Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-11-23
CommERCE AND PROGRESS.

COMMERCE AND PROGRESS.
A Notable Banquet of the Chamber OF
Commerce-Hon. Lewis Sperry OF
Hartford speaks on sour F1nanciai
Policys,&Morrts f. Tyler ATTACKS
the Public Schools-Hon. Charles >.
Boatner Not Present-SPeeches oy
Rev. Father Higgins and Hon.
James p. Pigott-A Most successful
Affair.
"Gallants, lads, boys, hearts Of gold,
All the titles Of good Fellowship come to you!
What, shall We be merryf r,.
The annual merrymaking and banquet of
the New Haven chamber of commerce at
Harmonic hall last evening was an affair
worthy the patronage of the honorable
body In whose name 1t was held. The
business and professional men Of the
city of New Haven have gathered to-
gether for years past and publicly eaten in
the name of commerce and of progress.
But never before in the history of this Or
ganization has there been q more hearty in
terchange of ideas and goodfellowship
than the banquet of last evening.
The symposia of Athens are revived when
men assemble at the banquet hall for en-
tertainment, social intercourse and the in
terchange of discussion of new ideas.
Thus the annual banquet of this body,
representative of all that points ever up
ward and onward in the material interests
of New Haven, has come to be an
event of unusual interest and mo-
ment, looked forward to and awaited with
much expectancy and anticipation. Every
detail in connection with the banquet lie
attended to with the greatest precision and
accuracy. Everything is done to make the
banquet notable one.
And 1t was this very care and attention
that made the banquet of '93 so much s
success. Harmonic hall presented the sp.
pearance of most tasteful and harmonious
yet al nple decorations. A white crash
covering was placed on the wood floor.
The tables, which seated from eight tc
fifteen persons, were arranged in three
rows, extending the entire length of the
hall, with table of honor, at which were
seated Toastmaster Sperry, the guests and
speakers of the evening, placed crosswise
of the other tables. On each table WAS an
elegant oxydized silver csndalabra and ar
elegant amaryllis lily. Palms were placed
around the hall, while the stage was banked
with a wealth of palms, ferns and greer
shrubs. Florist Diekermsn had charge Of
the decorating and well did he perform hi.
part. Wells orchestra in an adjoining
room discoprsed excellent music during
the banquet.
At coffee Major T: Attwater Barnes
president of the chamber, arose and spok.
as follows:
REMARKS BY MAJOR. BARNES.
1t gives me great pleasure tonight Il
welcome 80 many Of you to our snnusl
feast. find that you are true to our or
ganization because you come up like tn.
tribes of Israel to the feast. And whil'
many of you do not favor us with YER,
1 regular attendance throughout the year
| yet you are always ready to do any DOM
mittee work or any other work to furthe
| the interests of New Haven. And befor
delivering you over to the tender mercie
of the teastmaster I want to remind 20,
| that next year, the year 1894, is the on
| commerce, and hope 1t will be celebrated
in some fitting manner. We have tn
| records going back to the first part of 1t
history, and I hope some one will give q
a history next year of the rise and devel
| opment of this ancient chamber.
While, owing to the business depression
I have nothing much that is new to repo1
to you, yet we have several projects unde
consideration and will probably be take
up as soon as the business situation i'm
proves. Thus, without further remark,
| will give you over to Mr.. Sperry, a ma
known to you all.
POSTMASTER sPERRY's REMARKS.
Mr.. Sperry then arose and spoke as fol
lows:
am not one of those who believe tina
a POSTMASTER should make longer spsec
than the speaker makes. So the introdue
ton will be brief. When the telegraph
few weeks ago announced that one of tn
l most able speeches on the silver questio
that had been made was by an able men
Der of congress from the First district c
Connecticut, we did not think that it d,
tracted anything from it because his nam
was Sperry. Before going further let Z
respond to the three loyal tossts, eth
United States, ""The State of Connecticut
and 1.-THE City of New Haven"
After these toasts had been drunk th
Hon. Lewis Spsrry of Hartford was Intro
Il
Financial Policy" He said:
CONGRESSMAN sPERRY's REMARKS.
81 have received right royal welcom
here tonight, but recognize that shin
by reflected glory. But am to speak O
our financial policy, if we have any, a
lowing that you and understand what
meant by the words Our and Financial
we come to the word POLICY Our fnar
cisl policy. Have we got any9 It ia COZ
fined to the white house and to Grove
Cleveland, And that policy is that on
dollar shall be as good as another and on
dollar shall be as good in any other PAL
of the world as here. 1 can't say ths
this ia the financial policy of the demo
cratic or republican parties, for we don
line up on this issue in parties as We de
for instance, in the tariff question. Thi
financial policy ia matter of right O
wrong And on that issue we can lin
| right up. On the one eide is right and O.
the other side is wrong. When they pu
| tax on sugar and take off tn
| bounty, when we monkey with tn
| tax on wood screws-that hits New Britain
IL wish knew what hits New Haven
| corsets When they come to monkey wit
| eorsets that hits New Haven Laughter
There is no truer statement you can max
In regard to the tariff of this or any othe
government than that the tariff ia local is
sue. 1t ia a matter of percentages. An,
I would vote for tariff bill effecting Ger
| tain localities. But fear that the way
and means committee of the house will re
port tariff bill that shall refuse to yot
night. will cay, however, that I do no
believe that there was man who could hsy
gone to the head of the government
| and made financial policy so beneficial t.
the country as Grover Cleveland. Aud t.
| even up the politics it is said that he wa
supported by many republicans and that
! he had depended on his own party he woul,
have got left. We know that the policy o
| the government ia fixed for four years from
the 4th of last March, and we know tina
| any legislation against the honest dolls
cannot pass the white house. We hay,
had gold basis since 1882, go that W
| can now say that the United States
l thanks to no particular party, is on
gold basis and hope she will stand on l
forever. You and I cannot conceive hoy
men from Nevada and Colorado, graduate
of your great university here, educate,
that 55 cent silver dollar can pas
for 100 cents. But so far as tn
sentiment of the senate and hous
goes, there has nothing done 8,
much to place us on a gold basis as the in
huence of our chief executive. To m,
mind it looks just this way. In two year
we have congressional election, and tw
years beyond thst we have q presidentia
| election. And do not think we can settl
| this question until these questions hav
come before the people. We cannot settl
these questions until the parties line up OF
those issues. Then it may be said that "
have settled our financial policy, and no