New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-13
ELOQUENCE IN BROOKLYN
SPEECHES AT THE REPUBLICAN LEAGon
DINNER
THE ASSEMBLY ROOMS OF THE ACADEMY oS
MUSIC ELABoRATELY DECORATED OoN'
GRESHAM s. v. WHITE, THE REV Dr.
A. ]. Il. BEHRENDs AND TIiHo'

GREssMAN S. V. WHITE THE REV DR.
A. j. f. BEHRENDs AND THho-
poRE ROOSEVELT AMONG
THE SPEAKERS
~ tho strains of Nadjy" and other popular
airs the Republican League of Brooklyn ana us
friends ate their second annual dinner last even
inc in the Assembly Rooms Of the Academy Oh
Mnsic in Montague-st. While the cor was pleased
with the concord of sweet sounds" the palate
,vas nleased with all the delicacles OF the tape'
An elaborate dinner was served TO 800 persons, VINO
met at 40 and nterchanged greetings IN the Art
Gallery. where the walls were hung with the
paintinrs of the Brooklyn Art Club The dining
hail was decorated deliberately, with hags ehecI
lively disposed about the coats OF arms OIL al the
States Over the raised table reserved ICE .iio
sneakers was finely engraved portrait oil Liheon'
in honor of the eightieth anniversary Oh "hoSo
birth the dinner was given.
When the Republican League, an organization
Of the leading members OF the party III hlhss
Countv. decided TO give an annual dinner year
AGO the date of the birth of the Great Emancipator
was fixed upon as the most suitable year ago the
dinner was given in Remsen Hall, but TINS year
the Assembly Rooms, where most OIL the greaV
dinners in Brooklyn have been given, and where
many speakers of national reputation nave been
heard were decided upon
THE TABLES AND THE GUESTS
The tables at the dinner last evening pore
the names of the great leaders VI
the Republican party, including Lincoln, sumner
Seward, Logan, Arthur, Grant, Garfield, eherluan'
Farragut and Stanton. AT the table oil honor
Robert d. Benedict, president of the League pre-
sided Those at the table inclnded Congressman
s V. White, Theodore Roosevelt ex-lndlan Com
missioner w. II. Lyon, Benjamin ID. Sllhman'
J. S. n. Stranahan, John Winslow, the Rev Dr.
A. j. F. Behrends, General B. +. Tracy, FRANKLIN
Woodruff and John b. Green. Those at the heaoS
of the other tables were William Y: WalIa3G
Timothy L. Woodruff, Il. H. Hobbs, Henry BITS
tow Jobn III. Schultz, W. II. Waring, A. y.
Newton, Robert Payne Jesse johnson ana HERMAN
Lebmann. c.-.I
s. l.. Woodford, William II; beard, FlameR o. q
Gambler w. w. Goodrich, w: H. Male. .; ID; D.
Carruthers, w. B. Boorum, John Gibb, r. X Ken
Red + GS Syss Ke1Seh BE- C. n HOaSn
i a. weinberg, William II. Williams w H.
Hazard S. B. butcher, Charles =. Teale, n ].
S SstTS p Is bV Wslacc s. DaTyeS IL
Raw, w. j. Taylor, A. d. Baird DR.. I; Q. Giroux,
the Rev Dr. T. L. Burch, Charles A. Schieren,
Charles Russell M SGhn e 3ep Fas fa %en
F. A. Ward, w. J. Tate G. H. Prentice, Leonard
Moody, n Cooper, W H. Grace, Darwin James,
Ernst Nathan, G. d. ,Rhinehart ID. a BALDWIN
r. NJ Eigerton, Otto White, DR.. Cornelius Olcott
Tobias new, w. Q. Posburg, J. T. Kelsey, d. N.
Hurley, d. c. Lyall, DIR, A. Boss Mathewson.
H. e. Dresser, Ezra B. futile, e. ( Linton
the Rev. NJ. W. Prince and Howard NJ Smith.
