Morning journal and courier., 1891-03-07
FEDERAL CLUB BANQUET.


dous Applause.
NEW YORK, March 6.-The Federal clul
gave dinner at Delmonico's tonight il
honor of w. H. Arnoux. Covers wert
laid for $50 and number of distinguish
ed persons were present. Before the ban.
quet ex-Speaker Reed of Maine held quite
a reception in the parlors. Hon. Chaun.
cey NJ. Depew presided at the dinner, and
| speeches were made by Hon. Thomas
B. Reed, Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, Hon.
Theodore Roosevelt and General Stewart
L. Woodford. Letters of regret were re-
ceived from Vice President Morton, Sec
| retaries Blaine, Proctor, Noble and Tracy
and Postmaster General Wanamaker
Among those present were: Stephen B.
Elkins, Colonel William L. Strong, John
McClave and Cornelius n Bliss.
After the dinner Mr.. Depew raped the
meeting to order and said: am here to-
night much to my surprise. The coroner's
jury holds me responsible for all accidents
that happen on the railroad. Diminishing
the accident of corporate Office we will
come done to tho business of the evening.
We are here tonight as republicans.
There are no mugwumps to doubt our
faith in this world and the next. We are
present to give greeting to the republican
leaders in the national congress. We
welcome Reed. [Cheers.l We welcome
Lodge. We regret Mckinley is not here
A republican properly constituted has
nothing to defend. The republican party
has always won its victories by being ag-
gressive. The bill carrying out the prin-
ciples of our party which will put the
American flag on the seas, becomes in the
language of the hour a subsidy Job
Mr.. Depew here referred in humorous
way to the caricatures of President Harri-
son and Speaker Reed in the weekly papers.
He then went on to speak of the recent
elections and of the victories of the repub-
lican party in the passing of the subsidy
bill and the defeating of the silver bill.
We are happy in the act that the party of
Garfield and of Blaine and of Lincoln and
of Grant is the party of Mckinley and
Reed. Mr.. Depew then proposed the
health of the president of the United
States, the toast being drunk standing and
in silence.
Mr.. Reed was then introduced and was
received with great applause. He said: 81
trust that 1 appreciate as much as any
other man the advantage of having good
friends. Half of the struggle in life is to
get hearing. When Christopher Colum-
bus discovered America it took him three
months, but it took him half his life to get
a chance to discover it. Advertisement is
the absolute prerequisite to the sale of goods
and your best advertisers are your enc
mics. Your friends sometimes go to sleep;
eral public do not pay much attention to
the advertisements, but proceed to ex-
anime the goods. The Fifty first congress
has been extensively advertised, but the
public will soon proceed to examine what
has been done. Whenever this country
awakens to the fact that the doctrine of
human liberty must prevail from one end
to the other, then justice will be done to
the man that enforces an honest count and
an honest law. I will challenge the world
to point to the equal of the Fifty-frst
congress for the great good it has done.
We have done more than pass great
measures. We have shown to the peo-
pie of this country that it is possible to
have responsible government. This
country to-day with its sixty millions of
people cannot be governed as when it had
three millions. Our government has got
to be the growth of the necessities of our
own people and cannot be adopted from
any other land. Freed spoke of the in
creased work of congress, comparing the
work of the Fifty-frst congress with the
Work oone ny congress curing JUS nrst nity
years of existence. "What 1 claim" he
continued, "for the house of representa-
tives is not what it has done, but what it
has rendered possible for all time to be
done"
Tremendous applause followed the close
of Mr.. Reeds speech.
Mr.. Depew then introduced Mr.. Lodge.
''Not long ago." said Mr.. Lodge in open
ing, "a distinguished democratic states
man went over to neighboring city and
defined his political position by saying 4
am democrat 1t was a statement at
once simple and beautiful. 1t had, too,
the great advantage of requiring no intel
lectual effert either on the part of him who
with rapturous applause. 1t presented a
party creed at one SO broad and SO expan-
sive that within its bounds opinions of al
most any kind can find shelter. Within
that elastic doctrine it is possible to be for
duty on wool and for free woolens in the
west; for free wool and duty on woolens
in the east; for ballot reform in every re-
publican state and for ''local self govern
ment in every democratic district for hon
est money in New York and for free sill
yer west of the Mississippi. There is
no doubt much meant in broad and simple
declarations like that which have quoted
from Governor Hill. But the ultimate
result of such a creed is that those who
profess it are united only in a determine
ton that the offices shall belong to them
selves and beyond that believe in any
thing or nothing. The republican party
must be party of principles. 1t is very
easy loudly to declare heartfelt
loyalty when very victory rests
with the party to which one belongs.
But at that moment it has no special val
ue It is in the hour of defeat that ma
tons and parties need the faith and allie
glance of their defenders. 1t is for this rea-
son that am glad to be here tonight, glad
to have this opportunity at the close of a
most eventful congress and after my
declare my faith in its principles and my
hope aid confidence in its future"
In conclusion the speaker pointed proud
ly to the record of the Fifty-frst congress
in cutting off surplus revenue, revising the
tariff, improving the administration of the
customs, defending the currency and help
ing American commerce. The speaker also
referred to the international copyright leg
islation. The record is made up and the
American nation will profit thereby.
After the applause had subsidized which
followed Mr.. Lodges speech the chairman
introduced Mr.. Roosevelt, who spoke of
Mr.. Lodge as the champion of national
ballot reform. Mr.. Roosevelt said he hoped
some day to see a national ballot reform
law for congressional and presidential
elections which would not interfere with
state or local elections. "The re-
publican party" he said, "have for
two years been compelled to meet
the movement for an inflated
and, therefore, dishonest currency, and it
is a matter of comparative indifference
whether the fight was made for the unlim-
tied coinage of a short weight dollar or for
paper money outright. Only the other
day the most prominent member of the
democratic party, e1-President Cleveland,
came out in letter against free coin
age. He has received and deserved warm
commentator for having written that
letter, but it must be remembered
that he simply followed along the path
which had been cleared by the republi-
cans. He merely spoke in favor of what
they had already done. He deserves credit
for having written letter against the bill
for the coinage of free silver, but infinitely
more credit belongs to those who actually
killed that bill-that is, the republican
majority and Speaker Reed. Mr.. Reose
welt also said that Speaker Reed and the
republican majority in congress in dealing
with parliamentary government and stop
ping a threatened paralysis, has achieved
one of the greatest victories for the cause