New-York tribune., 1894-04-22

they take up anything else. Applause). For a
period the whole thought OF the country was CON
centrated upon the Interpretation Of the Constitu
ton which might mean the indivisibinty OF tnG
States When that settled by the maryellous
and unanswerable argument or 1aniei NeDse,a' Ns,'
In his reply TO Hayne In the United states senate
the hext question was the spread or continued e eI
tied the next question. which called million OF
men 10 arms. was the preservation oi w +, ~
the argument Of Daniel Webster And when that
was settled the American people TOOK UP III aG h ,h
solvency Of the currency and the character OF its
industrial legislation The eXigent queSu3h oi uie
%1H %Pospe4y aHd and t empTioymdnf man DO
et no sPeaK qt 1nS cb IN b9 prodcd an unusual de-
gree Of hopelessncss and to ask you whether Una,
Had you travelled with me during the last week
when l covered all the territory from ihe Ms. MIS-
Canadian border you would have felt your faith
revived. If it had at al weakened, in the rssHrfect
ing power and in the tremendous ana resistlesS
energies Of the people Of the Nation. They stand
by their mills waiting to open IL the % ne ShsV stan
by their stores waiting for activity; they stand IN
ne he fwsS or WSr karA All " they % ask is that the question
which suspends the activity OF ne business e'gr nn
way or the other. Great APPLAUSE
With a people Ike the people of the rnited states
greater success under one certainty than there is
under another. but whatever is the certainty the
people will adjust themselves 70 H. ON me othei
hand doubt is death. TREMENDOUS applause)
LIFE PRECIOUS AT IT'S WORST.
A birthday anniversary reminds one both Of the
beginning and Of the end OF life. 1t suggests the
inquiry Are you glad YOU started? Are you salts
fed with your career as far You have gone?
When and how will It end|' l never saw man
who had enough energy to crawl who was SO M tlrsn
to climb the golden stairs. Granted gooi cohStl,
tuition, and then clear conscience ana uhclouleu
brain a temperate life and plenty OF work. and "A
man can live forever lie neither rusts nor rots.
What kills people is worry-worry for that whlch
do and DO not Dce1. nave seen
hundreds of men who had passed middle life ana
who assured for the rest OF their GAYS con- COR
rctencv and income, launch INTO speculation. lose
their fortune and die OF worry | have seen thou-
sands for the sake of larger interests or greater
and the vitality of youth and eNperience anu % aic
worry. l have seen them led by the importnnites
Of friends to indorse beyond their ABILITY to
pay them. and die Of worry. ,,
On the otncr hand. the best. the most useinl,
both I'm their energies and In their example OF the
people l have known are the wise OLD men VINO
believe that they have mission ana VINO WoIh ;ts
long they have breath, ana VINO mean 70 Diealne
Commodorc Vanderbilt was worth $2ococo at
sixty S9oc0O)) at seventy. and Noov1.WO at eighty
ing and adjustment 10 work and responsibility Of
he had passed thrcrscOrc years ana ten. 'TIal-
ef,rn IL living example OF the highest honors the
most majestic grasp Of questions affecting vast
p"riod Of thrcoscorr year and ton The world
grows better as II grows older and pcop" grow bel
ter as the world continues To roll on "dy You aiI
J. my friends most of us having passed ne midd'@
period Of Hir. find the evening Illuminated with an
the spcndors OF the dawn with the Flgor OF inc
meridian Grocngcd applauseJ
St Clair McKelway. the next speaker, DIVER,
upon the necessity for cmancipating muNiclpil
government from the bhght!ng influence of par
tisan politics. and was heartily applauded. as
also were Judge J. Rider Cary. a delegate To the
Constitutional Convention. General stewart l.
WoJdford and Murat Ialsteed. The arrange
ments for the dinner were IN the sole charge ~
John VI. Rider chairman of IN" House Com
mittce who was highly complimentcd on his
great efficiency.