New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-09

Was obliged 10 abandon It's stern realities ana seq
ny livelihood In some less dangerous pursuit slaash'
Tor the last three years We have ,,S been en-
Nay and our surplus In cash. II we go on talking
about that other nation which has has ana All AZ
10 70 declare dividend aaghterl, and therefore Is
National boon that We have sent ,pose s"o ussfs
aud practical way.
Mayor Cleveland Of Jersey City, who was next
called upon by the president said in substance
II anybody wanted % engage az aor 70 RI o
have never seen game OF baseball m ny ihs
~ spp about 1 having was T ms present
knew was like the critic who rcvleSsa w s, ~
ese nsssd s1 aas Sse see oTsoS
nd engaged my passage 10 this county from New
s 'sss. ns sasEs y''v ws sS ,o he people EsS
Jersey Of the journey was bent upon, they Sou S
meet T y s s1S SsS AND 9 DO oc
these eentemenas missionaries OF many s2Crs s ana
succes. cloud appIansei
After Mayor Cleveland had finished, the com.
pany rose to drink the first regular toast. A. u.
Spalding responded by claiming all the honor
Of the trip fer Mr.. Lynch and the admirable
body Of representative young mon who had visited
five continents and fifteen countries ana giayed
IN forty different cities, applause ,s ne t, ae'
sc1bed briefly tie successful progress OF the raV-
eilcrs around the world contendn1g that The hon,
American pluck and Skill and therefore
to the whole American people. loud applausel
A. @. Ansons response was snort pus 20 I Ife
point consisting chiefly In an expression OF his
personal gratitude to the Mayors, Aldermen ana
crowned heads who had welcomed the american
boys and ending with an anrhpe9 ay, w M
the president declared had prought 1nen' u
= short STOP tLaughter)
John Ward followed in the same strain, pro
y nas instruotjye and that Fire Island light
house was the most impressive thing the travellers
'a Tes.S Lynch. Mr.. Spalding's business manager
recounted some amusing and unreported advent H
ures Of the team, and ccmplimented the ladies'
Of the party on the grace and distinction tney
n1T The ssp Hawaiian Minister and Mark Twain were
dawn for Joint response TO the next toast Inc
Minister who was unable 70 DC psr the rsadine
sf which Mark Twain took the door. ...-,s.,c
The great humorist bore with cnSrac' s;a,sn
equanimity the cheers whicn gtess;; I've obaraateris
tcaily droll speeches. He said IN suosoahoe
Thougf not native intmaed by The e ssnG1Ss
yslts ssss Tia .a ssss ss S ssS H snd a
a home q profound rRSss anu ,c sOr' sumSerou
sns afsa9 is sms.s oe long delicious day
and the good that die experience change for they
ca 1a sje And played baseball Ss ssdt
cannot realize sSs Rlses ana funeral eas
S STt 50 eeas In baseball you've got to DO every
thing Just right or you don't get there In the ISLANDS
ssy sh sUs % Su sass You DO il wrong gt it
right, for II you do IT right you get 1t Wrong uere
the wronger you DO Il t6g Fighter 4 IS Genewed
'sv ms o O ne rda S don't turn out 70
tho right, they turn cut to the left And so, from
4 makes then them and crosseycd
Now and then you run across instances Of ignorance
that simply revolving simply degrading to !he
human race Think OF ft-there, the ten fakes the
person ashamed. Wei. the missionaries always
going 70 fix that but they put it Of and put lt on
going down. and down. and down, til some dsy you
wil see pair of jacks beat straight hush Great
CHEERING A TELEGRAM.
During Mr.. Twains address, telegram wns re
ceived from Senator Cantor, saying that bill had
just been passed by the Senate saving the Polo
Grounds, by providing that One-hundred-and-
eieventh-st. should not be cut through them at
present When this telegram read by Mr..
Mills, the shout that went up seemed almost equal
to raising the roof in fact After the noise had
one qualified TO accompany the bali players from
Australia to England MIR. Wiman's words were
greeted with applause.
MIR. DEPEW'S WITTY TALK.
Chauncey NJ Depew w,ls received with three
rousing cheers. He said that representing as he
did more than any other man all America, he
felt that il was proper that he should be called
rpon to welcome the ball players home. He was
preparing an Grafton for the centennial ceie-
bration, he said, which would deal win Tue
important events in American history, ana Wnnoh,
he hoped, but feared not would rise to the
occasion Yet he was convinced that that ora
ton was insignificant when compared win wnat
washington the Father of his Country, died
without having, sspen game of baseball. Jenef-
son, Madison aid Hamilton bud framed tne
sibIe. but they had died without having seen
baseball played He was almost convinced thag
all the men who had ever lived ana acnleye4
success In this world had lived in vain. he hha
once SEN a bnsebal game, and he thought IT was
very Qnc but he didn't understand anythnR
about Il q, EstsT a1a Me- e S Bee sP sad
that in hindocstan they Rad erected senSs mon
such as had not been felt there SHE
Alesander's iegons crossed the e, R Sansss
and EsSR' they ne P Psasso6s ' shake they
ran their bases. Tn Rome they had made AUDIENCES
scream with delight such as they naI IoS
perienced since multitudes screamed wltn peasIiss
- - srnjne Christian MARTYRS deyoured by wild
beasts And when they reached, England tieS
made the heir of the throne bow IN homage 10
M. Depew told Of a conversation he had last
summer with Mr.. Gladstone CONCERNING the heWs-
saners NJ England and the United States. Mr.
ElaSstone asked what difference there was Pc
tween them, and MIR. Depew had replleu that tne
difference was simply this: The Enghsn news-
and hall d column 70 cricket while the papers IN
this country gave half column to Congre ssl onai
news and ten columns 70 baseball lggarted
10 know why IL was so, ana AH.
Depew gave The Grand Old Man" IA
lesson in politics by explaining that IL was Ds
freedom. and had time for play adding that when
Tie English people had worked out their ffeedo,n
they would haze time for cricket heierr ~
10 the hold that baseball has secured upon inc
american people, Mr. Dspew said that the $4,000
50 people OF this country were divided by creeas,
fssssbsii He didn't believe, however, that more
than 6ooO,o 900 people understood the game
uAugbter9 $50 $3.50 IL.
y ,.,na ,,nnn1 ordinary affairs, Mr. Depew said
fif,e telegraph announces that Wara has been
Lost Ia Washington, and the Senate adlourns
f.---s -. ePOVdS IL