The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-13
APROTECTIVE TARIFF
Cleveland Speaks Upon it and
Ballot Reform.
GRADY ON THE RACE PROBLEM.
He Explains the Position of the Negroes in
The South and the Altitude of the
Whites Towards Them.

Boston, Dec. 12.-Over four hundred
prominent business men of Boston and
New England crowded the apartments of
Hotel Vendome this evening on the occa-
sion of the annual banquet of the Boston
Merchants association
At the round table in the centre sat Hon.
Jonathan A. Lane, president of the associa-
ton. At his right were ex-President
Cleveland and Mr.. Grady, W. L. Putnam,
P. A. Collins, John Lowell, William E.
Russell and Leopold Morse; while on his
left were seated Governor Oliver Ames,
Andrew Carnegie, General Clinton B.
Fiske and Collector Saltonstall, all guests
of the association. After reading a letter
of regret from James Russell Lowell, Pres
ident Lane proceeded, in brief speech, to
introduce Governor AmeS, who welcomed
the guests of the occasion. President Lane
then introduced eX-PreSident Cleveland,
who was greeted with long continued ap
plause, shouts and cheers. Cleveland
spoke as follows:
He dwelt on the injustice of fostering certain
branches of trade at the expense of others by
means of protective tariff with the accompany
ing evils of intimidation of labor by aggregated
capital. From this he turned to the question OF
the dangers which threaten the nation from the
intimidation and corruption of voters and votes.
On this subject he said: We need not stitie our
scorn and contempt for the wretch who basely
sells his vote and who for bride betrays his
trust OF citizenship, and yet the thought Will IN
trude itself that he but follows in low and vul-
gar fashion the example OF those who
proceed upon the theory that political
action may be turned to private gain;
But we know that when political
selfishness is destroyed our dangers will disap-
peat and though the way to its stronghold may
be long and weary we will follow them, follow
render, nor will there be desertions from our
ranks. This hope, risen like the star in the
the east, has fixed its gaze on our patriotic
fellow countryman and everywhere, in our busy
martS of trade and on our farms, in our cities
and in the homes OF the poor, in our universities
and in our workshops, in our banking houses
and in the ranks OF memorable toll, they greet
with enthusiastic acclaim the advent OF ballot
reform. 1 remember the inauguration OF another
reform, and have seen it grow and extend until
it has become firmly established in our laws
and practice. 1t is today our greatest safe
guard against the complete and disgraceful de-
graduation OF our public service. 1t has its enc
mics and all OF them not yet silenced, but its
victory came, wrought by the force of en-
l1ghtened public sentiment and upon its trial
every objection which had been urged against it
was completely discredited. AS it has been
with civil service reform, will it be with ballot
reform, except that the coming victory will be
Following Cleveland came Henry w.
Grady, of Georgia, who was warmly re-
ceived.
Mr.. Grady said he was invited to discuss the
race problem. He said that the south, the fair
est and richest domain on the earth, was so
scantiy peopled that but Is per cent of its lands
is cultivated. The sons OF New England seek
with troubled eye some new Ell Dorado. Since
1850 the in migration of northerners to the south
had been decreasing because of the race problem
and the suspicion it breeds. The southerners
are so beset with this problem that their very
existence depends on its right solution. Reply
ing to the imputation that the south treated the
negroes unjustly, the speaker said that this
year the south raised 100000 bales of cotton,
which enormous crop could not have come from
the hands OF discontinued labor. The negroes
of Georgia, who but twenty-five years
ago were slaves now possess S20,OOO0O0
worth Of property. For every Afro-American
agitator stirring strife he could show athousand
negroes happy in their cabin homes and with
their children in school. 1t is admitted there is
disorder and violence, but it is misiudged. Law
lessness in Iowa is accepted as an accident.
while that in the south is ascribed to race causes
The black will cast free ballot when ignorance
anywhere is not dominated by the will of the
intelligent. The whites are banded, not in pre-
JUDGE, but of necessity. The negro vote
remains an ignorant and credolous faction.
the prey OF the INSCRIPTIONS of both
parties, and plays part in the campaign in
which every interest of society is jeopardiZed
Against such campaign as this the southern
whites are banded as Massachusetts whites
would be in similar circumstances. In reply to
the challenge as to the alleged smallness of the
southern vote, Mr.. Grady said the sixteen south
states in 1888 cast g. per cent. of their total
vote, the New England states but 60 per cent. OF
theirs. The negro has learned that the ballot
box, which promised him the most has yielded
him the least and at last has realized
that his best friends are his neigh
bors, with whose prosperity his own
is bound up; 1t would be well if northern par
tlsians would understand that the negro vote
can never again control the south. II there be
any human force which cannot be withstood it
is that OF banded intelligence and responsibility
relies, not upon the cowardly menace OF the
mask or shot gun. uForce bills will not avail The
north may surrender its liberties to
federal election law, but never
again will a single state, north or south, be de-
livered over to the control of an ignorant and in
ferior race. Time alone can tell how the prob
lem presented will be solved. The speaker be-
lieved it would be solved by the people most
Cound in honor TO its solution. He asked
Patience Out of this alone can come per
feet work.
2-Confdence. In this alone can you Judge
fairly.
3-Sympathy. In this you can help US best
4-Give us your sons as hostages, that they
may help to swell the Anglo Saxon current until
it can carry without danger this black infusion.
Loyalty to the republic, for there is sec
tionalism in loyalty as in estrangement. Give
us the broad and perfect loyalty that loves and
trusts Georgia alike with Massachusetts,, that
knows no south, no north no east, no west, but
endears with equal and patriotic love every foot
Of our soil, every state of our union!
Andrew Carnegie was then introduced.
Prior to entering upon the discussion of his
topic he referred to Cleveland as one whom
history would declare had tried to do his
duty and who possessed the respect of the
entire country, regardless of party. Car
negie then proceeded to brief exposition
of the wonderful progress made by this
country during the past year in commerce,
manufacturing and mining, declaring that
in the last two industries she now leads the
world, while her credit is first among ma
TORS. Carnegie was followed by Hon. W.
L. Putnam, late Democratic candidate for
governor of Maine, who spoke briefly.