St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-11
D|NEO A STATESMAN.
President-EIect Cleveland the
Guest of the Reform
Club.
Nearly Every State Of the
Union Has a Prominent
Democrat Present.
Brilliant and Patriotic Speech
by the Guest Of the
Evening.
Other Statesmen Entertain
and Instruct the Brilliant
Gathering.


NEW YORK, Dec. 10. - Statesmen
dlned statesman tonight in the con-
cert hall of the Madison Square garden.
1t was the Reform clubs dinner to
Presldent-elect Grover Cleveland. But
the dinner, exquisite as it was, is an
after consideration, though it came
first OH the programme. The speeches
delivered by the statesman and the
statesmen after the dinner had been
disposed of were the attractive feat
ures of the occasion. 1t was
the prospect of brilliant oratory and
wise counsel from the statesman and
statesmen that filled the boxes and
galleries with men and women inter-
csted in the welfare of the government.
1t was not the dinner that attracted
| them. A noticeable feature of the dinner
was the number of out-of-toWn states
men present. Almost every, ii not
every, state was represented. At least
| one-third Of the SIS who sat down at
| the dinner were from out Of the city.
The speakers table was on the plat
| form of the hall, so not only the diners,
| but the people in the boxes and gal
leries had no difficulty in seeing and
| hearing the
Speakers and Speeches.
Fourteen other tables were arranged
| on the floor in rows seven wide and two
| deep, the eight aiSleS extending length
wise OF the hall. AT each table were
| seated thirty-seven persons. An addl-
| tional table was placed in the assembly
room, at which twenty members OF the
| club sat. There were no toasts OH the
menu cards. The presiding officers an
nounced the speakers.
Among the prominent Democrats who
| attended the dinner were the following:
Charles s. Falfchild, Gov.-eleet Morris,
| of Connecticut; Congressman William
l.. Wilson, OF West Virginia; ex-Mayor
Grace, Frederick r. Coudert, Charles }.
Canday, Senator Brice. Gov.-elect Stone,
OF South Carolina; John w. Davis, of
Rhode Island; Congressman w. g. p.
Breckinridge, OF Kentucky; G. B.
Breckenridge, OF Florida; W.. i.
Bynum, of Indiana; William M.
Springer. of Illuols; M. d.. Har-
ter, of Ohio; Henry Willard,
Isador Strauss. Roger Foster, Henry
George. Congressman John Dewitt War
ner, Everett z. Wheeler, John Arnold;
Bradley b. Smalley, OF Vermont;
Pat Collins, OF Boston; IL. &. Turner,
Of Georgia; w. II. Brawty, of South
Carolina; Benton McMillin, of Tennes-
see; Josiah Patterson, of Tennessee;
III. A. James, OF Alabama; Thomas
Bowman of Iowa; ex-senator James B.
Eustis, of Louisiana; National Commit
teeman E. G. Wall, of Wisconsin; Prof.
William Everett, of Massachusetts,
James Mills Pierce.
Dined Before Talking.
1t was almost o'clock when the
president of the club, E. Ellery Ander-
son, raped for order. Divine blessing
was tnen invoked, and the dinner was
| served. While the dinner was in prog
| ress the boxes and galleries were grad
! ually filled, and, when the last course
| had been finished, there was not q va
| cant seat in the house. When the ap-
| plause following President Anderson's
| address had ceased he again stepped to
| the front of the platform and announced
| that the next speaker would be Presl-
| dent-elect Grover Cleveland. He did
not finish this sentence. AS soon as the
audience heard the words president
| elect the applause became almost
=
Mr. Cleveland arose, and the applause
| was renewed with doubled vigor. When
| quiet was at length restored, Mr. Cleve-
| land spoke as follows:
| Mr.. President and Ladies and Gentle
! men-I have nothing new or startling to
| say to you and | hope to nothing more
than remind you of the meaning and
| significance of this occasion. AS we
| are here gathered together werepresent
| those who have been willing to risk all
consequences in battle for principles
which are grounded in purest patriot
| ism, because they accord with the pnr-
poses and objects of our free instltu-
| tiOnS.
A Plain Feature
of this gathering, which | am sure
warns the hearts of all of us, is our
celebration of one of the graDdeSt and
| most complete victories ever achieved in
! the struggle for right and justice; and
| our glad greeting of the brightest light
| of triumph our generation has seen
| bursting from the clouds OF defeat and
| diScouragefnent.
1 Let me suggest to you, however, that
| we can contemplate nothing more graf
! ifying in connection with this assem-
| blage than the proof 1t affords that the
| American people can be trusted to man
| age the government when has been
| given into their keeping. LII there are
| those who have been disappointed and
| disheartened by the extent to which our
i people have been deceived and mlsled.
j or who, with fear, have seen needless
| ness of the duty of citizenship, open
| wide the door of corrupting influences,
| or who, with sad forebodings, have be-
| held popular rule nearing the fatal
| rocks of debauched suffrage, or who
have mourned because appeals to sell
ilfishness and promises of unequal ad-
! vantages were apparently undermining
! that patriotism which alone juStifieS
| our hope of national perpetuity, let this
i occasion and the events which have led
Ito it reinstate their faith and their con-
i fidence in their countrymen. Ii 1T has
seemed to those striving for better pub
lie sentiment that the disposition was
growing
Among Our People
to regard their government as a depos-
4 itory of individual benefits, to be i'm
portuned and threatened and despoiled,
i let them take heart from the evidences
i now before our eyes, that there is still
abroad in the land controlling belief
that our government should be source
Il of Just and beneficent rule, proudly
4 supported by free men. protected by
their care and watchfulness, and
i returning to all our people,
Il with equal hand, the safety
4 and happiness it holds in store for
Il Them If we have learned that an ap-
neal TO the patriotism of our country
i men: and an honest presentation of
political principles to their intelligence
4 sad Judgment are not in vain, the