The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-17

| Commerce looks for men, not orators, on
| this occasion.
Facing Secretary Carlisle at this din
| ner there Will be many whom he has
| made his enemies during the last year.
| The bond syndicate men are always at
the Chamber OF Commerce dinner, aud
the men whose gold ideas and Carllsle's
| have clashed with a resounding clangur
during his administ ratiOn. When he
rises TO speak he will look into the faces
of men whom he has fought by dictum and
act.
| He will have fun chance to air all his
| money views and to explain his Treas
| ury status and attitude, a thing which
he will undoubtedly do. They, mean
while, must sit and listen. If they be-
come impatient of his utteranccs the
most they can do is to cast down their
eyes, for they are in q company of gentle
men whose avnwed intention in coming
| together is to have good time and COIN
pare notes regarding business and finance.
year ago the dinner of the Chamber
of Commerce followed closely upon the
temporary downfall of Tanmany Hall in
New York City. The principal speaker
OF the evening was a man who had fought
against Tammany. The officers of the
Chamber of Commerce were mostly against
the old institution of Tammany Hall,
had been turned into q political Qualification
at the political conversion of New York
City.
But seated at the tables were men who
had upheld Tanmany for twenty-five years
yes, for lifc--and whose fathers and
grandfathers built the walls of the citadel.
DURING all the speeches, during the loud
applause, during the toasts Of political
triumph, they sat unmove1 and apparently
p01DTlnR Themselves This they will
be there again. What wilItheir sentiments
be? VIII they think the old Tammany
beast has shaken himself and is doing good
work for the town, or will they judge
him still lying torpid, waiting for the
gong of next November TO waken him?
Either way they viii make no more moan
than at last years dinner. Their atti-
tude is that OF courteous listener and cour-
teous speaker.
Secretary Carlisle as an orator, has one
regularity which his own party would
be glad to rid himfof. He is so anxious
to explain his own, point of view and to
justify himself that he rather overdoes
the point. II he has had hot argument
in the past, If he has been routed or il
he has come out ahead, he seems unable
10 let bygoncs be bygones. He goes over
and over the old sores again and again,
rubbing the grievance deeper into the
hearts OF some and waking all the sleeping
dogs that would be willing TO lie at rest.
But this is an oratorical popularity that
cannot be overcome, and his friends and
enemies must put up with it IT they ask
John G. Carlisle to come before them.
AS the Chamber OF Commerce is peculiar
in many things, it is peculiar in all. One
of its remarkable features is that ii allows
its guests TO reserve the right to be present
or to remain away even after they have
accepted invitations. Tie truth of the
matter is that it wants every great man who
may be within hailing distance TO be pres
ent, and it does not want one to stay away
simply because lie has sent word that he
cannot come. Accept anyway and come
II you CANT is its motto as host of the &C.
casion.
Tie dinner table is set like the hospitablc
board of many old -fashioncd families. Reg
ular places are provided for the expected
guests, and there are few extra plates
put on for the unexpected ones.