New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-13
EXERCISES OF THE MEETING.

EXERCISES OF THE MEETING.
The annual meeting of the Union League
Club held last evening at the Clubhouse, at Mad
sOn-ave. and Twenty-sixth-st. The polls remained
open from $50 to $3.50 for the election OF committee
to nominate officers be voted for in January and for
inspectors and OF election Two tickets were
in the field, aud much interest felt in the re-
suit, though it not doubtful after the
baoting had been in progress short
time. At p. m the business meeting held, and at
its close the President George Cabot Ward, delivered
the following address:
GENTLEMEN: A this is the last meeting Of the year
before the annual election and may therefore be the
last opportunity shall have of addressing yOu avail
myself Of the occasion to offer yOu my sincere con-
gratulatOns the results OF the past year
I'm rgN"d 10 20 much that relates TO the welfare OF our
country. When We met in February last, t was with
feelings of great anxiety not only regarded the. i'm
MEDIATE hnIncal prospects or tho country
but. what deemed OF very much more in
portance-wh doubt in the minds Of MANY To there
beng tho part ~ large body OF the public correct
and healthy tone as regarded the paramount obligation
OF the Nation 10 maintain unimpared the most absolute
point. and this not only in theory by avoiding any
change In the standard Of our currency, Out stu
more IN the deliberate purpose Of removing all
danger from this source by the early ana
consistent return 20 specie payments at the
time provided by law. This feeling Of anxiety
Of all history Ia, been that there such nsdiOus and
disastrous element to nation ~ the act OF nparng
z obligation by the neglect or debasemeut money,
and because IL has been found that the ineYIa-
be financial disaster which must always attend the
creation OF i-c values, rather the enforced crculal-
ton OF uOuyues, has borne no comparison % the de,
mUTazaon which has resulted from the arbitrary aud
unjust nature II the act so much 80 that there moth
ug to which independent nations attach so much lu-
purtaucc the maintenance OF their inyiOate credit
How happIv these fears have been disspated we all
know As soon ~ the country became fully aware OF
the danger 10 which were exposed the whole
moral sense OF tue people was aroused. and has
expressed itself In 10 manner 50 distinct ana
50 impossible 10 Nc misunderstood that the resumption,
on The eve Of which we now stand considered by the
Intelligent continent OF TINS country already an
accomplished idCt When the result OF the election III
November was known the congratulations were con-
hucd to no party nor class, but every one re-
oIced at having escaped so great disaster az would
been the discovery OF widespread peryerslon OF
all principles of right and justice, and each felt glad
that the question before the country at the elections was
recognized be- OF party nor eXpedency. but as
involving the fundamental basis OF good and honest ad-
ministratiOn OF the laws.
The elements OF time aud consideration which have
worked happily on this question WILL fully believe,
work the good results In the other questions still
before the country IL VIII quickly DO seeG that inc sae
class OF Czrns preventing their use OF lhGr GI OF
voting, as would have resulted IRON taxing lIO a
the whole people their rights to an honest and
Just measure Of value. The same unjust ana
i'm one section the desire 10 invade the
rights Of property and In another the rights OF person
nut IN both the result VIII be The same, ana he fshls
both OF property and persOn VIII IN tue end
become all the more confirmed and secure
by the contest Of principles which their invasion secures
and which will not rest untnght and justice be secured
It's also matter of great cOngrauon that the agita
ton resulting nom The silver Dill has 80
and the ouly question IN the minds OF the pubic
how, with the least disturbance TO 90 away WIN
an experiment Wnlch was only kept IIou pelE us quo
trous by limited scale on which II was tried 80 I
no greater o Tssht mas ADDITION e 10 our supply
OF fractional currency, andu the law shal now DC TO
pcaed or rendered imperative oy leRs9'nn tno ma,
the industry OF the country by che uncertainty
looking back what different consequences would
have cnsued had the original silver legislation been car
ricd out In that should now be
without any store Of gold 10 resume upon
resumpu"n II II were possible would nave to DE IN
nod Yer
the country would probably row desire 10 take place
And / would desire also 10 refer To the faithful and
Jealous in which members Of thr CLUB have Ia
bored for a better recognition OF the rghtS hhI
mmunlue' Of the commercial c3mmnEity' ana
result In freeing our system nom those elements OF as
trust which, when applied TO whole ems, OF co,nI t
Alter the long aud trying ordeal the Nation has gone
ttTmIgb beginning with the war and the period which
preceded IT, and coming down to the period Of prostra
ton aud asituIc OF the past Two years, IL cannot
hnt bc A source of great qualification 10
~, 90 Inc vt,rnf Ans Of coycry not only IN the in
creased prosperity aud wclIbchg oil we cOnhHl Ums
Nation and insists being heard, rebuRlng
all arbitrary AMI lawlcss ana diSofGanizins
clements aud insisting that law and order aud the
rights Of every class Of the people shall DC recognized
and maintained. -.
would expresses the nope that az tile end Of another
year president or The Club may congratulate us upon
The realization OF these results, which We now SO ,nah
osty look forward 10, having taken place ana become
part OF our COuntrV's history.
Upon the conclusion Of Mr.. Wards address unani.
nous vote Of thanks adopted for the faithful ser
winch preHidcut had rendered the Cup WINE
i'm his present office, and while holding the
office OF treasurer Mr.. Ward one OF the original
organizers Of the Club, and was It's treasurer untl
elected 10 the presidency
THE ELECTION.
Additional interest given 10 the regular meeting
by the fact that 1t was the time for the appointment OF
the committee to nominate officers for the ensuin year
Usually the appointment OF this committee Is
matter OF but secondary interest. TINS year
sudden excitement sprang up because OF an
unexpected opposition the regular uc"et
headed by L. p. Morton. The opposition ticket was
headed nv Gavin ID Morgan. Later on yesterday thlrd
ticket WAS nut IA the field, also headed by Governor
Morgan, and mostly made up OF MS Hlehds'
but with L. T. Morton's name second on II. THIS was
Of course only another effort to diminish the strehEh
Of the regular ticket.
The various personal interests Involved led To SUD
den sharp canvass aud an unusually crowded hee'hS
The grounds on which the regular ticket was urged
were that IL represented the old policy OF the
CHM and would insure lts remaining an earnest
polttical force as well social oFgahza-
tion The friends Of the opposition H'A''
urrcd that the CLUB dabblod too much III
politics. aud ought 10 be more Inrely social Inc
tide ran strongly Of the regular ticket ana 'ucTe
was evidently sharp personal hostility to some OF inc
names on the opposition tickets. Tue lOh""lhS
we're the three tickets
REGULAR
IovIP Morton. George Montague,
william DOwd, llcnfy I; mat"'
Henry 2. Rowland, JOhu ~ Lp'"'
j. Warren Goddard
OPPOSITION TICKET.
,I,,, Il Marian Alexander Mel Agnew.
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