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Show CRITICISE LONG FOR II1S SPEECH Descendants of Pilgrim - Fathers Resent Implications Implica-tions That Their Ancestors Ances-tors Were Hypocrites. . ... . .. 'aeBBeeeeaaaaBeaeei-aBiaBWi v PL.TMOUTH.. Sept. 7.--A recent address ad-dress by tprmer 'Secretary of the Navy John D. Lone, In which he discussed the Pilgrim fathers, was the subject of critical' criti-cal' comment on the part of nearly all the speakers at the banquet of the general gen-eral society of the Mayower descendants last night. ' Samuel B. Capen of Boston, the governor-general of the society, referred to Mr. Long's conclusions as unwarranted. Mr. Morton Dexter of Boston said that to all Intents -and. purposes. Mr. Long charged the Pilgrims with being hypocrites. hypo-crites. . . ' "For my part." said Mr: Dexter. ' "I absolutely repudiate any . such conclusion conclu-sion -in regard to them.." The general -society elected officers as follows: Governor general. Samuel: B. Capen. Boston; secretary-general, Louis E. Fuller, New York treasurer-general. James , M. Rhoades, Pennsylvania; historian-general,. Edward H. Wborf, Massachusetts; Massa-chusetts; elder-general,, the Rev. John L. Ewall, District of Columbia; captain-general. captain-general. Miles Standlataf M. D., Massachusetts;- surgeon-general, Abll F. Nelson,, M. D.,' Massachusetts. . .' |