New-York tribune., 1897-01-10

THE REV DR.. THEODORE H. Gu LEN"
, an tba. cold stormy. miserable day IN i''i
whon President Harrison was buried. nave AM
over that first issue many time VII" "'u oa
,he later years when we were iht'ii"'o " ,
and he wrote me that he was comihs ~ " "
the very day that he was taken Ill.
nr Cnvlcr took a handsome photograph OF 'ne
,o,,rder of The Tribune from his mantelpece ana
looked at 1t lovingly.
"1'his was the best picture he ever hau ''A."
said he II always keep the dear oid 'eio" ".'o
In y MACE Of honor And here, he added poih'ihS
70 a fine photograph OF Mr.. Gladstone, WIN t"e
,,,or.s outogranh lis another picture that prize
worry highly As We were leaving MT Gians'o"e
house one day he called us back ana, "'''i's ''
name on this picture. handed 1t 10 Mrs' cusi'''
She keeps II here with this portrait OF 'he ra'"e'
~ prohibitIon Neal Dow. which he sent her OF
bic r,n.tieth birthday and tell her she mas the
,wo grand old men-one ninety years old ana the
otber cightv-sx and they are two hhe oiu me"
wbo have kent the Commandments and reaped the
reward of a hearty old age hold these TWO men
before me as examples TO be followed
"yes" continued Dr. Cuyler Il VIII he seventy
o,o ,oars old on Sunday and as told some min
,,ors the other day IN New-York when they were
congratuating in advance. was never III
better health, never enjoyed lie more anu ne'e
was more anxious live In this old worid. 'i'n
| shoes and offer resistance TO evil tehdehc'es N
| rooded here I have been working hard during the
| year TOO have preached in great many places
| and delivered a number Of addresses nave peeh
four times I'm the year to Princeton 10 preach ol
take part in the exercises. By the way ne aodeu
| with a smile "it is rather curious that was the
onI, nerson who took part In the sesquicentennai
| celebration at Princeton, short time ago. VINO
| had also taken par. in its centennial. hfty years
| ago I was young minister then' put uel'e'eu
one Of the addresses and then this year made the
| onening PRAYER before Ceyelands speech at inc
| opening Of the feast
| II prize very highly the letters nave received
| concentrating me on my approaching birthday
| So far as the heartiness and genuneness OF theh
| 20 none has pleased me more than this one i'o'i
| Senator Dawes. And think more oil IL because
| q comes from one of the class OF Senators who
| are now disappearing from the Senate. Ire oe"
| ate is being steadily dragged down. Think OF men
| uke Dawes and Edmunds Of Vermont going out
| Of the Senate and such men coming in. in all prop
| ability as Platt from this state. and II very vulgar
| Chicago Alderman named Madden "ho' am III
formed is likely TO succeed Palmer. Think OF Ill.,
| Murphv and Quay sitting in the seats OF Webster
| and Clay. the mighty men that have maue 'he
| Senate illustrious'
| '.I am very uneasy about the outlook worked
| nrcttv hard for Mckinley, and no one re1oiced
| more at his election. but am very arprehensve'
| This foolng with the silver question doesn't please
| me at all All this talk about ano'Hei H"tci""-
onal conference is simply keeping the silver ques-
| tion omen and encouraging the Bryanite mischief
| makers | am afraid that they may take course
| in Washington spring that will ALLEVIATE the
| men that helped to elect Mckinley The patriotic
| Democrats, that element represented by bourke
| Cockran Ex-Governor Flower and Edward j.
Phelps Will be alienated by fooline with silver or
| talking about an cxtravagantly high tariff. What
will be the result If they are driven away? They
Will swing back where they were. and we Will nave
the fight all over again. and we may be placed In
danger of a reaction that will bring the Democrats
I'm mower or else paralyze tho Administ ra tion.
Worry wise counscls needed just now. The silver
agitation isn't dead by good deal that snake
isn't so easily killed and it can't be killed by fool
Ing with it.
II am not pcssimstic but | am apprehensive
business isn't rcviving as 1t might This crazy
performance about cuba Is disgrace. and Cam
oron's resolution Is an outrage. My hope Is that
tho more patriotic and clear headed Republicans
in the Senate will squelch the thing, but 1t shouldn
have come up all. The committee should never
| have reportcd so monstrous thing. Mckinley has
q good deal to encounter; bitter silver sect. al
those Southern Bourbons. and last but not least. a
set OF Jlngoes that are ready at any moment to run
un some red flag in Congress. shake the business
interests of the country and throw down stocks
II requires a man of immense backbone and ability
to carry us through. The best thing can wish fol
Mckinney Is that he may be vertebrate and OBJ
stinatc as cleveland has been. and II he will onl,
odd IN his own fine qualities Cevelands ndcpcn
dence he will be an ideal President II the Cleveland
! nemocrats from motives OF patriotism. helped u.
to elect Mckinley. the least we can do Is TO recog
!. ,,ize the services which they have performed
have some right TO say these things. because | an
camnaien documents while preaching In New-Yorl
state and as ! helped 10 rock the cradle OF th
, | Republican party think IL IL not presumptious II
| me TO be apprchensve for It's future.
AGAINST THE CONsoLIDATIoN.
The reporter inquired what DR. Cuylor though
, 'If" said the venerable minister you want Il
know how | feel about the threat to dump US int
a great conglomeration called the Greater New
York am more opposed 10 the whole thing thai
ever From all near and read OF the discussion
over the new charter. am more ana more lnicnsel
convinced that Brooklyn Is better of to-day tina
she will be under such charter or under any con
! solidation whatever. ! have signed petition urg
ing the Legislature not to crowd the charter dow
our throats without giving the people the privileg
OF voting II. II is Infamous tyranny. this prOpo
2 siton allow us to be handed over by "A junia 1
, New York called Charter Commission. who wi
give MS a few hearings and then decide our form O
government for us. Without giving us any rea
r opportunity To express our Views as TO what on
government should be- they propose 10 put unde
a form OF government which Is such wild expert
meni In civic management AZ the world never say
before.
Here men undertaking TO produce from ihei
= own minds A government for so-called city com
posed of a bunrh OF communities OF diverse inter
e ests superintended by a legislature OF hundre
odd members. and then 10 push the wild schem