New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-24
BUSINESS MEN IN POLITICS.
OPENING a NEW CLUBHOUSE.
PROGRESS OF A DOWNTOWN REPUBLICAN
ASSOCIATION.
yroourNr SPEECHES BY cHAUNoEY n. DEPEw'
4. r. WHITNEY, ELIHU ROOT, c, p. vEDDER'

IoHN r. PLUMMER AND OTHERS
Tho entrance of the business man into Repub-
g.o, notics as an active and permanent factor
IN the party's life was. celebrated interestingly
and enthusiastically yesterday at the formal OPEN
ing of the house of the Downtown Club OF the
Business Mems Republican Association. ms
club. like the organization of which 1t forms
mart. is the outgrowth of the movement on the
mart of the business men Of New-York last IAN III
favor of continued protection TO American lnous-
tries. as represented in the elcctlon Oh har'i'oh
and Morton 1t was so earnest ana SO e'ncienV
an aid in the canvass that its leaders ieiV 'n"U
r. should be kept alive, not IN meie
perfunctory way, but as hive, potent ana a'Oia0'
i've association that would interest," al Al 'Snp
thy with Republican principles.
To do this it is proposed to open ciun-nouses
- ,,arious narts of the city, where members Oh
tte Marty NAV meet for social enjoyment as wen
-. ,,ol;tical discussion The Downtown CLUB Is
che frst of these to be opened. 1T is at NO o.
Nevv-st the handsome fve-story building formerly
occunied bv the Exchange Club. The site is eN-
ceTlent and the building is well adapted for tne
purpose for which it has been chosen. us iu'
nishngs and decorations are in eNcelleno 'aS.e'
and Yesterday they were supplemeh'o ny
some of the most striking banners, sucn as 'hos'
of the Jewellers Club, the Coal Trade organi-
zation. the Wholesale Dry-Goods Club, the WesV
Side Merchants, the Produce and Maritime EA-
change Clubs the Workingmen's Protec'iVe Assn
citation. the Wholesale Chemical and Palnt oluo'
the Lower Wall Street Merchants organization
and others that figured IN the Dig nep"'N'"A
parade here on November 4.
BEGINNING WITH A RECEPTION
The exercises consisted of reception that hsteo
from till s o'clock during which the speeches
&ha a1a luncheon
oil invited puests There were nearly tnousaiu
80 these: in fact the attendance was only
,;ro;tea nv the capacity OF the roonS
An tho officers and nearly all the members "eio
on hand. A. R. Whitney. the president Oh Uio
s1rh nresided The House Committee, H. a.
nrale e. NJ Brown c. E. Quincy ana uener"i
q H T. Coils. acted also as the Reception Oohi-
mittee to the satisfaction of everybody
The sneakers stood in the gallery OF the Dig
dirfnr-room, so that everybody couio near @i,
that was said. Mr. Whitney opened the oratoricai
mart of the programme shortly aiter ciooA'
P ,bis time tho rooms were filed with well-known
merchants, brokers and political leaders, among
yybom were John F. Plummer. H. o. Armour, Cor
"orms N Bliss. Granville p. Halves,
Senator Van Colt, John w. Jacoous,
e g Shayne, ex-President Spencer, OF
tbe baltimore and Ohio Railroad Aqueduct Com
missioner Walter Howe. II. E. Alexander, j. H.
Sterling. secretary of the club; H. N
Tburber R II. Thomas, Dwight Lawrence
Commodore Van Sandtvoord, Mahlon Chance'
Stephen B. Elkins, General Hustled, A Nj OnuT-
hill. Assemblyman I. ]. Treadway, Jesse Sehg-
man. Thomas L. Watson, Edward Nj brown
Charles E. Quincy, D. o. Lindley, Horace IA
Hotchliss. Robert I. Cheseorough, F. h. Munora'
II w. Cannon, Benjamin F. Peixotto. William H.
Bellamy, Colonel Elliott F. Shepard, Jonn D
Smith. Senator O'Connor. Delmore Elwell' JuiiuS
Schwartz, Police Justice Patterson Jonn l.
Martin George Ieask. Commodore Brown, of the
New-York Yacht Club; Colonel W. b. GrosV'sOr'
Charles Watrous, and host of others.
THE CHAIBMAN'S ADDRESS
Mr. whitney was received with great applause
uis brief opening address was repeat
edlv cbeered. particularly his ntroduc-
ion Of Mr. Depew as his double
humorous reference to the similarity Oh tne gen
eral appearance of the two men. MI "hi'heS
said in substance:
The Downtown Club of the Business Mems Eepu "
iioan Association, In whose name bs t ofs prng OF
the Business Mems Republican As bust
gansOps have Ss 9SSn S Ssefsa espssn organized
Syep $50 clubs with membership OF over s oUOOO
ana sauTdsy u November B. $1,000 under the
banner protection The parent organ nstion have
temoorary rooms at No 2S6 Fifth and any cltszen
in good standing can become Chairman az Of The
cnmmittee on Admission, at the rooms, accompanied
BY IS dues for the first year ,,s,e.s Of the club the
and members to sS %nsh Tbe Shars
have ga for $50 the to 1 s0e @ On
be c SroSdeS aPS be membership large enough
Inc Of 6v T1p al sSS SSS to send their
names and come here as often as they possoy can AN
rub up sgn ssaf ea much GOOD win come Of heer
Of go% hare hare see O1ns
You will find in the house are free 70 az ana CONTAIN
the and objects and purposes o. me D Ss rty
and BsRV %e ay 5Ts Sesd
quarters worthy Of the RepIScsqh pSry 5epew
much laughter and applause]
CHAUNCEY NJ. DEPEw's TELLING WORDS
Mr.. Depew who was received with tremendous
cheering. took his place beside his double and
said:
Gentlemen this the first time ever had the the
that It was pretty good Should Maq SaTe b esa az
whitney preceded Gaughfer.l He. as other speak
% ssae 70 and sfe what was the line Of thought
result is that there is line left for me There afs
%ssn With Sesp 0i sager Il
TO remark that the rest OF you are loaded
with other things (Laughter) Their time VIII come
later naughter) -. -. -,
This is Protection association and yet am as
stred By the management that within these walls the
necessities Of life VIII be moderate saughter ana 20
day they are free. Much langhter) But the enecl
Of this fee lunch upon the finances OF the ciuD mas
settled the club against free trade forever
more. (Laugher) One Of the best develop
ments of this canvass, one OF the pes
Indications Of the development of National politics
Is the organization of clubs like this al over the
country lCheers.) We have hitherto labored undel
the impression that politics were matter OF Naiiona
concern In four years During six months o.
heated contest have discussed political principles
parties have been Joined much IN the old Volunteer
Fire Department days The company was joined
and then came the enthusiasm for the machine, fol
which men would give their tlmc, sacrifice their bus
ness and II necessary their lives.
PASSED THE SHOUTING PERIOD.
But We have passed the shouting period. Thu
ares were put out twenty-five years ago. and now