Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-23
WATTERS0N REJOICES.
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE PERMITS
HIN TO BE HAPPY AGAIN,

Position in Carlisle's Cass-Gotham Ho-
tel Keepers Not laundering for the DEM
ocratio Convention.
NEW YoRK, Jan. o. -Four hundred mem
bers OF the Reform club, Of which Anson
Phelps Stokes is president, dined Saturday
night in the banqueting chamber OF the
Metropolitan Opera house. The occasion
| was an Endorsement Of President Cleveland's
recent message After dinner President
Stokes said that civil service reform, cleo
toral REFORM municipal @atfairs, and other
important reforms were equally within the
sphere Of the clubs activity and usefulness
but the dinner was for tariff reform. ResU.
lutions were submitted by John r. Town
send, president of the Maritime exchange,
indorsing President Cleveland's message, aud
urging upon congress to enact tariff reform
legislation.
The toast Of "TaTf Reform was respond
ed to by the Hon. w. c. Breckenridge Of
Kentucky, who reviewed the tariff question
at length, and said that after the representa-.
tives Of the people in the Forty-niuth con
gress had declared that the question of tax
alton was unworthy of their consideration,
the president OF the United States with IA
courage as rare as his message is striking,
| eliminates from the political contests OF the
American people all other questions, and
| submits to the arbitrament of the nation that
| this is "A question of the very highest and
most urgent consideration
nThe Farmer and the Tariff" was discussed
by Hon. Melbourne II. Ford, congressman
from Michigan. He said the accumulation
of late years had resulted il a colossal surplus
in the treasury, which was something APP
pallinG IL 1850 the national taxation av-
erased 81. " per capita. To-day it was over
II of hot tl,a
pie submitted to this state OF things. The
situation had become critical What was
the meaning of the increased taxationi Did
tile government need money! No; it was ac-
Cumulating IA surplus at the rate of 500, OOO,-
OJO year. Nor was the surplus accumulated
for the purpose Of paying the country's debt
1t was SO that the few manufacturers might
be paid a premium for earning their living
Why had the people submittedt For on their
shoulders the burdens rested. 1t was very
simple. they had paid the taxes indirectly
and had not realized the effect it had upon
them. 1t had come to them in the shape OF
increased prices of necessaries Of life. Sup
pose the money had been collected by direct
taxation The people would never have SUBJ
mltted to it. There would have been
revolution in less than thirty days. The
tariff advocates would never dare to change
the system to direct taxation. Was it not
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The principal address was delivered by
Henry Watterson, of The Louisville Courier
Journal. He said he was going to speak on
~ t' - " "'.' oIo ''ioo" ~, 'n
fine LAIR, - - s,- .e15Ss = - 80
ossnr.J For norl, us, IA @
epnrebensive tbnt Democratic opn,tm MD
not crvstaIiza in advance of tina national
convention
an 600, ob,i,,,s tr, INV mind Tint ,,rIace ,ve
could agree in CONGRESS we should not agree
in conv,ntion mo torifF mani, in the last
not;nnaI nanocratic n,atfbrn, was not in. |
teuded To be a stroddle because, although
the nIottorn committa, bsJ hpen ndroitiv
nocte5 in the intarasf of nro,oction tbe raw. |
anre-rafnrnars ware stiII strnnp enough to
hold THAR pround and TO carry oil their
noints Rnt If yyns rnaIa to sasn, - stradJla
Hanca notb;,g short Of a declaration which |
might not bear two constructions would sat. |
isfy the demand of reform in the usxt |
national nIotform md anv one could SEQ |
that This could not ha ohtainel without a |
Ggbt and ,ossiblv -, srIit
aTrst il, tina nicl, of time tina rrasi LIANT CANA
to th. rasc,a with tina wisdom NJ nm imnet.
Mons couraga and tha craft of a common
sense darivin,, it's strangth from its intepr,tv
Iris bro ana honast ,nen--this ru1lIa to
the noiiticians and contradiction Of aIl az.
win n si,gla stroka of bis nan diI
tybot MIGHT for YEARS have bafl al the efforts
~ tbe ara,test statesman and nbiIosonhers-
Ry tb,f act ba hos reversad the Situation
fron, ana of co,porlIy indac,sion to ona az
antbrsiasp, and confidence Ua has forced
tho aro,,,, hocl, bobind bis earth works and
,uoruol str,r,,,lars To Gonna into con,n Hmm |
tba Iinos NJ hat ga I yyonlh rather he
too.n,, +to,, ,yi, ,,,n,, tToso oF +, 1yinr srh-
stitnta Rut we shall not be- beaten. The
rresident,, ,yorJs are nresagas oP victory
Thew rapovs oil abstraction from orr march
of rrogress and reform They lead MS ont of
the bushes and into the highway An hon.
ost Dar,ocrat NAV now hold nm hia head
lool, tho world in tho f,ce and emil his sopl
his own vifbont fnrtiva al de- Glance at the
ponntIica,,s
81 haIi,,,, !, o1oorI,, defnal noIitic,I differ.
aroos st,bhnrnIv and bonestIv maintained
,,I,l,, +r,, .,,,o, gaiI ~ rort,, Con,hat and
NO l,,, lass hac,nsa be docs nof aerae
,yith ma ,oncIiny nuhlic nolfcies / latest
,irn. not Who Iats II dnra not voit rpon
vyould and nossesses neither the caudor nor
tho ne,,raala Of his convictiors Rnt a tbon-
80 "a ,,',r,,ogas ora oecrihaJ hv tho rrotaction.
jsts t6 Iba nartv of revenne reform which
noyar crossas tho mind Of any rasnonsible
ro,,o,,,a rorornar Tbesa we NAV now disa.
VOW Tha ,,oIiov If ayasion and repression
is to be succeeded bv a policy of fair and
free discussion. 1t is this the Republican,
have courted and which thew affect to bs
,nigbtlv nleased with Let rs in the COM
inc battle give them their bellyful of it. Let
rs 90 to the people of the east, as we have
yone +o the r,eor,le of the west and the soutb.
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