Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-18
For BrNau.
BUSINESS MEN CELEBRATE.
Annual Rnnquet of the New York
Chamber Of Coming rec.


Chamber of Commerce.
The one hundred and twenty-eighth an
nual banquet of the chamber of commerce
of the state of New York, which was held
yesterday evening, was the most notable
yearly gathering that has taken place UNI
der the auspices of that great organiza-
ton. Considered in view of the outcome
of the national election, IL might properly
be called on the part of the four hundred
members and three hundred guests who
attended the banquet a celebration of the
sound money victory. Many of the speech
es were distinctly of a ccngratulatory
character. Those who led the fight against
free coinage were given unstinted praise
and every mention of their names was
greeted with applause.
President Cleveland was unable to at
tend. but he wrote letter which. when
read, was received with wild cheering. The
letter was as follows:
The Presidcnrs Letter.
November 10. 1886.
Alexander E. Orr. President, etc.
My Dear Sir: The pleas ire which n par
ticipation in the banquets Of the chamber
of commerce has afforded me in the past,
and the kindly feeling and bread spirit OF
enterprise which always pervaded those
occasions, cause me to regret most sincere
ly that 1 cannot join the go0dly company
that will gather around the chambers hos
pitable board tomorrow evening.
Recent events may well cause those wh)
repre- sent business interests to rejoice in
their escape from threatened peril. But
while they have abundant reason for
joicing, and can view with the greatest
satisfaction tie support they have given
the cause of sound money in the contest
lately waged against il, i earnestly hope
that in this time of congratulation il will
he
continued effort are required to even main
tain present conditions, but that absolute
safety will only he secured when our finan-
cial system is protected by affirmative and
thorough reforms.
When our business men are habitually
alert and watchful. and when they are,
moreover. fully aroused to the Importance
of such legislative action concerning our
finances as business methods approve and
the welfare of the entire country requires,
much good may be confidently anticipated,
not only in the accomplishment OF prac-
teal results, but in the removal of hurt
full prejudices through an assurance TO the
people that business and patriotism are
becoming more and more united Yours
very truly GRON Err GLEN ELAND.
Postmaster General Wilson was the prin-
cipal speaker at the banquet The subject
of Mr. Wilson's speech was Free Gov
eminent on Trial"
Every general election in this country is
a trial of free government he said, and
not less truly trial of those institutions
through which we are attempting1to work
out free government. If every new peril
effects us with new anxiety, every new
triumph justifies added confidence in ouI
institutions and renewed trust in the in.
tellgence and capacity of our people foi
self-rovernment.'
Postmaster General Wilson also said. re-
ferrng to the class cry that was raised
during the recent political campaign: IF
we are to escape In the future the cries
we have heard in this campaign OF the
rover of plutocracy. of the classes and the
masses, of the antagonism between capital
and the labor, and of the gulf between
tie rich and the poor, all wrongs or
abuses that can breed and foster such
ideas must be patiently and honestly OBJ
liberated"
also made an address.
Gov John W. Griggs of New Jersey
spoke of Social Discomfort"
Seated at the guests table in order were
Rev. DR.. David II. Greer, Charles ;. Smith,
Samuel ID. Babcock, Seth Low, Mayor
Strong, Gen. Nelson A. Miles, Whitelaw
Reid Gov. John W. Grggs of New Jersey,
Postmaster General Wilson, Secretary j.
Sterling Morton, Senator Joseph X. Haw-
ley, Controller Eckels, Joseph H. Walker.
W. Bourke Cochran, Admiral Henry Err
ben, Commodore Montgomery Sicard and
Murat Halstead.
At the head of the seven other tables in
the banquet hall sat Cornelius y. Bliss,
Henry w. Cannon, Gen. Horace Porter, J.
Edward Simmons Carl Schurz, Frederick
w. Devoe and Cornelius ID. Wood.