The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-09-08

New Haven is being followed through.
 out Connecticut. It seems to be actu- l ated by the spirit of '76 and we hope ii will continue to be- It is this spirit
 which enables them to stand shoulder
 10 shoulder whenever danger threatens One of the wittiest and most interest
 Ing speakers called upon was Stiles
 Judson, Jr., of Stratford, whom the
 toastmaster introduced as the president
 of the Republican League of Clubs of | Connecticut. He spoke in part as fol- | lows:
 Gentlemen-I always esteem it an | honor to address New Haven republi-
 cans. To my mind they typify the
 unity of good republcanism. It Is my
 good fortune to-day, as coming from another part of the state, to tender you our heartfelt regard. The contrast be- tween New Haven methods and those
 In other communities is most marked.
 Enthusiasm is kinded all over the
 country during a campaign, and party
 spirit mounts high; but after the cleo
 ton is over many of the clubs disband
 and the spirit which has been so mani-
 Test dies down again. In New Haven
 one finds unity of clubs throughout
 the year, and spirit that never fails.
 In no other city in the state can the
 qualities that make the republican par
 ty as it is, be found. Tn explanation, I
 could say that it is largely due to the
 increasing efforts of your leaders. Their
 untirlng activity in the political vine- yard ought to be rewarded by the party at large. If a political missionary was tf. hn xr,y,a +xy would insure life in the clubs through out the state I could suggest none bet ter than John T. Gaffey. Dean Swift once said that the true human bene- factor is he who makes blades of grass grow where but one grew before. So John T. Gaffey, blowing inr- the rural political districts of New Haven, has been successful.
 /! Speaking of leaders, I might speak of other leaders who are a help to the re- publican party There is Sir Knight Don Quixote, Alexander Troup, who arrays himself in armor of silver and sallies forth to meet disaster by plung- Ing headlong against barriers more sub stantial even than windmills, and who 1t eventide wraps himself in the mantle of a lost cause and dreameth dreams no mortal ever dreamed before. There $ also Colonel Osborn, the intrepid eader of the gold forces, whose pen is indeed mightler than his sword and who is as true in his adherence to a sound doctrine as the metal he repre- ,ents
 Both are useful citizens for both con- ribute to the true principles of the re- publican party--the latter because he | wants to- the former because it Is the | inevitable result of democratic folly. [ We learn through the papers that the | sold men are invited back into the fold | " MT. Bryan, but under condition that . hey come in tie guise of the prodigal i on, arrayed in sack cloth and ashes They are promised that they may sit | lpon the back of the wagon, but it is lnly because there is hardly room nough for them upon the front.
 And speaking of this reminds me of | he anecdote of the Scotch minister who | vent to visit a fellow countryman who vas at the point of death. Sandy, me non," he said do ye know ye be a-dy- ng?"
 Yes" said Sandy.
 And ye know ye ha' been no Chris ian mon Sandy?"
 T do" said Sandy.
 Sandy, ye know there is but two laces to go?"
 Yes" answered Sandy"
 And that ye canno' go to heaven?"
 Yes" groaned Sandy
 "Hoot mon." said the minister; don't e downcast; ye should be glad there is ome place for ye to go.''
 I was asked to respond to the toast Institutions" and in my atchel Is a bundle of statistics which how the number of pupils in the public chools, the relation of the population f the different cities to their represen- ltion and the number of politicians in .itchfield county. But I don't intend } weary you and will reserve them for mother occasion. I will say in closing, owever: Here's good luck to Connec- cut May she always be represented l the national council as she is to- ay."
 Senator Kendall in his speech paid a igh tribute to the members of republi- an clubs and the great spirit of Amer 'ansm which they displayed He aid
 "All are Americans who have part in 1e makeup of the country and who ve beneath the same great banner. nly few days ago in New York city le people so forgot the principles of aeir fathers as to cheer for one who is gainst the first principles of their or anization. We should at all times, = 5 true Americans, be ready to icrifce our own feelings for the good the commonwealth. We found it acessary, as Americans, to strike a low against the misrule of a foreign ,untry. Can we, as Americans, go ack upon the duty we took upon our lives when we did so? We must al avs be ready to stand up to our duty , Americans and republicans" o. R. Fyler said he was a torch-bear-
 in the election in which John c. Free ont was the republican standard { .arer and would always continue to be le in the interests of the party. Talk g the history of the party, he said. From Lincoln down to Mckinley, in- uding the time when that matchless atesmau, James G. Blaine, was an ex- ,nent of it's greatness, the republican