Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-13
THAT DINNER AT THE HUB.
Speeches by Mr.. Cleveland, Henry w.
Grady andAndrew Carnegie.

The Boston merchants dinner at the Hotel
Vendome last night was . solidly substantial
affair socially as well as gastronomIcally. The
special guests Of the evening were ex-President
Cleveland, Andrew Carnegie, Henry W. Grad y
and Hon. W. L. Putnam Of Maine. Over 400
business men Of Boston and New England sat
down with them.
The hall was deliberately and elegantly dec
GRATED with banners and flowers. At the round
table in the center sat Jonathan A. Lane presi-
dent of the association. At his right were ex-
President Cleveland, H. W. Grady, W. L. Put
nam, P. A. Collins, John Lowell William E.
Russell and Leopold Morse, while at his left
were seated Gov Oliver Ames, Andrew Car
negie, Gen. Clinton B. Fiske Of New Jersey,
Homer Rogers, president of the Boston board
OF aldermen; Francis Lynde Stetson of New
York and Collector Saltonstall, all guest Of the
association. The guests at the other tables in
cluded Edward Atkinson, Congressman Ranney,
Josiah Quincy. Alden Speare, president Of the
Boston chamber OF commerce, Charles s.
Smith, president Of the New York chamber Of
commerce and Assistant United States Treas
urer s. N. Aldrich.
James Russell Lowell sent letter of regret.
Gov. Ames made the initial speech and in due
time ex-President Cleveland was introduced.
One OF the closing sentences in his speech was
this: "As 1t has been with civil service reform,
SO will it be with ballot reform, except that the
coming victory will be more speedily achieved
and will be more complete"
GRADY DEFENDS THE SOUTH.
The greeting given to Henry W. Grady was
no less enthusiastic than that extended to the
e1-President. Mr.. Grady said that this year
the south raised $500, 900 bales of cotton, which
enormous crop could not have come from the
hands OF discontinued labor. The negroes of
Georgia who, twenty-five years ago, were
slaves, now possess $40, 900, 900 of property.
Since 1866 the south has spent 1922, 600, 600 in
education and this year is pledged to S37, 000,-
OOO more, although the blacks, paying 1.30 of
the taxes, get nearly one-half the fund In the
south are negro lawyers, teachers, editors, doc
tors and preachers multiplying with the in
ereasing ability of their race to support them.
The speaker believed the race problem would
be solved by the people most bound in honor
to Its solution. He asked of his hearers:
First, patience; out of this alone can come per-
feet work; second, confidence; in this alone
can you Judge fairly; third, sympathy; in this
you can help I'd best Fourth, give us your
sons as hostages, that they may help to swell
the Anglo-Saxon current until it can carry
without danger this black infusion. Fifth, 10y
atty to the republic, for there is sectionalsm in
loyalty as In estrangement. Give US the broad
and perfect loyalty that loves and trusts Geor-
gia alike with Massachusetts,; that knows no
south, no north. no east, no west, but endears
with equal and patriotic love every foot Of our
soil, every state Of our Union"
CARNEGIE ON CLEVELAND.
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie was next introduced.
He paid high compliment to Mr.. Cleveland
as one whom history would declare had tried
to do his duty and possessed the respect of the
entire people regardless of party. He said Mr..
Cleveland had demonstrated one answer to q
question of his own asking-what to do with
He had shown that one good
thing to do with them was to invite them to all
banquets, and in this connection the question
occurred to him-why not run them again? To
this there storm Of applause with cries of
Good" That's SO" and renewed cheering.
Mr.. Carnegie was followed by Hon. w. L.
Putnam, late democratic candidate for COVER
nor of Maine, who spoke briefly on Merchant
marine and fisheries"