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192 their descendants were always lovers of the spoken word when well Spoken. Furthermore, Mr. Beck seemed to be Wholly at home in that company, to be so sure for hirnself that it was not necessary to assume any attitudes or anv self-conscious mannerisms that he might persuade others that he was properly in that place. llfhether he deliberately purposed tempting Colonel Bryan. or whether the challenge that he gave was a sudden inspiration, the effect of it and the manner in which it was done were very im- pressive and led to most interesting results. If it were a challenge to Colonel Bryan the challenge was accepted. Colonel Bryan had prepared, evi- dently with some care, a wholly non-partisan address, based chiefly upon some thoughts that seemed to have been inspired by his visit to Europe .... Mr. Beck had said no more than this, that if there is to be peace it must be no divided or par- tial peace, but must include all elements of so- ciety, and that at present the chief disturbing factor, since it imperils the very liberty which is synonymous, or should be, with the American form of govemment, is the dogma of many of the labor unions, that no man has a right to work at any trade unless he is a member of the union. The sentiment was applauded. Many of those who heard it are citizens of New York who have done more for those who work for wages in this city than all who have theorized or made public addresses agitating the wrongs of the workingman. It was with his conventional and much reputed manner that Colonel Bryan interpolated a reply to this comment of Mr. Beck. He seemed to take Issue with him. There was the same intellectual T-TICRBTY. so apparent in much that Mr. Bryan SWS- when he is controversial. It can be sum- marized mto two words-- you 're another. It is
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191 a OVG13 8, majority of these citiz ' their own fortune. They liailes ildiggrjtgdeihi Dutch power of thrift, caution combined with courage, and to their inspiration we of New York City to-day owe much of what is best in it Colonel Bryan must have observed that there was no .pressure to meet him, that men did not gather impetuously around him, and that there were none of those .formal tributes to leadership and authority of which he has had so many when appearing publicly and in a political relation. In fact, the President of the Society, Mr. Banta seemed .called upon to urge, one or another of the more distinguished members of this Society to come and be presented to Colonel Bryan. Of all that were present, a majority probably did not meet him personally, and there may have been, in fact, no purpose on thepart of the trustees of the Society that there should be anything , like a reception. C l With no little cunning, those who arranged the programme for this feast placed Colonel Bryan's name at the end of the list of speakers, thereby making it certain that not any would leave the banquet hall, no matter how prolix those who preceded him in responding to toasts were, until the end .... , Mr. Beck's address was brief, but was, in a cer- tain indefmable but yet very impressive distinc- tion, probably the best that he has made since he retired from the office of Assistant Attorney+Gen- eral at Washington and came to New York to practise law. i e . judge Van Wyck, once the Democracy's candi- date for Governor, was so charmed by it, perhaps more by the manner, the elocution, the rhetoric, than by the thought, although' that pleased the Judge greatly, that he spoke with enthusiasm of the address afterward. It seemed to be the fine flower of cultivated eloquence, and the Dutch and ' if .Et 1' D . 1 U .VJ iff , ,X ' J . -D-nf3 inxl 'wx -.wa F M
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I the art more perfectly possessed by Colonel Bryan than by any other in public life now of begging the question Mr Beck had made no assertion +hat there was no over capitalization of securities that there was no use of money in election that there was no legislation for the classes His own record was sufficient to show where he stood for it was Mr Beck s argument in the lottery cases and in the trust cases a year ago at St Louis which enabled to suppress injustice of this kind Colonel Bryan however became the Colonel Bryan of the political arena He answered a ques tion or an accusation that had not been put and did it with one of those plausible and persuading generalizations of which he is the master Then the members of the Holland Society saw Colonel Bryan as the great body of voters to wnorn he appealed have seen him but these Holland Society members, clear-headed, possessing much of the Dutch imperturbability, saw farther than many of those who have supported 'Bryan were able to see. r C Colonel Bryan undoubtedly was pleased -at the invitation to appear before the Holland Society, for, as he said, he had never before had any. oppor- tunity to speak to a representative body in New York of that kind. He could not have been rea- sonably disappointed at his reception. It was all courteous, all kindly, but it was also thoroughly discriminating. y 93 the courts to define rigidly the power of legislation H The N ewayk N ewg gave up a column of space to what is described in its head-lines as: Bryan in Tilt with J, M. Beck-f-Nebraskan Stirs 'Holland 'Society Diners by III1P1'0mPt11 Dei fence of Labor-T he Hague Peace Movement. It also reported that Mn Bryan furnished gil? Surprise of the dinner when he took up the c a - 13
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