New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-24
MR. CLEVELAND'S DINNER.
THE REFORM CLUB BOWS BEFORE HIM.
SPEECHES BY THE PRESIDENT. GOVBENoI
ELECT RUSSELL, SENATOR CARLISLE
AND OTHERS.

Who /, The Democrat That i, the question 1t i
not many years since Governor Hill began speech
with the loudly chcercd sentence Il am a pe'"''I"
Last evening at the hurrah dinner of the Reform Club'
t;rover Cleveland It's bard as well It's prophet
echoed the sentence thus: ." shall venture aso u
make this acknowledgment a. a Democrat l"o'o
cheers loud and prolonged. 49,,
A few among the 800 men who assembled IN Inc
Madison Square Concert Garden to celebrate Inc 'a
paicn Of Education" alias Free Trade wondered "herc
Governor hin was some Of the members Oh thc hc-
form Club wanted the Governor TO speak, IL l. tne
little rift within the lutte that senceS the n'uN''.
Was there a rift in the lutte? some oil tIe mc"OcI9 Va
the Reform Club say there Others say no. IL
certainly is tie fact that Governor IliIl was ho d' ~
dinner, although Grover Cleveland was.
Why The rude old fashioned barometer Of the lo'e
fathers was q dOuble-doOred cottage whence III ldi'
weather issued queer wee old woman ana III ioui d
funny, small old man. Now, without mNI"lo"> oo'"
harrison relating either to Grover Cleveland or the Gov
amor 1t may lie suggested that there's donbiedoor
Systcm In a certain divided party in this land ana
especially In this state and more especially III THIS
city. on occasion. pop! out comes Grover 'leve.
land. On another pop! ont comes Governor HH
But when the barometrical area includes 10" atios
phcric pressure for David Il. Hill inquire wlthlm'
please. for Grover Cleveland Last night was MI
CleveIands evening and nobody can deny that ho
made the most of IT,
THE sCHOOLMASTER AND HIS PUPILS
"The Campaign of Education was the subject OF
celebration by the Reform club. Grover CLEVELAND
posed and spoke as its sChoolmastcr lie was the
central fcure OF the dinner. and when Everett T.
Wheeler who presided, was asked what h'd become
Of Governor Hill, he answered somewhat feeDT '"'
Tie Governor had another engagement
At Mr. wheeer's right and left, at the stage table
which was empowered in the same ever
greens that did duty at the Ncw-Ens-
land Society dinner the night before
sat Grover Cleveland senator John b. Carlisle Luzon b.
Morris William steinway r. L. johnson. William H.
Wilson, John II. V. Arnold, Governor Horace boeS'
of Iowa; William f. Russell, r. Ellery Anderson
Thomas Wilson, Carl schurz, W. l. Hensel' Horace
White.
Al t,relvs tables on the ground floor sat the lesser
retormcrs Among them we're: l.. Wndmuller W. =
ondvke the Rev. 4. Brown, Or. II. q. Oppenheimer'
F. X Wright +. TIL, DR.. W. +. LUsk. william -
iusa H. Batter. T. A. Tracy. W. s. Logan D. -
Hendrix +. +. Howard, j. F. Merriam o. Is. hop"l"S'
d. A. Boody c. :. Won WAGNER, j. e. Hnl'"' -
ogden o. l.. Fox, T. V. Reynolds. j. r. ETY. o. W.
pheln. DR. L. C. Gray. J. I. Mactt, W. :. Andrews
w II Peckham j. De witt Warner w !. Browne T.
NJ IIcarne NJ j. Leonard, Dr. !. e. stanton T.
AlcDermott L. G. Iedyard, G. ~ Hand j. = van "S'1'
w r. Grace G.. F. Peabody. Il. C. PEABODY Ia ~
Bowker j. f. Leach !. Parrish. J. 4. Bunting, Ii. d.
Woodward W. q. ChOste, II. Il. beeNman' A. d. fd'
quhsr, W. T. Crossdalc I. p Wharton >, n'ni"','
H. W. smith, W. c. DE Witt. q. &. DE w.t. IT, -
Pfar J. Pfaf. l.. VI. ogden, o. b. Potter H. W, ~
John H. r. Hayden J. \. jeremiah H. Ia mann
bers. W. l. Brewer, H. Howard O. hapIA"'
H. Dc F. Baldwin. ". l.. Trenholm f. t. r'n''H'
f. A. Price j. Gibb. G. :. Farclhd' ~ T. fl'h. H. +
spaulding H. Willard +. W. stephenson, IL. lu'tie
J. T. Wheeler f. = rfnkus j. Gerber. o. HoadN'
Dr. r. W. Wylc, G. Mex. Lcoser. C. A. ph N'lc''
r. \. Witthsus y. smith, NJ. W. lianm r. l. hoscrN
F. : Bangs, +. Farqulsr. &. =. brlce' - VI r'o''o'
A. q. Fox, DR.. W. &. Wyiie. Il. Foster W. ID. S"sn'
g. : Nicholas II. H. Perkins Major Brcch' w. T.
