Morning journal and courier., 1892-02-13
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
 From All Quarters. IN MEMORY OF LINCOLN. Celebration of the Martyred
 Presidents Birthday. NEW YORK FEVER PATIENTS ISOLATED Congress Asked to Look
 Into the Reading Affair. THE WEEKLY REVIEW OF TRADE. Awful Tales of the Distress in Russia.
THE WEEKLY REVIEW OF TRADE.
LINCOLN,S BIRTHDAY.

Celebration of the Event by Political
 Clubs - -Attorney-General M1ller,s
 Speech at Philadelphia-Some of
 the 'sThings Done'' by the Present
 Administration.
 PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 12.-The Pennsyl- vania club, a semi political organization here, tonight celebrated. the birthday of Abe Lincoln by a dinner. Covers were laid for 120. Ex-State Senator Joseph M. Gazzam, president of the club. presided. The principal guests were Attorney Gen eral Miller, Solicitor General Taft and United States Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire. The first toast Abraham Lincoln" was responded to by c. Stuart Patterson, dean of the law school of the University of Pennsylvania. Attorney General Miller spoke to the toast "The Present Administration" MT. Miller said he would not speak of the head of the administration. but would simply call at tention to a few of the "things done" in every y-day work by the administration. He mentioned the extradition treaties made with Canada and other countries; the re- dnction of expenses without loss of eff ciency in all branches of the treasury; i'm proved methods of attending to immi- grants; the enlistment of Indians as sol diers; the decrease of assertions from the army; the extension and improvement of the postal service; the successful enforce work done by the navy department in building up the new navy; the honest and efficient administration of the Indian bureau and the land office; the agricultural departments successful efforts to secure the repeal of laws prohib- iting importation of American pork and cattle into Eupropean countries; the in- creased success with which the govern ment's interests are cared for in legal pro- ceedings; President Harrison's excellent judicial appointments, and the vindication by the supreme court of the administra- tion's claim that the executive has the power and duty to protect every officer and agent of the government in the discharge of duty, and it's action and agents can be called in question only in it's own courts MT. Miller invited investigation of the claim that President Harrison is giving to the country an honest, capable, patriotic, busi- ness administration.
 Senator Gallinger responded to the toast "The Achievements of the Republi- can Party" He reviewed briefly the mo- table achievements of the party and said there remained one more thing for it to do namely to elect it's candidate in the com ing presidential election. He remarked that the foremost man of the party, Secre- tary Blaine, had declined to be his pasty's standard bearer, but the party was still rich in men who could lead it to victory. 'The political issues Sf lssS sns of T"s New TssPonded Ropd t0 said "billion dollar congress" was no longer an issue. The chief issue of 1899 was pro tection. The question of honest elections would also be an issue. He referred to what he called the ''high-handed fraud and theft of the New York legislature by the political trickster who is now the lead ing democratic candidate for president" :" The other toasts were: Pennsylvania, !" by Representative Stone; 'Moral Ideas and Patriotism in Politics." by Rev. Dr. Paxton of Philadelphia, and "The Press," by Talcott Williams of the Press.
 t'THE PLAIN PEOPLE,"
 NEW YORK, Feb. 12.-Three hundred republicans here tonight celebrated the anniversary of Lincoln's birth at a dinner given by the Republican club of the city of New York. James A. Blanchard pre-
 
 were Chauncey N. Depew, General Horace Potter, Rev. Dr. Robert Collyer, Senator Hiscock, Senator Orville H. Platt of Con- necticut, e1-Governor Phineas c. Lounsbury of Connecticut, Senator Warren of Wyo- ming and other prominent men,.
 Letters of regret were read from Presi- dent Harrison, Secretary Blaine, Governor Page of Vermont and others. President Blanchard and Rev. Dr. G. E. Strobridge made addresses eulogistic of Lincoln Senator Platt spoke to the toast "The Plain People," Among other things he l said it was time to realize that politics was view of ideas. If the republicans expected the right to win they mus | fight fer it. The speaker sketched the character of Lincoln and asserted tha his chief reliance was upon that part O. his countrynen whom he delighted to refer to as ''the plain people," Thus h.
 built upon tho republican party, and thu we must do if we would maintain the re publican party. MT. Platt further sait that the republican psrty's every measure has been for the advancement, the protec
 tion and the welfare of the honest, plain
 poor people of the United States. Senate
 Hiscock responded to the toast "Th
 Ballot" He denounced Hill and Attorne
 General Tabor. Speeches were also mad
 by United States Senator Warren, ElihI
 Root and Cornelius N. Bliss.
 HISTORY OF THE PARTY.
 BOSTON, Feb. 12-The anniversary c
 the birth of Abraham Lincoln was observe
 by the Middlesex club by "Lincoln Day
 dinner at the Parker house. President Joh | n