New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-22
A WESTERN DIAGNOSIS.
JAMES $. MOTIONS SPEECH At TIE YALE
IvENEp

DINNER.
The la,cness NJ the hour when II vas delivered
prevented H. publication In Yesterdays Tribune OF
the following keen and witty speech by James :.
Norton, Of Chicago at the Yale Alumni dinner on
Friday night
upon Of equality with the polished represent
nothing 20 bccomet that man as modest stiffness ana
humility This !, proposition In etiquette whlcii ;
ghanI's: and II shall seem to disregard 1t this
evening, II /, not because deny It, or forget the many
cause the lraciou, Invitation OF your committee
accm' to imply brief suspension ., ihf Ciaihary
let me thank Won. gentlemen inr this evidence
Of yorr kindly interest. and cypress the hope tat IL
hcokens growing caholcI,y OF spirit deeper con ron,
!, thai We have been chastened by New York ever
hrcomc painfully sensitive and a little of kind
ness tonche, H. in way yon panpercd ana la',r"a
wrong. We limit. but did not know any better:
ana do rot w"t TO be utterly condemned ana
treated quadrtped> forever We didn't >upp,a'
that YOU would object g. pork packing nj such dis.
lance. IL could moi come between the wilma ana
YOUR nobility you ought to have tod It, , ,nioir va
hecam" dependent That industry for our LIVING ana
the sirew, or our br.t otiay. We never slppo,,o
That yon would consider i lmpertincnt IN Us TO sT9W,
iou >ECuld have told IL LETTINGS. ANA whom a MN
whit "s, 'hraEo p hG up cr w nmc in eId p gc
she didn't dream that 1t was your Why didn't yon
label your milestone ....
butterfly existence. has It. disadvantages. do not
that ] better llil-ifatc ms tltn D' ".uiS
an extract from one OF your Journals. when sometimes
cylnces II certain critical Interest in chicago:
Al rvey grade crossing death awaits the unfortunate
soouracg chicago. Subnc-io ia the STREETS The d.
uiu, ccnce Of the whole in tho quick'snd' upon
the backne,s OF III" smoke above ana the
iarc., the deeper Chcsgp unlsncath water Uttered
through .eNs.r aud tie twitchnes Of rmorss Tor ma
bnity 70 comprehend David swing and Dr. Iia'ri, on
ssahe>p~atr and psrt make existence very hh'f'oi'
thousands u chicdg"sns
Nov lei me- Tpu another extract from tine SlH'
journal. descriptive 81 day In New-York:
The zee furnished b. the hotels and saloons on
New Year. were moro rlabora' than ever le'f"
but the spreads furnished without cost b the con-
.umer were given by PROJECTORS Of the restaurants
ana saloon, III" exchanges on saturday one 'ao"
IN Newest. not only furnished free champagne ana uh
.aDorltc lch,on iut clio InoNed an orchestra anu an
iuitptrr Of Latte Collins 70 cnt'tiin all VINO cum Inc
liorrletor another saloon sr banquet Oh eigh
,oui>r, and ia kinds Of vine 70 his patrons TT"
chsm-qnr champagne punch aud chalrash' cup ~ wen
., d'lcoie yiaHd4. could be- obtained 10 any ~
toe leading rc.auraut, aud Atoms nelr the 5'o'" "
Produe Exchange.
You sec that wrur the oppor unite, Of life Win
Us are limited, IA" opportunities oil death air sup'i
abundant" Ta~ cgss, mar WHO BY , AZ, e"c
these Alternatives lie NAV either b. minced ~ "a
grad" crossing break through the paN'H'', a ,'"
surgiins down the depths Of deidu SCENT pun IN
tlkc glass OF sew4gc ard d. oil ,a"S"i, D",
chanpacue punch ana 'IsmlhSh' p T., rny,i in
compassion upon ~. Really You s"Ia 10 ,', HAM ~
the OF PFul ldtlt', bui 10 l't l'' - 'A''
tho Lord lovctn lie chasirnetH. III, ,,,,,,
IN, chairman has told YOU ihat wHm, a S n -
! That ,ublect by the consideration OF single al"
man whom. some OF you may hho" ~ ~ o''' :. mr
appears ~ tn Wc,l We hvr ao"p,eI !" nmr cnancs
somewhat surprN al tia, he ,hoa n r
ntllc known at home W. fancy tnat II yT hs ' S,m
draw him our llttlr as "" do; yond &c, I" Ike p r.I
lie comes West occasionally 10 look UP rrsi
dent. give the Fair boost, or hnq sV' navom
and b. sits down with nS TO our h"mrS . mr. r
pork and beer were IN" Tar'ion lneS a ,oa h r.
