The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-03-17
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
THE IRIQUOIs CLUB.
Grand Gathering of Demo-
cratic Giants.

| chicago, l0.-Ine HEADQUARTERS VI bue
Iroquois Club in Hsverly's Theatre
building. presented an animated appear
ance to-day, the occasion being the re-
ception in this city by the club of large
number Of distinguished democrats from
outside the city, and celebration OF the
day, the 1l5tb anniversary of Andrew
Jackson's birthday, by means OF BAN
| quet at the Palmer House in the after
noUn. The Iriquois Club is q newly or
| ganiz bCdy, and comprises the oes'
democ ats in the city, and this event Is
\ its iist formal intr yduction to the atten-
ton If the outside world. The visitors
we're escorted ABOUT the city during the
| dsy, and later in the forenoon al m
formsl reception was held where
political questions were avoided.
At eight O'Clock, this evening,
the club and its guests, including large
humble of local dem ocrats, not MEM
bers of the club, assembled in the large
dining room Of the Palmer House, which
was appropriately decorated, and par
took of 3 superb banquet. The speeches,
necessarily tinged with political matters.
were in reality not of political signii-
canoe. During the evening teleRr"ms
aid letters were resd from those invited
but not present. Samuel j. Tilden sent
the following letter:
GRkYsTONE, YoEKERs, n. Y,
March flth.
CsntLemen-I have received your let
ter conveying to me sn Invitation TO At
tend the banquet Of the Iroquois Club in
Chicago Cd the 18th inst, the Hnnlver
ssry of the birth of Andrew jackson, and
to respond TO the toast Democracy
1t will not be practicable for me to De
pree4I With you IN that occasion, but l
cordislly sympstEise in the mage
which You propose to pay the
memory of that great soldier
statesmen. He & represented the
exultant nationally of sentiment, which
had always characterized the democracy,
AID he unaffected in q great pubic
crisis, his own inevitable determination
to maintain the territorial integrity of
our country, and the indissouble union
of the states. He likewise represented
the oenefeent Jeffersonirn philosophy,
which was that nothing shall Be done by
the general government which the local
authorities are competent to do, and
nothing by any governmental power
which individuals Can do for themselves.
The great contests OF his adm inistrstion
arose out Of his effoIts to resist usurpa-
ton by Congress of powers in derogatlon
of the rights Of localities, and OF inoi-
vidusls, as we'll ss OF the Constitution /
we'll remember that in the debate in 80,
on the veto of the bill to rechsrter
the Bank uf the United States,
Mr.. Webster, with all his eloquence, de-
nounced and deplered the spectacle of
the executive disclsiming the power, DIS
msntling the government of which he
was the head. The OvergrowIh of abuses,
and arrogatlon of authority, which now
conceal, as they have distorted our polit-
icSl system, would have seemed, fifty
years ago, when the debate occurred, as
Incredible to Webster as they would be
to jackson. The government can never
be restored and reformed except from
the inside, and by the active, intelligent
agency of the executive. We must hope
that providence will, in its own due time, |
raise up man adapted and qualified for
the wise execution of this great work and |
that the people will put him in posses
sion of the executive administration, |
through which alone that noble mission |
can be accomplished, and the health and
life Of our political system be preserved |
and reinvigorated.
Your fellow citizen,
SAMUEL j. TILDEN.
Senator Bsyard sent a strong states
rights letter. Governor John NJ. Pal
mer's letter discussed the relations of the |
state and general government, criticised
The policy of President Arthur, de- |
bounced the bill retiring Grant, and
Logan's educational bill, deplored the
eclipse Of constitutional government, and
rusted the IroquoIs club would, with
words of no uncertain meaning, reassert
he ancient democratic faith in the SIM
, e, rigid. masculine purity Of the demo-
,rstic party. Other letters were received
rom ex-senator Mcdonald, Horatio
Seymour, General hancock, s. J Ran
Iall and d score of other prominent men,
democratic senators The
oasis Of the evening were: Our Coun-
ry," Thomas A Hendricks, AN
rev jackson" by Wm.F Villas, IAN In
Visible Union OF Indestr1ctible States. /"
:. 0. G. Laner; "a Re-United Coun- !
~. w. c p. Breckenridge; "Self- I
government" Lyman Trumbull; tariff
Jr Revenue Only" Frank 81. durd;
Opposition 10 Monopoly" Jos. Z. Doc {
tile, The Democratic Press" Henry
Vatterson; "The Monroe Doctrine y
Y. j Allen; Tine Future of the Repub-
c." Richard T. Merrick; s'Ths Presi.
ent of the United State; the Reforms
Iecessary to the Proper Administration L
the Office" John @. Black; ssrhe ,
tate OF Illinois," John D. Cation "The 4
ity Of Chicago" Carter 81. Harrison.
Hendricks, in answering the toast"Our
country" took suppositious journey
ON Boston to San Francisco, of which
9 said: Seven days and nights will pass
J the train flies onward, before we hear
lie ceaseless murmur of the Pacific.
UGH journey from Psris, eastward.
ould carry US beyond E rope and far
ito Asia. The line of our travel marks
Id measures the great extent of our
,untry. The same flag remains over US,
Ve start from the landing place of the
iGgJaOl0er and will stop slong side theI
eat steamers that are in our tsade with
hina and Japan. Ali the way our g,
aars are cheered with the music of &C.
W INDUSTRY, and towns and cities are r.
IT mile posts. As we pass New York
i'd Chicago we take off our hats in re-
ignition Of the indomitable genius of =
ring AID successful enterprise. ZAP
ause.) Ali the way and in every en-
oyment and pursuit, health, energy
Id courage compel success, and the nu-l n
erous trains we meet carrying our pro- h
lets TO their markets answer the in
TRY why the balance of trade with for
On countries have been SO largely in our
vor. On the summit of the mountains,
npO0 tho 1istank