Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-25

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stated that money should be used literally
in campaign work.
PHILADELPHIA, December A-Among
the guests at the ninth annual fes-
tival of the New England Society
of Pennsylvania were Postmaster Gen.
eral John Wanamaker, Rev. Lyman
Abbott, Hon. W. c. P. Breckenridge, Of
Kentucky; Hon. Benjamin ButterwOrth, Of
Ohio; General Horace Porter, of New
York, and W. M. singerly. In his re-
sponse to toast, Mr.. Wanamaker said, in
part:
lam reading the papers closely. and think
you abuse yourselves terribly. This city was
once and more than once the capital of the
nation. 1t was the home Of Ben
Franklin, the first Postmaster Gen.
eral, who could not sleep at night
with 70 postofices, while now there areE60, 900
What shall you do for this nation, which takes
in four new States in single day, and win take
in Canada, Cuba and the sugar Islands when they
are ready? Send your best men to do your
countrys business. Put yourself into politics.
That may seem q strange thing for business
man to say, but you can leave your business
for an afternoon to go to matinee. and could
90 to Councils as we'll You can leave your
business for q six months trip abroad, and can't
you 60 to Congress or the Legislature as WellF'
MOVE THE STATE CAPITAL.
.You say you could go to the Legislature If It
were not in Harrisburg. Move Harrisburg to
Philadelphia thenmake the capital Of the State
here. would like to see another Bullitt bill
passed, increasing your Mayors powers and Civ
ing him the right to sign deed for piece
Of land in the East Park for the new Capitol.
Put your money into D3litics-fO endow great
schools for teaching political economy and to
establish great newspapers that shall not be
afraid to speak the truth or correct mistake
when they make one. Put your money into
elections. The great expenses that are
necessary cannot be paid by moonshine or
ment put their hands in their pockets and make
personal and public subscriptions. Shoot that
man on the spotw spends penny for dis
honest elections, but put men as thick as grass
hoppers over the State to see that there Is an
honest ballot and an honest count"
CONGRESSMAN W. G. p. Breckinridge,
who was greeted with long continued
cheers and ,hand-clapping as he arose to
speak after q brief and eloquent intro
duction by Rev. DR.. Boardman, responded
to the toast, sour Country" Referring
to some statements by Postmaster General
Wanamaker, he said that he agreed with
him that it would be better for the people Of
the North and the South If they were frank
er and braver with each other, and he con-
tinued:
THE SOUTHERN IDEA.
thank the President for the kind statement
that have tried to bring the two sections Of
our county together since the unhappy war;
I feel at home in Philadelphia, and In the midst
of the war of the Confederacy. when was q
young soldier under the stars and bars, there
never was an hour when I did not wish
for Philadelphia's glory and prosperity, as
for every other city and State Of the Union
also If the Confederacy had succeeded it
would not have been followed by two hostile
confederacies, but by broader government
having done what could for the Confederacy
returned to the allegiance Of American eit1-
Eenship, believing that every Southern soldier
should help to build up an American union
that should be broad and free.
Mr.. Breckenridge declared that the South
ern States had held together because they
believed that the North was hostile to them.
The fundamental truth with which men
should face the negro problem was that
Christ had died for the colored man as well
as for the white man.
1--WE are plid," continued the eloquent
Kentuckian, because We believe thai YOU
desire not to understand the race problem
in the South. 1t is question of civiliza-
ton with us. cordially agree with
the Postmaster General that it
would be good thing if you would send
South your best men, which you have not
done by long shot. We want you to un-
derstand us, and, if you can't help us, to let
us do for that poor colored race what is kind
and generous and just.