New-York tribune., 1899-02-14
LINCOLN'S MEMORY HONORED
THIRTEENTH ANNUAL DINNER OF THE
REPUBLICAN CLUB.
sURPRIsINGLY LARGE ATTENDANcB-AD-
DRESSES b. MIR DEPEw. WHO PREs1DEs.
GOVERNOR ROOSEVELT. GENERAL MILES.
REAR-ADMIRAL sCTuEY. STATE
SENATOR HORACE WHITE
AND DIR pUFFTELp.

tcenth annual Lincoln Olnner or tne hepuDllChn
Club of the City Of New-York. given at Del
/ monico's last evening. was the large attendance
When. at G o'clock last evening. the blizzard
was at its height the streets being deserted and
| the transportation facilities Of New-York City
and a great part Of the country utterly dsor-
ganized. the organizers Of the dinner naturally
enough expected 10 see many vacant chairs. 1t
| seemed impossible that more than small frac-
tion Of those who had been invited would care
| to turn out. even If they lived within easy dis
tance Of Delmoncos.
These expectations were agreeably disappoint-
ed All Of the speakers. except one. were pres
ent while the blizzard prevented only very few
OF those who had announced their intention Of
attending from doing For certain number
/ it simply impossible to reach the city. Per
sons who lived in some OF the further suburbs
were Isolated yesterday. and had to stay at
home whether they wished or no With these
exceptions practically all the guests who were
invited attended the dinner. and the large hall
! Of Delmonicos did not look in the least bare.
| An interesting announcement was made by
! Governor Roosevelt in his speech and one which
! elected loud applause from every one. He said
! that, after q conference with MaJor-General
| Roe. he had determined 10 open the armories in
New-Yorl City to the poor that they might
have at least shelter and warmth.
CONGRESSMAN COUSINS DETAINED.
The only one Of the speakers who was un-
able to attend was Congressman Robert @.
! Cousins He telegraphed in the afternoon that
owing to the condition Of the railway tracks It
would be impossible for him 20 reach New-York
from Washington in time for the dinner His
place on the toast list filed by the Rev.
DR.. Howard Dufhed
The banqueting hall was beautifully decora-
| ted Behind the table where the principal
guests sat was a large oil painting Of Abraham
Lincoln by F b. Carpenter. The picture was
! draped IN silk American flags, and the Stars
and Stripes also decorated the walls and win
dOws OF the hall. The National coors were re
peated IN the candle-shades on each table. There
were forty-six small round tables. besides the
long table at the head OF the room. The souve-
Mrs consisted Of bound volume in cloth
case OF Charles A. Dana's lecture on Lincoln
and His Cabinet" given before the New-Haven
Colony Historical Society on March 10 1896
The president Of the Republican Club. Sena-
tor-elect Chauncey NJ Depew. presided With
him at the head Of 1hs table were Governor
Roosev cit. Major General Nelson A. Miles. Rear
Admiral ". s Schley State Senator Horace
White, General Arson McCook. the Rev DR..
Howard Dufield Edward T Bartlett F B.
1
and Abraham Gruber A number OF women
dlned in the lower banquet room on the floor
below. and afterward went into the gallery to
listen 70 the speeches.
CHEERS FOR THE GOVERNOR.
After dinner grace was said by the Rev Dr.
Dufled. The chairman. Mr.. Depew, then rose
and said that owing 10 the lateness Of the hour
and the fact that the Governor wished to catch
card would be slightly altered He then called
on Governor Roosevelt TO respond TO the toast
THE State Of New-York" The Governor was
received with cheers. the entire audience rising
! He began by aludng TO the project TO throw
! open the arTnores 10 the poor i am aware"
he said that there is some question whether or
! not have the legal right TO do this but feel
confident that the Legislature will back me up
in what ! have done
! Il have tolephoncd n Police Headquarters"
/ continued the Governor. "and have asked
the commanders in the precincts wherein the
armories are located TO have all the poor and
| destitute taken there sheltered and warmed
during this colo spell. ! have also commuui-
Gated with Mayor Van Wyck and asked his Of
fetal aid in providing blankets and food FOR the
sick and destitute that may come 10 Us We
are rather short OS blankets at the armories
and have no food whatever. We must not let
people suffer account Of this storm IL we
can prevent it, and we must strive to do all in
our power 70 give them chetcr and food"
These words Of Governor Roosevelt were re
ceived with loud applause. Continuing he said:
The last year has been the most important IN tho
history OF this nation since the close OF the owl
War a glorious war has been won and the treaty
which brought peace out OF that has been
can take a. NV text tbe a93ia 6js e,aC en @
Senator Thomas in 4fa
IN support OF the ratification OF the treaty.
speech excellent in temper IN tone q speech Of
Il delivered by New-Yorks Republican Senator
spirit the reason why sli good and patriotic Ameri-
cans should desire the ratification OF tho treaty.
exactly how FAR the policy of expansion should 60
National course as a whole IN accordance with &
well settled policy We must be governed by wise
opportunism IN dealing with each particular event
10 sensible man will advocate our plungine
errantry or into our setting deliberately work to
build up great colonial empire. But neither Will
he fertint of strenijous effort ana the possibify
of danger. Some men OF high principle. from high
motives. have opposed the ratification Of the treaty
just they had previously opposed the war Just
as some other men whose motives were equally
hi6n In 1861 opposed any effort TO restore the Union
IN the one case as IN the other and Will be so ad-
judged by history End IN one case as IN ne Other,
opposition were ignoDle n their very essence-the
Impulse OF sloth and Of fear.
i MIGHTY NATION.
We should not lightly court danger and difficulty.
but neither should We shirk from facing them
when IN way other they must be mot. We
are q mighty Nation and upon US rest the respon-
sDllities belong 10 all great nations. We can
not avoid meeting them. We can only decide
whether we Shall meet them well or IL. There nre
social rCfcrWcrs VINO tell US that when TINS word
reaches ideal conditions no man Will nave 10 hgnt;
iust as there Otner social reformers who .
sr.rH rurr vi "a q -f
10 90 hard and painful work. HoW1 tnls may
~ in the future at present r. leeas hfe done
happiness won onl- at the cost OF strenuous
e0ort which must always take the form or work,
- ,rl.lch snuafrnea unst take The f0rm ~ WAr.