Parker, D. : Lamont DR.. J. D. Bryant F. L. steteoh
C. shsfcr j. e. Johnson. {. II. Kelsey. j. VI. Pierce
J. Byrne G. r. Russell. jr.. T. VI. Eanta I" W. VIC
Nutv C. NJ Vale. DR.. W. Mcndclsoh H. George IT,
s. De Jonge, NJ. hamburg :. J. Geoghetdh' L. D.
Whitney DR.. II. Tuck, w. b. Hornblo"er r. steven
son, r. A. Van Wyck, c. o. Brewster W. X. "srron
w Macfarlane J. c. Shccban II. r. Garden Dr. |" l.
HARRISON g.. r. Davidson w. b. Estell. J. >. Coleman
r Costican August Lewis, f. +. Draper, W L. van
deryoorr NJ Herzog, W. ;. kahnweller, I. r NASH
weller, G.. d. Lamb, G.. w. Wheeler. J' bearu'ieH'
C. H. Tenney G. s. Petrasch, f. CamlL t. T. fut
man, j. A. Mccall DIR. r. Giles, Thomas t.. ohedrin'n'
IT X Pewbrook, W. A. Pembroke, Dr. T. H. hctsoh
mar DR. W. H. Kretschmar. :. N. saunders. H. s. H.
sapler Dr. L. Petzel J. l.. Jacobus, A. H. BrocN"SS'
DR. r. Ormiston. DR.. e. 4. woodward
The tables were decorated a. for luletldc 1eds''
With mis,Ie,oe But the principal decorations we're
I'm the galleries, which bloOmed with far women VI
whom one, Mrs. Grover Cleveland was slhgleu o"'
for demonstration of applause more hearty than
that accorded TO her husband
Whatever little grievances might have been cler-
fshcd bv the Hill minority at the dinner were snlN "
the unanmity with which it agreed with the ha!olV,
az 10 the excellence OF the bllI VI ldic Pio'iI'N "
the arrangements in general. Inc committees IL
sponsible for this pleasant undivided judgment d'
the following members Henry i. Il. staper' cnd,l-
man: E. EIery Anderson, August Lewis "eoisc +
Parker. Louis Wiudmuller, Pcrcival Farquhar wafer
: Logan Edward b. Whitney. ReghaI d. Noou"ai'
and p Chauncey Anderson, secretary
WHAT WOULD NOSES THINK OF THIS!
The President compared Grover Cleveland to Moses
in introducing him as the exponent VI Inc '"ipr
Of Educaon7 Mr. Wheeler said that Moses Ilau III
tervened to stop the oppression OF the l'racne' ~
snltinp from the eAaction Of too heavy tale OF Oh
rd that Grover Cleveland had rendered the same ser
vice to the American people. Part of what MI
Cleveland said was ,, il
suppose | have correct undersahalns % wnn
meant M The Campaign of Education AsSlhi.,
tnis to be So desire before going fllter, u sch h
edge the valiant services in this campaign ol uno VI W
ganizaton Whose Invitation brings Us oos H.Ee nm
night may be permitted. hope 10 ,ns AK , us,
acknowledgement as czen in'cre ,n cnntrv an
shan Also venture 10 do Democrat who rccoe
in the principle a1a ios w aG Vital 'ss Of
ncratic breed If thus acknowledge the u,eini ,i
s sn1 n long sson with party feel sHat %
democratic allegiance is strong cnous w !" nm TOO
an Wiling that the Democratic party should
enlarged and tending IN that oecs4, b ann hei
- anc.nt and acknowledge IN go0d fsIth nohosu ny
10 a'e snW Smster when struggle is pending ior u
supremacy OF DEMOCRATIC re edncaton it wa
deemed important 10 appeal 70 me o end that III
,osnt ~ TIE American people, 10 tne Gnu a 20. chs
men. VI nartv should be reinforced ~ well a. uS
he sctvty and zeal Of those already IN our hs spI
honIS he stimulated II this be treason III Ine hs
- ,hnse who clothed III Democratic uhlloilh VA rr,,
glad TO stand the entrance OF our camp come he
80 recruits | cannot help H. nave o"i, " y,
t"nfrht among other things, TO re]mce +, =, Mem
p.rols accessons have received III ae i, j. d.
mo,ic endeavor and 10 give credit wherever - w
Tar the work of conversicn. -. -, An. camnsirn
'o The Grand and ultimate object OF the 'Snpss 4,
. ~. was the promotion of the welfare VI =,
c""ntry and the relief OF the people iron, on r"n n
,S.ns In aid Of this purpose, Mld' " 49,
nbordinate and accessory to us h "a,
oon1a necessary first OF all Ia arouse the Dc!o ,
pen.ston Ia an apprehension OF the is't u .I
o@nalan involved a Democratic Prhcpne, III a"d
,ocacy Of which the party shouo W ""''
lei Il be here confessed that We as par
moments had gained soiely by temporary snti's :,
vpPon'nonnals 10 prejudice and selfish interests ~
.,hs ychIch avoided too much the honest 80
,non definite clearly defined prncpie "e cn rn
pm,ai Dernocr,tic doctrine To be sure sone e'a
men in the party could hut Ill conceal tnTr n
t mn With the manner in which the cardinal prn
To- ,,,c,e rrleqated to the rear and expectancy au