New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-23
AT THE CHICAGO UNION LEAGUE.
SPEECHES BY PRESIDENT SCHURMAN
LIEUTENANT-GOVERN WOODRUFF
AND OTHERS.

Chicago Feb Pat the home OF the Union
League Club, in Jackson Boulevard, this evening
the annual Washington Day banquet Of the club
was held with more than usual success The cele-
bration of the anniversary of the birth Of George
Washington is the chief event in the year Of the
Union League Club. and pains are spared to
make it a success 1t is doubtful however. II any
Of the celebrations that have bar held heretofore
have equaed in all respects ~ OF tonight. which
was one of the most brilliant affairs of it's kind ever
held in Chicago
The banquet proper opened at $50 o'clock and 1t
was two hours later when President Cary called
the three hundred members and guests to order
and introduced DR.. Jacob G. Schurman, president
of Cornell University, who had delivered the ad
dress of the afternoon in the Auditorium. DR..
Schurman replied to the toast. The Orator of the
Day
Murray F. Smith, of Vcksburg. Miss. responded
the toast, 1.-The Old Flag" His address was
received with cheers.
Lieutenant-GovernOr Timothy L. Woodruff of
New-YoPk spoke THE East and the West"
Mr.. Woodruff had a rousing welcome from the
members Of the club He spoke in part as follows:
The dreams Of our Republican statesmen philoso-
piers and laborers for reform along the whole
a fuller realization than ever before The achieve
Rsa b of she party in the past have
during this the last Administration of the nine
we must continue to build If we would live, for
in world of progress not to do is to die. The
time has come in the development OF our civiliza-
tion when we must seek to achieve for others
can be any dsinterested national EFFORT? Is it i'm
possible that there can be any unselfsh effort for
you Republicans banded together in this powerful
political ASSOCIATION n Of men called the Union
Is for yourselves, but when reflects upon your
feet government of this municipality, your State
and 1 +- Of the Naon and how patiently have
must respect your disinterestedness and civic
courage n and accord you the full measure of re-
CnIeSS al! signs ran the great imperial West Will
cipie II ever enuncted Defeafe 9y every o prIn
American industries. Largely on that issue was
won the victory which placed in the Presidential
guns, went down in defeat only to rise again hold
% 5s %h9 voted 9ga4 sa the Republican party
upon their heads the roof that protected both them
and their employers they We're exposed to the
was better PREPARED to Withsand The tne cold
adversely. We told the Democrats as together
We viewed the spectacle of the fight between the
of the deserted factory that we Would soon put
STOP to that scrap when we lighted the fires OF
singed the silver cat to death it certainly has so
Silver as an issue has disappeared except in the
silver tones that issue from the Wandering son of
Those who still claim they are. are really silver
The triumph OF gold has wrought the glory of
the Nation! Gold is the setting of the gems In
the attrition Of patriotic rivalry in all parts Of
our common country its splendor is refu-
gent than ever, undimmed by the shadow of
single sectional line All the forty-fye gems
that constitute the cluster reflect greater glory;
augmented by the pearl of the Antilles and freshly
adorned by the Jewels of the Orient! In the new
and mighty destiny unfolding before us as a Ma
ton. emulating s must the supreme endeavors
of the nations OF the world at the time OF their
greatest power the perfect glory of the future will
only come as we do more for mankind and do II
better than all the world has ever done.
Other speakers of the evening were General II
w Barnes of San Francisco, who took the theme
Greater America John NJ. Zane, who spoke
Lafayette" and the Rev. W. J. McCoughan,
whose subject Great in War"