The record-union., 1896-02-13

anniversary of the birth of Abraham
Lincoln with a dinner at Delmonico's.
A large portrait of the martyred Pres
ident draped with American flags, hung
over the Chairman's seat. Covers were
laid for 300 diners. Elihu Root presided
until 10 o'clock, when Cornelius N.
Bliss, the President Of the club, ar.
rived and took the chair. In a room off
the banqueting hall was notable gath
ering of ladies, for the most part wives
OF the dinner committee. The souvenir
was a scroll containing Lincoln's Get
tysburg speech.
The guests included United States
Senator Foraker, Mayor Strong, Seth
Low, c. NJ Depew DR.. Emil Hirsch of
Chicago, Governor Griggs of New Jer-
sey, Henry E. Howland and Bishop
Leonard of Utah.
When the sumptuous menu had been
discussed and the coffee and cigars
were being looked after, Acting Chair
man Root arose and after brief remarks
introduced c. M. Depew. who was re-
ceived with applause.
After paying a glowing tribute to the
memory of the martyred President, Mr..
Depew continuing said: To-day, for
the first time since Lincoln's death,
the 10Th of February is a legal holiday
in our State of New York, and it is
proper that the people should, without
regard to their party affiliations, cell
ebrate in a becoming manner the birth
and the achievements of this savior OF
the republic. But it is equally proper
for us, who are gathered here as Re
publicans, to celebrate also the deeds
and the achievements and the character
cf the greatest Republican who ever
lived This party to which we belong,
this great organization of which we are
proud, this mighty engine in the hands
of Providence for the accomplishment
of more for the land in which it has
worked than any party in any repre-
sentative Government ever Accomplished
before, had it's teachings and inspira-
tions more largely from the statesman
ship and utterances of Abraham Lin
coin than from any other man.
1.-THE first speech he ever made was
speech for that policy which was the
! first policy of George Washington, the
| first policy of the greatest creative
brain in revolutionary periods, Alexan-
der Hamilton, the principle of the pro-
! lection of American industries. With
that keen and intuitive grasp of public
necessity, and of the future growth Of
the republic which always character
lied Lincoln, he saw early in life that
| this country, under a proper system of
| protection, would become self-support-
! ing; he saw that a land of raw mate
rials was necessarily a land of poverty,
while a land of diversified industries,
each of them self-sustaining and pros
| rerous, was a land of colleges and
schools; a land of science and litera
| ture; land of religion and law; land
of prosperity, happiness and peace.
abraham Lincoln was the emancipa
tor of the slave, and the Republican
! party, from it's organization in 1856
| down to the present day, has been the
organized force for larger liberty to the
people of the United States. Abraham
Lincoln was an American of Americans,
and believed in America for Americans
''The Republi - n party, in the policy
which fosters business, employment
and wages, which stimulates immigra-
ton and the distribution of wealth
| throughout the land which encourages
the construction of railroads, the dig
ging of canals, the opening of mines, the
| founding of States and the building of
cities, is the party of America for Amer
! leans Abraham Lincoln stood, as no
| other name in our history stands, for
| the union of the States, for the preser-
/ walton of the republic and the Repub-
| lican party-his party-proudly boasts
| that no member of it ever fired shot
at the flag or did aught against the per-
petuity of our Union.
| abraham Lincoln stood for princi-
pies and measures which could be adj
vocated in every State as the best for
| that State and the whole country, for
policy that could break the solid South
| and do away forever with sectional di-
visions, and unite the people of tht
| United States for their prosperity and
progress. The Republican party in
| 1896 stands before the country as the
1 only national party with the solid South
! broken and sectional lines gone.
abraham Lincoln would draw the
| last dollar the country possessed, and
| draft the last man capable of bearing
arms, to save the republic. He would
use any currency by which the army
could be kept in the field and the navy
upon the seas. When the peril was so
| great that our promise to pay only
yielded thirty cents on the dollar, he
prevented the collapse of our credit and
| the ruin of our cause by pledging the
ma tional faith the payment of our debts
and the redemption of our notes at par
/ in money recognized in the commerce
Of the world
1.-The Republican party stands for
a policy which viii furnish abundant
revenue for every requirement of the
i Government, and which will maintain
the credit of the Government at home
and abroad up to the standard which
/ is justified by its unequaled wealth,
power and progress.
"All hail the spirit, all hail the prin-
/ ciples all hail the example, the inspir-
| ing example, of that man of the people,
that wisest of rulers. that most glorious
of Republicans, Abraham Lincoln"
President Bliss came in just at the
close Of DIR. Depew's speech, and there
was a scene of wild excitement when
Mr. Root resigned the chair to the
President.
Letters of regret were read from Gov
ernor Morton, Robert T. Lincoln, ex-
President Harrison, H. Clay Evans of
| Tennessee, Governor Bradley of Ken
| lucky. Commodore Sicord and General
Horace Porter
! Mr.. Bliss then introduced Senator