Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-11-16
The New York Chamber Of Com
merce Holds It's Annual
Houuion-

the Currency A. d. Hepburn, Sena
tor Calvin 8. Brice, Senator Hiscock
VIM. q. P. Breckenridge, Whitelav
Reid, Carl Scburz, Murat Halstead
George M. Pullman, d. o. M ills
Henry Willard, Austin Corbin
Colonel Elliott, F. Shepard, Henr,
Havemeyer and others.
After dinner Mr.. Orr made shor
address, and introduced Secretary
Foster, who responded to the toast
"rhe Treasury Department" Aftel
other set speeches Mr.. Orr an
nounced the regular card exhausted
but he would now present to the
company gentleman who needed
no words of introduction, Hon. Gro
yer Cleveland. The mention of the
president-elect's name was received
with an outburst Of applause.
Mr.. Cleveland expressed gratitude
at the kindness and warmth oi
greeting. We have all noticed, he
said, that many men, when they
seek to appear especially wise and
impressive, speak of our business in
terests as something awful and mys-
terious; and quite often when a
proposition is under discussion it's
merits are no longer apparent to
those whose hair is on end at the
solemn suggestions that "our busi-
ness interests" are lying in wait
with numerous yials Of wrath in
complete readiness for those who ar
rive at an accepted conclusion. 1t
ia entirely natural that my familiar
ity with business interests, arising
from the relations that I have re-
ferred, to should be of pleasant
sort and free from fear and trepida-
tion, for the only meetings 1 have
attended of the chamber of com.
merce have been precisely such as
this, when the very best things to
eat and drink have been exhaus-
lively discussed. ] am bound to
say that on these occasions the
dreadful beings who represent bust.
ness interest have been very human
indeed. We are all interested as
Americans in common pursuit.
Our pupose is, or ought to be, in our
several spheres, to add to the gen.
eral fund of national prosperity.
From this fund we are all entitled
to draw, perhaps not equally, but
justly, each receiving a fair portion
of individual prosperity. Let us
avoid trampling on each other in
our anxiety to be first in the distri-
button of shares, and let us not at
tempt to appropriate the shares of
others.
Attorney General Miller followed
respon nse to toast "Ths 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 domestic affiiction.. He oc-
cupied his great Office, however, and
the speaker believed the people of
the United States did not under
stand the vastness of the office. He
believed there was tendency ex-
isting among Legislative halls Of the
states to rob the executive govern
ment of its powers, and instanced
his own state of Indiana as an ex-
ample. He thought the legislatures
were invading the offices of the ex-
ecutive.
Hon. Whitelaw Reid spoke next,
and introduced himself by saying
speech-making ought to be left to
the ''other side" ~ made a great
many speeches, he said, "within the
last three or four weeks, and I'm
bound to say I'm not at all pleased
with the result" AS a member Of |
the chamber Of commerce, would |
like to answer the question which |
my friend form Kentucky (Breck-
Inrldge) has asked. He says that as
4 representative OF successful
party he Is here to ascertain the is-
'ues of the business people Of New
York. There Is nothing SO injur-
Gus to business as uncertainty. Hel
old Us II was the purpose Of his
,arty to set their faces resolutsly
md antagonistically against the
'ourse which the people Of this
country have pursued for so years.
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