Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-06
HONORING DALZELL.
The Ladies of SWiSSvale Present His
Club With a Fine Banner.
PRAISING THE CONGRESSMAN.
The Representative DenOunces Southern
Political Outrages.
ME-. TRENT ON GOOD REPUBLICANlSM.

"a specIAI meeting OF the DalZell Repub-
hcan Club was held at its rooms. SwissyaIe.
last evening. The occasion was the pre-
sentation Of an elegant banner, handsomely
embroidered and bearing the title of the
club in letters of gold on a groundwork of
dark blue silk, by the ladies of Swissvale
and vicinity to the club. About Is ladies
and so or 20 gentlemen were present to hear
the addresses of the Hon. John Dalzell. S,
.. Trent, Esq, Mr.. A. j. Edwards and
other speakers. Among those in the gath
ering were: ID. P. Corwin, Secretary Of the
PittSburg, Virginia and Charleston Road;
1. N. Moffat and D. f. Collingwood. the
latter an Americas Club man.
The chairman called the meeting to Or
der, and after briefly stating the object of
their assembling, introduced Mr.. A. J.
Edwards who had been called upon to pre-
sent the banner on behalf of the ladies. Mr..
Edwards paid glowing tribute to woman,
aoyerted to her powerful influence for good,
ana SAID that everything she touched she
elevated and raised above the common. He
spoke IN eulogistic terms OF Mr.. Dalzell, and
said well might they place his name upon
their banner, for he represented the purest
party and grandest organization this country
ever saw. He referred to the inception of
the party and Its subsequent career, and in
closing said: ''The ladies of Swissvale de-
sire to present to you through me, this
handsome ana elegant banner. When time
shall have dimmed its beauty, it is the hope
of the donors that the Dalzell Republican
Club will still be in its youth and beauty"
MR.. TRENT's CLEVER REPLY.
S. n. Trent, in accepting the gift on be-
half of the club, expressed his acknowledge
ments to the donors for their devotion to the
principles which the organization repre-
sented. He said that strong indeed, was the
cause, and favored that had woman's sym
pathy and support an6 that all along in the
great highways Of time woman had been
stronger in her tears, than men in
their arguments Proceeding, the speaker
referred to the support that women
had always accorded the Republican
party during the dark DAYS of its
inception, and said that it was her lot not
alone to darn and mend and perform her
household duties, but it was also her mis-
sion to inspire men to benefcent results
The aspirations of the Republican party
were worthy of a woman's sympathy. Con-
tlnuIng Mr.. Trent drew a distinction be-
tween Republicans and Democrats, as the
former being so because they knew some
thing and the latter being SO
because they knew nothing. "The |
Democratic party" he continued,
never stood up for anything until it knew |
hAdb buG 4NSpuDllCdus were going 10 90, /
then they went against it. Where would |
this country be without the splendid |
achievements of the Republican party? |
Nothing but dream, a delusion. 1t has |
spoken the voice of liberty; its influence has |
extended to the ends of the earth; it lifted |
race from slavery; it has fostered and pro-
tected American industries; it has made us |
respected abroad, and 1 say to you that 1t is |
worthy OF woman's support, for it is the |
knighthood Of American manhood to-day. |
So, my friends, the gentlemen of this vicin- |
ity have founded this organization to main |
tain these principles, and they believe they |
can best be maintained by the election of |
pure, capable and honest men TO Office
The Chairman then introduced the Hon. /
John Dalzell, who was received with cheers
The sp 'aker said he would as soon think of
making set speech on the present occasion
as he would of addressing his friends in his |
own parlOr. He fully appreciated the kind
things sai5 &c him, and If their Representa-
tive were all he was painted, the honor re-
hected not on him but on those whose prin-
ciples he ad ,-sated. ANY gentleman would
be proud to be connected with them. 1t
was good thing to have a club in a neigh
borhood like that. Men were gregarious
animals,
BRASS BANDS A NECESSITY.
People decry brass bands and parades and
Tue REduu uOuIleuGS udOe on POLITICAL OCea- |
sions, but they have their uses; they serve
to attract crowds and draw the attention of
those assembled to the cause. There is an
other point, too, in connection with the uses
of club; there is the instruction socially as
well as politically which can be promul-
gated by them. There is the reflex effect on
members of what they may have heard at
their club. Men exchange views and ideas,
discuss matters of interest suggested bv
r1nccinr and = Il. /
suggested to the mind of which it never had
thought Of before. In political affairs there
must be machine, and one of the
uses of the political club is to |
control the machine, not be con-
trolled by it. There must be machine.
whether it be good or whether it be bad. |
By machine 1 mean that organization
which is necessary to conduct an election.
Now it seems TO me that when the club
loses its organization it loses its power to
control and direct the machine, which up to
a certain point is all right. 1t is when the
machine goes too far that the club should
step in and direct it. Whenever a club de-
parts from this position and becomes ma
chine, and ceases to be an auxiliary, it
opens the door to "bossism," a thing we
should avoid as far as possible, and if we 5
would understand how to maintain our club
we must not lose sight of this
1t is very easy to get up a club '
on a political basis, especially dur s
ing a campaign, but it is {
different thing to keep it going afterward
Now, my suggestion is in the line of what
is practical. Every club has a social ele-
ment and this is a side that should be cuIti- 7
waited; you won't have pressing political !
questions to keep you going all the time. :
You must introduce the social substratum:
make it more Of an element, make your
club nomelike. Why should there not be 7
from time to time social as well as political :
If a man has anything to saw !,
why cannot he ventilate his ideas? A good =
social club, made up of good social fellows is !
bound to be success. suggest to you, for
lecture, say once a month 1 >
will myself undertake to supply one or two .
such lectures. :,
Mr.. Dalzell went on to say the club should II
have a voice in controlling the affairs of the il
and said: ''I cannot under n
stand how a man can be Democract. or o
how a man can insult his understanding bv :;
becoming a Democrat. The Republican il
party has not gotten to the end of its mis- e
sion or its history. The party that started \
put for free territories and ended in freeing
men, has not fulfilled its mission until the -
awful Southern outrage is wiped out. 1t is p
wrong TO every man in the nation who has
vote, that the Southern planter has now 8
rotes for the 3 be used to have, and say =
hat the Republican party will carry on its