The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-16
4 BRILLIANT AFFAIR
Annual Banquet of the New York
Chamber of Commerce.
THE ToAsrs AND RESPONSES.
A Brief Address by President Elect Cleveland
-Chauncey AZ. Depew Also Responds, Like
wise Many Other Prominent Gentlemen.

present. Or. OSpeW was also tue1e. III
the absence Of President Smith, Orr pre-
sided Mr.. Cleveland sat upon his right
aud Secretary OF the Treasury Charles
Foster sat upon his left The cabinet was
further represented by Attorney General
Miller. Among the others present were
Comptroller Of the Currency A. d. Hep
burn, Senator Calvin s. Brice, Senator
Hiscock, William p. Breckenridge. White
law Reid, Carl Schurz, Murat Ralstesd,
George M. Pullman, D. 0. Mills, Henry
Willard, Austin Corbin. Colonel Elliott f.
Sheppard, Henry Clews, William Have
meyer and Others. After dinner Mr.. Orr
made short address and introduced Sec
Rotary Foster, who, in response to the
toast 1.-The Treasury Department" spoke
in part as follows;
1.-The relations of the treasury depart
ment TO such an important body as tie
chamber of commerce of New York are
such as to Justify me in speaking some
what in detail, although briefly, of its per-
sonel and their relations to the country.
The greatest distress of the secretary is
the numerous and persistent Importantly
OF party and social friends for office. After
much observation and experience, I do not
hesitate 10 express the opinion that the
WORK of the government is better done
than that Of cur great corporations. Care
Is always taken 10 promote the comfort and
convenience Of the public in business with
tie treasury. We have, by the use of gold
and silver certificates, g circulating medium
that has illustrated the superiority Of
paper money over metal TO such an extent
rs TO create in the minds of thoughtful men
inquiry as 70 the utility OF coinage. The
fact is established that paper a represen-
talive, is preferred by our people,
Attorney-G General Miller followed in re-
sponse TO the toast The President Of the
United States" which was drank by all
present. president Harrison" he said,
was Kept away by unexpected difficulties.
He was in sore affection. He occupied a
great Office, however, and the speaker be-
heved the people of The United States did
not understand the vsstness of the ONCE.
He believed there was q tendency exis ting
among the legislative halls of the states, to
rob the executive of the government Of it's
powers and instanced his own state of
Indiana as an example. He thought legisla-
lures were invading the offices of the ex-
ecutiEe.
ST. Clair McKelvey spoke to the toast of
Italy" in place of Baron FaVa who vas
kept away by illness. He was followed by
John Hall on Commerce and Civilization
Hon. w. Z. Breckenridge on "The House
OF Representatives, aud President Schur-
man Of the Cornell university, on Com
MERGE and Education" When Professor
Schurman had finished Mr.. Orr announced
the regular card exhausted, but that he
would now present TO the company, a
gentleman who needed no words of intro
ouction, Hon. Grover Cleveland. Mention
of the presiden t-eleot's name WAS received
with an out5urst Of applause which passed
70 q respectful silence and Mr.. Cleveland
spoke as follows:
MIR. Cleveland expressed gratitude at the
kindness aud warmth of their greeting.
1--WE all noticed, . said he, that many men
when they seek TO appear especially wise
ana impressive, speak Of our business in
tereste' as something awful aud mysterious,
and quite often when the proposition is
under discnssio ID its merits are no longer
apparent TO those whose hair is on end
at the solemn suggestion that our business
interests are lying IN wait with numerous
viRls OF wrath in complete readiness for
those who arrive at the accepted conclu-
sion. 1t is entirely natural that my
familiarity with business interests rising
from the relation to which have received
should be o. pleasant sort and free from
fear and trepidati0n. for the only meetings
/ have attended OF the chamber of COM
merce, have been precisely such as this,
when the very best things 10 eat and drink
have been extensively discussed. 1 am
bound to say that on these occasions the
dreadful beings representing business in
terests have been very human indeed
Il know you will not do me the injustice
of supposing that in the least undsrrate
the Importance OF The commercial
and financial interests here represented.
We are all interested as Americans
in common pursuit; our purposes, or they
ought 70 be. are several spheres to the gen
eral fund Of national prosperity. TITS
ell Id
not equally but justly each receiving fair
portion of individual prosperity. Let US
avoid trampling on each other Ia our
anxiety to be first 10 the distribution Of
shares, and let US not attempt TO appro-
pirate the share of Others" In conclusion
Mr. Cleveland again expressed thanks for
courtesies extended. and said that he never
allowed himself 10 be Needless of the affairs
they SO WOrthlly hold in their keeping.
Hon. WhitelRw Reid spoke next and in
froduced himself by saying that speech
making ought 10 be left ito the other side
] made great many speeches" he said,
within the last three or four weeks, and
an bound to say that / am not at all
pleased with the result As a member of
the chamber of commerce l would like to
answer a question which my friend from
KENTUCKY (Breckenridge) has asked. He
asks that as 2 representative Of the sue
cessful party he is here to as
certain the issue Of the business
people Of New York There IL nothing so
Injurious 10 business 80 uncertainty. He
told Us il is the purpose Of bis party 10 set
their faces resolutely and antagonistically
against tina course which the people of this
country have pursued for thirty years.
can only answer IL the words OF deputy
of the French chamber who said that on
Information questions affecting his country
or nationality there was no minority and
no majority; that all were Frenchmen. We
are all Americans"
When Reid had taken his seat there were
loud cries for Depew. DIR. Depew pleas
antly acquiesced, and said in part: AZ ex-
pected to be mere tonight attending the OBJ
seouies of distinguished friend of mine
aud prepared an eulogy which would be
satisfactory TO the deceased. I discover,
however that l have been listening 70
Democratic ratification meeting. ! ind the
places changed and l am the corpse
Laughter He believed that as the
in which TO study the political his
tory OF the country. they should
be ready TO present 8 programme st the
first opportunity and without delay. The
people had decided In favor of a change
and he hoped there would be no delays in
legislation. Mr. Cleveland understands
the gravity of the situation, and he has q
grand opportunity. If,he succeeds be viii
be an angel of political history of his time,
who will have given his country the policy
IL sought for, and a creed for which it
clamored." When Depew concluded MIR.
Orr announced the proceedings closed.
General Rosencrans Dangerously LII.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 15.-Generai w. S.
Rosecrans, register of the treasury, has
1,aor IN at hia refdenca here for eavarol