St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-16
Cleveland Attends the Ban
quet of Gotham's Cham
Der Of Commerce.
Many Of the Great Statesmen
OF the Country Are Also
Gathered There.
A Graceful Address to the
Brilliant Company by the
President-Eleet.
All Purposes Should Be to
Add to the Fund Of Ma
tional Prosperity.

NEW YORK, Nov. 15.-Presideut-elec
Grover Cleveland was one of the hon
ored guests tonight at the 124th annual
held at Delmonico's. There were many
other honored guests, but none
around whom SO many interests
were centered. unless indeed il
were Hon. Chauncey Nj. Depew. who
sat at the table of honor next to White
law Reid. Defeat seemed to sit lightly
on the shoulders of Mr.. Reid. and Mr.
Depew, when he shook hands with MIR.
Cleveland before grace, allowed nc
thought of the epitaph he said in But
falo he would inscribe over the political
grave of the president-elect.
The annual feast of the chamber OF
commerce is always memorable one,
and the worlds wealth, commerce and
brains are always represented at these
gatherings, but tonight's banquet will
go down into history linked with the
glories Of recent Democratic triumphs
and the name of Grover Cleveland.
Three hundred guests were seated in
Delmonico's large banQueting hall
when Rev. DR.. William II. Vibbert,
pastor of Trinity church, said grace at
7:30 o'clock. On a raised dias was
placed
The Table of Honor,
in the center of which was seated Alex
ander E. Orr, the president of the ban
quet. On either side of Mr.. Orr were
Mr. Cleveland and Hon. Charles Foster.
and among others seated were Horace
White, Senator John j. Carlisle, Carl
Schurz, EA-Gov. Campbell, of Ohio;
c. M. Depew, Whitelaw Reid, w G..
P. Breckinridge, Murat Halstead, j..
G. X. Schurman, David M. Stone, Henry
Clews, Erastus Wimans, Elliott F..
Shepard, Henry Willard. George NJ.
Pullman, Hon. S. l.. Woodfurd and
Austin Corbin.
The hall was decorated with pro-
fusion of choice and fragrant flowers.
while the flags of France, Germany,
Great Britain and the United States
were grouped together. Both menu
and wines were, as usual, irreproacha-
BILE. The design of the menu was COM
posed chiefly OF large medallion, on
which were the heads of Baechus and
Mercury. As background there was
a view of New York harbor taken from
the battery.
1t was 9:30 when the president called
for order and amidst the clouds of
fragrant Havannas made a graceful
speech. MIR. Orr concluded by giving
the first toast, 'The President of the
United States,' which was responded to
by Attorney General Miller. Secretary
of the Treasury Foster then spoke.
President Orr then called the toast
Italy" which was responded to by Mr..
McKelvey, in the absence of Baron
Fava. He was followed by Hon. John
Hall, Hon. z. G. Breckenridge OH The
House Of Representatives. and Presi-
dent Schurman, of Cornell university.
on Commerce and Education"
The Great American.
, When Prof. Schurman had finished
his address. MI. Orr announced that the
regular card had been exhausted, but
that he would now present to the COM
pany gentleman who needed no words
of Introduction from him, the Hon.
Grover Cleveland. The mention of the
president-elect's name was received
with an outbuFst of applause, to be fol-
lowed by respectful silence as he arose
and spoke as follows.
Mr.. President and Gentlemen: | 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 occasion
the cordial hospitality and heartiness of
those who assemble at the annual
dinner Of our chamber Of commerce.
We all have noticed that many men,
when they seek to appear especially
wise and impressive, speak of our busi-
ness interests as something awful and
mysterious, and quite often when pro.
position is under discussion its merits
are no longer apparent to those whose
hair is on end at
The Solemn Suggestion
that Rlr business interests are lying in
wait with numerous vials Of wrath in