The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-16
G0THAM'S BIG BANQUET.
CLBVELAND'S SPEECH SHORT AND
FREE FROM POLITICS.

He is No Longer Terrified When He
Hears of "the Business Interests. "
He Has Found the Ravenous Great
ure Usually Associated With the
Name-Ris Experience Pleasant.
New York, Nov. 15.-The l25th annual
dinner Of the chamber Of commerce was held
at Delmonicos tonight. In the famous gold
and white room, resplendent with light and
color. laden with the perfume of flowers,
and filed with music, were many of the
most influential representatives of the
social, political, educational and mercan-
tile interests of the country. Rare
vtands, ancient vintages and spark
ling orstory In judicious admixture
comprised the programme President-elect
Cleveland was present. Hon. Chauncey M.
Depew was also there, and gracefully con-
graduated the President~elect instead of
Offering him that promised aute-election
consolation.
OTHERS WHO WERE PRESENT.
Vice President Orr presided. Mr.. Cleve-
land sat upon his right and Secretary of
the Treasury Charles Foster upon his left.
Attorney General Miller, Controller OF
the Currency Hepburn, Senator Brice.
Senator HiScock, W. G. p. Breckenridge,
Whitelaw Reid, Carl Schurz, MurRt Hal
stead, Steward L. Woodford, Rev. DR..
John Hall, Rev William H. Bibbert and
David III. Stone were other guests. Among
those present were George:.M. sPullman, ID.
U. Mills, h. y. Armour, Henry Willard,
Austin Corbin, John Fl. Starin, ex-Col-
lector Robertson, Jesse Seligman. John II.
lnman, Henry Clews. William T. Have
meyer and William Steinway The toast
card provided for but five speeches.
The Treasury Departmenr-By Secre-
tary Foster.
THE President of the United States"-
By Attorney General Miller.
The House OF Representativesn-B
Representative Breckenridge OF Kentucky.
Commerce and Civilizatlon"-By DR..
John Hall.
"Italy"-By Baron Faya, and Com
mercs aud Education"-By President
Sohurman of Cornell University, but Presi-
dent-elect Cleveland and others made brief
speeches.
CLEvELAND's SPEECH.
Mr.. Clevelsnd's speech was as follows:
MR, PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN-I am ex-
ceedingly gratified by the kindness and warmth
or your greeting IL does not surprise me-
however. for have seen and felt on more than
one occasion the cordial hospitality and hearth
ness of those who assemble at the annual din
VI OuE Oh commerce. we oil
have noticed that many men. when they seek
to appear especially wise and impressive speak
OF our business interests as something awful
and mysterious, and quite often when a propo-
sitton is under discussion its merits are no
longer apparent to those whose hair Ia on end
at the solemn suggestion that our "business in
forests" are lying in wait with numerous vials
of wrath in complete readiness for those who
unate in being able to state that my
relation to the .chamber of commerce
Of the state or New York, though
merely OF complimentary kind, arising from
honorary membership has so femiliarzed me
with business interests" that | no longer re
gard those words as meaning a bloodthirsty
beast, nor do | have constantly before my mind
those children in the biblical story who were
torn in pieces by bears for discussing too much
at random the badness of the ancient prophet
1t is entirely natural that my familiarity with
business, arising from the relation to which |
have referred, should be Of a very pleasant sort
and free from fear and trepidaton, for the only
meetings have ever attended of the chamber OF
commerce have been precisely such as this when
the very best things to eat and drink have beeu
exhaustively discussed. | am bound to saw
that on these occasions the dreadful beings rem
resenting business interests have been very hu-
man indeed know you will not do me the
great injustice Of supposing that in the least
underrate the Importance of the commercial
and financial interests here represented. On
the contrary, no one appreciates more fully
than that, while proper adjustment of all in
terestS should be maintained, you represent
those which are utterly indispensable to our ma
tenal growth and prosperity. | do not believe
that any other interests should be obliged to
feed from the crumbs which fall from the table
of business; nor do | believe that the table
should be robbed of the good things which are
honestly and fairly there merely because some
other tables are not well provided
for. 1t comes to this: We are
all interested as Americans in a common
pursuit. Our purpose is, or ought to be. 10 our
several spheres, to add to the general fund of
the national prosperity. From this flIud we
are all entitled TO draw, perhaps not equally,
but Justly, each receiving = fair portion Of In
dividual prosperity. Let us avoid trampling on
each other in our anxiety to be first in the dis
trIbution of our shares and let us not attempt
to appropriate the share OF others AS close
lcannot refrain from expressing my thanks for
the courtesies often extended to me by the
organization at whose hospitable board have
sat this evening, l beg to assure you that
though may not soon meet you again on an
occasion like this, shall remember with pecu-
liar pleasure, the friends made among your
membership. ami shall never allow myself to
be needless of the affairs you so worthily hold
in your keeping.
REID IN GOOD HUMoR.
Mr.. Cleveland was followed by Whitelaw
Reid, who introduced himself by saving
that the speechmaking ought to he left to
the "other side. .'"I have made q great many
speeches" he said, "within the last three
or four weeks and l am bound
to say am not at all
pleased with the result. The other side
will ask many questions, ard il will con-
sider very wisely what's said. We will put
no obstacle in their way. [Cheersl will
pay my respects as a loval American oiri-
zen to the Q ect of the 65, 100000 Of Ameri-
can people.
After Mr. Reid had spoken there
were loud cries for Mr.. Depew Mr.. Depew
said: 81 expected to be here tonight at
tending the obsequies of distinguished
friend Of niue [laughterl and | had pre-
pared an euIogy which would be setisfac-
tory to the deceased. discover, however,
that have been listening to a democratic
ratification meeting. l fiud that the
places are changed. am tho
corpse" daughter. Two years ago Mr..
Depew said he delivered speech upon a
typical American. Laughter That
speech was used at the Chicago convention
successfully. It had also been used,
ne regretted TO say, very successfully
ever since. He could add nothing to
what was alleged to have been said by him
on that occasion because a greater orator
than he had spoken. The American people
had pronounced Cleveland TO be their choice
in figures of speech, figures that were dis
astrous to the Republican party.
DUMMY LINE ENGINEERS STRIKE.
Traffic to AlabamA's State Fair GREATLY