The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1892-12-11
MASTERS OF ORATORY
Bfitny Hen Of The Iation Greet Presi.
dont.Rlect CleYeland.
THE REFORM CLUB DINNER
Statesmen From Nearly all States
OF the Union In Attendance
Mr.. Cieveland's
Speech.

MIR. Cievsiand's
Speech.
NEW YORK. Dec. l0.-Statesmsn dined
. statesman tonight In the concert hall at
Madison Square garden. II was the Re-
form clubs dinner to Presdent-eloct
Grover Cleveland. Tho prospect OF bril-.
liant oratory and wise counsel filled the
boxes aud galleries with men and women,
and the audience was not disappointed. A
numberof leading statesmen Of the demo-
cratic party, and of tho nation for that
matter, spoke well and to the point. Tho
statesmen and patriots who spoke. aside
from Prestlent-elect Cleveland, were Carl
Schurz, Senator Roger Q. Mills Of Texas,
Ex-Governor James L. Campbell Of Ohio,
Zen. Patrick A. Collins of Massachusetts
ana Congressman Thomas Johnson
OF Ohio. and Z. Ellery Andcr.
son. Flowers and foliage plants were
tastefully arranged about tho hall. A
noticeable feature Of the dinner was the
number OF out-of-town statesmen present.
Almost every state was represented. At
least one-third Of the 575 who sat down at
the dinner were from out of the city.
President-elect Cleveland spoke In part
as follows:
we can contemplate nothing moro
gratifying in connection with this Assem-.
piage than the proof II affords that the
Amerioan people can be trusted to man
age she government given into their keep.
iEg. IL there nre those who have boon dis
appointed and disheartened by the extent
to which our people have been deceived
and mislcd, or who with fear havc seen
the heedlessness of the duty Of citizenship
open wide the door of,corrupting influence,
or who, with sad forebodings, beheld popu.
lar rule nearing the fatal rocks Of de.
bauched suffrage, or who mourncd be-
cause OF appeals to sclfishness and prom.
ises OF unequal advantages. apparently
undermining patriotism which alone
1ustifi.s our hope of national perpctuity,
let tnis occasion and the events which led
I . it reinstatc their faith and confidence
In their countymen. II We have learned
that the appeal to the patriotism of our
countymen, and an honest presentation
of the political principles to their intelli-
Rence and judgment are not in vain, tho
thought must not escape us, that while
our people will. in tho end, repay their
support to tho political party which al.
dresses their understanding and reason,
instead Of broad prejudices and selfish ius-
terests, they will surely revenge them.
selves upon those who deceive or betray
them.
National democracy and it's allies in
political principles rejoice over the defeat
OF those whose fate is full of instruction
and warning. II We redeem the prom
ises We have made to the voters of our
land, the difficulty of our task can hardly
be exaggerated. Conditions involving the
most important interests must be reviewed
and modified. and tho perplcxing prob
lens menacing our safety must be scttlcd.
Above all and the ultimate object Of all We
do, the rights and welfare of our people in
every condition of life must be placed
upon more equal plane Of opportunity
and advantage. We should not enter
upon our work in the least spirit of resent.
ment nor in needless disregard of the wei.
fare of any portion of our citizens or tho
mission Of our party. Tho reforms We
contemplate do not invite tho encourage
ment OF jealous animositics nor tho de-
struction Of discrimination between Amer.
ican interests. In order that We may begin
with free hands, We should vigorously OPP
pose all delusions which havo their origin
in unprincipled teachings or In dcmagogic
attempts to deceive the people. We
should strive TO rid ourselves and our
countrymcn of the idea that there 10 any
thing shabby or disgraccful in economy
whether In public or private life. II ex-
travagancc in public expenditure pre-
vailed In the past, II affords
no excuse for a continuance, and
there is no breach SO palpable as q waste
of money held by public servants for the
peoples uses. The cultivation of such
sentiment is not only high duty, bu, an
absolute necessity to tho consummatiou
of reforms We enter upon. We shall ut.
tcrly and disgraccfully fail II We attempt
these reforms under the influence Of party
or partisan schcming or fear of jeoparyii.-
ing personal and political fortunes. They
can only bc accomplished when unseliish
patriotism guides tho aspirations of our
people and regulates the action of their
chosen servants.
"Wc, who are TO he charged with the re-
sponsibility of making and executing laws,
should begin our preparation for the task
By o rigid sclf-cxamination and by self
purgation from all ignoble and unworthy
tendencies.
Mr.. Schurz said that the moral forces In
politics formed most striking illustra-
tion i'm tho recent election. Before the
convention many well meaning democrats
thought and declared that with Cleveland
rs Canuiuate tne eueinocrauc party woulu
be doomed to certain defeat. They thought
tho man who, instead of trucking to other
peoples prcjudices. always expressed
his convictions of right and duty with
defiant frankness must have provoked in
superablc opposition. Moral forces were
q decisive factor, however, for they turned
| to Cleveland for every vote lost several
times as many votes of patriotic men who
had not been democratic before. These
moral forces are that patriotism which
subordinatcs every other consideration To
,bc general welfare, honor aud greatness
of the country. So long as democracy
means the preservation OF popular self
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