Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-16
A COMMERCIAL BANQUET,
Distinguished Men Surround
the Festal Board.
Annual Dinner of the New York
Chamber of Commerce.
President Elect Cleveland the Hon
Ored Guest Of the Occasion.
Secretary Of the Treasury Foster, Attor-
ney-General Miller, Whttelaw Reid
and Chauncey M. Depew
Among the Speakers.

New YORK, Nov. 15.-The annual
dinner of the chamber of commerce was
held at Delmonico's tonight. Mr.
Cleveland was present; Mr.. Depew was
also there. In the absence of President
Smith, Vice-President Orr presided
Cleveland sat upon his right and Secre
tary of the Treasury Charles Foster
upon his left. The cabinet was further
represented by Attorney General Miller
Among others present were Comptrollel
of the Currency A. D. Hepburn, Calvir
s. Brice, Senator Hiscock, W. G. P
Breckinridge, Whiteiaw Reid, Car
Schurz, Murat Halsted, George M. Pull
man, D. 0. Mills, Henry Willard, Austin
Corbin, Col. Elliott F. Shepard, Henry
Clews, VIM. Havemeyer and others.
SECRETARY FOSTERS SPEECH.
After dinner Mr.. Orr made short
address and introduced Secretary Eos.
ter, who in response to the toast, The
Treasury Department, spoke in part as
follows:
''The relations of the treasury depart
ment to such an important body as the
chamber of commerce of New York are
such as to justify me in speaking some
what in detail, although briefly, of it's
personnel and relations to the country.
The greatest distress of the secretary is
the numerous and persistent Emporium
ity of party and social friends for office.
After much observation and expert
ence 1 do not hesitate to express
the opinion that the work of the gov
ernment is better done than that of our
great corporations. Care ia always
taken to promote the comfort and con-
venience of the public doing business
with the treasury. We have by the use
ofgold and silver certificates as circulat-
ing medium, illustrated the superiority
of paper money over metal to such an
extent as to create in the minds of
thoughtful men an inquiry as to the
utility OF coinage. The fact is estab-
lished that the paper representative ia
preferred by our people"
THE ATTORNEY GENERALS TOAST.
Attorney General Miller followed in
response to the toast, The President of
the United States, which was drunk by
all present.
President Harrison, be said. was kept
away by unexpected difficulties. He
was in core domestic effiiction. He
occupied q great Office, however, and
TIE speaker believed the people of the
United States did not understand the
vastness of the Office. He believed
there was tendency existing among
the legislative halls OF the states to rob
the executive government of it's powers,
and instanced his own state OF Indiana
as an example, He thought the legis-
latures were invading the offices of the
executive.
OTHER SPEAKERS.
st. Clair McKelley spoke to the toast
Italy, in place of Baron Fava, who was
kept away by illness. He was followed
by DR.. John Hall on Commerce and
Civilization; Hon. w. G.. P. Breckin.
ridge on The House OF Representatives ;
and President Schurman of Cornell uni
versity on Commerce and Education.
THE GUEST OF HONOR.
When Professor Schurman had fin
ished, Mr.. Orr announced that the regu-
lar card was exhausted, but he would
now present to the company a gentle
man who needed no introduction, Hon.
Grover Cleveland. The mention of the
president-elect's name was received with
an outburst of applause which was
hushed to respectful silence, as the dis
tinguished guest arose.
Mr.. Cleveland expressed his gratitude
at the kindness and warmth of the
greeting. "We have all noticed" said
he, that many men, when they seek to
appear especially wise and impressive,
speak OF our business interests as some
thing awfully mysterious, and quite often
when proposition is under discussion,
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 walls
| of wrath, in complete readiness
for those who arrive at an
accepted conclusion. 1t is en-
tirely natural that my familiarity
with the business interests, rising from
the relation to which I have referred,
| should be of pleasant sort and free
| from fear and trepidation, for the only
| meetings have attended of the cham
Der of commerce have been precisely such
| as this, when the very best things to eat
and drink have been exhaustively dis
cussed. l am bound to say that on
these occasions the dreadful beings rep
resenting the business interests have
been very human indeed. know you
will not do me the great injustice of
supposing that in the least underrate
the Importance of the commercial and
financial interests here represented.
We are all interested as Americans in q
common pursuit. Our purpose is, or
ought to be, in our several 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 fair portion
of individual prosperity. Let us avoid
trampling on each other in our anxiety
to be first in the distribution of the
shares, and let US not attempt to appro-
pirate the share of Others"
In conclusion Mr.. Cleveland again ex-
pressed his thanks for the courtesies
extended, and said he never allowed
himself to be needless of the affairs they
so worthily hold in their keeping.
wHrTELAw RElD's REMARKS.
Hon. Whitelaw Reid spoke next, and
introduced himae1f nv. Aaavin0 spaech.