The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-04-25

Senators .Iyaris and Dawes Give Out Ehe
Tune for iSSS-Nlr- F;,art% Pays nis Re
si,octs to the NIu%wnups-Dem"crrtic
Reform.
1t is seldom that the roof OF Ioungs
Hotel Boston Mass, shelters at one time
SO many distinguished men as were as
sembled last Saturday afternoon in the
large banluet-room at a dinner given by
the MiddleseX Club in hoaorol SenatorW.
NJ. Eyarts Colone! d snicl Nredham sat
AT the head Of the table, and near him
were the special guests Of the occasion,
Hon. Henry l.. Dawes, Hon. George f.
EIoar, Governor Robinson and Lieuten-
ant-Governor Ames, Of Massachusetts,
Senator Pike and Governor Hale, OF New
Hampshire, Senator Aidrich and Cover
nor Dnuru. Of Rhode Island. After the
dinner Colonel Needha,n presented Gov
eruor Robinson. who said that, as the
representative OF Massachusetts, he could
assert that he was greatly honored III en-
joying the presence OF Il Boston boy who
had rlscu to mere than national fame i'll
sister state, who pos sessed the highest
esteem and confidence of the people az
large, and who now returned to lay i'll
his mothers lap soGc Of the sheaveS
gathered in a most honorable and useful
life.
Before Senator Egarts had an oppor-
q, H., .,.,.,,.,r IL
gentlemen al the tables .Pgang to their
feet with loud cheering and waving of
handkerchicfs. aud ior il moment it would
nave been impossible for anybody t"
have made himself heard by his neigh
bors. The Senator told uf his experiences
as a Boston school boy, drew y number
of lessons from the hats.e anniversary
UeXingtun) and then turned his atten
ton t. politics. He spoke laCctiousiy oi
the willingness Of some Republicans To-
express their conf fence ia the stability
OF our government by voting the oypuSI-
ton party into power, aud advanced the
opinion that the experiment would not
be repeated. Never had the Republicans
been more united and determined than
at present, and their struggle III 1883
would De made with perfect faith that
victory was ahead. Iue new Cabinet
Was hardly calculated to INSPIRE conf
dencc, especially as IL contained three
members from that element which had
convulSed The nation ii civil SJrlic. ana
bat one loyal Northern soldier t. face
them. It seemed As If there We're a grow
ing feeling Of dissatisfaction with the
distribution Of power under the new al
miuistraton. Such iii judged action as
that OF Il large body g Republicans last
TALL was likely to bring On disorder and
disaster. Still tbs common sense of the
people would resist aud correct this oi
Tense. lnlSSS there would De nn tall
about the repuTnance to any candidate,
anti comparatively few people would b"
shouting for the P"u:Iib!ticu nominee:
but the votes would he east simply for
one or the other of the twt great parties
and its principles.
Senator Dawes, who made the closing
speech, said that rile craftsmanship hon
ored on this occasion was ii Il rare I,lGG:
the nearer one got 10 it the greater its
fame. The speaker was proud OF the
party to which senator Egalts and he
himself belonged of It's past and
sure OF It's success in the future. poIltic;.!
parties bad recently changed their posi-
ton, but not their character. The Dem.
! ocratic party was the same old uurchahIe
panty still, ana could not change its
spots. The new administration has sold
a few strained horses, discharged a few
servants, put Il ilag at Lalt-mast for the
death Of Il traitor and got rid of 20 de
tsctivcs at the Treasury Department.
All these great reforms Were interest
ing to a natItm of more than 80 600 900
people. But how about tie policy of the
| administration in affairs of more imp0r-
tance? Silence had been the ruie. The
flag of the party still remained a weather.
| cock. The spoils system could bet be
rooted from its native soil. y cover must
not be mistaken for cure. Ana, finally
the people must NOT bo luIiei into in,lif-
| terence. but he on the alert tor the wrong,
which is sure to crop out. and be pre-
pared to battle again fnr the salvation Of
the nation.