The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1892-11-18
A Notable Banquet,
Mr., CLEVELAND MEETS THE CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE AT DELMONICo'S.

New York, November IS. The
one hundred and twenty-fourth annual
banquet of the New York Chamber
of Commerce was held at Delmonico's
tonight. The fact that President
elect Grover Cleveland was to be the
guest of honor kept the attendance of
fnanciers and statesmen up to the
usual figure in spite of the execrable
weather.
Delmonico's large hall never looked
better. There were flowers and flags
in profusion, and the orchestra was
completely hidden behind a big
screen of exotics The capacity OF
the hall is about 25o, and about that
number of tickets were issued, with
the usual result that nearly half Of the
applicants were left out in the cold.
Even such distinguished men as
Senator Carlisle and Ex Governor
Campbell, who arrived in the city un-
expectedly, might not have been
adequately provided for if Secretary
Elkias and Baron De Fava had not
sent regrets at the very last minute.
NOTED MEN PRESENT.
Charles +. Smith, president of the
Chamber of Commerce. is in Europe
on his wedding tour, SO Vice PresI.
dent Alexander E. Orr presided. On
his right sat Secretary Charles Fos-
ter, Secretary w. H. H. Miller, w. c.
P Breckenridge, Rev. DR.. John Hall,
Whitelaw Reid, Chauncay NJ. Depew,
Samuel d. Babcock, Calvin S. Brice,
Carl Schurz and A. B. Hepburn,
Comptroller of the Currency. On
his left were President-elect Cleveland,
John G.. Carlisle, Ex-Governor James
+. Campbell, of Ohio; the Rev. w,
II. Vibbert, Murat Halstead. Presl-
dent J. G. Schurman, of Cornell
University, David NJ. Stone and
Horace White.
After Justice had been done to the
menu Mir. Orr briefly recited a few of
tie things for which the nation ought
to give thanks next week, and then
introduced the principal speaker Of
the evening.
Mr.. Cleveland was received with
enthusiastic cheers, Republicans
vielng with Democrats in an endeavor
to honor the next Chief Magistrate of
the United States.
After the applause which greeted hi ris-
ing had subsidized Mr.. Cleveland said : "Mr.
President and gentlemen. am exceedingly
gratifed by the kindness and warmth of your
greeting. 1t does not surprise me, however,
for have seen and felt on more than one
occasion the cordial hospitality and hearth
ness of those who assemble at the annual
dinner of the Chamber of Congress.
''We ali have noticed that many men
when they seek to appear especially wide
and impressive, speak of our business inter.
es,s as something awful aud mysterious !;
and quite often when a proposition 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 vals OF wrath
in complete readiness for those who arrive
at an unaccepted conclusion.
81 am fortunate in being able to state that
my relation to the Chamber of Commerce oi
the State of New York, though merely of a
complimentary kind, arising from honorary
membershiD has So familiorized me will
business interests that | no longer regard
those words as meaning bloodthirsty beast,
nor do have constantly 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 ancien,
prophet.
"It is entirely natural that my familiarity