The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-11-16

IHe solemn suggestion LOHL OuE DuHl-
ness interests" are lying in wait with
numerous walls of wrath in complete
readinass for those who arrive at an
unaccepted conclusion. / am fortunate
in being able 10 state that my relation
to the chamber OF commerce OF the state
OF New York, though merely Of COM
plimentary kind arising from honorary
membership, has so familiarized me
with business interests" that | no
longer regard those words as meaning
bloodthirsty beast, nor do / have con-
stantly 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 ancient
prophet.
1t is entirely natural that my tamil-
iarity with business interests, arising
from the relation to which have re-
ferred, should be OF q very pleasant
sort and free from fear and trepidation
for the only meetings l have ever at
tended OF the chamber OF commerce
have been precisely such as this, when
the very best things to eat and drink
have been exhaustively discussed. l
am bound to say that on these occa.
sions the dreadful beings representing
business interests have been very hui
man indeed.
l 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. On the contrary, no one
appreciates moro fully than / that
while proper adjustment OF all inter
ests should be maintained, you repre-
sent those which are utterly indispen-
sable to our natural growth and pros
perity. ! do not believe that any other
interests should be obliged to feed from
tho crumbs which fall from the table OF
business, nor do believe that table
should be robbed OF tho good things
which are honestly and fairly there,
merely because some other tables are
not well provided.
1t comes to this. We are all inter-
ested az Americans in u common pur-
suit. Our purpose 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 fair portion Of individual
prosperity. Let us avoid trampling on
each other in our anxiety to be first in
the distribution OF shares and let us not
attempt to appropriate the share of
others.
As close / cannot refrain from ex.
pressing my thanks for the courtesies
often extended to me by the organiza-
ton at whose hospitable board l have
sat this evening. beg to assure You
that though may not soon meet you
again on an occasion like this, shall
remember with peculiar pleasure the
friends made among your membership,
and shall never allow myself to be heed
less OF the affairs you go worthily hold
in your keeping"
wHITELAw REID SPEAKS.
Mr.. Cleveland was followed by the
Hon. Whitelaw Reid, who introduced
himself by saying that the speech max
ing ought to be left to the "other side"
~ have made great many speeches"
he said, within the last three or four
weeks, and am bound to say am not
W Ah Piehaeu WILL tuo Ae-
suit. The other side will ask
many questions and it will consider
very wisely what is said. We will put
no obstacles in their way. [Cheers.
will pay my respects, as loyal Ameri-
can citizen, to the elect OF sixty-five mil
lions OF the American people. As a
OF the chamber OF COM
merce, would like to answer ques-
tion which my friendfrom Kentucky Mr..
Breckenridge, has asked. he says that
he, as a representative OF the successful
party, is here to ascertain the issues OF
the business people OF New York. There,
is nothing so injurious to business as
He has told US that
it was the purpose Of his party to set
their faces resolutely and antagonisti-
cally against the course which the peo-
pie OF this country have pursued for
thirty years. can only answer in the
words OF deputy of the
French chamber, who said thar
on international questions affecting
his country or nationality there was no
and no majority, that all were
Frenchmen, and that we are all
Americans.
MIR. DgPEw.
After Mr.. Reid had spoken there were
loud cries of "Depew." Mr.. Depew re-
sponded: "I expected" he said, ito
be here tonight attending the
obsequies of distinguished friend |
Of mine, [laughterl and had prepared |
n eulogy which would be satisfactory to
the deceased. Idiscover, however, that
| have been listening to a Democratic
meeting.
l lind that the places are changed. l
lm the corpse. Laughter. The poo
pie had decided in favor OF a change.
He hoped that there would be no delays |
Of legislation. II we arc to be debating |
for the next year what is to be the
policy OF the country We will have
year OF stagnation.
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