The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-12-24
The Banquet in New York Gel
ebratiug The Victory,
OUR W. L. WILSON SPEAKS,
And Makes Il Few l., cDle Remarks
y Large Number of Distinguished
Guests prcscnt.-.AirH. ClrvC-
land Receives an Ovation.

oelNE !AlC, Whl!e the EAlierles vert
filled with a brilliant array OF people o
whom ladies made a prominent part.
1t was half past seven o'clock whcr
the banquet was begun. Tho boxes AT
this time were empty, and it was moi
until the dinner was nearly oyer that
ladies' began to come in. Atthe Speak
ct's table, on either side OF Chairman
Everett 7. Wheeler, sat ex.Presidtn,
Cleveland and John Il. Carlisle, Of Ken.
tucky. Among the other gentlemen at
this table were Governor Horace Bois,
OF lowa; Goyernor.elect Russell, Of
Massachusetts; Congressman Wilson,
Of West Virginia; Ion Carl Schurz, W.
U. Henssl OF Pennsylvania, Horace
White, Thomas L. Johnson, Of Ohio.
at other tables were Henry Willard,
Daniel Lamont, Senator Brice, o! Ohio,
George iioadley and ". J. Trenholm.
At about $50 o'clock Mrs. Grover
Cleveland, accompanied by Mrs John
G. Carlisle and other ladies', entered one
OF the boxes in the first gallery. Mrs.
Cleve!and's appearance was the signal
for every man at the tables to Use TO bis
feet, and amid II waringo OF haaukerchiets
Mrs. Cleveland WAS given three cheers,
which compliment she ackno owledged by
rising and bowire,
When the teasting was finished presi.
dent Wheeler, in q brief speech, intro
ducel ex-President Cleveland as the
ftst speaker Of the evening.
Alter the applause which greeted Mr..
Cievtlnnd's remarks had subSidet, Hon.
John &. Carlisle, OF Kentucky, spoke on
Popular Government"
Hon. William L.. Wilson, OF West Vir-
gina, spoke rs follows: ''lf the blund-
eriny of q Congress is to be measured by
the force and sweep oi the condemae-
ton provoked by Mr.. Reeds Cougress,
it he's not only surpassed Mr.. kieiei's
Congtess, but has achieved for itself a
in blunderirg unap-
preached by any Of its fifty Predecessors,
and iirec0nt polltlca! experience proves
it teaches that the
Democratic party never b!unders more
fatally than when itabaaaous orpalters
With its true principle, and that it never
appeals 80 strongly to the heart OF the
or TO the enthusiam of the young,
as when it goes bsiore them in the
strength OF these principles alone. Ga
the other hand the Republican party, rs
dominated to-day never blunlers so
rs when it has free icope and
for the application OF Its
principles: never meets with such crush.
ing reputation from ,l,a people as when
it &isclOses to them its true politics aud
methods.
The campaign was not fought on any
obscure or minor issue, but upon the
question on which, es Mr.. Burke said,
all the grest contests OF ireedosa have
been waged-.he question OF taxing.
History is in the nla! n record OF the
successful attempts OF small class
among every people to get control OF the
government, thu. they may usc the tax.
ing poVer for their own aggraadiZement.
Its one OF the safeguards Of our Tree
dom that an evil principle introduced in
to onr political system works out its
own extreme and dangerous manifesto.
ton aud brings its Own train OF abuses,
all tending to arouse attention and to
kindie indignation. The Protective
principle NC. cnly gave all extreme and
dangerous manifestation OF itself in toe
Mckinley bill, but it was the evil spirit
that tempted, or comeplle Ell the Fifty. tirst
Congress to career wh!ch insures ior it
sinister nams in on. legislative his.
tory.
"The Fiity.secona Congress will en-.
ter upon its labors with one lesson that
none OF ito members can mistake, and
that lesson that it's shortest road to
irratrievab.e bankruptcy will be to iol.
low the footsteps OF its predecessor, and
is suYes. ro&d TO popular approval vii!
be to present rs olea:. 2 contrast as pcs
sible to the temper, the luethois and
tue legislation OF that predecessor. In
thia one lesson it will find no small psrt
o! that justice, temperance and foresight
which we invoke ior it tonight"
Mr. Johnson, OF Ohio, in the course
o! his speech, eaid: "Why IS GyoveI
Clsye!an1's aamr on every lips So sure
as he lives lie 10 the next PRECEDENT o!
the American Republic. Grocer Cieve.
lands strength before the people to-day
is Of mao who has dared, rather to b
r.cht than to BIZ successful"
Mr. Uar!i.le, in his speech, said
popular government ir it's purest and
simples. iorm is to be found only in the
several states. 1t is no evidence O.
hostility TO the general government tc
say that it Is nol popular as the State
governments. 1t is d Guebti9l @helhel
We vii! surrender popular government
and turn Federal government into mon
archical irs,itution. American iceemer
shall continue TO exercise their rigut.
and the forms OF local government:
.Hast be maintained"
Goyernqr,eleet Russell, OF Massachu
sets, replied to the togrt, "The Place 0
New England in the Tending Oon,eot.'
". Il. Hensel, OF Pennsylvania, dis
cussed taritt reform at ienth. Eelerrin;
to Mr.. Cleveland's tariff message Of 1857
he said: "Viewed with regard to tn,
eoapeluences it involved and conrag
| whi8h iusp.ssd it, or The beuedcence .
its results. the tarii yefovEl ,aeassge o
1857 ranks with the other three are.
executive acts III American history
Jeliersou's purchase Of Louisiana, Jack
sons notification proclamation, ans
Lincoln's emancipation degree.
Roger Q Mills, OF Texas, WAS to hay
spoken to toast "Rsciprocityh but HI
teieSrs1hed from Washington that II
was suffering sTo;a sn affection OF III
throat and regretted having to aecliu
attending the banquet.
When Mr.. Cleveland finished speak
ins s massive silver cup was presen.e
to him by pre2:tept Wheeler. Tho Gu
Ind on one sidt t. representation
o! Jetlerson's mill, and on tbs othe
OF his residence, said to bs on
o. set Of thirteen made 70
pfese,.lat:ol 10 Jefferson on behalf {
lis adni,ers Of tho thirteen origins
States. 1t was unearthed in sir5ln!c
few years since, and came into the hand
o. Mr.. Jesse Metcalf, OF Providence, !
l., Who asadsd !: 70 the committee
preaeut to Dir, Clesclant.
a blizzard IN Michigan, -
SAuLT STE MARIE, Mlcu., Dec. 29,-.
terrible northwest blizzard has bee