New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-24

gho, arc men devoted TO candidates ana dc'o'e'
70 success and we cannot range ouisihers gu tho 1
level Of conviction from their consideration Du' u
party is dealing with this country ana mas Eo'iuoi -
this Government which recognizes that ponuos Is ps
uf our everyday life, ami that during tne lnei'
when there is no canvass no neat cdI,cate and the
OBJECT 10 be gained, IS the time W '"uO" w
time 20 accomplish. (Cheers) i, .bo c,tv NJ New.
We here-tLe Re ublicans OF the cry vi 49, toon
Yorh-hod position difef en,,f nT States do not
except the Republicans even down ~ o our ballots
Rebel states er v %ss TS ss y yet we i've here II
The presence of such overwhelming maloy ~
US that Su dCn GSSd re SR have not
excitement Of the possibility OF the no phicans
come from local c tSe United States We have only
the feeling ard the belief that ID me uunP" t nnr
puhlieanism In the state anu o .nT cbeersi and
therefore we struggle, we contribute our 1yhnte
give our time we found these CLUBS We .oritiss In
our literature, that we may Keep the ma;Sa at New
New-York and I'm Kings County so down that NemS
York shall be kept In the republican Soul Ih.ers1
the country served on Republican prlncipies' V|"o'
TACTICS OF OUR FRIENDS THE ENEMY
Our friends tho enemy have thoroughly under
stood in the city of New-York, the value OF OF
eanization and OF constant effort TO keep ms largo
majority In every ward there is cluo' Ever!
local politician has his association. The Muiuoon
Association (aughter) may be gwen 10 plon'os, "
dancing and to free fights, but IL is unuersUoou ma
every man gathered within its fold Is SAFE LOT one
Democratic Il
doon Association by an association OF intelligence;
NNSng The LAST canvass a hunger and thirst ior
truth and the truth comes when passion nas tbst
In my Judgment one Of the vess was the develop
ment Of the business n politics Sespised
The business man heretoiOro when one Of bis
associates was active in public affairs ne ToI and Ra.
around that his credit should De Serame badge Of
poor business for TO be active N IN, ion, airs 49,
his neme constantly assoeateu WIZ, discover that pub
lie business is their business, ana unless Tbis almost
to their business viii suffer ,or I among business and
professonsl men putting stigma Of lack OF aoiy ,n
the profession or lack Of business 70 degrade public
life But the appearance of the business fa don
last canvass has raised the md hroadenlnr the
standard.
THE SCHOLAR IN POLITICS,
We have had the scholar In politics ana every com
mencement Grafton for the last twenty-five yoht' 10
had for its central thought the scholar In pohucs' w
the scholar in politics has turned out 10 DC cI'"V "
a Muewump uaughter) He can pull down, ou'
10 ca1not reconstruct. He can take the lneh-pin
ont of a wheel, but he cannot run the machine NO"
the business man in politics brings to p ohIuc,
business ideas, business principles BUSINESS CON
Oh Carr "0 for an industrial and a business
people, aud this campaign, when the ousIne t he
dr,,gopdS orator 0auChterj the lumber orator, me
iron orator (anghterl the woollen orator., ana inc
marble orator with cheek than them an tCheers
md Isnrhter1 n has developed the business mu,
sican Men who never knew before thal ING l n~
,e19r t,euno OF ,bousands and the development
of lung power which they called music Qaughten
has produced magnificent results Cheersl MI
It is a welDown fact that religion and politics
20 hand in hand together The man wn0so pon.ttIIs
IS sound lives decent aud mSPeSea IN ,sgbt In IN
the next Q.aughier) We have proved tne one, am
we bel eve the other now the abteS 70 eaptiTe
sinners they must go where sin IS, and they came
down among the business men angh err ana pr,y Seg
Meeting and every man knows that II was the ossl
adjunct for an practical purposes Of religion aaT nae
laughter and Williams not the sexton Lau gneri
Employer and employe, merchant and clerk, IN iion-
knelt Side BY side together and In the opening OF the
vision OF the larger world where al would be elusl
they that In iime't was an equahIatioh ana
n diled up ard harmonized differences II brought
labor and capital nearer and nearer together. IL
made employers more considerable. II made the en-
ployc more faithful with larger opportunities Tor DC
veiopmcnt into the higher region OF employment ana oi
capital (Cheers)
AS IN RELIGION, so IN POLITICS.
So in politics, the establishment Of the downtown
meetings during the last canvass all those dis
tricts which were redhot with Democracy. was among
the agencleS-the best agency-for success tChecrs9
do not what any man may claim as to what he
did in winning this election. concede it all to him.
do not care what any organizations claim as TO what
they did in winning this election. concode It all 10
them. without what all did. we could not have won
But II the downtown business associations had not
met Il these 800 daily meetings had not been hed, u
these services Of speech and song had not been held
We would not have carried the election. (Choers.l
IL was like bringing truth and light into the DARK
Continent Of Democracy. These business men vert
the Stanleys and the Liyngsones and they took their
lives in their hands-more or less uaughterl-
and discovered that the American CIT
zen, no matter what his birth or ma
prehends that he Is sovereign, and delights 70 oe
Instructed In the duties Of sovereign; ana VIII
business organizations and meetings kept down me
majority, carried the State OF New.f0rk, put IL III
in the Presidential and vice-Pres.dential chairs
brought the country back TO sound principles OF
finance and Of Industrial administration, there 70 re-
main while the campaign OF education CONTINUES
Now we open this club, and within these walls lb
great work viii be done. (Chees) Here we VIII
Welcome Republicans from the Republican, strong
Northwest Republicans from the dishearening con
dtions of tie South Republicans from the stern real
ties Of NewEngland and Republicans from the Terri
tories which are preparing themselves 10 be Repub
iican (Cheers 'They come here without acqualnt
ances TO transact their business and to go home re-
We viii teach them that IN devotion TO principle I'M
der discoyragDg circumstance Ne%-York IS polli
cal paradise and social heaven Cheersl They VIII
60 from here inspired and enthused for work In their
own nelghborhocds all over the United States. and
this VIII be centre OF missionary influences winch
viii peryade the country. (CheerS.)
WHAT THE CLUE WILL ACCOMPLISH.
But 1t will accomplish moro than that. The antag
onisms and the hot competitions OF modern business
mako all savages. The line OF profit is 50 small that
march 10 1t over the dead bodies Of competitors
The race is to the strong and 10 the swift The race
is to the hardest head and tho best armored and
steeled heart. Under these conditions we
| so back In business life, and II
permeatcs our social life. We 80 back to TIE con-
ditons Of the primitive ages Of the world when every
tribe regarded the of every other tribe as
! enemy to be killed, and the tribes were business
organizations to a living and got rich But
men who have only hated each other In business
come within the walls of this club with business
dropped at the door. They come here because they
lind that the tariff may be assailed, which affects
their interests, because they find that men may be
proposed for Cice who hostile 10 good government
| because measures may be promoted which are alb
souely vital 10 be passed for their salvation; and
meeting here under social conditions, In the interval
OF business at noon after business In the afternoon
| each Of them discovers that in every enemy Is
| something which he needs.
They rub together, elbow 10 elbow, shoulder 10
shOuldeP heart and heart. and they form here