The evening world., 1894-02-23

nd But Percy a; pickrell, DR.; Stuart
BANQUET Committee. did not despair.
They got a scratch team of speakers to-
Abram $. Hewitt, ex-Mayor Of New
National S9tT; aieG Creajiy. t Tarf FouSda ,1as,' Of one
Industries
Ex-Mayor Hewitt. talking without
nIiss and out Of the fnlness of his heart.
warning them that their representatives
IN Congress We're all wrong on the seign-
tention to the Senate. and scorched it for
its successive reflections Of the Presi-
dents nominees for Supreme Court
David y. Hill: though not by name, in
the most scathing terms Of rebuke that
have ever been applied to him on Il pub
TIC occasion.
MIR. HEWITT ENTERS.
Mr.; Hewitt came In with the ice-cream
and honbons and the face Of President
or him. The eN-Alayor sat down at the
end of the horseshoe-shaped table of
honor beside Congressman lsidor Straus.
A "A; that b table and 1d the Others i TSm We're Post
Calhoun, William l.. Strong, NJ. J. Yer
dery. James Speyer, Judge George NJ;
s Ss" a%sseH aa Rn: y; a H. wyss ehw; a hf hTaGa
Price, Walter S. Logan, Elihu Root.
Cart. $; N. Saunders, the Rev, W. W.
COLI. Orlando NJ. Harper. Capt. Kane,
7. s., NJ; Conrad y. Jordan and DR.. WILL
President Deshon apologlzed Tor The
unexpected and entire failure of the an
nounced programme, and then called on
ex-Mayor Hewitt 10 respond to the first
toast. Mr.. Hewitt's face was a study as
he turned over the leaves of the toast
and menu list to see what the first toast
was.
BLESS me- he exclaimed. this is the
first time L have experienced what IL is
to be in a thoroughly Southern atmos-
phere!' He added:
The first toast, I see, is the National
Credit. to be responded to by John G.
Carlisle, Now, il there is any man in
whose place I'd like to take on any
public or private occasion, or in any
public position or otherwise, it is my
who has served with the Secretary of
the Treasury in Congress as long as j
ola could fail TO conceive. the highest
OF intellect, his sound Judgment upon
all abstract questions and his capacity
10 apply fundamental principles to con-
an example Of intellect in its penny-in-
the-slot. organization than l have ever
known in my life. You drop the pennies
come out irresistibly at the bottom. II
me pennies should happen to be wrong.
however, you may be dead sure hat the
VIII ne tludlIy "IOIR.
Mr.. Hewitt rubbed his whiskers the
wrong way, smiled while the audience
laughed. and continued:
MI; Carlisle has shown his eminent fit
ness for the position which he occupies,
and we of New York owe to him a
ha6t Of gratitude for the work which he
We owe many debts of gratitude to
men who have been born south of Mason
anu DtNon,s line. You celebrate tonight
me birthday OF the greatest of all
Americans. He was a tVDical Southern
man. (Cheers.)
Southern men as a rule are accustomed
served that when they come here 10
New York they take all the responsible
tes they can lay their hands on. Qaugh-
terD They came here at the close of the
Wal, without money, without influence.
Without prestige of any kind, and yet
r"rday there is no profession which, Is
NOT adorned by men of Southern birth"
MIR. HEWITT'S but"
Aud here came MIR. Hcwitt's but"
But said he, ~ sometimes think that
perhaps what we lave gained has been
came, for comparing the men whom we
see in public life representing the South
me foundation of the Government to the
breaking out of the war represented the
southern portion Of this Union in the
Senate and in the House-comparing
those giants with the representatives
who nov sit there, and applying the
gauge OF craftsmanship, when is only to
'. iiNlh u SluiS VI IlStpIy , ain
compelled to say that some great change
mas come over the South-either in the
loss or it, best men or in the diversion OF
US best men to other pursuits besides
those of craftsmanship. If / de-
part Iii any respect from the
sl9nuard OF good taste in what | have
shlu or may say, set it down to the fact
tnAt ! am speaking without preparation,
rom my own heart, and possibly giving
rNpression To opinions which, II l had
,noIe time to methodize. j might see ut
Te.ain within my own mind.
g., me southern man Is battling To-Day
M M ,nnSress for something In which, ne
p'p,oundly believes and has absolute
iHd'h. He wants to coin the seigniorage.
az" might as well try to coin a vacuum.
me silver dollar was not made TO
represent the market value OF the dollar,
put less than the proper weight was put