New-York tribune., 1906-11-24
EX-GOVERNOR BLACK

Ex-Governor Black followed the Governor
elect Using a nautical metaphor, he said that
the party had lately landed from stormy voy-
age over the political seas in a somewhat dam
aged condition, and there was general apprehen-
sion that the ship had been nearly lost
But he said that the craft was still seaworthy
and that no one should abandon the ship He
said that party was more able to cope with
tho great problems Of the present and future
than the Republican party. which had such
glorious record. In part, ex-Governo: Black
said:
We have lately landed from q voyage the
political seas in somewhat damaged condition.
there Is grave and general apprehension that we
have nearly lost the ship. do not disguise the
not fill with unnixed confidence or delight.
Ms hse egs ssef e part of GpF but
Should not yew & our M sen state with 50 little
apparent trouble was not seaworthy or had been
supplanted by safer and a better model. But
believe that the political craft on which we all
eoaFkea G @ t so long ssG o. has never had her equal
in the troubled waters of &C. and within ten years
paTae Since ha tine her nsssf ss been aa
straight and wonderful as the history of the world
h There s has o been no or
II split and went TO the bottom. She encountered
the monster or repuQlauOu, ana to-day the horizon
is not wide enough TO discover sine ga mast with
that doctrine at its head The burden OF
or rembled and the wisdom of her policy, justifed
moro and more as time went on. was made re-
under the menace OF the Spanish war. The heresy
Of free silver crossed her bow and its remains are
now dangling from her yardarm
The Republican ship is stin ahoat and as good
managed or abandoned It will pay to ,-'ess Consider i
for one moment now whether tIls, that ought to be
yet through. You should aid, encourage ana
out the inscriptions on your monuments and burn
the uniforms and trophies Of your Grand Army of
These are grayo problems, my fellow citizens,
and they must be solved Do you think IL all the
from the hands Of the Repuboan party? Fiat Te
suit would be as impossible the retirement Of
Grant before the war was over when his superb
powers had been established.
do not prophe.y the dissolution OF that party,
The sentiments en-, utter tier ere ere rot Of based upon that
grows upon me .i,s that the party spirit is falling off
nf7 S our men and minimize our party When aE
cause seeks support because Of its candidates and
rocks Men will change but principles never; 70 and
# they are great enough to die for. they are hon
ashamed of his party should be ashamed Of being
sod neydr rfo ola R M a s 81 M
iican party are among the things already num-
try's hope. I would not fight for a party whose
history did not approve and whose virtues could
not declare.
At the head table were Senator Alfred r.
Page. Senator Merton f. Lewis, General Horace
Porter. Speaker James w. Wadsworth jr. of
the Assembly, the Rev. DIR. Howard Dufield
Senator ". w. Armstrong Lieutenant Governor
NJ. Linn Bruce. Timothy L. Woodruff General
Henry +. Tremain, Charles z. Hughes. ex-Gov-
ern0r Frank s, Black Herbert Parsons presi-
dent Of the Republican County Committee:
Mayor Seth Low, William /. Ward Republican
leader of Westchester County; Charles H. Treat
ex- Collector of the Port Job Z. Hedges Attor-
ney General julius NJ. Mayer. Oscar s. Straus,
Jacob H Schif. State Engineer Henry A. Van
AixiunA State Treasurer John G, WsllsnmeisS.