New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-25

HIS ADMIRABLE SPEECH TO THE HAIR
LEM RELIEF SOCIETY.
INSTANCES OF THE PREVAILING DISTRESS on
TIE RAILROADS ALI OVER THE couN-
TRY-wIIAT THIS CITY Is poiNG TO
mn 4. THE I-NEMITDYEp

TIE RAILROADS ALI OVER THE CoIN-
TEY-wIIAT THIS CITY Is poiNG TO
HELL THE TNEMrLoYEp.
~baunccy NJ Depew appeared before an audience
o.. n4r md women in 4 private house In Harlem
Inst g. ming many Of whom hal nor"r heard HIM
make a speech before. and gave an interesting ana
elogucnt statement r"sardng tn' unlF"fS" "''-
;rcss which at present prevails All over INC ''""-
try The spcech was fun % happy HIS and VIII
savings and nlustrat!ons not the least interest
inc ~ which were drawn from his recon; Visit I"
t..,ro,o A. one time whcl ho dwrt w,h emphasis
mon the happy condition IL millions II Americans
,,ho were unable - earn liking through no lau''
OF their own not alone aid the audience chr'r. 'u,
n dog In the ycstlhu,e barkod vigorously. ia
Mr. Depew exclaimed. amid laughter ana "P
rl,u.e .even the very dog Understands the sig
reconce Of the condition by which We are con-
fronted.' 49,.
The occasion OF Nj. Depcw's presence was th'
FIRST annual meeting Of the Harlem R"hrt S'''''S'
and {, was held AZ the hone OF Jordan j. M',"
No 2le2 FIfih-ave Richard J.. iHr"y ''"'' wv
meeting TO order. ana Daniel J.. Hayes rr'''"' J.
w. Char,cs g TYLER read an interesting report ~
tho Committee on Membership: Resell J.. Rlchnrh-
ca, read the report Of the Commute" on N'H'l' anu
washington Winsor submitted the treasurer p re-
49,, Thcse were elected directors for ia" year
isaac Mills Dr. Martha G. Holmes. Mrs. Henry
g F. Koch Resell L. Richardson Mrs' C"a'''' =
MacI.ean and Edwin =. Whitfield
xEw-YoRX AND ITS POOR.
NJ D.pev IN the coursc Of his speech ""'eh
,hrouehou; was warmly app!auded. said:
=. Sr,.,. overs a multitude OF sins. We In New
yark have a large margin for salvation, Pc r ~
your report that % per cent Of ahHse b invest, the
rnost original and. Ear as II GOES the n,s 80 ~
fectIve way Of GRAPHING VIZ Nj ,prIem /. graf
placc Nlore aughter) But you didH msn a. are
am sure (Renewed laughter ouf vInit,, man
grft.
sny city in the world tAppIauseJ ine c'i1za, ,oi
Of any city may be fairy san n5 "a, heIpIess The
~ 3ii,r.refm samples OF those who have ana ian -
give Of their abgndanct ra arI rom the dsappon
mcnt Of the many who have not Heeu " "P''e
hT Ws are met at this moment with en- exceptional
coH,t,Gn OF aiIa'e. ne IKE OF "hlc IL, c,,,h,r
sen during my career IL b rs ' Se' G paralysis Of
Industry all over the Cnitei StateSi hoan ihe shut.
plenty Of occasions when tnerr hHn o'',' factor,
or n furnace but there were pirhy ol ute h'~o
and furnaces where men coull hG IN one sta,e.
but I'm another state the times VIZ soot,, h,',
there was surplus OF labor IN , ,he o,her which
preserved the equilibrium Bu' JuS, ~" ~. nv, I'll
times preva JIM in III r"i nny%hcre from per
Of their help unit, you Get TO me eSu hdr hnn6s
where they LAYING OF % P%r eytrcne West hat
ha M Io,d IN II 800 men In the last three months.
and in the Stats through wh 70 a1, Between one
nnd two million Of people want "ork ana ,, can
ce Il, and depending upon them are iI,S i'', III
- ,cra a. think I know what has caused all thlS,
h,t / am not here to tell you. for some OF you
might differ from me
HOPE FOR THE FUTURE
These are extraordinary Affections visited upon
an extraordinary people and they ought 10 be eX-
traordnary met. Those VINO never pe'orc en-
dured privatIon are the one" VINO a., "J" w,
.~aa,a., s,,yerers and It is by means OF such good
',r, os you are doing that they can be aided with
on, he,ng degraded until good times come again
Come again say; for 1t would be foy TO ng ma me
rat this most active ard eneIssic r,ion ", g,
sbomId ever have their lives permanently uarhsnen