New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-13
THE PENNSYLVANIA CLUBS DINNER.
ATTORNEY GENERAL MILLER TALKS on TIFF Ap'
MINISrGATiON

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PHILADELPHIA Feb 1o-T1c Pennsylvania Climb. n
eeni notcnl organization q tlhs city. tonight ce"-
brnted tie birthday 81 Abraham Lincoln by dinner
md in the future tho club purposes 10 make u an
annual affair. Covers werc laid for 10. TX o'h''
senator Joseph VI. Gazzam presided. Tie pHnHPh
cue-,ts 81 the evening were Attorney General Ni'r'
solicitor General Tiff. nrd senator Galnger OF new
IIampshre The first toast Of tho evening. "NDfahhm
Iincon WINS responded 20 by g. stuart Patterson dean
% the law School Of the University OF Pennsylvania
Attorney General Miller then spoke to IN" toast lhe
prcsent Administration Mr.. Miller SAD III psit:
T, his famous Chicago speech In 1890. Mr. ConldnH
,.a ,hc claim Of General Grant National gratitude
d hte,oc fame upon 'Te ardaous greatness OF things
done" this phrase the orator justly 'harc'efeu hos
o the corer OF the great raj IN; nand the essn al
test Of any distinction in this practical age p"s not
words performance profession. results no, PROMISES are
the derond Of the times Deamcrs are Of IL" past lie
I'm whose honor wo tonight assembled was IN h' tHe
,ossnr wise and eloquent In speech, but II j. what no
did in the last four tragic years That rA-'u Abraham
Lincoln pinnacle Of fame. Nor ARE the DEEDS "hch
are most widely hraldd always most important In The
affairs Of Government in mo Of pace 50 long ss those
. tho head ~ affair. ore dlsinrctcd capable and Ngant
and those charged with The details are industrious atn
two and honest IS llte TO excite public attention. or
TO provoke praise blame And yet ther' Is merit
I'm everyday honesty and industry; merit In modest Work
Won ard Inoestly done. By their fruits ',all know
them" Barring In mind this Wholesome f"'t' want To
bring n your notice. simply samples ie" OF The
things done IN everyday work 10y the present "ulhh
istrati1n.
a, rho Chief Executive OF the manner which he has
maintained the dignity and honor Of TIE Nation oid the
rights OF people abroad Of the general policy o. his
Admin trion in domestic Affairs. q tho cha-ictF OF nj
state ypers the quality Of his political appointments. of
bis fidelity 70 per ona and PARTY pledges and In the o.
ecutlon OF all laws. Of MS Astonishing c-sp OF all qu~
tons arising every department Of the Goroinn"n' N
short Of the heid OF e Administration shall nos SPEAK
He need. spokesman either In or out 81 his cabinet
| hfpk laaru
can speak and for himself.
The Attorney General then directed the attention OF
his hearers to the work accomplished by the various
departments Of the Government, concluding MS speech
as follows:
Tn,.e are not the achievements which appeal TO the
IMAGINATION and cxct" enthusiasm roc the maters for 20
tcsl pyrotcchnics but everyday Walk snd 'ohVersa
to, To-, the fibre and reveal worth worhlc-snr-s
Of the man. thee and other Ike things dohe evidence
tho character and the coibre Of the Administration We
make no excuses offer apologies. s'k No rhspn'oh OF
Judgment" We ray Investigate scrutinH' take our worn
for nothing but sfsr OF near at haad WIN R'Ss or
naked eve examine wha has been done In p>st things ana
ute thncx and OIL such illumination Judgment On the
claim at President Hafr Il giving to " country an
| honest capsbs. T".rotlc. business ADMINISTRATION
| Senator Gallinger responded TO the tons Of Ihe
| Achievements Of the Republican Party Ihe ioN>
most nnn OF the Republican party. Secretary Elaine,
had declined Ia be his party's standnri bearer but
the party WIS still ch said the speaker In men who
could lead II to victory. Is 1t'lne nominees IOr ue
Office he mentions the rancs OF TIT->drht hAifi~l'
General Algcr senator Cullom ana secretary hiiSi'
The political y,Ies Of 1892 wa, responded to by
| REPRESENTATIVE Serene T.. Payne ~ New orK Mt.
i;ornc aid tho, the Illllon Dollar Congress WAS
no longer an Issue IN the coming elefuoh gay mat the
question Of honest elections wond be os vi We Issue
Ne roferrd 10 wha. he called the "hlShnhded fraud
and theft OF the NcwYcrk Legislature by ne po!tioal
trickstcr who Is the Leading Penncln.c ennHl;air
Issue Of 1909 rh1 w 2nSr .'s s %sTe
- Moral IdI.e and Patriotism In Politics. the Rev.
Dr. paxton and The Press Talcott Williams. of The
| Press"
LINCOLN EuLoGIzED AT TIE BUTLER CLUB.
L hmm IlncOlu7 the tonic