Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-11-16
MIR. CLEVELAND'S SPEECH.
President-elect Cleveland was one G

Presldent-elect Cleveland was one OF
the speakers at the annual dinner Of
the New York Chamber of Commerce,
which was held last night at Delmoni-
cos, New York. His speech was as
follows:
Mr.. President and Gentlemen 7 am
exceedingly gratified by the kindness
and warmth of your greeting. 1t does
not surprise me, however, for have
seen and felt on more than one occa-
sion the cordial hospitality and heart
mess Of those who assemble at the an
nual dinner of our chamber of COM
merce. We all have noticed that many
men when they seek to appear espe-
cially wise and impressive speak of
''our business interests us something
awful and mysterious: and quite often
when q proposition is under discussion
its merits are no longer apparent to
those whose hair is OH end at the sol
emn suggestion that our business in
terestsa are lying i'll wait with numer-
Gus walls of wrath in complete readi
ness for those who arrive at an unac-
cepted conclusion. | am fortunate in
being able to state that my relation to
the Chamber OF Commerce of the State
of New York, though merely of con-
plimentary kind arising from honorary
membership, has so familiarized me
with Cuisines interests that | no
longer regard those words rs meaning
Il bloodthirs!y beast, nor do have in
stantly 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 an ancient
prophet. 1t is entirely natural that my
familiarity with business, arising from
the relation TO which | have referred,
should he ola very pleasant sort, and
free from fear and trepidation, for the
only meetings have ever attended OF
the Chamber of Commerce have been
precisely such rs this, when the very
best things to eat and drink have
been exhaustivcly discussed. | am
bound to say that on these occasions
the dreadful beings representing bust
ness interests have been very human
indeed. | know you will not do me
the great injustice of supposing that l
in the least underrate the Importance
OF the commercial and financial inter-
ests here represented. On the con-
trary, no one appreciates more fully
than THAT, while proper adjustment
of all interests should be maintained,
Won represent those which are utterly
indispensable TO our national 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 be-
licvc that 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 common pursuit. Our
purpose is, or ought to be, in our sever
al spheres, to add to the general fund
of national prosperity. From this fund
we are all entitled to draw, perhaps not
equally, but justly, each receiving a
fair portion Of individual prosperity.
Let us avoid trampling on each other
in our anxiety to be first in the distrl-
button of shares, and let lis not attempt
to appropriate the share of others. As
close. | cannot refrain from expressing
my thanks for the courtesies often ex-
tended TO me by the organization at
whose hospitable board | have sat this
evening. / beg TO assure you that,
though ] may not soon meet you again
on an occasion like this, shall remem-
Der with peculiar pleasure the friends
made among your membership, and
shall never allow myself to be needless
of the affairs you so worthily hold III
your keeping.
Mr.. Chaunccy Depew then spoke and
said:
respected to be here tonight. attending
the olsequics of Il distinguished friend of
mine laughter and had prepared a culogy
which would he satisfactory to the de-
ceased. | discover. however. that l have
been listening to Il democratic rltitica-
ton meeting. | find that the places
are changed | am the corpse. laughter
Mr.. Dcpcw then told astory of how Peek
skill clergyman having been abused 10y the
wife of Spiritualist ut whose funeral he had
otlicatcd said he could forgive everybody be-
cause that was the first time i'll his experience
he had ever been 'slSScd' by the corpse, and
that vas exactly his position. Two years ago.
he said he delivered Il speech ut the Astor
House upon the typical American. Laugh
ter. That speech WAS used at the Chicago
convention successfully. 1t had also been
used. he regretted 10 say. very successfully
ever since He could add nothing to what
was alleged to have been said by him on that
occasion because II greater orator than lie had
spokcm-thc American people had pronounced
Mr.. Cleveland 10 be their choice i'll figures of
spccch-figurcs that were d;sl trous to the
republican, party.
whitclaw Reid was also called for and
made few remarks.
A FIGHT WITH A BEAR.-Hiram
Heft, a Carvertown Pa, farmer, had a
desperate fight with a bear Saturday
on the mountains. For some weeks Il
large black bear had been killing of
live stock in the neighborhood, and sew
eral unsuccessful attempts had been
made to kill it. Heft, with a large
dog, was going through the woods Sat
urlay morning, and less than three
hundred yards from Il house he saw the