Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-22
WINDY WATTERSON. .
The Ness He Dished up for the Tariff
Reform Club Dinner In New York.

New YORK, Jan. 21-The tariff reform
club gave a dinner tonight to $50 guests.
at the Metropolitan opera house After
the dinner half score of the guests dis
cusSed the issues of tariff reform. Arson
Phelps Stokes presided. The speakers
were: Hon. w. c. p Breckenridge. of
Kentucky; Hon. Melbourne H. Ford, of
Michigan; Hon. Henry Watterson, OF Ken
lucky, Hon. VI. d. Harter, of Ohio, and IL
number OF local speakers Mr.. Watterson
said:
THE PLATFORM AND THE OUTLOOK.
The platform j. the messaG e-the pres
ident's message. The outlook is most en-
couraging. considering how the painted
harlot OF protection i whi>tiing to keep
her courage no. ao she stalks across the
graveyard of false VOWS and broken prom
iSeS she has made mainly to the work
people, should call it assured. call it
assured. just in the nick Of time the
president came to the rescue with the wis
dom of an impetous courage. and the
craft of common sense. deriving il
strength from its integrity, this
brave and honest man, this puzzle
10 the politicians and contradiction OF all
experience with single stroke of hi~ pen
tI'L NbttC M NJ ibt ears IaNt tdillSJ the
efforts of the greatest statesmen and
philosophers. BY that act he has reversed
the situation fro2 one Of cowarGiiy indie
clsion To one Of enthusiasm and confidence
He has forced the enemy back behind his
earthworkS. and warned straggierS 10
come into camp. Upon the lines of the
message, ! would rather be beaten. than
win upon those of lying substitute But
we shall not be beaten. The presidents
words are presaees Of victory. The policy
OF evasion and repression is TO he Succeeded
by policy OF fair and free discussion II
is this the Republicans have courted. and
which they affect to he nightly pleased
with. Let u9, III the coming battle. give
them their belly fun OF it, Unfortunately.
they are those who, maSquarfdng as Dem
ocr7sts, make it the business of their lives
to play into the hands of the enemy They
are protectionists first, Democrats after
ward. lit the end, wTIen the process of
the redistribution and read IusJ ment Of
party forces, ROW going forward. is com
pleted, they will find asfnal and fitting
abode where they properly belong-in
the castle of those rubher baroas.
whose men at arms are. at this moment
out III every direction collecting through
the tariff, tribute OF the people. Then in
deed shall we know who is who and what
X what, and the star-eyed GOODIES, OF re-
form shah carry in the circlet of truth
WnlCn gr2ces her fair young brow. no false
Jewels to dim its luSter Meanwhile. nv
friends, we have nothing TO fear in the inn
mediate future. This is full OF most genial.
most gratifying assurances. With our
host at Washington. it shall he As il wa-
with the Irish AT Fonteuroy: steady
they march down the Slope.
steady they mount the hiiI.
steady they load. steady they fire. moving
right onward still. and onward and on
ward until all the mu,iwork> of fraud are
carried, aud every job is fired ont of its
lurking place. and that abomination of ALI
denominations. the high protective tariff.
limited by the Consr tuition exclusively 10
public purposes, ahd -?,rsclaine.i by it,
authors u temporary Wae 4 l,-ilenI is re-
auced to "A revenue basis. and ..rs needs OF
honest government economically admins
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