New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-13

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.,ron NEWMAN F. T. GREENHALGE.
| EDMUND WETMORE
and Mr. ceveands S are ysa1 no ' of
people rso ana Wealth ana as the fruits
OF political Leadership who peeu over legislation
duhus S overnment of cities money; the greedy.
dshone that hoa PS Ss d IN mtar
reeonntng State issues do not forget Na Iona
policy So 0f Sa e% and se
that supply them aimed ags yay pcontry rich in
tectiye tariff boon % our TO is sVefy
"I" viii not indulge in memories Mr. Chsr asarr
VI Who ten Years hence may address yon WITH tn, the
| years of Republican ascenda,nS ~ we VIII '
| tween now and then TO owen upoh'
| HENRY D. EsTERBROOK's RESPONSE
The best speech Of the evening was MADE by
Henry d. Esterbrook. of Omaha He spoke -
| the toast vengeance of the Flag" Part Oh WHAT
| he said is the following:
1t was in the night of April H. 1872 tnat t forever
was fired and its reverberation WILL asL zoo ~ ho
ON the morning following; at precisiy h no % The
clock Abraham Lincoln yie an thu up scythe Of time
The murder Of Lincoln was the most appa'hn az
If desparing of another Shakespeare drama,zea
Itself We are to- that his death nterinIptedi his
| inn'olsstion of Abraham Lincoln was the very
masquerade Of DEATH grotesque, spectacular
ON this mortal night the President had sought to
amused He Wished ed S to aS ss e p Si Why
should he wish TO laugh when every encs Oh VIM .nv
tslegr5SPhh was Wb the ss Sshii he not
president Lincoln was not only that he must
de but ME 1 be at hs hands of an assassin And
still he laughed and his Laughter was ,he ne b u
mainly Moreover, the President had earned a
respite from the anxieties. which for four years
'T The eOf box which the Presidential party was to
occupy had been appropriately drapea WIN n,r rne
of George Washington whose serene ana aug ust
smiled from 01 bss Its ample i leds as nd his
guests entered, the whole audience rose 10 erees
reverence, of love- Of alteration. And God was
Midway Of the performance. and shortly after
10 o'clock a Young man came down the outer aisle
and presented his card to the G ry lanes
at the card. the young man had pushed past him
and entered the narrow passage mmedstey be-
The door in this passage was not locked, Tor the
lock had ny day h been Tonns TO
fastened the door behind him with a wooden brace
poss Re sa to- the door opening into
box and peered at the occupants through small
aperture also previously made for the purpose
Surely the noble Lincoln must have felt some vague
consciousness Of this propinquiiy II me very al,
approae O the e 5assk eye framed by sme
hole must have sent shudd nd through the vie
the door was opened, the murderer entered. Then
paralysis, a wild commoton a clutch at the fleeing
IN Fne s s res himself Af @
OBTAINING grasp his leap to the stage; his mock
stIc bravado. and the Startled, bewdered cry.
"The President is murdered,''
| Holy God How coulds't thou suffer It? He, so
loving and so lovable so gentle. patient, brave and
! true so SLOW to anger eager TO forgive.
w'n the he ear ded
rise again, the loving heart iuttered into rest and
mediator and exemplar to his distracted country
men. with the 'undyIng dead"
| But what of the assassin?
anacy bold as now seems this M murd h 'he
derer and reduced to a minimum His route to the
South had beer chosen and carefully studied HIS
finances were ample. his equipment complete AS
for the leap from the proscenium box, that was a
into the calculation. for the assassin was a trained
from twice the height simply to startle the audi
h Of his eSt in ne
ag sip from fro which was as thus torn GU, and
limb across the stage his escape would have been
inevitable But why call it an accident? Does not
that shape their appearance and give them ind-
vlduay? Shall heather philosopher grant such
deny all sensbility TO his countrys flag? 1t no
accident, but a miracle or gratitude-"The ven
geance Of the flag" Washington there-Wasn-
ngton the father, who begat and brought It forth
seemed for the moment to live In its embrace
sin Of slavery, was even then dying that it might
live the last quyerings OF his heart pulsng in ali
rs breathing folds It was no accident. In the
absence Of human intervention the flag itself be-
came an actor 1t reached forth and grappled with
the assassin 1t cave to him like The bloody gar
ment Of old mythology; II shrieked and was rent
and binding him. ike PYTHON in its eos ae TSs
Nemesis! All hail the flag. Our proud and happy
se it's COD Sp nd s with s stars
The members Of the club called upon Lemuel e.
Quigg, at the close OF the dinner, to speak Mr.
Quigg made few brief and interesting remarks
on the significance OF the success Of the Repubi-
can party in the recent special election for Com
gressmen in this city.
Letters were read by the Secretary from ex-
President Harrison, Thomas b. Reed Governor
, Mckinley Senator's Aldrich, Sherman and Hoar.
and others who expressed their regret at not be-
ing able to be present at the dinner
| OBSERVED BY BOSTON REPUBLICANS
Boston, Feb IL (specia)-The Middesex Club.
one of the most stalwnrt or the Republican social
organizations in Massachusetts. composed OF rep
resentative business and professional men living in
Afddlesex County. celebrated Tonight az IL has
done for many years. the birthday Of Lincoln The
dinner was given at Youngs's Hotel and was par
ticpated In by about one hundred and fifty persona
among them being ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Wolcott
Insurance Commissioner George y. Merrill, George
Won L. Meyer, Speaker Of the House; ex- Governor
Brackett Senator Lawrence, j. Otis Wardwell
and General T. X. Champln. The occasion
was like all the previous dinners, marked
party OF Lincoln and Grant. Ex-Governor
troductory speech. The other speakers were Con-
gresham Robert G. Cousins, OF Iowa Iowa; General
sysr o. the House. and xn". Of