New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-07
Louis Omaha and Chicago will say It IS the city OF
New-York" Cheers
CHICAGO AND THE FAIR

was in Chicago recently and looked into PRAYER
book wishing express my hankfuness for preservation
from the perils Of found this: Cherubm and
Seraphm continually do cry the Worlds Fair, Chicago
Much laughter) / asked Chicago friend what II
meant "wcll," he said. 1--WE put these every
where" But notwithstanding the criticism tha'
has been made upon New York. she is still the ois
city which put up the hard dollars, which can Dc
called for when the requirements OF the contract demahu
guarantee which Will successfully conduct the gc~
exhibition (Cheers) We somewhat slow In matters
which ourselves. We charged with being
purely commercial and trading people when, as matter
OF fact there IS other city OF it, size any hing A
It in the that little public spirit little OF
local patriotism upon its trading ana ooi
mcrcia interests New.York is the typical represen@'''
Of the nationalities OF the interests Of the whoie
country and It IL only when something touches the he4
OF the whole land that the pulse Of NcwYok beats ho
than ts normal number OF pulsatons Cheers Le.
there be fir Chicago; let there be fund rau
FOR the family President died poor let there
be fund raised for the thousands OF sufferers az johns
town, ant Instantly the commercial spirit disappears
thu divine spirit OF brohery love, embracing the who're
country gives the and gives them on sne spot
Cheers
WHY NETWORK is THE PLACE
NewYork will have the Worlds Fair when the discus
sion Is all over because OF any argument she mug
present any place may present but because IN m
eternal fitness OF things, New-York Is the financial INV
commercial the intellectual Of the continent O
when Ncw-York is prosperous the country Is P
porous, and when there is panic in New-fork 'ne. 80.
ruin everywhere. When the Worlds Fair opens ]" '"7
city in 1892 the effect and the benefit OF It's vast Increase
In the receipts that will pour in here the effect ana NV
benefit Of the education OF the vast possibilities u Wv
products and the manufactures Of this country suppF
the world. will be felt from Maine ="
California; and from the Lakes to the
Not only that. but in years afterwaTd ui'
swiftly moving capital. in the good wages everywhere GU
ioyed in happy homes in the disappearance oil po'er
the universal sharing thrift comes from TAXING
haUpc-L anu Iu''
prosperous city Of the globe loud cheers]
ToAsTs OF OTHER SPEAKERS.
7. c. T. Grain, who represented Mayor Grant,
spoke to Our City, " Bcnignly fostered by the
good ST. Nicholas, our fair city thrivcs apace'
ran the sentiment accompanying the toast.
To George William Curtis was assigned the
toast Of
" The envy Of less happier lands,
This blessed spot this earth, this realm, our
Holland"
His address was haracteristically scholarly
and eloquent. He pointed out how TO the
Puritan who landed in New-England
and TO the Hollander dwelling by his seadykes the
civilized world was Indebted for the origin and
development of modern liberty, Said he, The
Pilgrim Fathers took their degrees at Leyden, and
the New-Engander graduated IN Holland
Let us rejoice he added, that in the hues oil
the rainbow OF promise with which the American
Republic fills the whole future of the world the
deep glowing imperishable orange is blended with
the red, white and blue of our glory and our hope.
Loud cheers
The next toast was The Army and Navy
| with the motto:
They by their great deeds
| Have drummed hard upon this hollow world
Making sound TO last for ages
General W. T. sherman, who is certainly,
| word-war-drummcr, replied for the Army. HIS
| witty and pthy remarks were chcercd TO the
| echo Rear-Admral Braine was an able spoSeS-
| man for The Navy"
| F. Iorbinson Smith talked about The Found
J prs of New Amsterdam
a stubborn race fearing and fattering none;
| Such were they nurtured, such they lived and
died.
| The Rev W. II. ?. Faunce and Joseph ].
! O'Donohue replied for " Our Guests" to whom
| tie society extended this poetcal greeting:
" \ good digestion 10 you all;
/ We shower a WELCOME on YOU; welcome all;
When the representatives Of the guests had re-
/ turned thanks for their welcome, good-bys were
exchanged and the feast of st. Nicholas was over.