The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-11-16
Cleveland, Reid and Depew
Speak to Merchants.
FARMERS ALLIANCE CONvENES
The Southern Democrats Trying to
Control the Organization.
Cleveland's Plurality in Illinois 80, 900
-Ca.ifornia Still In Doubt-Both
Parties Claim Wyoming Legislature-
Cleveland Repudiates Tammany.

NEW York, Nov. 15-The annual dinner
of the Chamber of Commerce was held at
Deimonico's tonight. Mr.. Cleveland was
present, and Mr.. Depew was also there.
Cleveland sat upon the chairman's right,
and Secretary of the Treasury Charles
Foster upon the left. The cabinet was
further represented by Attorney General
Miller. Among others present were
Comptroller of the Currency A. ID. Hep
burn, Senator Calvin S. Brice, Senator
Hiscock. William P. Brecainridge. White
law Reid. Carl Schurz. Murat Halstead,
George NJ. Pullman. D. o. Mills, Henry
Willard, Austin Corbin, Col Elliott f.
Shepard, Henry Clews, William Have
meyer and others.
After the dinner Mr.. Orr made a short
address and introduced Secretary Foster,
who. in response to the toast 1.-The Treas
ury Department" spoke as follows:
The relations OF the treasury department to
such an important body IS the Chamber of Com.
merce OF New York are such Is to justify me in
speaking somewhat in detail, although briefly,
OF its personnel and relations to the couatry.
The greatest distress of the secretary is the nI-
merous aud persistent importantly OF party and
social friends for Office. After much obser-
j
express the opinion that the work of the gov
ernment Is better done than that OF our great
corporations. Care is always taken to promote
the comfort and convenience of the pubic in
business with the treasury. We have, by the
use of gold and silver certificates as circulating
medium, illustrated the superiority of paper
money over metal to such an extent as to create
In the minds OF thoughtfal men inquiry as to
the utility OF coinage. The fact Is established
that the paper representative 10 preferred by
our people
Attorney General Muller followed in re-
sponse to the toast, 1.-The President of the
United States" which was drunk by all
present. President Harrison, he SAID,
was kept away by unexpected difficulties.
He was In sore domestic affection. He
occupied a great Office. land the speaker be-
lieved the people of the United States did
not understand the vastness of the office.
He believed a tendency existed among the
legislative halls of the states to ROB the
executive government of its powers. and
instanced his own state of Indiana as an
example. He thougt the legislatures were
invaiidating the offices OF the executive.
st. Clair McKeliey spoke to the toast,
Italy," in place of Baron Fava. who was
kept away by illness. He was followed by
zation"; Hon. WilhaHfsC. Breckinridge, on
THE House of Representatives" and
President Schurman, of Cornell univer-
sity, on Commerce and Education"
When Prof. Schurman had finished, Mr..
Orr announced that the regular card was
exhausted. but he would now present to
the company gentleman who needed no
words of introduction. Hon. Grover Cleve-
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name was received with an outourst of ap-
plause. to be hushed to respectful silence.
Mr.. Cleveland expressed gratitude at
the kindness and warmth of the greeting.
We have all noticed, SAID he, that many
men when they seek to appear especially
wise and impressive speak of "our bus
ines interests" as something awful and
mysterious. and quite often. when a propo-
sition is under discussion, its merits are
no longer apparent to those whose hair is
on end at the solemn suggestion that ''our
business interests" are lying in wait with
numerous vials of wrath in complete
readiness for those who arrive at
an accepted conclusion. The relations of
party with business interests should be
of a pleasant sort and free from fear and
trepidation. for the only meetings have
attended of the Chamber Of Commerce
have been precisely such as this, when the
very best things to eat and drink have
been exhaustively discussed. am bound
to say that on these occasions the dread
full beings represented as ''our busi-
ness interests have been very
human indeed. I know you will not
do me the great injustice of supposing I
in the least underrate the importance of
the commercial and financial interests
here represented. We are all interested as
Americans in a common pursuit. Our
purpose is and ought to be, in our several
spheres, to add to the general fund of
national prosperity. From this fund We
are all entitled to draw, perhaps not
equally, but Justly, each receiving fair
portion of ind vidual prosperity. Let us
avoid tramping on each other in our
anxiety to be first in the distri-
button Of shares. and let US
not attempt to appropriate the
shares OF others. In conclusion Cleveland
again expressed thanks for the courtesies
extended, and said he never allowed him
self to be needless of the affairs they so
worthily hold in their keeping.
Hon. WhiteIaw Reid spoke next and
introduced himself by saying spechmak-
ing ought to be left to the other side.
have made a great many speeches, re said,
within tie last three or four weeks, aid I'm
bound TO say Tn not at ali p easel with the re-
xn.t Asa member of the Cham er of Com
merce would like TO answer a question which
nv friend from Kentucky (i3rec.iaridgeJ has
a,Aed He asks that as representative of the
snecessful party he is here TO ascertain the
wishes of the business people OF New YORK.
There Is nothing so Injurious To business
as uncertainty. He tod us IL was the purpose
ol his party to set its face resolniely and tago
pi.ticallv against the course which The people OF
th,s country have pursued for thirty years /
can oply answer in the words OF the deputy of
.he French chamber, who said that on iuterns-
u.,fonal a ouestlous affecting his country or ua-
.ionalitv there Yves no minor. ~ ana no jority;
thar all were Frenchmen. We are al Amer
cans.
When Reid had taken his seat there
were loud cries for Depew. Mr.. Depew
pleasantly acquiesced, AMI said IN part:
Iexuected TO be here tonight attending the
obseouies of q distinguished friend OF mine, and
had prepared a eulcgy which would re salts
factory 10 the deceased. | have discovered.
however. that have been listening 10 DINO
cratic rati fication meeting. ! anu the places
changed. I'm the eorpSe. Lsughterl l be-
ieve that as the Democratic party has
had thirty years in which 10 study the
pontical history OF the county they
shonid be ready % present programme
AZ tie first oppor unity and without delay The
people have decided in favor ot change. !
none there vail be 10 delay ia eg.siation. NJ.
Cleveland understands the gravity OF the s!tus-
iIon sad he has grand opportunity. II he
succeeds he will be the great hggse of the
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