New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-12-23
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MIR. DEpEw's WITTY RESPONSE,

General Woodford introduced the next toast.
"Thc state Of Ncw-York." rs follows;
sitting in this place OF oe,eryali0n inc Sn,,r
York sits at our table. Yet, by the arithmetic
Of Now England | have found, counting noses
400 600 900 sit represented at this table tonight
Cries OF good" laughter aud applause The poor
look the rich with grauaton ana the lch sit ~ us
erect silence but II Is New York. the centre of all the
Nation that brings such results here And 80 We come
TO the state Of New York lie Will respond who has
spoken for New-York, yet not half 50 apt "a New.
YORK could wish, with al ms sloanehhc@ I mo,
will tonight make rccOmpcnse Tor all the ialngs OF the
past (Iaughter.l Ncw-lork and Chaunccy u. Depcw'
,Applausc.l
Mr. Dcpew spoke as follows:
MIR PRESIDENT: II marks the evolution OF your race
that a Brooklyn man presldes over the New y otk
society When he attends the annual meeting OF the
brooklyn branch, he says ne comes s Nhssi ptnghs
the subject city across the Bridge wthhm while here e
paradox Is that with the citizen of Brooklyn odesy IL
purely "a domestic proluct and never carried abroad
Won given that when II came again felt like the
good brother in the class meeting of Methodist church
I'm Pennsylvanin town. who, when the experiences hnd
all been told. and the celebrations tagged and The
prayers grew feeble remarked My brethren, a. the
legnla exercises tonight seem 10 halt little, will I'M
rove the time by making few observations on the
tarin Laughter The gentleman who answers for the
have this during every Admin sratior for twenty
years have discovered that when trying to icel IA the
Governor uf the hour, whether lac lie Morgan Holman,
Eenton DIX, I'll len, Robinson ar CORNELL might under
similar circumstances. my mental ami moral conditions
ilscne of tho proscn distinctions OF our state that
its capitol has become the Mecca ot half the Nation ~
IL safe prediction to- nNcr 80 both confident aud hope
less patriots that the cabinet the President elect thinks
lac will select IN ncccmhcr a. not The one hc Will send to
the senate Ia March Laughter and applause New
York always imperial aud original settled In tho late
campaign Ia a gtand way, which earci the world, tho
ELECTS factors IN potcs ~ gaNtuuunv aud theology
None u VIM with hurts and wounds are Try ing 10 look
cheerful viii ever whom RECALLING thc eas. or tho ncr
hnu,n and hoomrfans, lhughtrr hnt while rroos,
nitus tho right ct The Ne'os 10 telorr tho ,nnqnSrd
fln q
iact that Ia tho ultimate aH7nilmcnl Nnl assimilation
upon policies ana Wmo,nDn "' au .nr venrnt, which
pratod ~ the lady wh"a,onshcl tho lnirt citizens NJ tho
butch hamlet OF foekski when Was boy 10y introduce
ing coach dos. The nrst rain storm washed OH tho
black spots. aud when tio purchaser demonstrated with
there In mi,take there was an umbrella with that
dog" Laushtcr II Is the misfortune OF our state that
she il biz enough tobc careless and Coneniel
sufficiently large or small To be oplnOnated and ag
gIessiNe
SOME THINGS THE STATE HAS NEGLECTED.
The natural highway between the ocean and the lakes
WAS utilized by De witt Clinton to construct the water
way which created empires In the West aud metropolis
on the coast. Applause. Alexander Hamilton fornu-
lated the National and State Constitutions and con-
stucted financial system which has survived the first
century OF the Repubi. while with jay he formed
the tramvrite who carried through the Federal Union.
Any other state would have been ied with the images
~ trsc mon in marble and in bronco aud the Whole
country deafened with their fame aud illuminated with
the hight shea the capacity of their Commonwealth for
leadership; but have erected no public statues or
monuments r. pcrpciuatc their memories. IL l. not
pleasant note that ten thnnsiud billions OF in
vested and active cagi cannot see the plate which beg,
the dole pay the expenses OF receiving the grand
bem of Liberty contributed by France To by tho
trlnmphs of peace between young republic and her
elder sister, "a cDnpact OF friendship signed blood
century ago between an Oh monarchy and young
uubic II the metropolis knew "a much and took
deem an Interest IN the great centres Of activity and In
diligence the interior Ike Utica SYRACUSE Rochester
and Hualo ~ they do In the METROPOLIS II wOud pro-
mote hcalthl state pride. cordial good neghDorhOol.
better Legislation and nome rule In local government
lAI plause. ~, ,,
greater elements praise When the heroes OF the Bos
ton tea party IN their cradles NewYork started the
revolution which ended In Independence. The Erle
Canal created In the commerce OF the globe
Applause Irving solved The Ed,n6rDh R,reioer,
riddle. who reads Aptfican took T. New-York'
aud Weed. made the newspaper tho arbtcr of our laws
and our morals The brooklyn Bridge Ia the eighth
wonder Of tho world aud the Capitol ut Albany SURPASSED