New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-17

knowledge Of the medium In which they have to labor
and Of the men with whom they have to deal, their
efforts would be comparatively inehectual ana use
legs 20 have for all these reasons come over 10
the doctrine that there must be diplomatic establish
neat maintained by the United states.
/ Now VIC DO not maintain It rs other countries do
| The old Governments make diplomacy a profession ;
men educated 20 II they make thei careers ~,
they follow that business all Their i've tnroag ,s IL
Government of chang. that 1t Is EoVerhmentth er
IN Which they are promoted according TO their deserts
so that We Instead Of educating our diplomats a.
ard when they gnd'ac il Is tomc'tlhs bFI'""' "
admirable daughter and applause dis.
The aGn tcor w elen y"S are ed tbs evening
not only well deserved but hns been remarked; snv
paid in n5staneo by all Par not m m Repu6
llcan like my friend SIR. smith ana celeoTne r and
modnp ard nnpretentious Democrats like senator Oh
Brce and myself 0aughter). 70 come mere niu IN Ming
the honor; aud when General son"'n' ,"u chan bey all
combine In paving hi, elldeserved tribute to IN
tinhed and successful public sryspycd we and that
Gentleman who has rendered them applause
TIE PAST INDIC ,TEs THE FUTURE
The fact Is that there Is not any important p"oho
service that successful newspaper man = NV pe'
.u ,,ou allie 10 render the shortest ho'''e'
n onchter and onnIanseJ The foundation OF SucccNs
sucb a. Mr. Reid has achieved IS considerably auo up
OF good fortune. 1t IS not nere tol1cn II is not
merely df hc 'CConncenraon Of every facnW out
after ALL good luck comes into II vgI IT'D IN The
lhls good n'S Sn,inrshcd guest OF hi, evening zap,
niausci The past at least Is secure. lAppiausc,,
Ihat Is a 'G,"'1 fn,ur, and these distinctions out
side strictly belonging t 20 T as IKE laurel
may be- 9C ooo "p Sa head c Of great and successful
soldier We shall feel we who bc %, resrcs member;
iisp General Schmrz or active members IKE my icnu
Mr.. HaStcad or occasional m Iii ali fecl that
mart o. the honor and part OF the rcnown beong 70
the profession Of which Mt heiu Is 81 "''o
member. Applause.l -c
GENERAL PORTER'S WITTY REMARKS.
Tl,ere vas no lack Of good feeling manifested
at Mr. Dana's kindly words Tor 'he
rpcst ard his speech throughout was
ar entertaining feature Of the evening. When
be had ended. Mr.. Smith annonhceo
,bc last rpgular toast Modern Diplomacy, the
Ally of Commerce. and simply said "Our Irlehu
and fellowmcmber. General Horace Porter, needs 10
Introduction to this assembly" General Porter afoSc
with his customary air Of seriousness ana apparent
embarrassment. but his own cmbarrasTihcn' W."
