The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1890-03-28
PITY THE SORROWS OF A
POOR erich" MAN.

4 telegram from Havana conveys the
distressing information that Mr.. Robert
Garrett and party had reached that city
from St. Augustine, the bill of fare at the
latter place being SO poor that farther
stay was out of the question" We had
been taught to believe that Flaglcr out
of his abundant means had SO contrived
it that his several million dollar hotels
would meet the wants of the most ex-
acting tastes and the most capricious
luxury. In the presence Of modern
ApIclus or Lucullus Flaglcr stands
abashcd and must confess his inability
to reach the heights of luxurious de-
mand. But after all, Mr.. Garrett and
his party are men like ourselves on
what meat have they i,a that they have
grown so proud' They have fed and
been surtcitcd out of the dish of monop-
oily. Let us see some of the contents OF
that dish: Mr.. VOORHEES, in his recent
speech in the senate tells us something
about it in his account of the Carnegie
banquet enjoyed in Washington City
few weeks ago. He says, in recalling
the reporters account of the repast
Undoubtedly it was the most elegant
affair ever given in this city. if not in the
United States. A gorgeous dinner
that rivalled an ancient Roman feast.
Over two thousand tulips and Gro.
cuscs and thousands Of roses were used,
menu that almost the whole world fur |
nished;" and then Mr.. Voorhees, saws:
Among other things the farmers and |
wage workers of the country were in
I"rmed that the fish, being sole, was
secured from England. the mutton from
Scotland, the spring chickens from Louis
inna. The celery, .livcs and anchoyies
were served i'll the finest cut glass, and
the saltcd almonds and radishes in
dishes ot solid silver. The silver alone
IN the table cost $4,000. At
one end OF the tariff question the manu-.
lacturcr, the protected monopolist,
spreads an imperial banquet board
"aded with epicurean dishes from every
,Iime and flowing with wines costlier
than nectar, while, at the other end OF
he question farm laborcrs, wage workers
and all who live by the sweat of their
aces are in deep apprehension, in signs,
III = ntt.
ooking first on this picture and then
III that, most aptly does Mr. VOORHEES,
suggest the most dramatic feast in all
history as living and imperishable les.
on:
"Belshazzar the king made a great
east to a Thousand of his lords, and ,
frank wine before the thousand.
"Thcy drank w%c, and praised the
'ods of gold, and Of silver, of brass. OF
ron, Of wood and ofs,onc.
"ln the same hour came forth fingers l
II a mans hand and wrote over against ,
he candestick upon the plaster of thr I
vail of the kings palace. - MENE.
iENE, TsKEL, UPmARsiN."
So, without n change. without some
consideration for the rights and interests c
4 the masses, the same frightiul warn y
ng will cmblazon itself before the terri.
cd eyes Of those who heap up riches p
nd delight themselves with the splendid h
elfsh pleasures thereof, while the toilcrs I
uiier from hunger and perish through :,
tarvation. Perhaps Mr.. Garrett. or
hose Ike him. unable to find sufficient
eight at the tables of the Ponce Dc
con. may, like another biblical charac.
r, come to share with the beasts of the u
rld, their simple and unsophisticatrd
'pasts. Human misery has its limits oi
idurancc, human arrogance its bounds :,
federation. a