New-York tribune., 1902-01-08
|C. U. LEADERS HONORED.
DINNER FOR r. FULTON CUTTING AND
DIR. GOULD-MR. CUTTING SAYS
CITY CLUB STARTED NON
PARTISAN POLICY.

The four hundred representative citizens who
went to the complimentary dinner to h Fulton
Cutting and DIR. Elgn r. l.. Gould IN the grand
ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria went nome iate
last night feeling that they had listened TO sincere
hopeful speakers. had thoroughly enjoyed their
congeniaI communion with each other ana hdu
been embued with renewed falth III 'ie Diis1,1
future of the citys government Ihe choru Sr uO
last night rang with hearty Fellowship i.s uo
nant note was that of friendship Repeatedly were
heard express;ons of the belief that sentiment eA
listed in politics, and that out of sentiment eso
unity of purpose and cooperation OF eiioit - g. O.
those things which are needeo III iea0's
the ideal municipal life- -
william y Dodge. introducing Mr. Cutting and
DR. Gould said that in their guests were incarhateu
those qualities which President RooseVet So au
mired-honesty. courage and common sense go 80
Mr. Dodge had briefly sketched the puphc service
performed by Mr. Cutting, the latter said IN part
have always been ambitious to render service
to the city OF my birth. the city IN #nien men my my
hundred and fifty years. but have never dreaInea
Of the possibilities OF Teeevng ing vSe Of nv SER
vices in the recent campaign The @ SitIzenS Jn0n @
have nj lust carried to victory II to any organza.
R naa neeGed eGe' to re @ y
to pursue the struggle for good government in this
OF c the ens last esagn Ras
the usefulness Of the Citizens I UnI9n Ranbcap party
has felt the chastening influence OF the movement
der, and has purified its intentions and its pTac- rae
tices. Is it too much 10 expect that wnat IL mas mas
complish also for the Democratic? Are there not
fbd S n 6oer cuny and
borough tickets will be purged OF their van "ycAs
The professional politician. the selfseeking dema-
cIuded from the ranks Of the Citizens Union. We
believe that only such an organization as ours can
necessary to secure the permanence OF good gov
The Sentiment of the citizen toward the mu-
ncipaity has been one OF 5=9ae' = Sipgnati6n will
play no part in the campaign of lSS Notnlhg put
local pride in administration VIII Supply tne wis WIS
ming clement of public opinion The union aims
become the instrumentality for the effective e1-
It is largely due to fact that the Democratic
party in this city is essentially t Local 2a Txa in
home politics. To compete. then. with the dom.
be local organization with local policy. ~ Is
then the Citizens Union against Tammany hah
DR. + r. l.. Gould who followed Mr.. Cutting
dwelt upon the need for organization. to the lack
of which he assigned the failure If many previous
reform movements.
Considerations of humanity, said Dr' '1ouiu. III
part move an electorate as nothing else can BE-
tween reformer of spotless reputation VINO
breaches good government in the abstract ana the
advantages of civic virtue for virtues sake ana
hearted district leader. not so correct IN
his life, but who is companion in joy and helper
in trouble. the great of city's voters VIII
naturally incline 10 the latter. You and /. II our
lives cast like theirs on the marginal line
between happiness and misery. would make the
choice. 1t is not that they do not recoil from
the Ievying of tribute or reprehend extravasant
expenditures condemn corruption and favortism.
They do. when they really think about such things.
But other. and to them more practical. matters
intervene. and they forget That which alone will
recall them and keep them up TO a full sense OF
obligation is the projection of the community Of
interest idea into the civic sphere. prophesy that
when this is done We shall prove that the cOnten-
tiOn that the plain people cannot be depended
10 stand by righteous and progressive administrs-
tion has just little ground that other absurd
Shibboleth that a poor man doesn't prefer COM
Portable and sanitary tenement house TO Of the
other kind. when the former comes within his
means"
Other speakers at the dinner were the Rev. r. L.
Paddock rector of the Church of the Holy Apostles
and former vicar of the PrO-Ca thedral in Stanton
st; Robert w De Forest, William Dudley Foulke,
OF the National Civil Service Commission: Dr. AL
bert Shaw. Editor of The Review Of Reviews and
Arthur Won Briesen president of the Legal Aid So
Ciety
Among those present were Iieuteuant-Csovernor
Woodruff, District Attorney Jerome, Isaac N
Seligman. Jacob a. Cantor Charles \. Schieren
Herman Ridder. John c. Carlisle. Alexander E.
Orr Robert c. Ogden, William Bayard Cutting. Dr.
F. G. Janeway: James Stillman. Richard A Nc
Curdy. Anson Phelps Stokes. Henry +. HowIand,
John De Witt Warner and Leonard LewsOhn.