as nothing compared to thar of ms audience "n''
The .pcaker opened his remarks IN foreign 'ons"'
with many shrugs of the shoulders anu se''N
tions. which in their quality gave assurance ''io
he was inducing in an attempt AT sP'h'"S
French lie soon dropped into English ana nu''o''
I'M; preserved the seriousness oil MS uc'l'""0'
throughout This is what he SAID
Non.,epr 10 President ct Messieurs - Ic !" "u'
droaso a Won. ce sor dams unc langue que Io "0 ~
mas 81 me p,rsonne Jet ne comprhd' zen ''"p"' "
mt, on,ier,ncnt A mon ami rcx minis're' chr vi 'o
dt ouo dcpuiS son rtOur II a oublic tout -" r'"
., II ne peut pas parcc Angais, ct Get tres e'"o"'
ra,>aut daughter ana applause" -,,
, friend by nv side tels me that Notwithstanding
IN, short lime which hn, elapsed since our N''''''
return he has succeeded IN catcmhs up WIN
rnc>h 10 understand me hirly well 7p,'" III .',,
rnguage uaughicrl Ana vet nl""NS "" D" IT
In a foreign language where there az" no iofe'tn'r'
-, ,pep.,,cd l,ughtcrJ II invariably calls down
I.ss oJ,cr.e criticism on ones accent. u@ue"'er''
an, eyc.ei.n rlv glId 10 participate IN u'hh''
ctveu IA a gentleman upon h.s return home W. '""o
u,ually been engaged In giving dinner 10 E'"'' "
MON the eve II their departure from nome III VIM"
,oemeA ~ De an Implied condition tH"' "'N ~
lcav, The country within twrniy'f'nr u'mS
tnrbf.rl L.. than two years ago | 'tar''' ID
,,,,,, - visit Mr. Reid In tho hop, that might se'
f-,n Tim stras l: tip In diplomacy. found great
,,nv uubllc men going 10 Europc about inc SAM
dime Onr public men seem 10 thhH tm' VIII HuN
raty e. Their public rcpr'ation' N Gro 'lhE TIE ""o''
uor;,cuarly when ,heg think of how much Il anu'' ~
,l ,u,atln Of Gcor-r Washington even crossing The
n.,,,,p-,. River Great lnughtcrl on my arrival
abroad I Immediately began the 'lniy Of me
adherence l.twccn the French race and our
ru-il.h race, The real difference ID not STING
mo unin | crossed the English Channel. The last
man | saw Ia ~ gland wa, n soldier win MS r."
cont and nj, blue trou.cr, The first man saw on
nv landing n France Wa, soldier VITA bis bluc coat
ana r,d trousers, ard said to myself That settles II
when Won tu.n o Freedman upside down h. becomes
an Eng. ,hmau.- Roar3 Of iaughtcrJ
AN lNvITArIoS To FIVE O'CLOCK TEA
ON my arrival I'm rarl, found that the people
had ID ~ many Of ous customs ana onr ENGLISH
uhra o., descriptive 4 chem. y French friend wanting
ia inv. me- to ,ako With him In the afternoon. aid
.Vonlcz yous , o'clockct. aVcc mol T. and | replied
Yc. vi'h great deal of pleasure at what hour -
lie said T. ne: You seem 10 understand verifying
.av cAocp, NV Eagi>h' daughter
Then yi.ited ,hc Chamber Of Deputies found
TINT body v1cifcrous \ deputy made motion
AID immediately all The ether deputies arose howed
upset pile, Of books. yelled and icrked
bcnchcs loose from the floor. supposed
they were mu'lyiug. but was n taken; they were
only coluridng in the motion. GaughtcrJ
Then saw on the oppost, bank Il the river from
the Chamber u Dcpa,e. Tint most beautiful Of all
street scene the Place de- Ia Concorie. and gentle
man Of pllo-oph u.l Of mind said Here We
Inv, the Pllc" d. IL Coucoidc opposite the place
DE- Ia di-corI. uicnevcd laurherD
Everybody in France WAS excited on the subject
Of the tnrif. ana Wa ooih'"hat >lIP1''u ~ INA
the familiarity with which the continually spoke Of
our Ohio statesman They wcrr constantly abiding
10 2c Elli Mckinley" told them that II was only
a matter Of taste; that in this country We usually
spoke Il him ~ william. Great anehtcr)
The American hog Wa, In every Frcnchman's MIND
but that did NOT suit The gra,png position OF our
exporters they wanted to have 1t III cveNb0dy's
stomach Renewed hushcr) They were attacking
the American hog In al direction, and law that he
was not having "A fair show. Every disease nom
ccrcbro spinal meningitis TO nter'tcrtlal nephriti'
WA, attributed TO a lack NJ health IN the American hog.
They had an exaggerated Idea Oi the hog In America.
They believed that the people In Chicago found lard
OIL light cheaper than daylight aud that the merchants