The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-01-29

/ assure you, but as this Congress is an
economical one that has not a billion dol
lars for anything, and many members
who live on one meal day and who are en-
deavoring to devise ways and means 60
starve the public. the outlook is not
bright. What we do need first. with all
respect to Mr.. Dickinson, is new Post
master. Your representative in Congress
may not be able to get much for you now,
but with the assistance of OF a man In the
Senate like Leon Albeit prospects Will
brighten. [Applause).
Congress Is large body. knew what
| was getting into and | was not disap-
pointed when / reached there. 1t is q ma
| Jestic body and epresents the great BODY
! OF people in the United States; the great
cosmopolitan element without regard to
sect, creed or nationality. The system
operated there and the order kept1 Is about
| on the same principle as the order being
| observed at the other end of this table.
| [Cheers and no more noise from the
point indicated] You will see men there
who have been there for years, who walk
around with their hands in their pockets
rs If they owned the place. Men who
send records OF their speeches to their
constituents; others who make speeches
| and, for fear Of offending the
| cultivated tastes of their constituents.
| have it marked in the records that
| their remarks are held for revision and
will appear later. Men who get between
| you and the Speaker when you want his
attention, men who expect with their
| eloquence to electrify the world or set the
| Potomac on fire. In regard to the Speaker
you are merely supposed to catch his eye,
| but not to bother his ear. You must 60
| to him quietly and then perhaps he will
| help you out. You meet men of refine
| ment, men Of culture and broad views.
THE CHILEAN AFFAIR.
"We have recently passed a trying
i T y, Il t,ar not
| been plunged into an action which would
have been unworthy of our Republic. We
should not have assailed weaker power.
1t is the opinion of Congress that there
was no great cause for war, as it is fact
that no insult has been offered the
Government or to the American nag.
The Chilean officials are not any
more responsible for what a mob
did on the streets on Valparaiso
than we are for what mob did in New
Orleans. No uniformed officer Of that
government insulted our seanen or
soldiers. The weaker power has apollo
gized, aud in my belief it was not be-
cause of the great correspondence carried
on, but the fact that gun covering two
freight cars was shipped across our cou-
tinent, presumable to be sent to Chile.
This lesson has taught us that we should
be liberal in the future and be prepared
for war. We want good men and we
put on wheels and used to plow ground.
We want naval officers who can agree,
naval officers VINO do not thiuk their
place is on shore.
Look at the time when the City of
Baltimore, the innocent cause for so
much trouble, was launched after being
repaired at San Francisco. Not a great
time had elapsed before she ran ashore in
the mud, and the tug which was sup
posed to pull her off was in command of
a federal officer who was off on a junket-
ing. We want officers to stay where
they are wanted and not men who travel
all over Europe.
1--WE need unity and then perhaps We
will get something. Look at the power
Ex-Governor Hill will carry with him.
His influence will be great in the future,
and / trust that he will aid us and
will have federal building worthy your
city and its inhabitants,
"In Congress / was not successful in
reaching many committees, but am on
the Committee of the Whole, and knew
| would get there before reached Wash
ington." Applausel.
GOVERNOR ABBETT'S SPEECH.
The next speaker was Governor Abb
bett. and at the mention of his name
every man cheered. For fully five min
utes the applause continued and then the
Governor replied to the toast "Our
oldL6 NO ludu Coll w JuStlCc w OuE
State" said the Governor. "There are
but few States which are advancing as is
ours. Look at our mining trade-is
that not adding to the great wealth of our
State? The little State of New Jersey
stands between the big States of Penn
sylvania and New York, and we receive
advantages from both. We are increas-
ing more rapidly than our neighbors in
population. We have residents whose
business compels them to go into
other States. Our great manufacturing
interests are increasing. and the southern
be sand, is developing into acres of culti-
waited ground for fruits. Our material
wealth is increasing.
"Under our judiciaries the greatest
corporations and the humblest resident
are alike safe We have good govern
ment. We are prosperous and our thou
sands of working people stand ready al
ways to be turned into military battalions
II required. Our government is more
economically operated than that of any
State of our size. Our financial standing
is equal to that of any city in the Union.
Our charitable institutions are an honor
to the people. our industrial and reform
schools excellent. and for the entire
operation of all these things the great
weight of taxation does not fall upon our
people. [Cheers.l We have a govern
ment to feel proud of and we will adj
vance Win greater strides year aIt6r year.
Our people are happy and prosperous"
COUNSELLOR RECORDS WIT.
Counsellor Record was next introduced
aud made perhaps the wittiest speech of
the evening, not forgetting, however, to
fire several broadsides into the Board of
Finance for cutting down the Free Pub
lie Library appropriation. The speech
was made, it is said, at the request of
DIR Gordon, and as Mr.. Record is counsel
to the Library Trustees his remarks can
be vely clearly understood.
LAS l took my seat here beside the
Mayor. he said to me, L am going to run
again. l replied that L had heard so'
He then told me that IF would stump
for him on this occasion he would make
me Corporation Counsel I have noticed
that people here do whole lot of kicking
and finally they get what they want. |
have the Mayors promise. l have what
wanted and now will stop kicking, but |
If l am Kicker don't want to disgrace
my kind, so you can all look upon your
Corporation Counsel, because 1 am going
to support the Mayor and stump for him. |
"Our Free Public Library is great |
and grand Institution, and in my humble |
estimation. more good can be derived !
from that source than from churches, |
Peoples Palaces or anything else. 1t is |
an educator, and any man or set OF men |
who would attempt to cripple that insti-
tuition, to close its doors or TO make it use
less by choking it's maintenance fund, |
will find that the result in his case will be |
that of the man who smokes in powder |
house. Our library is we'll managed, and |