The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-16
BUSINESS AND POLITICS.
Grover Cleveland at the New York Chamber
Of Commerce Banquet.

NEW YORK, Nov. 15.-The annual dinner
OF the chamber of commerce was held at
Delmonico's tonight Mr.. Cleveland was
present, and Chauncey NJ. Depew was also
there. In the absence of President Charles
Smith. Vice President Alexander L. Orr
presided. Mr. Cleveland sat upon his
right and Secretary of the Treasury
Charles Foster upon his left. The cabinet
was further represented by Attorney Gen.
eral Miller. Besides these at the guests
table were Comptroller Of the Currency
Hepburn, Senators Brice and Hiscock,
Congressman Breckenridge. White
law Reid, Carl Schurz. Murat
Halstead Rev. DIR. John Hall. Rev,
William Vihbert Among those who sat
around the festive board were George NJ
Pullman. ID. o. Mills, l.. o. Armour,
Henry Willard, Austin Corhin, Jesse
.Seligmau, Colonel +. L. Shepard, Henry
Ciews, William Havemeyer. William
Stenway and others
After the dinner Mr.. Orr made a short
address. He was followed by Secretary
Foster. who responded to the toast, THE
Treasury Department"
Mr.. Orr then introduced Attorney Gen
eral w. III. III. Miller. who spoke to the
toast "rhe President of the United
States"
ST. Clair McKelvey of Brooklyn spoke
10 the toast Italy" in place of Baron
Fava, who was kept away by illness. He
was followed by DIR. John Hall on Com
merce and Civilization Hon. w. G. z.
Breckenridge on 1.-The House of Represeu-
tatives," and President Schuffman of Cor
nell university on Commerce and Educa-
ton"
When Professor Schuffman had finished
his address, Mr.. Orr announced that the
regular card had been exhausted but that
he would present gentleman who needed
no Introduction from him, Hon. Grover
Cleveland.
The name of the president-elect was re-
ceived with an outburst of applause. Mr.
Cleveland spoke as follows:
MR.. CLEvELAND's REMARKS
MIR. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN-I am
exceedingly gratified by the kindness aud
warmth of your greeting. 1t does not
surprise me, however, for | have seen aui
felt on more than one occasion the cordial
hospitality and beartiness of those who
assemble at the annual dinner OF our
chamber of commerce. We ali have
noticed that many men, when they seek TO
appear especially wise and impressive
speak of our business interests as os
something awful aud mysterious; and
quite often when proposition is under
discussion its merits are no longer appar-
solemn suggestion that our business in
terests' are lying in wait with numerous
walls OF wrath, In complete readiness for
those who arrive at an unaccepted conclu-
sion.
Il am fortunate in being able 10 state
that my relation to the chamber of COM
merce of the state of New York, though
merely of a complimentary kind, arising
from an honorary membership. has SO
familiariZed me with our business inter
.sts' that L no longer regard those words
us meaning a blood-thirsty 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
ancient prophet. 1t is entirely natural
that my familiarity with eur business in
terests' arising from the relation to which
i have referred should be of n very pleasant
sort and free from fear and trepidation: for
the only meetings l have ever attended OF
the chamber of commerce have been pre-
cisely such as this, when the Very best
things TO eat aud TO drink have been ex-
haustively discussed. l am bound to say
that on these occasions the dreadful do
lngs OK those representing our business
Interests have been very human indeed
i know you viii not do me the gIeat
injustice of supposing that in the least
underrare the Importance of the COM
merclal and financial interests here rrpFe-
sented. On the contrary, no ose appre-i
ciates more fully than i shat while the
proper adjustment of all interests should
be maintained. You represent those which
are utterly Indispensable to our national
growth and prosperity. | do not believe
that any other interests should be Obliged
to feed from the crumbs which fsll frcu
the table OF business. nor do l believe that
the table should be robbed of the good
things which are honestly and fairly there.
merely because some ether tables are not
well provided.
1T comes to this: We are all interested
as Americans in common pursuit. Oar
purpose is. or ought TO be, in oar several
spheres, to add TO the general fund of ma
tional prosperity. From this fund we are
all entitled 10 draw-perhaps not equally
but Justly-each receiving fair proper
tion OF Individual prosperity. Let us not
trample ON each other in cur aixiety TO be
first III the distribution ~ shares, and let
us not attempt to appropriate the shares
OF Others. As ! close csnaot refrain from
expressing my thanks for the eourtesies
often extended to me by the organization
~ whose hospitable board l have sat this