Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1892 — MR. CLEVELAND SPEAKS. [ARTICLE]

MR. CLEVELAND SPEAKS.

A Brief Address Before The N. Y Chamber ot Commerce. Says He Is Not Un .ilurtfut of the Needs o Uusine-s Men. Presideh-eJect Cleveland spoke at Ur* annual dinner of tho Chamber ol Cuhdmerce at Del monied’s, N-ntYork/L’acsUaj night. Lie said: ... , | Mr. President and <*»*■.tiemeit- lam exceedingly gratified by the kindness.*ic waimlh ot your giviing. it dries mu Mirpiise mo. however, for > havo soui: tU! I felt on more than one occasion the cordia hospitality ail 4 lifuiriiimss of t.hos" wh asjamlite at the annual dinner of ol; Chaml>»ro; Cuminervo. Wo ail have noticed that many men when they seek to appear especially wis. and impress!vo, speak of “our fjrrstSJSJ interests” as someth in ant w ol and mysterious: and quite often when a proportion is under discussion its merits are no lougci apparent to the s i vrhase hail tx areml at thesHomii .* U tliat our “Uushioi inierosts’'are lyin-i in wait »vl:h iiutneious vials of wratli incomplete roa'liiiO' for those who arriveatuu umteeepted concltrslun: lam fartimnte in being atno t state t,liarmy retatimi to the Cltamhor o t'orainerce of the State ot Nos S ork though merely of a complimentary kind., arising Irom liono ory mumb -rship. has sc lttniiliari/.ed me witli “business interest*’ that 1 no longer regard these word* as meaning a hh»od thirsty Least, nor do 1 liuve constantly before mv mini those ch hired in the Libia al story wi.o were torn to pieces by bear* for discussing too much at ran lorn the bihltms of an ancient prophet. It Is entirely natural 'hat hit familiarity with business interest.arising from the relation M which 1 hav. referred, should hoof a vetv pleasant eon and free from fear and trepidation, lor the only meetings i have ever attended of the (iiamliet of Commerce have been ptecisoh such as this, when the very best things to eat and drink liave heen exhaustively d| - cussed. lam bound to say that mitbes" omissions the dreadful beings repre'eni* ing hu-iness Interests have bQ'*n varv Unman indeed.

I know yon will not do me the groat ift-jiist.i'-R of supposing that I 'n, '.lie !>‘ii t tindernilAthe impor tance of tho commercial and linnm-.ia! interests bore represented. On the contrary, no one apnroclv’es more fit iy than 1 tliat. while a proper ad* justmnut of all interest* stimiV. be ionic* taino'l. yo't represent, those wit ,’n are ji terly Indispensable to our Notional growth and prosperity. T don't, belltve that «,uy other interests should he obliged to feed from the crumbs which full r nm the table of business, nor do T Believe that *at:ie should be robbed of the toed *btog« whlet. are honestly and fairlv there, morel ,* be ransn some-other tables are not weU-pic-vlded. if, tomes to this 'Yearn ail !n----terpstod as Americans in a totnmoit puisuit. Our Dttrtmse i*. or onglit to he in our several spheres, to add to the general fund of Niitiuhivl prosperttf; Frwm tb ! r food wq arnont'lled to draw perhaps nut dually, but inMly. each receiving a fair portion of individual prosperity. Let u» avoid trampling on each otliei iu our anxiety to be first, in the disirth lfion of shares, and lot us not attempt to appropriate the share of oUiers As I close I canriot refrain from expressing tny thanks for t lie cutmesics often ext'-n el to me by the organization at whoso hbspfiu In board T nil re sat Ibis even ng. 1 tx<g to assure yon tliat tiiough ' may not soon meet yon Igalo on an o caslnn liae this. I shall romember.with pvuitar pleasured he friends made among your membership, and sLai' never allow mvsel r ».*> b> heedless of the affairs yon so worthily hold in your keeping. Other speakers were Secretary of the Treasury Charles P ost* r Senator Breckinridge, Cliauncey M. Depew and Whilelaw Reid. - 1 The average man can he philosophical Dn two occasions - when he is in liquor lud wbeu his neighbor is in iroaLlo.