New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-25
The Standard American
Toilet Soap,
Cashmere Bouquet.
EDITORS AROUND THE BOARD
THE PRINCIPLES OF DEMOCRACY Elk
POUNDED BY wELLKNOwN LEADERS.

| THE PRINCIPLES OF DEMOCRACY En-
POUNDED BY wE1L~KNowN LEADERS
MR. CLEVELAND WRITES AN ANTI-sllNER LETTh"
AND ST CLAIR MKELwAY COUPLES SOME
WHOLESOME DOCTRINE WITH HIS
"REGRETs "-sPEEcHEs BY sENA-
| TOR HILL. CONTROLLER Eek
ELS. CONTROLLER FITCH
AND OTHERS
A boom for Senator David b. Hill as candidate
for the Presidency in 1896 was feature Oh ''e an
nual banquet of he Democratic Editoriai Assoo
ton of the State Of NewYork last evening at De'-
monico's The editors dned sumptuousiy' ana pun
ished many kinds OF wine and other hquius peio'.
| they were ready to partake OF the pure mix OF
| "Democracy" DIS II was adled out by the auroit
Senator The dining hail. filled to It's utmost ca
| pacity with the editors and choice cohectioh vi
| New-York City Democrats. was reeking hot ana
many NJ the men al the long tables had wited
| onnearorce before the feast which began before
| D. M. was at end.
| Stephen II. Parker. OF The Geneva oa@e''e'
| president Of the association presided at the tape
| of honor having on his right hand Senator DaViu
| B. Hill Controller Ashbel i. Fitch. Charleo >.
| Fairchd Collector James T. kilbreth, DISTRICT
| Attorney John r. Fellows. John Boyd Thacher,
| Albert r. Kessinger and Cord Meyer. and on ms
| left hand James n. Eckels. Controller OF the Cur
| rency; Postmaster Charles w. Dayton. ex-Gov-
ernor Roswell +. Flower, ex-Mayor Thomas r.
| Gilroy William L. Brown James w. liinkley,
| State Senator Jacob A. Cantor and ex-Lioutenant-
| Governor William f. Sheehan. Among the guests
who had been invited to dine with the editors were
| August Belmont. Hans S. Beattie. John ID. Grim
Minis Vernon NJ Davis Jacob RUPERT. ex-Judge
| Charles IL Truax Jordan l.. Mott, John a. Sulli-
| van. Otto Kempner Ferdinand Levy, William
| Sulzer Edward Crosse. Isdor Sraus. John j.
/ Ryan, Joseph j. O'Donohue Maurice j. Power.
Francis NJ. Scott, c. c. Baldwin, Robert Van
wyck. Perry Belmont. Robert II. Roosevelt. De
| Lancey Nicoli. c. w. Ridgway. James s. Coleman.
| John r. Voorhis. James w. Boyle H. j. Dunphy.
| j. w. Soaring. Edward Bell and Robert l.. Luce.
Prominent among the editors present were j. IL.
Farrell OF "Thc Albany Tlmes-tnon': r. Il. Sopcr.
| "Elmira Gazette; Franklin FISHER, "Whltehall
| Times: J. G. p. Holden. "Yonkers Gazette; +.
| A. Willard. "Ncwhnrg Register; c. W. Davis.
| 'valatie Rough No 80; c. f. r. Coe. "Greenbush
| STAR" and +. j. nuletc. arcade Leader"
1t was 800 p. when the presiding officer raped
for order and said the time had arrived for some
mental pabuum. Then he surrendered his place to
Colonel William L. Brown who called on John y.
Mason, who read letters of regret from d. ~ Lock
wood 81. Clair McKelway Frederic X. Coudert.
Edward NJ Shepard. Daniel :. Lamont. william L.
Wilson. and. last OF all. President Cleveland
THE PRESIDENTS LETTER
President Ceyelands letter AS follows:
Executive Mansion.
Washington. May 20 1895.
John 4. Mason, esq. Chairman. etc. ,...,-.
My Dear Sir: | regret that my official duties
received TO attend the annual banquet OF the Demo
cratic Editorial Association on the -4th inst
This reunion OF Democratic editors WILL | am sure,
be an enjoyable occasion to all who pariicpate, bu
] shall be much disappointed 4 the fellowship ana
"iste the zeal and erort Of he fraerniy there
sembled in behalf of the Democratic cause and
Our party is SO much a party OF principle and
It's proper action and % are 800 snd
sat no IN our @
Ss .hoa s' so go
Victories have all been won when we have closely
have always been punished by defea, when. losing
ssh, OF our we have yfasS to the bland"
There is i,np'a,o,n now ysn ,o the pe9ps
the disguise OF Democratic party principle. mas
much as II presents schenie which ~ cihinei 10
other hardshps as aililc, our feiiow-cuzcns Thus.
because We are the friends OF tho people ana pro.
members OF our party Is invoked In support Of =
plan TO revolu,ionize The monetary condition o,
which is dlscredted by all reason and experience.
| OF labor and enterprise and which mus; prove
destructive to our National prestige ana CHAR
When A campaign is actively on foot to force the
free. unlimited and Independent coinage OF SILVER by
! the Government at ration which VIII add TO our
circulation unrestraned millions OF so-ca.ed dollars
wSh bat na ne a an He 70 sh
good this deficiency in value. and when 1t Ia claimed
that such proposition has any relation to the prin
the least degree influence Democratic thought 10
| realize their responsibility.
Our party is the party OF the people. not because
| 1t is waited hlther and thther by every sudden
| wave OF popular excitement and misconcepon. but
because while 1t tests proposition BY the doc
trnes which underiIe is II insists nat
Of the Government. without especial favor or DIS
our party is the party OF the people because In Us
care for the welfare Of all our countrymen. II re-
SITS La o scesop gIr or OF class AND
reinforced by the insIdious aid of private seihshness
| and cupldl,y
Above all our party Is the party Of tho people
when the fqf h@ scum nr ana npy
| strength and prosperity. and when II teaches that
none Of fel.ow-cliizens. rieh or poor great or
humble can escape the consequences oil uese"-
Democratic care and conservatism dictate that II
there exists inconvenience and hardship. resulting
from the congestion or imperfect distribution or our
S ahch M Tod The that must follow in
the train OF silver monometalsm .., =.
any fear hase the %'S s Of then
York will ever be an acc9mpdce In such an injury
unlimited and Independent coinage OF silver nor DO
believe they Will ever be so needless OF party IN
ferrcd toths subject In the belief that nothing more
can peope or the "S and the
conviction that the voice Of the Democrats OF New
York, through ii, press. should constantly be heard
IN every state yours V GROVER OVEN CLEVELAND
MIR. MKELWAY MADE THEM GASP
Mr. McKeway's letter made some of the editors
| gasp He wrote
| The object all have in view Is harmony In the
| party. not unity In the organization There was
| never more unity In the organization than during
| the last two years. when the indestructibliiy OF
! Democracy shown by the very fact that II
survived.at all. That fame unity In that same
| organization could continue among the same men
and on the same lines til the crack OF doom-but
| without kictory. Harmony therefore, ] take II,
| means rot more unity, but less-of the kind that
| Democrats
one another. Democracy must agree with itself.
! Acceptable platforms will not be enough. Actions
speak louder than words. Such platforms have
been accompanied by Endorsements OF officials and
legislators that have done wrong and by nomna-
tions that should not have been made Hence the
! party was sentenced 10 hard labor In the opposi-
ton Republicanism was made State alternative.