The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-01-12
aoFF,s CHANCES.
Tho Coming Nsw England Tariff Banquet.
a Few Reflections.

Tho Coming New England Tarifr Banquet
a Few Reflections.
epeeial Dispatch TO he lntcIltgcIoI.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11,-A great banquet
has been arranged for a date in February
to be given leading Republican statesmen
by the Home Market Club, ct Boston
This Ia probably intended to be an Offset
to the late Free Trade banquet given by
the Tariff Reform League, Of Msssachu
sets. Senator Sherman, General Gof
and Major Mckinley have been invited
to make the leading speeches.
From the talk hear am sure 1t will be
a grand affair. In fact, 1t must be grand
affair to eclipse the Free Trade
banquet, which was one Of the
most brilliant Rssemblages OF public, bust.
mesa and literary men ever brought
together in Boston. It Is said to have
drawn its brillianCy, however, mainly
from literary men, such as James Russell
Lowell, President Eliot, Oliver Wendell
Holmes and James Freeman Clarke, who
naturally follow the fashion that has pre-
vailed good many years among esthetic
men in this country Of advocating free
trade principles. II ia very noticeable,
however, that these literary fellows cease
suddenly to be free traders when the mat
ter OF International copyright comes up.
Then they become vocllerous advocates Of
protection.
The literary esthetes having lent the
tariff reform banquet, the moral support
OF their delightful presence, l now fully
expect TO read some Of their names among
the list Of gussts at the great protection
banquet as advocates Of the proposition
to protect American brains against COM
petition from the psuper brains OF foreign
pRrts. It iB very evident that the talents
Of come OF our sentimental literary people
who imagine they are great, need proLec-
ton; and perhaps they might secure 1t
in come form or other II they would de-
scend from the empyrean Of intellectu-
ality to tho atmosphere OF politics and
affairs and take o hand in the general
scuttle like practical citizens. But
the unfortunate fact would etill look braz-
emily into their interesting faces that as
long Rs the literary stealing remains bet
ter in England than 1t Is in the United
States 1t will be mighty hard to convince
your average hard-headed Congressman
that international copyright Is the thing.
That is absolutely all there Is in the oppo.
siion to foreign copyright in Congress.
It has always been laughed down as a
piece Of sick.monkey sentimentslism
The esthetic free trade authors:should at
tend the grest protection bInquet. II
would do 'em good.
The banquet will give General Goif q
good chance 10 spread himself. There Ia
no doubt but that he did himself very
great credit by his speech In the late
National Convention Of Republican clubs.
He is more talked about to-day than any
other ex.soldier coming from west OF the
mountains for the tail Of the ticket In the
event that Mr.. Blaine issnominatsd.
Goff is clean, discreet and very popular
personally among the leading men Of the
party conferred at Washington. Lots oi
things stranger than his nomination for
Vice President with Blaine have hap
peDed.
sherman's magnificent Senate speech on
the tariff has given his aspirations q Lift,
and the other and iurther speech he will
make at the Protection banquet will give
him another advance. But he Is for firsl
place or nothing. He thinks very highly
Of Gof, and / have little doubt but that Il
defeated by Blaine in convention for frsi
place, he would prefer to see the soldier
candidacy In second place 90 to Gof
rather than Foraker, particularly ss Ohio
Is reliably Republican In Presidential
years, while there Ia considered a good
fighting chance to gain West Virginia.
seven electoral voteB with local cAndi
date.
Another feature OF GofT's possible can
didacy is the decided stand already taker
by Southern Republicans for his selection
He is the only Republican from South
eru State who Ia prominent enough II
public hie to be entitled to confederation
That is the way they reason out to me
Every fellow can make his own gueaB.;