Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-12-24
TAINTED HIS FOES.
TIE Ex-President Rejoices Over
the Late Elections.
EE DOESN'T. YoReET HIs CRITICS,

But Embfsees an Opportunity TO Get
Even"-Pr, sidsnt Harrison Commend
ed by Detroit Papers for the Appotut-
ment OF Judge Brown to the Supreme
Bench--A New York Politician Said To
Be Keeping Tab on Gov. Hfi-Politicsi
News Items.
NEW YORK, Dec M.-The Tariff Reform
club held banquet last night at Madison
Square garden to celebrate the recent
Democratic victories. which the club views
as vindication of its principles. Covers
were laid for 500 persons and the galleries
were well filled with an audience Of which
the ladies formed-a prominent part. Mrs.
Cleveland being present. Among those
seated at the. tables were ex-President
Cleveland. Senator Carlisle; Everett p
Wheeler. who presided; Governor Horace
Bosses. OF Iowa; Governor-elect Russell, Of
Massachusetts,: Hon. Carl Schurz. Henry
Willard and Dan s. Lamont
The Ex-President Remembers.
The chairman introduced ex President
Cleveland as the first speaker of the even
ing. He responded to the toast 1.-THE
Campaign of Education, !" and did not fail
to remember those who had made re-
marks on his celebrated tariff message
After intimating that the battle had been
won not by tie Democracy alone, but by
recruits from the Republicans aud argu-
Ing that the campaign of education had
lifted the Democracy out OF the slough OF
expediency into the true Democratic posi-
ton of tariff reform, the speaker pro-
ceeded to taunt the Republican. leaders
who had exulted in the appearance Of the
tariff reform message He said that il his
message was "big card for the Republic
ans" as Nebraska senator is reported to
have said, his state now contains big
curiosity in the shape OF Democratic gov
ernor.
"A Little Dig at Secretary Blaine.
9If senator from Maine declared Tt is
agood enough platform for the Repub-
licans-we want nothing better how is it
that he is now so diligently endeavoring
to find out the meaning of the word
reciprocitys II a senator from Wisconsin
gleefnlly said he was glad to see us show
our hand he can not fail to be convinced,
when he soon gives place to real good,
sound Democrat, that there was, after all.
more in the hand than he cared to seer
He also 'had his fling" at Speaker Reed
and Representative Mckinley
Victory Preceded by Defeat.
eOf course we do not overlook the fact
that before their present predicament was
reached, and in their first battle with us,
the enemy gained victory over tariff re-
form. This is confessed; and we may here
only refer TO the methods by which that
victory was gained for the purpose of
saying that we thoroughly understand
them, and that if the beneficiaries of those
methods are satisfied with the condition
they have wrought, we also-are not with
out compensation
Other Speeches and Presentation.
John G. Carlisle spoke on popular
Government" and Governor Boies, of
Iowa, on what farmers have a right to de-
mand, which he claimed in brief was lower
tariff. When Cleveland had finished
speaking massive silver cup was pre-
sented to him by President Wheeler. The
cup had on one side a representation of
Jefferson's mill aud on the other his resi-
dence, said to be one of set of thirteen
made for presentation TO jefferson on be-
half of his admirers in the thirteen orig
inal states. 1t was unearthed in Virginia
few years since and came into the hands
OF Jesse Metcalfe, of Providence, who
handed it to the committee to present to
CLEVELAND