The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-10-09

and the Moor; of that period of Spain
which gave to the literature of the world
more than its shares of romantic adven-
lures. We always seem to see the pointed,
whiskered, gaily garmented grandee
engaged In the chivalrous feats of
the tournaments by day and in the
pleasures of intrigue by night, listening
to the serenade and the low voices of the
dark-eyed senoritas murmuriug behind
half-open easements in accents sweeter
than the s1lvery music of her historic
streams. But we are in error. The
Spain we see today is not the Spain of
irving aud Prescott, it is not the Spain of
Philip, brimful of the horrors of the In-
quisition, but the Spain of the eloquent
Castelar,, resonant with the aspiring
songs of freedom.
''It Is the last quarter of the nineteenth
century. and the enquiring and progress
sive spirit of the age is as manifest upon
the banks of the Guadalquiver and the
Tagus as upon the Hudson and the Ohio.
Spain sits today with her hand to her ear.
eager to catch the faintest whisper that
may be waited to her from this great.
splendid, progressive, expanding, God
protected Republic, alive to every for
ward impulse Of this practical and COM
mercial age.
"rhat this is the Spain of today you
will hear of from one who is competent to
tion. 1t is now my pleasure to present to
you one who has the proud fortune to
have always been a Jerseyman, who was
brave soldier when the red flood ran
high and gallant gentleman oil every
field of action, the present Minister to
Spain, General e. Burd Grubb.o
GENERAL GRUBB'S ADDRESS.
Prolonged, enthusiastic cheering fol-
lowed, and when it was over General
Grubb said that he had to thank the Re-
publicans OF New Jersey for mis- appoint
ment to Spain, as the fact that he had
been their standard bearer had brought
it around. He said that no one had to
there is no place like home
and no other land like our own Jersey
No man could live abroad as he had done
and not come back feeling proud that he
was an American. He eulogized Presi-
dent Harrison, but received no response
Blaine and reciprocity, and Immediately
there was plenty of cheers and aD-
plause. He dwelt some length
upon the recently treaty with
Spain and the advantages which this
country would reap therefrom. He fell
In The dust before the Republican fetiche,
Protection, and adored it to his hearts
content He said ne was the descendent
of six generations of protectionists. and
that in 1880 his grandfather signed a petit
tion to Congress for protection law.
All of which afforded Colonel Shepard
an opportunity to impress upon the COM
pany that 1t was still there by ejaculat-
ing:-"A magnificent record indeed"
Last year." the General went on to
say, "Cuba used 75,000 tons of coal on
which duty of $4.50 ton had to be paid.
All the coal was furnished by England.
There is no good reason why every pound
that Is burned on the island should not
IL, ELL Il IL ,lr-,f .
new treaty. Cuba used 100000 Of flour
last year which cost SIS q barrel The
duty on American flour Is reduced by
the treaty to $1.50 per barrel, and the
General predicted that 100000 barrels of
American -four would be used there next
year.
COLONEL sHEPARD's EVENING PAPER.
Colonel Elliot +. Shepard was the next
speaker. He said he had come from New
York to help those present to honor their
distinguished fellow citizen, who had
made New Jersey part of the United
States. Thereby springing an ancient
and malodorous chestnut, which cause d
Postmaster Dickinson TO open the fro Mt
door and let in some fresh air. He
waxed very funny, in his own mind,
and talked considerably about the GEN
erals approaching marriage. he did say
one sensible thing in that connection, and
that was that when the General brought
his wife home, the people of New Jersey.
irrespective of party, would give her ii
cordial welcome.
The Colonel then tried his hand at
working up little enthusiasm for Ben
jamin Harrison. and failed as diSmally as
General Grubb did.
Now, want TO show you wherein the
evening newspaper has an advantage over
a morning newspaper" said the Colonel,
getting down to business. But his little
advertisement scheme was too trans
parent to the Jerseymen, and voice
shouted:-
"Oh, go on; we all take the Mail and
ErpreSs."
He did go on, but it was to show that
the great superiority of the evening over
the morning newspaper is that the even
ing paper has fifteen hours in which to
gather news, while the morning paper
had only nine, and those nine were when
the world was asleep and not making his
tory. Then the Colonel tried his hand at
booming protection, but his voice got so
further.
MURAT HALsTED.
Judge Blair then introduced Murat
Halsted, who spoke eloQuently about
General Grubb and William Walter
PHELPS. He paid his respects to Colonel
Shepard by saying that he had predelec-
tion for the morning paper. 1t gathered
news from all over the world, and during
the nine hours that the Colonel was asleep
and not making history large part of
world was awake, ana furnishing plenty
of good news. At the conclusion of Mr..
Halsted's address, supper was served to
music by Cranmer's orchestra.
During the evening the Finance Com
mittee of the club cremated ten 500
bonds of the clubs Indebtedness, which
had been paid during the past year.
cTFAMoUTpS COMING