Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-12-17
Senator'S German Of Maryland, and Bay
ard Of Delaware.

Seldom has such representative gather
ing OF public men been seen as that whic
met in the foyer of the Academy of Must
in Baltimore last Thursday night a. tn
dinner given by the business men of th
city to Senator A. P. German. About 90
subscribers and invited guests were present
among the latter being Senators Bayard
Jones, Mcpherson, Jonas, Hampton, La
mar, Pendleton, Groome, Vest aud Cam
den, Gov. McLane, of Maryland; Repres
entatives Cox, Post, Commander H. H
Gorringe and others.
The first toast was 'sThe chairman of th
national Democratic executive committee
a leader to whose thorough and skillful or
| gan1zation we are happily indebted for TIN
brilliant victory of last November" Sen
ator German, in responding, said: 81 mus
share with many persons the credit which
you give to me. We may we'll congratulate
each other upon the result. The admins
tration Of Grover Cleveland will fulfill til,
just expectations of all who supported him
He has no need to make new pledges. w
can safely rest upon the assurances giver
in his letter accepting the nomination fo
President His conduct as Governor of th'
State of New York is sufficient guarantee
that his promises will be observed. W.
may be assured that under his administra
ton the country will be governed with wis
dom and prudence, and with the sigma
purpose of promoting the welfare of thu
whole people of the United States"
| The second toast, estate of Maryland, .
was responded to by Gov. McLane.
The third toast. ''The Democratic party
founded by jefferson, associated with al
that is glorious IN the past, alive to every
demsnd of the present, and every hope Of
| the feature" was responded to by Senate,
! Bayard, of Delaware, whose appearance was
received with strong demonstrations OF
qualification.
Mr. Bayard began his speech with the
following: MY good friends and brother
Democrats: Every. man must accept his
| fate and his toast, and | am here with a
| glad heart to accept mine tonight. Ap-
| pause. There was q wise man, and not
| less wise because he was witty, who hap.
pened to be Clergyman of the Church OF
| England. | mean the one, and only, Sid
| ney Smith, who said that the world was
| filled with round holes and square holes,
and good government depended upon
| whether round men got into round holes or
square men got into square holes, and it
has seemed to me that Maryland has help
to prove that Sidney Smith was right when
| it put Arthur P. German in the executive
Craftsmanship Of the national committee.
[Applause So we made the first step in
sensible organization for victory. We had
square man in square hole and he per-
fectly filled it. Applause And, gen
tlemen, in my private opinion he is a
square man out of that hole or in it. ZAP
plause.] And it strikes me more that he
will be clever man whoever manages to
get him in a hole at all. Applause and
cries of ''good."] The more / think of
what has been done the more stand less
in exultation before the result than in hum
BILE gratitude to- every man that conducted
to it. [Applause.] And if the sbarers of
merit are to apportioned to whom, ask
you, in this broad country shall fairly and
justly be assigned the chief need than to
him who stood the centre of Importantly,
the centre of inquiry, the centre of anxiety,
than the quiet, self-sustaining man that
Maryland has produced and given to the
Union" Applause and cries Of ''good.
Senator Pendleton responded to the
toast, Civil service reform-Gov. Cleve-
land is best practical exponent, and we
look to his administration to enforce all the
laws that secure it, and to inaugurate 9TH
ers which will widen the scope of its ope-
ration until the corrupting spoils system
shall cease to be even a possibility in our
political life.''
Col. John R. Fellows responded to the
toast, "Grover Cleveland"
.'The constitution of the United States"
was responded to by Senator Lamar, Of
Mississippi.
The sixth toast, ssThe State of New
York-the Empire State" was responded
to by Hon S. S. Cox, who said he thanked
Goi he had lived to see this day.
Letters of regret were received from
Presidents Cleveland, Vice President
elect Hendricks, Senator Garland, Hon. w.
Fl. Barnum, Hon. A. S. Hewitt, Hon. John
s. Barbour, Gen. Mcclellan, and others.