New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-12

plause. At the end the guests rose and gave
him a Chautauqua salute with napkins. He
spoke of that great statesman. the President
of the republic" He said:
Mr.. Chairman. Mr.. President and Gentlemen; l
. fully conscious of the high compliment which
has been paid 10 the London Chamber OF C9m-
statesman. your President Of the Republic $50
So: t X tii1u5 So1IneTre and know that
I express The feeIire OF those chambers OF com
meroe which have the honor Of being represented
most notable in the world. 1t is quite true that
the Oldest chamber, Larseilles Is not mere DuI we
celebrated its bi-centenary. We have the ChampeT
Chamber Of Hamburg. the chamber which may be
said to be coeval with the great Hans Town, a
listed when England and America were Deihs Hiaue
now understand rule Of your Chamber which
puzzled for moment-when fines are lnllicteq
for non-atendance for other than Yaiid reasons ;
should express it for invalid causes put
that is detail. and for my part M b mUp
only an ancient virtue ,., ,,,o CONGRATULATE
you upon the opening OF your new Dul h 1It
No longer can if be said that you nav nave oty NOR
building, not merely made with hands but by the
traits represent the development Of commerce in
your Empire state
BETWEEN THEN AND NOW.
It is thirty-two years since / visited your city
The contrast l see by the picture presented to-day
is striking At that visit Went TO the top or
Trinity TO the tops of the other buildings To-
day ! go to the tops of those Babel-like towers
that may the top of Trinity again But II
is of your work ! would sneak. You have banded
commerce and comfy by union at heart throughout
a catastrophe your healing hand has been extend
ed for relief, and we in England after many gen
cult moment YOU relieved the operatives 0 Sf
gratitude which viii be coevai with the history of
our nation ., .
Your president has very properly pointed out
that it is only I'm benevolence but I'm the ethics
Of commerce that your chamber has done so SO much
nlerciaI morality Which it has always set to Others
YOU have sympathy with the man who SAID IL
not his principle to pay his interest. nor in
terest to pay his principal
and the best measures You have favored the enact
ment of good laws and you have never laiSH 10 re
President tonght that liberty IN II mus , 4g PTT
begins. and that that tyranny is the SAINT whether
Nay: the tyranny of the multitude may be multi
But this means YOU have rid your laws of the re-
law and equity are two things which God has
Wien Sr Hepburn Wrote to me he said almost
piaintiyely that YOU had little enter i ae
been here what is the rough test Of antiquity and
| remembered an old song named when George the
Third Was King" and came 20 the conclusion
that the title Of that song was enough 10 give g
so cannot escape George III ana me o tht
magnificent monument OF the ioandati9n OF com
mercial success IN wide ana dliIussa od vs.
fonnIs6 nv C;enrse II Went to Trinity Church.
The whole associations were with George III; a.
came from the Chamber or commerce iouuued j"
| 1882 in London
"A voice, In 1877 -.
No. no. that IS tho point. 7 came from a cham.
her founded In 1852. IN London, recalling the tact
that the earliest Great Britain could produce Was
the Chamber Of Glasgow In l1s3. and solnputgh IN
f"nd so by the Royal Charter Of King George iii
| in l76s Why. gentlemen that was the age OF 'he
old Pretcnder.
our great seal because our great seals are always
broken-was found and brought back 20 New-hork
from old curiosity shop.
HIS APPEAL FOR GEORGE III
make an appeal that when I heard the other
night your Ambassador In Berlin, Mr.. White say
that In his boyhood all scholars were taught not
To reverence the name OF George I'LL now lnahe
! appeal that those days may be completely Tor
gotten: that as even King John IS now liked be-
cause he inst invented Mayors. now that George
his association with your gr at institution, to
which vcuIured to refer.
some years ago In London some or US we're boast-
ing that the sun never set on England possessions
Sella tor DepeW was | think, present-aud "a woman
| who present remarked that the reason could
probably be found In the fact that Providence did
not dare trust in the dark
Senator DepeW-Whon that remark was made Sir
Albert was younger than he is now.
Mr.. Roilit- But I was not darker.
tho Of the Venezuelan dispute / claim
with pride that the London Chamber OF Commerce
uaricu.arIy represented the difficulty and d"cacy
Of that matter and urged its reference 10 drttIa-
tion before matters became acute, and We shall
never forget that arhitrati"n as me ALTERNATIVE 10
that which would have been puoHc crime war
between countres-which was ultimately Effected
in a large measure 10y the joint action Of your
II has been promised that there shall he peace
earth But II Is the peace or subsection, the
peace OF the sword But that for which We hope
IS the great Anglo Saxon peace, peace or liberty
and help and hopefulncss.