New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-17
4 HOSTDN SILENCE.

.rv,ev sov .uch things and they do such things
IN" Rnsinn' WHO outside Of Boston would
ever have thought Of Inviting Professor W. l..
Wilson, II West Virginia. TO be- the principal
guest NJ Il public dinner aud max" REMARKS
thrrrat after what had happened To the fro-
f,,sor only eight dnys previous: But th'y d'u
H. the nnspcakablc Democrats OF boston ulu II
ON last "Wednesday. They filled him MP WIN
large. cold bottles and small hot birds ana sci
him Ia talking: and then. Though III" 'abi' WIS
surrounded By takers who could easily 'aik Tue
l.g. Off Ia. bronze Webster In front "f inc
stat. House. they calmly a'iJourhrd Wl'ho"' +"
mothers sOn of them ever saying "'SS'"
word Their. was George Fred WliiahlS, WHO
might have been expected I" say something Oh 'he
caluuaign Of education In which lie mas beeh 80
fluent factor for several years II Il recorded OF
him I'm the local press that he ros. mp early put on
- fall hat doubtless IN. one h. has been talking
through so long and departed without waiting
f., hear the Professor. There, too. was III"
L,.hrvmos. sherman Hoar. who. having been
aupont,L United States District Attorney Is re-
ported 10 have been la a cheerful mood. but WHO
contcnted himself with shaking hands with HE
mourners without indulg!ng In dScours" Tor
public OBLIGATION Then there WAS Moortcld
Story who on similar but less monrhfui "c-
caSion several months ago descended Oh th'
topknot Of Josiah Quincy with IN" warwhoop OF
a disappointed Rcformer. ana for several min
u,cs mad. that notorious traitor 10 the cause of
Reform feel ~ # he had struck an unexpected
hornets nest He. too. was tongueiicd.
So also WAS Ex-Governor BILLY" Russell the
hmm. md pride ~ the Young Democracy Of
| Massachusetts, who sat silent ut the bOarl
where h. was wont TO turn rounded periods
and emit clopucnce on The greatness 81 Grover
cI.v.loud ana The mission OF the Democratic
Marty But the most marked and Significant
silence WAS that Of DR. William Everett. who.
II thc printed reports Of the ceremonies may be
hrli.y,,I gave III. assembled mOurners the I'M
usuaI experience of seeing his mouth and chin
in motion in their giistatory functions ex
clnsively. without supplemental oratory. And
DR. William Everett is The Democratic Reform
or who has been heretofore described as Il
perfect cyclone when PC gets loose. II" cyl
IDENTITY was not loose on this occasion. though
we fcrvcn'ly hope he was not tight. mere
were a whole lot more of them; orators OF great
power and unlimited stretch VIII" ordinarily
would have aroused the enthusiasm Of the
guests and fired speeches by the who" page
! into the next days Boston papers Not word
| ont Of any Of them. II was The most r"nlarkabl''
gathering That ever took place around festive
board In Boston The silence before and AFTER
Professor Wilson'S remarks was So thick that
| II could have been o. with knife II must
have been very opprr 'sivc 10 the PROFESSOR
after the melancholy experiences Of the previous
week 10 have 10 stand up before this tableful
of eucsis and tell how he felt about ii while
they looked him and listened with no
demonstration except perhaps an occasional
shuldcr
The Professor considering the circumstances,
did uncomnionly well. lie said, among other
things that he was not east down, though he
could have wished that the result Of the clec-
ton had been different Doubtless they all
wished SO. hut being truthful persons after
clcction-ihcy could hardly say they were not
| cas-, down With what must have been a very
dcspcratc effort he expressed his firm conyic-
| ton that 80 soon as the people begin 10 realize
"in their own homes and living the bcnelccnt
work Of the Democratic party" they will come
back and sustain us But somehow perhaps
| because the time seemed SO far off when the
| propc would realize the "bcnctcent work.
this did not pump responsive word out of the
melancholy array Of suppressed orators. They
did give him the approval Of mild applause
when he said that the kick which they had re-
| ccIveL 'came from the heels Of the American
| People and there was very little brains in IT,
| They were conscious that the brains OF the
American People were gathered around that
table, and they appreciated the implied compli
mcnt He added that he did not believe the
Republican party stood for anything that the
people Of this country desire. and with this
soothing reflection. having occupied ten Of the
most solemn and impressive moments ever
licked or by a Boston clock. sat down. II was
probably the most remarkable performance thai
ever took place IN Boston. We confess that we
do not at all understand it. II looks very much
as II the best takers in Boston had all at once
stopped talking and taken to thinking. II that
Is the case, 1t may possibly turn out that after