The daily gazette., 1883-04-16
A BANQUET SENSATION.
MAYOR HARRIsoN's TRADE
AT THE IRoQUOlS CLUB.
BAYARD AND OTHERS DIsGUsrED,
The Corrupt Executive Raises q Distur-
bance and Creates Much Bad Feeling by
His Talk.
NEW York Herald. -.


CHICAGO, ILL, April IA sensation
was created at the IroquoIs banquet at an
hour too late for the morning papers to
catch by Mayor Carter Harrison. He was
down on the program opposite the toast
Public Offices Public Trust" He was
at the end of the list and was not reached
until half-past one O'Clock a. IN. Senator
Bayard had spoken; so had w H. Hurlbert.
of New York; Congress man Springer,
Colonel Villas, of Wisconsin, and half a
dozen other leaders, and all had devoted
Themselves to showing that the safety of the
Democratic party depended upon its coming
out fearlessly for free trade and against
"Lhe greatest monopoly OF the dav, protec-
ton"
Mayor Harrison discarded altogether the
sentiment to which he had been assigned.
and devoted an hour 10 committing the posi-
tion tax n by all the other speakers. ''I
say to-day" said Mr. Harrison, "you may
make your tariff for revenue a plank In
your next platform hut you will split the
Democratic party. Free trade was Demo-
cracy once; free trade was not Democracy
at another time. Free trade is not Demo-
cracy today in part of Indiana. They
tell you there, Give us protection to home
industry and Mr.. Hurlbert himself SAYS a
tariff for revenue brings incidentally protec-
ton. Why talk OF it, then2 You may win
on new doctrine, oil a principle of that
sort, when the country is oppressed and suf-
fering, when the finances are In a bad condi-
tion, when labor is not winning its proper re-
ward. But you cannot bring on q change
of that sort when country is prosperous.
You cannot change policy of government
which Is fixed in the minds of the people,
when the people have living wages and are
working every day for these wages. Free
trade is a thing for doctrinal people not ed
u"ated up to it. 1t was good thing twenty
years ago when we held the power of the
administration in Washington but take
that as your plank and you do not win from
the Republican party single one of its ad-
herents. You will drive thousands of our
own people from our ranks, and you will
probably have a Presidential candidate
writing letter at the wrong moment that
kills your platform"
There was at once a panic among the
score or more distinguished guests seated
at the head of the room. Senator Bayard
scowled and moved back from the table.
Thomas Hoyne turned square around, and
with his back toward Harrison expressed
disapprobation by continually shaking his
head. Hurlbert and Everett Wheeler, of
New York, who had moved the assembly to
great pitch of enthusiasm by their speeches
In favor of free trade, looked daggers.
Villas carried on an excited whispering with
Springer. There were marks of disappro-
baton among all the club men. Not a
| syllable of applause was vouchsafed. As
Harrison saw these signs he grew more
vehement, passed up and down behind the
long table, shook his finger within a few
/ inches of Senator Bayard's nose and
waved his arms over Mr.. Springer's head.
When he had finished his harangue without
minutes delay the assemblage was dis
missed and the club and 1+s guests with
drew boiling over with wrath =. the recep-
tion room. Harrison was not cyngratu-
lated, but was allowed to move off alone.
THAT" shouted Tom Hoyne, ''was the
damndest outrage guest ever perpetrated
on toast"
Harrison shouted back, az. 2. Letter is q
| damned ass"
The main doctrine enunciated in the
declaration of principles of the Iroquois
club is "a tariff for revenue only"