lfe worth living. IIe says he HkcS 10 aine VI, ,h,t
nc can rrt his coat on and do his own r,at hing ny,
when he zoe, on, public dinners a' home ne e,at i
In, one dish at time and then has TO listen 10 To- n
Of sprcchcs by amateur. rou sec. when h" i WIN
US divide the labor 9,hrrw''G an" ,s II, on such
nr-a ,lor, how much h. likes u. aun no" Nn', -
that M duty 70 oi q" men WHO hop had 40, Either III
down 1" dinner OF herbs with II, than ea' staii t
oxen With others; and tina, chicago !, w. on y,tn,
! he diving lie, very popular with nS; ana even IN
that remote fringe Of chlcaso which rs", Hey VI" hc
! named rnc gcvsor after him: and by ia" way IL
seem, To have stimulated the eeSsor .r, mar, and
in what OF those other ale men VINO are par a,'
marcel Of he west and Of the inhn'ncr w'on i
ihcm Yale I. eAerns IN that c9anfy m,nine'" means
out saying that In Chicago. "h"r, mhli'ue , i,,'e
more than cnl,nr. ard water and man camno, nv
by pedigree alon". Val" Is tn" popu.tr Inas That
or course therr mr." those nn"hs It's VA, nov H..
| Harvard l. IN. nicer collcge-such ladies' NAV "
found anywhere aud son" VINO pro''. from IA" loss
of LelI. hnt TO the typical Chicago boy. VINO Is ap'
TO be I'ilc careless OF his accent i'u ,Ht Tho
in hi, thcoory the unmc of Yale is very r"rha, t ,o
Tact T.. that the Harvard alumni ar, "",tI,c Of
intensity aes,hcc Irst after u" ,J, .,na
IN I' IN" nrc,ccc Of Harvard the Harvard alumni In
chicago held their annual BANQUET anu V ' oct that
telling me Of II the next day. in"nn,l'n ,n' d ,i"nt
,urine The whole evening not word wa snu i, i
football: say they ar" booming VOC I pr,ncrtol
icloctmal In thcr Interests Now WIN , isi af,cr
men II w, different They had dinner lm.' ND a,'
tho game Of last Thanksgiving pay an" tolr EhnTlan
sb"n.~i tn, Lord that their beloved Institution naa
been spared for a1o,h%r yr hr WI avr become
army and th.v ar, doing -er'lcc in the centre, aI
The outposts Of civilization , unry officer, to Tho
militia In the great campaign agnih,t W'"- nnm"l1.
'na -, ~, auImsl,In They afc directing ihc iendcnc
81 xnhcraut life md rc,t">' energy ',h, ,r
i,v,J ~ The West You may av" observed lhl> ,u
suppo. /, nothing That amn,er vi" cnS" II is
lansing Of conrsc-almOS as funny nS Hrw
nridc in London and really quit" as 'onnsmu"1 1,i
not such bad sort OF fellow after all There SOM n.,
thing In his bump'ions bcsrrcnt 'oon na Pwhsn the
Ir -, hrnc is UPON him. no such lsht artillery rs
the canon, Of taste viii top MN; ~ ,'a ue% IH"
tsncs the habit Of selfdpendencc M a , down ' To-
family names, holds that the merely cli mn, 1S and
humble and gnsps ls strong " mann mone There
an oxygen IN his atmosphere That 1nlch'n' n oow
lie things large is hear, he yoe'H S feels in hi,
| he T.. h.. Snrt
own vein, tho pulse of people" ana that ~, luz n
", n.r"es thai work, miracles In this age: nc I,'n'
,bc crnccs Of life lived in hereditary mahSio'r' Va, ~
Is vet fresh from the ancestral cnhh; 'c , ~ ihs
60, rncnu,h pprhuIs but he cuts MS coat 10 th'
measure of the man he means 70 BE- ana som" u"s
III ~, him lies too busy just now 10, Stop anu
n,,,,,. on IN. ncros OF form: but don't Diane mn
for that for after ALL the Questions OF re Ie S' do
,rc Win ali Ms might the things thnt must So uov
and working result to be- proud o ". NO" "u ARE
, norn,ciously active In showing u !st M PrS'mt
"i That don't signify and yery soon l' n MnS ar
W. ,h,t the people who visit thi- country h"N,
nm,ncr viii not rcrent the mistake o na,mnI 'v
I'm, n, tho Gr.t island they come tn ana thlhk th'y
s,"p ~ on tho whole of America. even though tha'
,aud sboud be this fairc-t and proudc't oil All hei
nn.A sOnS.