 1 sion. With his kind permission l will take the liberty of speaking al- | legoricaIly in order to emphasize cer. l tain characteristics of the gentleman | which have come to my attention. l Tn glancing through Webster's re- gently, I came across the following l in connection with the definition of | glass:
 When cold ft is hard. but when warm it softens, becomes plastic and finally melts.'
 Gentlemen, when I read Uha; | definition of glass thought how apt l ly it might apply to a descripH1n of | our distinguished guest. Those who
 have seen him on thet floor of the
 House know well that when his an
 
 ton, MT. Glass can be not merely | hard. but actually obdurate. And on such occasions he becomes not
 only cold, but positively frigid as
 those can testify who have come to
 grief by taunting him in debate. In
 hostile atm osphere this species Of
 Glass is nothing if not unbending.
 But when his environment Is con
 genial, when the heart that glows
 within him is warmed by the pres | ence of friends, then those other f qualities of Glass become apparent
 Then truly. in the words of Webster,
 he softens and finally melts. And it
 is this side of the Glass nature tha.
 has endeared him to all who know him. Softened by sympathy, his
 heart meIts and difuses it's warmth ' upon those about him. Beautiful aa the figures are, into which inanimate
 glass can be formed when in contact
 with flame, far, far more exquisite is
 the beauty of character revealed by my subject when warmed by the 1 fires of friendship.
 "Following out the allegory, ] V would add that the Glass we know t contains a generous amount oi e sand" can be brilliant, dazzling o1 ,. "frosted' as the occasion may require = --DuL III one respect JIIe paEalISl I9llS s our Glass, no matter what the g provocaion, never casts reflections t And even though the Treasury has 8 become a House of Glass, I predic
 that the most ardent critic will no B :! venture to cast stones at 1t. |. 'In conclusion I join with the res Y i of the committee in extending to oul | guest my heartfelt wishes for a sue q cessful administration. The office ot h Secretary of the Treasury Is one o. 7. the most important in the Fedora : government. Illustrious men hay, I. l filled the position. His mmediate . predecessor ably performed the dutie: V of the office, and it Is complimentary l. to our guest and gratifying to hi! = friends that the President selected = him among all men of the country = wealth of material for the post We " shall miss his companionship ant n counsel in committee work. Our in f dustrious capable and genial col n league AIr PheIan, has been well tu T tored for his new responsibilities. l. MT. Secretary, we congratulate r. you on the we1l-deserved recognition ', of your constructive ability, so effec e lively demonstrated in your labors or n the Banking and Currency Commit q tee I shall ever have pleasant rec IT ollections of my associations witt
 you"