THE REPUBLICAN STAR IN THE ASCENDANT.
After the coffee was served at 9:20 o'clock
President Benedict made the address of welcome.
He said in part:
In brlef limits tho
birthdays Of Washington and Lincoln. Applause) Both
will always be reverenced by every true Republican but
Lincoln is hearts The origin and rise and
great work Of the Republican party are indossouoy con-
nected with the name Of Lincoln. He great Amer
Ican great Republican and great leader of the people
We met year ago under different circumstances Then
we had hope tonight have feeling OF exuation
(Applause sandardbearer OF our best blood
brain and thought and contested vital isueA and the star
Of the Republican party in the ascendant 1t Is 1t that
should rejoice this day Of the victory OF the party 70
which Lincoln gave much Of his life. We contested
the issue which are sure Lincoln would have de-
cIared himself had no been living In our times lie was
pronounced favor OF protective tariff. (ADpause)
We rejoice that the President four years is 70
be such Benjamin Harrison. (Appiause)
LETTERS OF REGRET AND ToAsrs.
Letters of regret were received by Timothy L.
Woodruff from President-elect Harrison, Gov
ernor ]. A. Beaver, Of Pennsylvania, Senator
Sherman. General o. o. Howard, and Thomas G.
Platt Toasts to The President Of the United
States of America and The Memory Of Abraham
Lincoln were drunk in silence, the sentiment
ia connection of the latter being
Only the actions OF the Just
Smell sweet and blossom in the dust"
Congressman Julius G. Burrows, Of Michigan,
was to respond TO The Future Of the Republican
Party.' but at a late hour he sent word that
duties in Washington kept him there. Major
Mckinley, who had also accepted an invitation
to attend the dinner, was unable TO be present.
Congressman S. v. White next spoke Of The
Controlling Issues Of the Recent Campaign"
lie was heartily welcomed and discussed the
phases of the Protection issue as laid before the
country last fall He also demanded that IN
every part of this country there should be
free ballot and fair count lie said
There parts Of the country, he said, whore Re-
publlcans practically dsfranchsed This country
issue whether the people in any part Of
country can be driven from their homes by political
persecution. We have nrmness 10 do justice to all
(Appause.) The convict and the psuper must not
into this country 10 rival honest labor Applsuse
IL must be the policy Of the Republican party that fmm
grants must DO Of good character TO land here Appaus
Lincoln the great exempar Of the opportunities Of
aboring mon 70 rise 10 honor and position His example
ennobling and stimulating 10 all honest endeayor
1t was expected that Colonel Robert G. Inger-
soil would speak of sour Foreign Policy-Its
Opportunities and Limitations" but he was
necessarily absent, and Robert p. Porter responded
10 the toast, and said that he willing 10 leave
the foreign policy Of the country TO President
Harrison. The company at the tables then sang
" John Browns Body" led by Peter Ali, the
cornet-player. The Presidentclect' was re-
sponded TO by DR.. A. j. T. Behrends, who paid a
high tribute to the merits of General Harrison and
his qualifications for the position 70 which he hac
been elevated by the suifrages Of the people.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT ON THE TERRITORIES
Theodore Roosevelt spoke Of The Territories"
In part he said
There are two three thingsI am extremely anxious
to see done by the President and Congress the Re
publican party has reganed power 1t is impossible 70
spend TOO much money time and thought In providing
system OF defences and thoroughly efficient Navy
that s ships good as the and already are
The but patriot whether he lives inland or on
the seaboard who docs not wish In all things 70 see us
so situated that bid prompt defiance not only 10
bismarck but 70 all Europe, II flag is insulted,
matter where. In the next place. should like TO see
several judges Of the Supreme Court appointed who should
be not only learned in the law but also profoundly
scous that the United States IS nation. and league
Perhaps the important question Of all Is that Of
trolling immigration
n, tha ouestIon ON which 1 10 sneak q vou