New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-02
" VICTORY A DANGER" j"
Lieutenant Goyernor Bruce Yarns
Republicans of Duty.

Next to a great defeat. the greatest danger
comes to a political party with overwhelming
victory" declared Lieutenant Governor Bruce
at the dinner at the Republican Club last night
In honor of Fred w. Wilson. superintendent OF
the United States Indian Warehouse in this
city. Mr.. Wilson was chairman of the speak
ers' bureau of the Republican National Com
mittee, in the last three national campaigns
The Republican Party was Mr.. Bruce's topic
He continued in part:
If the Republican party is to stay in power
II must fulfil the expectation Of the people
The peculiarities of the last campaign teach
US that the people think before they vote. If
the ticket ran behind In all districts as 1t did
in the silk stocking districts OF New-YOrk
City, we would have been defeated by as great
a majority as we won by II it had not been for
the poor people, the result of the election would
pie who came then to support that the Re
publican party is the friend OF the poor and the
The Grand Old Party" has come Down to US
as a trust. and we must transmit it unmpaired
to posterity. The bedrock of eternal truth upon
which il rests is the equality of all men before
the law. When one jot little Of that is for
gotten We are no longer the Republican party.
Better hat hostile 1eets should lI1e OlIr ,tasts
than that difference should be made before the
law between the white and the black man.
The guests were called on to sing one verse
of My Country. 'Tis Of Thee by the toast
master Immediately after dinner They com
piled enthusiastically General Congdon then
told them that orators. like poets. are born and
rot made. The men who cause others to do
good are better than the men Who do good" he
said. The orators caused the unwilling to cast
their votes for President Roosevelt. If the ora
tors are worthy. how much more so is the
man who stood behind them?" General Cong
don read the letters of regret. all Of which were
highly complimentary in nature He then called
on, rd to TO ,ef net
The President" Mr.. Lauterbach said in part
after three cheers and tiger had been given
for Roosevelt:
Rather tough 10 call one man TO pronounce
the opinion expressed SO clearly by tOOOOOO
Of voting population last Election Day.
Among the plain. common people of the East
Side and Brownsville who could appreciate the
strong honest character of Mr.. Roosevelt, and
among the men Of that stratum of society
throughout the country the victory was most
these sections that Mr. Wilson assigned me
dJfring the campaign. So here, as on other Occa-
sions. his Judgment was proved sound
After a humorous Introduction Mr.. Lauter-
bach eulcgized Mr. Roosevelt in the highest
terms To all of his remarks. the auditors re-
sponded heartily.
MIR. Roosevelt" he continued, promised not
to run for second term. Now the trend OF
events is while members of all political parties
are supporting him. that Theodore Roosevelt
must stand for third term, and he viii be re-
elected
In responding TO the toast, The Business Man
in Politics" Colonel Shepherd. president Of the
Commercial Travellers Sound Money League.
said:
Every man in this country is a business man,
and every business man is in politics. especially
since the campaign for Mckinley in 1896. Every
business man is a friend to MIR. Wilson. as he is
ii friend to every business man. Every business
man knows that under Roosevelt ne will have
sound money. tariff and an open door in the
East
About one hundred and fifty Republicans at
tended The dinner was given by the repre-
sentatives of the Jewellers. Drygoods, Drug. Silk
and Commercial Travellers associations. OF
the other speakers William F, King responded TO
the toast 'The City of New-YOrk and a. L.
Blair to THE Press