New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-29
GOV. DYER on NEW POSSESSIONS.
SAYS THE ABLEsT MEN SHOULD BE
CHARGED WITH THEIR ADMINISTRATION
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CHARGED WITH THEIR ADMINISTRATION
DINNER AT THE REPUBLICAN, CLUB.
Members Of the Republican Club gave dinner
for Governor Elisha Over Of Rhode Island last
evening in the house at No 40 Fifth-ave. The Ia
blcs we're spread in tho parlors on the main floor
and about sixty men sat down.
Senator Chauncey NJ Depew, president OF the
club was POSTMASTER. Those who sat at the
speakers table with him. were Governor Dyer the
Rev DR. w n Buchanan, Lieutenant Governor
Woodruff Judge J. Franklin Fort, William Leary'
j S. Smith and ex-Iudge W. II. K. Ocott Among
the men at other tables were A. L. Merriam. Ed
mund Wetmore Louis Stern. g. NJ Hyde T. F.
Wentworth Richard Deeves, f. 4. NewaIl. c. H.
Young. C. C. shayne. Columbus O. Johnson. Henry
Gleason G. G. Patterson William Enstein. Dr. r.
A. Murray. Hal Bell NJ s Hymau. W. T. Ious-
ton. Henry G. Piercy. Byron Alger and j G. Hart.
In MS speech 10 his hosts Governor Dyer spoke OF
recent Republican victories in the elections, and
added:
There Is no nation or country on the face OF the
earth which recognizes the mobility of labor and
the pedigree OF toll as does TINS country 4 Ca.e
ment Is opened II in the providence or God they
are able to enter upon it. our new possessions
peope Of the United states They have been bought
with their treasure and sealed with their blood
TThfE 9ela anG IL h hG Pod and eogmeH
TO be parcelled out as political glfts: Inc a1lesi
men that We have none too able 10 be charged
with the administration Of these affairs. TO assume
he control OF these responsibilities, while II
IS absolutely necessary that the policy OF the Ad-
ruinlstration I'm this vital question should be
distinctly defined. The day Of political pulls OF
ought 10 be rewarded for what ne has done for
the party, but for what he can do for the State
Mr. Depew in his Introductory remarks said
regarding the Currency bill:
But how stand we on the record? What have
we done that will fulfil our promise that gold shall
mean gold? The optimsts may say that there is
no need OF any law our point is that II we put
this law on the statute books II Will be long
time before It is taken on 1t will require long
campaign TO destroy this law, and then educaton
will step In and prevent the people from gong
wrong No Secretary Of the Treasury can go be-
vond the law without Congress, and II would take
some time 10 get Congress that would repeal this
law.
Senator Depew went into a discussion OF the bill,
and pointed out that Il meant 10 give the banks
greater power He said;
The restriction Of the issue Of the banks to 20
ner cent OF the bonds deposited was reflection on
The bonds themselves. There was never Tune
when they were not worth par and more Deleve
a la " should be passed that will allow the organlza-
lion Of banks with $4,000 With the frequent eN-
aminations by the Government this would be sate'
with greater issue by the banks the currency
u,ouId he more elastic, he said. Senator Depew
then referred to the endless chain OF drawing OUT
oold from the Treasury. and said TINS should De
Scanned He said the law would allow more money
for nrosperous times 10 meet all emergencies ana
tbe currency should ebb when there was little de-
nand for H.