The New York herald., 1920-01-16
NO GERARD BOOM
HERE, VAN WYCK
SAYS At DINNER
Hyphen Back in Politics,
Blocking Treaty, Declares
A Secretary Daniels.

The boom for James W. Gerapd for the
Democratic Presidential nomination.
which, it was announced recently, would
be launched at the thirty-fifth annual din
ner of the Holland Society at the Waldorf
Astoria last night. did not materialize.
Judge Augustus Van Wyck president OF
the society, in his welcoming address re-
ferred to the announcement in the news
papers that he was to do the honors for
Mr. Gerard, but said apparently it was a
joke. as he knew nothing about it.
Many members of the society" Judge
Van Wyck said have seen the announce
ment in the press that some Presidential
boom for some one who is not present was
to be launched here tonight. That ap-
parently was a joke, as | have not been
informed of my intention. If l were to
advocate the cause of any man for such
distinguished office would warm UP for
a dear friend who is not more than mile
from this table"
Judge Van Wyck referred to Josephus
Daniels. Secretary of the Navy. who was
at the guest table and was the principal
speaker at the dinner. The toastmaster
introduced the Secretary of the Navy as a
man who had made good" in directing
the affairs of the navy during the most
tTy1nR time Oh ltS nlSlOTy. JuuEc du
Wyck mourned the "eve before the eigh-
teenth amendment goes into effect and
strongly criticised the prohibition meas
ure, although he stipulated that he was a
firm believer in upholding the laws as
enacted.
Judge Van Wyck declared that prohibit
ton, in his opinion. had been forced upon
the minority in the country because of the
desire OF the South to rid itself of the spec
"a ri Of xen nd because of in
nammatory conditions over the subject
in the North and other parts of the coun-
try. He declared that he did not believe
one man in fifty in the country favored
national prohibition and that it was a case
Of the country going dry when the ma
jority of people were not for it. He said
that a great many persons believed it had
taken away certain inalienable rights from
the citizen, as guaranteed in the right to
the pursuit of life. liberty and the pursuit
OF happiness"
Secretary Daniels delivered an elo-
quent address on Americanism He
strongly advocated the ratification OF
the peace treaty and the League OF
Nations Just as they had been brought
from Paris although he said he enter
tanned no spirit of criticism for the men
who stod by their honest convictions
in urging it's ratification with certain
reservations, or who believe that 1t
should not be ratified at all. He
strongly condemned the hyphenated
politicians who were opposed TO the
treaty because they saw in 1t "a harsh
peace for Germany" or because they
hated England so much that they were
against it's ratification. He rebuked
those who criticised the advocates or
the treaty 1t stands for lack OF
whole souled Americanism. He declared
that action on the treaty should be
fhnnUht for America
first.
THE man or the party working TO re-
vive un-American hyphenated politics, or
3 appealing to II. or organizing II, Is no
more worthy to be called an American
than the man in America who was guilty
of sabotage during war or who bought
Liberty bonds and secretly hoped for Prus-
sian victory" said Mr.. Daniels. These
are strong words. They are not only
strong: they are as true as holy writ III
we are to preserve real Americanism the
time has come when brave Americans
must stamp out hyphenated politics as
they stamped out Prussian propaganda
and cruelty.
'I.oyal Americans. no matter what the
land of their birth or extraction, nave
highly resolved to vote as American citi-
zens. The present hyphenated propaganda
no matter what party finances, II Is
doomed to defeat If it dares to come out
In the open Let us pull the cloak from
its unholy shoulders and expose it in all
its nakedness. Let no man deceive him-
self. Cultivated hyphenated politics is the
menace today Of American life. 1t is an
evil spirit invoked for selfish partisan ad-
vantage. The country must be purged or
il before we can be a truly American ma
ton dominated by American ideas as 10
national and international duties and re-
sponsibilities.
Bishop Charles s. Burch and Augustus
Thomas were the other speakers Others
at the guest table were Cortlandt $. Van
Rensselaer,. the Rev. Howard Duffield.
william G. Fstzwilson. w. Rockhill Potts,
Colonel Alfred Wagstaf. Richard Z.
Rathborne. James MscGregor Smith. JUS
tice Francis Key Pendleton. william j.
Colihan. George Morgan Lewis. William
n. Kouwenhoven. William Mitchell, John
n. Borroughs and Frederick Chandler sea-
bury all representing various other So
cieties.