The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-02-13
LINCOLN'S DAY.
Large Gathering of Repub-
1icans in Honor of the
Event.
SENATOR HoAR's ADDRESS.
Principles of the Martyred presl.
e dent COMPOUNDED With the
Principles of the G. 0. P.

111lIll DlCG VI IN W.
Yesterday was Abraham Lincoln's BIRTH
day, and last night the members of the Lin
coin Association of this city gathered
together for the twenty-ninth time to eat
their annual dinner and to do honor to the
memory of the martyred President. AT
seven o'clock President Asa Dickinson led
the way to the dining room, escortlng the
principal speaker of the evening, Senator
George Frisbie Hoar of Massachusetts,. One
hundred and sixty gentlemen sat down,
Host Linn having to utilize both
of The large dining rooms OF
the Hotel Washington to accom-
modate the guests. The tables We're
profusely covered with flowers, large beds OF
lilies. crocuses and roses perlneatlng the
room with their perfume. Near the head Oh
the table hung All excellent engraving OF
Lincoln, the property of the association. ana
near by it a striking likeness OF the late
James Gopsill. who was the second president
of the association.
The Divine blessing was Invoked by REV.
Henry c. Cronin, Chaplain of the assoclatlon,
after which the guests were kept busy Ior
two hours disposing of the good things pro-
vided in the menu, during the service OF
which Professor Cfanmers orchestra uls-
coursed enchanting music.
DICKINSON OPENS THE BALL.
When cigars were lighted. President Asa
Dickinson arose and said:-'I bid you all a
cordial welcome to this, the twenty-nlnth
annual dinner of the Lincoln Association OF
Jersey City. Time was when this assocla-
ton met alone to keep the memory of Lin
coin fresh. This is the father of all Lincoln
Associations. How it has prospered you can
ali see. 1t was accomplished by the menu
hers following the advice of Lincoln, to run
the machine as you find it, They found very
little work, and that very pleasant Work, Ill
preparing for these annual celebrations.
We owe much to the ounaer
of the association who builded wiser than
they knew. The first president, DIR. Wise,
and his successor, James Gopsill, gave 1t an
impetus that assured it a successful life. Inc
association owes much to its presidents who
followed these gentlemen; to the Pangoorns,
Gilbert Collins, Flavel McGee, John A.
Blair, John A. Walker and Charles +. Case,
who kept up the good work."
The toast to Lincoln, He Bound the
Nation. and Unbound the Slave" was drunk
standing and i'll silence.
SENAToR HoAR INTRODUCED.
In introducing the next speaker, Senator
Hoar. President Dickinson characterized
him AS a worthy successor of Webster, Sum
ner and Wilson, whom the people of Mas
sachusetts loved and had honored, and who
honored his constituents. The sentiment he
RESPONDED to was abraham Lincoln, with
out doubt the greatest man of Rebellion
times-the one matches among forty mil
lions for the peculiar difficulties of the period,
was Abraham Lincoln. james Longstreet.
Senator Hoar was received with tumultu-
ous applause. He said
II believe that it is the custom of our
British brethren that when the health OF the
Queen is drunk nobody is expected to re-
- 11n 1.ooCan for fh1c IG that fins
august and gracious LADY, is too well known
to require an expression in speech, and 1
Suppose that to do honor to Abraham Lin
coin your rising and drinking in silence
would be sufficient to express the feeling in
every heart :
Abraham Lincoln, while our Democratic
brethren meet on the anniversary of the
battle of New Orleans in honor
of Andrew jackson. But here is
one difference. If Abraham Lincoln could
come to life, the founder of the feast, would
be invited to the feast. He would find men
celebrating his birthday who practice the
principles he laid down. There is nothing
that Lincoln lived for, there is nothing that
he fought for or nothing that he died for
that you and l would not take pride in
doing.
ssHow is it with our Democratic friends
who gather Oh the Sth of January! If they
were to write ON the wall any of the utter
ances that made Andrew Jackson
famous, their banquet would be
turned into a Belshazzars feast. His
sayingA.The Federal Union, it must and
shall be preserved, would cause some slight
oualms in the older Democratic stomachs,
and another one:-sI believe in protecting
American industries by a jUdicious tariff,
would Danish every democrat on the Ways
and Means Committee from Congress.
"What a horror would seize a modern
n1---.-%sa ,n,y,11, ~ CAYann of fhn 1aNrC
from Hawaii were to be read at the table, if
the phantom of Andrew jackson was present,
and what a horror would seize the phantom.
PRINCIPLES IF LINCOLN.
"The principles laid down by Abraham
Lincoln of honest elections, good wages, the
union of States, ound money, are as dear
to your hearts as they were to his. 1t is but
ten months ago. ten weary months, and this
country was at the heighth of human. pros
perity and glory. Capital was well en-
p1oyed, yet abundant. Labor was well paid.
The wages of the workman and his share in
the joint production of capital aud labor
were steadily increasing. The cost of the
necessaries of life were as surely going down.
Our flag foated everywhere in peaceful seas,
and was welcomed in every friendly port.
Not all the nations of the earth together
would be rash enough to offer us an atflont.
But how about today2 What a differ
ence. Capital and labor both are idle. The
capitalist is living on his principal. The
workman is drawing his little hoard from
the savings bank. There has been, since
the beginning of the war, no such time of
sorrow and disaster. Capital is abundant.
but without employment. What Burns
called 'The saddest OF all sights-a man seek
\ ing for work is seen every day. We see
smokeless chimneys and silent factories.
ssThe great and heroic suffering of 1861
at least brought with it its great and heroic
consultations. If men died or suffered, they
I'll =. L. -. e-fros,o1 Prom tho. rro,ytaf1c 0f
war. Whatever the American people had to
endure, there was at least nothing of which
they had to be ashamed.
sIn all the bonds we ever bore,
We sighed. we groaned, we wept,
We never blushed before.
STUMP oRAToRY.
1--WE had at least in those days the hope,
not disappointed, Of a sure and speedy de
~liverance. But today our Democratic
Statesmen tell us that what they are now