Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-01-05
At Dinner in Honor of Mayor
Geo. B. Mcclellan.
Inc Son Of His Distinguished Father
Makes a Warm Speech
Calling On All Democrats to Stand
Shoulder to Shoulder.

dinner in honor Of George Il. Mcclellan.
the newly Installed mayor of New York
city, among these present being For
mcr Secretary of State Richard Olney
OF Massachusetts: Former GOV. David
Il. Hlil of New York; Col. VIM. A. Cas-
ION ot Boston; Former Gov. Robert r.
fattlson OF Pennsylvania; Congress-
man David a. DeArmond of Missouri.
FORMER Senator Charles A. ToWne or
| Minnesota, Former Mayors Hugh r.
Grant, smith Ely, Franklin Edison and
robert a. Van WYcl;, August Belmont.
! Police Commissioner Belmont, Police
Commissioner Wm. McAdoo and For
me- Secretary John c.. Carlisle
Grover Cleveland, Judge Alton E.
Parker, Senator German of Maryland.
and Senator Morgan of Alabama. sent
settlers Of regret.
, The speakers included Messrs. Nc
Clellan, Olney, HILL Towne and Dear
mend. ". Burke Cochran, who acted
as toastmaster, introduced as the first
! speaker Mayor Mcclellan, in an ad-
dress in which. after referring to ques-
tions of national policy. he briefly
| touched on political conditions in New
| York City.
|
| illustrious son of an illustr;ous sire"
| said:
~ was my good fortune, two months
! ago. to lead the Democratic party to
victory in this city. Ii was my fortune
F! to be the standard-beare in the first
| successful sllirmish Drelinil nv to the
great battle which is to be fought. this
year. ana 50. in hearing your cheers. I
] nal hot la,
! for the man as for the cause which
! he had the honor to represent. And
for that the cause. l ask you to join
with ne in sending from this great
; Democratic gathering in this great
| Democratic city, the glad news to our
brethren throughout the land. that we
! Democrats of New York are resolute
! IL our purpose to wrest the state ana
nation from Republican lnisrue. Let
Us at the beginning of this Presidential
year. present to the country the srec-
J taclc CT 4 united and loyal party. striv-
i ing CIineStlE to be worthy Of the name
/ Of Democrats. Wherever they are to-
/ night. in the East Of the West, in the
! North or South. let al Democrats hear
| our aVoWal. Sinking every sordid and
selfish and unworthy motive. united for
4 common object ard in a common
cause. rs We're our fOrefathers in the
days gone by, we stand for right and
/ justice within and without the bound
aries Of our country, that we may re-
store the rule Cf the people in its tru-
/ est sense ana insure to ourselves and
! TO Tostprity the blessings of liberty"
! Mr.. olneE was then introduced as a
dlplomatist who had never followed the
policy of wandering. around the worlG
seeking Quarlels with weaker nations
and as The pride of New England but en-
! thr"neG in the hearts of all his country
men
J Coy. A. ]. Montague of Virginia. fol-
| lowed Mr.. Olney and was in turn fol
| lowed by cN-Gov. Hill. Mr.. Hill was
! EreetGd with loud APPLAUSE when in he
iln.r,odu.ctory rsmarks ,, :, he euogized the
| dicted that Mayor Mcclellan would sue
! coed him NliD as governor of tbs state
and precede him in the White House
! Much Of Mr.. Hills address was dovo;-
| ed to review of the recent events in
! Panama and an attack on the policy Of
the administration in this connection. He
! orened with a warm tribute to Mayor
| Mcclellan, discussing promotions in the
army. referred in laudatory terms to the
| Cleveland administrations of 1889 and l>93
/ and in conclusion outlined a platform for
! the coming Democratic compaign, next
year.
MIR. Hill characterized the course OF
| President Roosevelt in the Panama affair
| as "a species of contemplate machinatioaI
| unworthy of the head of great nation
and part and parcel of a political scheme
! to prematurely force his own nomina
| tiGn for the Presidency and to preclude
the consideration of the name of any
: other candidate without his own party
MIR. Hill held that Congress alone had
the right to declare war. He declared
! it the duty of Democracy to resist the
consun.ma tor of this outrage and urged
| tine rejection of the treaty in the Senate.
! Il am inclined to despair" ne said, ''of
! the sasacity or the loyalty of that Demo-
| Crat who cannot sec or refuses TO see,
| that his plain duty lies in the directiou
! of opposition to the modern policy CT
| biuster, bragsadocio and bullying now ir
! vogue in our official intercourse with
! peaceful but weaker nations" ,
Mr.. Hill next took up conditions in the
/ army, speaking OF .'the studied Insult TO !
Lieutenant General Miles" in the order
announcing his retirement from the army
| and the constant and persistent enoaav- |
or to confer upon personal favoTiteS oi
, the President the highest honors of thu
army, regardless of length of service,
! gallant conduct or individual fitness. /!
! The plain truth is, said he, that dur !
! ing the present administration promotion.
| in the army have been hawked around
| and bestowed here and there Il sthough
they were personal or partisan gratuities
to be granted or withheld at the pleasure
I of the appointing power, regardless OF
any other considerations. This has Great
ed much discomfort and brought the Amy
] to The verge OF decentralization. "
! in keeping with this has been the per-
. sistent detailing by the Chief Executive
of several vessels of the United states.
during the whole summer season. in the
vicinity Of his own home at the seashore,
without any authority of law.
IN view Of these circumstances it IS
no wonder that the President saw no Sc 3.
rIous misconduct on the part of Gen.
Wood in CUBA when he used public fuEdi
to influence the action of Congress III
behalf OF certain legislation which his.
| comma nder-in-chi desired
: Mr. Hill declared the omission OF refer 4
encc to General George j. Mcclellan in
the Presidents Grafton at Antietam ian
exhibition of monumental littleness" and 4
criticised him for failure to pay greater
, tribute to President Jefferson in his
Louisiana purchase address at st. Louis.
AT this point l may be permitted
said Mr. Hil Ito digress in order to sug
gest that Mr.. Roosevelts exaggerated or
. inconsiderate habits of speech We're ac-
, q,,ired years ago and are characteristic
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