The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-16
THE PRESIDENT
Speaks to the New York Chamber
Of Commerce.
oHAUNoEY DBPBw's OBITUARY.

GFocefulIy to the VIII OF the Eco
pie and to the ''1'ypicai American" /"
Attorney General Miller's Tribute
10 the President-WhiteIaw Reid's
Speech.
NEW YoRK, Nov. 16.-President-elect
Grover Cleveland was one of the honored
guests last night at the 124th annual din
ner of the chamber of commerce, held at
Delmonico's. Three hundred guests
We're seated in the large banqueting hall
when Rev. DIR. William Vibbert, pastor
Of Trinity chapel, said grace at 7:15.
On q raised dias was placed the table of
honor, In the centre of which was seated
Mr.. Alexander E. Orr, the president of
the banquet. On either side of Mr.. Orr
were Mr.. Cleveland and Hon. Charles
Foster, and among others seated were
Senator Carlisle, Carl Schurz, ex-Gov-
ernor Campbell of OlAo, Chauncey NJ.
pepew, Whitelaw RSSi, Rev. DR.. John
Hall, Hon. W. q. P. Breckenridge, Murat
Halstead, William Havemeyer and
Henry Clews.
There were several absentees. One of
these Hon. Stephen B. Ell1ins, secretary
OF war, who was to reply to the toast
"The President of tho United States"
Baron de Faya was also expected, but
failed to Do present, and this was the
case with Hon. Frank Hiscock. There
We're two guests present, however, who
filled vacancies at the presidents table,
These were Ex-Governor Campbell of
Ohio and Senator John J. Carlisle.
MilIer's Tribute to Harrison.
1t was $3.50 when President Orr called
Ia flnra -.
grant Havanas, made a graceful speech
Of welcome. Mr.. Orr concluded by Civ
Ing the first toast, which was responed
TO by Attorney General Miller. Mr..
Miller responded to the toast, "The
President of the United States" for
which Secretary Elkins had been orig
inally slated. Mr.. Miller was hardly
prepared for the change and said he ap-
preached the task assigned him with
great difhdence and really "under pro-
test"
Continuing, the attorney general said:
81 am also embarrassed in the subject
which has been assigned to me as the
toast. l have not wont in the twenty
years of intimate association with Presi-
Dent Harrison to attempt TO analyze his
character, to catalogue his great quail
ttles, to try to determine wherein he was
weakest; but have been accustomed to
work beside him, each of us trying to ac-
complish that which was set before us as
the taski can only say that never in all
that twenty years have found him to
tall below the expectation which was en-
tertained as to what he could and what
he would do.
Tonight, as think of my friend sit
ting in his lonely home, watching for
she face that shall never gladden. his
nreside again, waiting for the football
shat shall never come, listening for the
voice whose music he shall never again
hear, l cannot but feel that the best
sribute can pay to him is that of sim
pie, unspoken sympathy"
General Miller then closed his speech
by commentary upon the official duties
Qevolving upon tho president Of the
United States and deprecatorv of the
tendency of the Legislature to encroach
nPon these executive duties
- In the absence of Baron Fava Mr.,
kinclair McElway, OF Brooklyn, re-
sponded to the toast, "1taly."
Commerce aud Civilization. was re
ponded to by Rev. John Hall, and Hon.
William g. z. Breckenridge, Of Ken
lucky, responded to 1.-The House Of Rep
resentativeS," "Commerce and Educa-
ton" was responded to by President J.
q. Schurnan, of Cornell university.
Professor Schurman's was the last on
the regular toast list. No sooner was
this announced than storm of cries for
"Clevelana', and "Depewr arose. Mr.,
Depew aress smilingly and waving his
hand, cried Cleveland" Mr.. Cleveland
ut last arose, and and after the bursts of
applause had somewhat subsidized, the
president-el6ct spoke as follows:
President-F,lect Cleveland's Speech.
"MR. PRRsIDENT AND DGRNTLEMEN-Iam am
exceedingly gratified by the kindness
and warmth of Your greeting. 1t does
not surprise me, however, for l have
seen and felt on more than one occasion
the cordial hospitality and heartiness of
those who assemble at the annual din
ners of our chamber Of commerce.
I'VE have noticed that many men,
when they seek to appear especiall,- wise
and impressive. speak of our business
Interests as something awful and mys-
tHrious, and quite often when a PROPOSE
tion is under discussion its merits are no
longer apparent to those whose hair Is on
end at tho solemn suggestion that our
business interests are lying in wait with
numerous walls of wrath IN complete
readiness for those who arrive at an un-
accepted conclusion.
~ am fortunate in being able to say
that my relation to the chamber of com
merce Of the state of New York, though
merely Of q complimentary kind, arising
from honorary membership. has SO
familiarized me with business interests
that ! no longer regard these words as
meaning 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 an an
&ent prophet.
"It is entirely natural that my famil-
karity with business interests, arising
from the relation to which | have re-
ferred, should be of a very pleasant sort,
and free from fear and trepidation, for
the only meetin's have ever attended
Of the chamber Of commerce have been
precisely such as this, when the very
best things TO eat and drink have been
exhRnstirely discussed. l am bound to
Ray that on these occasions the dreadful
beings representing business interests
have been very human indeed.
al know you will not do me the in
sustice of supposing that | would in the
least underrate the Importance of COM
Rnereial and financial interests here rep
resented. On the contrary no one ap-
preciates more fully than | that, while a
proper adjustment of all interests should
be maintained, You represent those
which are utterly Indispensable to our
national growth and prosperity. do
not believe that any other interests should
be obliged to feed on the crumbs which
fall from the table of business, nor do |
believe the table should be robbed of tho
good things which are honestly and
fairly there merely because Some tables
are not well provided.
"It comes to this. We are all inter-
ssted as Americans in a common pur-
suit. Our purpose is. or ought to be, in
Dur several spheres. to add to the general
fund of national prosperity. From this
fund we are all entitled to draw-per-
haps not equally, but justly, each receiv-
Ing fair portion of individual prosper
ptler in our anxiety to be first in the dis
rihntian of sharns md q IL