New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-19
A REPUBLICAN REUNION.
THAT DINNER OF MR. DEPEw's TO THE
I'D DISTRICT CAPTAINS.


pEEMING THE CIrY-THE HOSTS GRACE
FIJI. MISUNDERSTANDING TAyLoRs
HAPPY REMARKS
RI. dinner given last Friday night at the Union
Ioaq,le club by Chauncey NJ Depew In hohor vi
49, po,ubIcan CAPTAINS in the Id Assembly Dis
tr,ct was a striking illustration or the unity Oh
American citizenship 49,,
ci,ce tho emancpa ton Of the city from the thra-
dom of Tammany. through the election OF " imam
L. Strong as Mayor, people have beeh iooH'"s ~
zoo whence came the material CT victory. ne llo
Assembly District showed up remarkably vel ny
almost annihatng a great Tamnahy ma o'''?'
This fall oliver Sumner TEAL became res'coh' III
that locality and through his instrumen,allty ieo
some prominent speakers TO address inc Peop'e
who had hitherto listened only - 'ne N"" ~" -
Tammany Hall orators
Chauncey NJ. Depew accepted al 'h'''"''oi
tended to him by Mr. TEAL to address 'H@ peoi'e
in the Bowery. The first effort. when ilclue.' INC
Thalia Theatre as forum. was denied rut sun
seouently the Windsor Theatre was secured anu
from behind the footlights OF that pace OF enter
tainment Mr. Depew addressed the people OF the
Bowery and received a magnificent reception
In return for this Mr. Deoew invited those VINO
had been most conspicuous in he eec'ion res1's
TO a dinner under the roof of the Union League
clubhouse on Friday night there were assemoieu
all the men who had so well led the Anu ai"n""'
forces in the several districts
The speeches made by represen' a'iNeS VI VINCE -
known as Bowery districts proved oRip'ise 10
the members of the club, by reason OF ~ iucloiE
of statements of facts and the force WIN "'""
the conditions in that region were presented
MR. DEPEW'S GREETING
Mr. Depew presided. In his Introductory ieH ms
he said: o,,
here tonight. and We are all highly de.ignted TO
meet you and it is beyond the power ol eSi1
with the action which makes 1t poss1nSIe ficnds
sidered and OF them have made merry o tS
1lnion League Club and these men of The bowsry
this evening. found in travelling that 'he uls
but | was pleased to find that this dscl. son was
most he@h h in the id b ida' As s Drc
and Of the Union League club was something '''"'
OF course this discussion arose from the fact
that there is misapprehension in regaTd TO me
apprehension in the public mind as to The con-
ditions which exist in the Bowery II IS pcrIhreu
that the Union League Club consists OF neinpei-
ship OF milonaires. and that its sympaihies are
S on bn Ser h aa the BoWer
is q section of roughs and toughs Neliher one Sl
t-non League Club consists OF members wfo are
possessed OF character and OF the sense 81 loU1
The Bowery has men who are wiling 10 stanu
for good order good citizenship ana me m&re
iorty - of its membership is composed OF men who
their 6esi while serving themselves to serve their
Many of The members Of the Union Losue cub
are men without any accumulated capital Du, , WHO
live by their exertonS. and mani an tLVih-
selves by their own independenSe 80 I'm, IN me
Who is found in the police court in the morning
There NAV be in $4,000 on the Bowery who IS
rest are the shopkeepers. the storckeepers. the
artisans the laborers and mechanc 6o %h9 3re
and performing their parts IN an tna1 4et o bc t
fam
respect and the respect of their neghbors' am
be good ctizens-their sons that they may he good
citizens. and their DAUGHTERS that they may be the
mothers oe good citizens. ApplauseD
We are here tonight, and the reason why asked
respecting the invitation which you extended to
and the cordial greeting which YOU gaye N, ne
RESTAURANT or hotel in the city. bat fet that
the significance OF the occasion WouIa Ie i0so
Club. whose history embraces many historic events.
anG in the co d support Of many Of the
bers OF the Union League club Who are now sTatea
before me. Great applause) To all these ! ex ~
tend my heartiest thanks. for We are ensased IN
a ereat work felt that We could all meet here
existed in, this cub The, Republican party IS
PAUSE Ii has been said sometimes during the
thirty-three years since that party came into
parties have rich men. There are plenty OF rich
men. In the Democratic party Cries Of VIII,
accumulation of wealth admit mat charge 1t does
foster the accumulation of wealth but not for any
the accumulation of National wealth, and this is
tuni,y get il as they can. The policy Of the Re
publican party has been is now and aiMays oy WI
ton OF men all nationalities within its member
This recalls TO me an incident that was told TO me
n jesse Selirnan. the well-known phlanthropist
Re cane 10 this country without a cent, and while
he WAS in his teens he was employed by manu-
fs y in this city H had Established for Nm
self reputation for integrity, industry ana hon
n he o placed
pack and carried them on his back across me
man advanced from the pack carrier to the mer-
chant. and finally to the banker. and 1t came TO
psss that before his unooked-for death. his bank
Ing house established in the course OF his career
He was phanthropist and an enlightened and
patriotic citizen we'll as a successful business
iained such success as a merchant, a banker a
philanthrop'st except In America-in the United
no other country.3 That R.pubiican speech Of
Mr.. se!gman, detailing his humble bg gi splendid
was largely. due TO the conditions that existed
combined with his genius. that. made Jesse selg-
man one of the most successful and most honored
Now it IS frequently said that some laws are
better for Ftfth-ave. than they are for the Bowery
for Fifth-ave. There can be no Law in Ameri
can liberalism that does not operate equally in all
The last election was a revolution-not South
end Is spspenaed coa and
but il revolution where not bullets but bal
lots, deposited In the box overturned the Govern
entis;s and Political economists and Observers Of
American conditions that popular franchise was
In danger In great cities. II Gabriel had appeared
six months ago, and had proclaimed that within
six weeks or six months or six years New York
would have been redeemed the universal verdict
would have been that Gabriel little or
Great applause and laughter
Mr. Depew said in conclusion that many thanks
were due 10 the members OF the Republican party
OF the lid Assembly District. who had nobly
stood up in the carrying on Of the work. At this
remark. the entire body OF the Union League Club