Evening journal., 1891-01-09

diners here faced the entire gathering
Governor elect Pattison sat at Mr.
Thompson's left, and to the right and
left of the chairman were: ex-Secretary
of State, Thomas F. Bayard, John
Cadwalader, Hon. John E. Russell Gle
ment r. Wainwright, Benton Mcmillan,
William NJ Singerly, Chairman James
Kerr, Of the State Committee Stuart g.
Nelson, J f. Lewis, Congressman w. p
Breckenridge OF Kentucky, Henry Flsn-
dars, John O. Bullitt, l.. Clarke Davis,
United States Senator George Gray of
Delaware Hillary A. Herbert. George W.
Biddle, Justice j. Brewster McCollum,
Colonel A. r. Mcclure, Fl. r. Houston,
/ Henry. D. Welsh, Morton P. Henry, John
| p Murphy and William B. Given of
Lancaster.
mir Bayard's Address.
Chairman Thompson, introducing ex-
| Secretary CT State Bayard to respond to
the toast Of "The Federal Government,
referred to him as the "big statesman
from little Delaware" Mr.. BaYard upon
arising was received as those who pre-
ed him, by cheers and the waving OF
napkins.
He said he came a disciple Of the
gospel Of recreation, but found that ne
was condemned to be a disciple of work.
For that he had four years of work, for
1t was his honor to assist Grover Cleve-
land in his mission Of work for the
American people. The victory of the
Democracy WAS gratifying, but We
incomplete. 1t gave us the Executive
| department, but it left the most
important bl sncLes in the hands of our
/ opponents. There were two occasions
/ for work for the administration OF
Grover Cleveland, and two results to be
attained-frst that the administration
/ of the affairs Of the American people
should not fail, and secondly that the
results Of such administration should
not fail. Therefore the administration
Of Grover Cleveland was under the
dispsnsation of work and not under the
dispensation Of recreation. BE con-
tinued:
Il say to those who will be in his
second administration to take q point
from me that Ii will be no sinecure, for
it will be place for work
| No government for men can be per-
| petuated without limitation of those
chosen to administer it. For power will
grow upon what it feeds Arbitrary
power will therefore, become the rule,
and what is the twin brother of arbitrary
power, but corruption3
To-day do we not witness a party
that is corrupt because il is arbitrary 2
Have they not cast of from their hearts
and souls the constraints and the limita-
tions of the Constitution they swore TO
uphold The rules Of Reed in the House
and the proposed gag law in the Senate
are without warrant in the Constitution
Of the United States. The political creed
of the party in whose name we have
gathered to night is widely opposed to
arbitrary power under any circ instances
or under any political exigencies. It is in
the Democratic mind to comprehend the
occasion that the advance ment Of the
party to which our opponents belong
shall be at the risk and at the cost OF the
country.
The People Have Spoken.
"No, gentleman, this occasion is q
marked one. There was an election a
few weeks ago in which there was an ex.
preston which was the clear spoken
voice Of the majority Of the American
people On that occasion there was an
opportunity for comment, and we ought
to make that comment emphatic and de
eided, for 1t was the voice Of the Ameri-
can people expressed and heard, which
should be to-day expressly considered
and obeyed
The danger is to-day that the tenant
Of our property has received his notice Il
quit. II he has to quit he proposes tC
damage the premises. If not to set FIRE tS
them. Was there ever case Of landlord
and tenant, such as we have witnessed
I between the American people and thl
J temporary agents in charger
Importance OF the Individual.
''The individual citizen is the symbo
of our society.
In our Federal system the unit OF ou
system is the state, and the Union is TIL
aggregate OF the states. The Just righ
OF the states is the union Of the states
Destroy the citizen as the unit. make tn
state the unit, and the citizen is the mer
: fraction. Destroy the Union and max
: It unit, and you reduce the states to
mere fragment
IF the declarations that we witnee
Y to-day in the Congress are enforced, lib
g erty must perish. There are two partie
in this land, one Of which seems to me {
be governed by an arbitrary law for it
/. own advantage while tonight l see
s party subordinated to all party demand
, and subject to the limitations Of the Con
II stitutiOn Such q party need not be calle
I into existence. Il is here to-day aud il
a exemplars addressed you to night before
e spoke. Here Is the pilot Of the ship {
g your party. He brought it into the Sc
e OF peace, law and order. There was a
e election in the state in which the hone
IS and honesty and safety Of the common
ie wealth appealed to the heart OF III
d people, and the man who was tried an
ID found true was called ag ain"
q other Speakers.
Toasts we're also responded to by ex
President Cleveland. Governor elect Pat
d tison, Hon. w. p. Breckenridge Of Ken