The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-03-07
HONORS TO THE REPUBLICAN LEADERS
speaker Reed. Mr.. Lodge and others
Ranquet,ed at Now York.
courageous Words OF the Speakers
-Revlew Of the Work Of c on sress.
The FIfiy-fIrst Congress Has sIszsd
Long, Broad Path.

NEW YORK, March 6.-The Federal Club
gave dinner at DelmonIco's tonight In hon
or Of Hon. w. II. Armour. Covers were
iaid ior 100 A number OF distinguished
persons were present. Before the banquet
ex-Speaker Reed held quite a reception In
the parlors. Hon. Chauncey NJ. Depew pre-
sided at the dinner. Speeches were made by
Hon. Thomas B. Reed, fHon. Henry Cabot
Lodge, Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, and Gen
eral Stewart l.. Woodford. Letters Of re.
gret were received from Vice President Nor
ton, Secretaries Blaine. Proctor. Noble ana
Tracy. and Postmaster General Wanamaker
Among those present were Stephen b. FL.
kins, Colonel William L. Strong, John Nc
Clave, and Cornellus ". Bliss.
After dinner, Mr.. Depew raped the meet
Ing to order, and said: We are present TO
give greeting to the RsH9elicsn leaders In
eheersl; we welcome Lodge; we regret that
Mckinley Is not here. A Republican prOp-
erly constituted has nothing to defend. The
Republican party has always won Its vlcto-
ries by boiag aggressive. The bill carrying
out the principles Of our party which will
put the American flag on the seas becomes,
In the language OF the hour, q subsidy fob.
Mr.. Depew referred, In a humorous way, TO
the caricatures Of President Harrison and
Speaker Reed In the weekly papers. We
are happy In the fact that the party Of Gar
field and Blaine, of Lincoln and Grant, Is the
party OF Mckinley and Reed. Mr.. Depew
then proposed the health Of the President Of
United States.
Mr.. Reed was introduced received with
great applause. He said. trust / appre> l.
ate as much as any other man the advantage
OF having good friends. Half OF the struR-
gle In life Is to get a hearing When Chris
topher. Columbus discovered America IL
Inn k..k A. ~
half his life to get the chance TO discover IT,
Advertisement Is an absolute prerequisite
to the sale Of goods, and your best adyertis-
ers are your enemies. i our friends sometimes
70 10 sleep; your enemies never do. General
The public do not pay much attention TO ad-
yertisement but proceed to examine goons-
The 51st Congress has been extensively ad.
vertised but the public will soon proceed to
examine what has been done. Whenever
THIS country awakes to the fact that the doc
trine OF human liberty must prevail from one
end to the other, then justice will be done to
the man that enforces honest count and hon.
est law.
win challenge the world to point to the
equal OF the 5lst Congress for the great good
It has done. We have done more than pass
Ing great measures. We have shown the
people OF this country that 1t is possible to
nave responsible government This country
Today with sixty millions Of people cannot be
governed as when 1t had three millions. Our
government has got to be growth OF neces-
stiles OF our own people, and cannot be
adopted from any other land. Mr.. Reed
spoke OK the increased work of Congress
comparing the work Of the 5lst Congress
with the work done by ConRaess during the
first 80 years Of its existence. what
claim" he continued. ''for the House OF
Representatives Is not what 1t has done, but
what It has rendered possible for all time to
Tremendous applause followed the close
OF Mr.. Reeds speech.
Mr.. Depew then introduced Mr. Lodge
Mr.. Lodge aired the Inconsistencies Of the
Democratic party, claiming one principle In
one section OF the country and another In
another section according to their popular
lty. Summing up by claiming that profess
sors OF such creed were united only in the
determination that the Offices shall belong TO
themselves. He declared his faith in the
future Of the Republican party. OF the last
Congress, Mr.. Lodge said: I'VE have given
minority rule deadly blow. We have
crippled Obstruction. We have proven that
the American house can legislate, aud
have made 1t possible for any majority
In the future to escape responsibility By the
miserable excuse that the minority would
not let 1t leglslate. In this great battle we
were let by Speaker Reed. He has been at
.seked tssl .d and abused as men who do things IN
minority Rratifed their spite by the petty
0iscourtesy OF refusing to make an ordinary
resolution OF thanks unanimous. OF the
thirty speakers who preceded Reed thirteen
met with the same refusal. Among the
number were James X. Polk and Henry
Clay: The minorities were forgotten but
not these great men. In conclusion he
Congress.
After applause subsidized which followed
Mr.. Lodges speech, the Chairman introduced
Mr. Roosevelt, who spoke OF Mr.. Lodge as
the champion OF the national ballot reform.
Mr.. Roosevelt Isaid he hoped some day to
see national ballot reform law for Congress
5ional and Presidential elections which
would not interfere with state or local cleo
tions. Mr.. Roosevelt also said that Speaker
Reed and the Republican party in Congress
In dealing with parliamentary government
and stopping the threatened paralysis had
achieved one OF the greatest victories for the
cause ever won.
Gen. Stewart Woodford and ex-Judge Ar
noux followed In speeches expressive Of
Republican doctrine.