Evening journal., 1890-12-24
TARIFF REFORM BANQUET
An Enthusiastic Audience at
Madison Square Garden.
CLEYELANDTHE CENTRAL FIGURE

Arose 60 Respond to the Toast, "a Cam
paiGn Of acknowledgements by SEN
ator Carlisle and Others.
NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-The Tariff Reform
club held banquet last night at Madison
Square Garden to celebrate the recent
Democratic victories, which the club view.
as vindication of its principles. Cover
were laid for 500 persons, and the galleries
We're wss.n. sled with an audience Of which
the ladies formed a prominent part The
decorations were very elaborate aud beau.
tiful. Among those seated at the tables
We're; Ex-President Cleveland, John G.
Carlisle, Everett +. Wheeler, who pre-
sided; Governor Horace Boies, OF Iowa:
Goyernor-elect Russell, of Massachusetts,;
II Ellery Anderson, Congressman Wilson,
Of West Virginia; Hon. Carl Schurz, w.
Y. Hensel, Of Pennsylvania; I. L. John
son, Of Ohio; Luzon B. Morris, Of Connec.
ticut; II. Willard, d. S. Lamont, Senator
Brice, w. l. Trenholm and Ex-Governor
Hoadley, Of Ohio.
II was after $3.50 when the walters had
finished serving the banquet, and then
President Wheeler arose in the chair.
After few words OF greeting he intro
duced ex-Presldent Cleveland.
cieveland's Enthusiastic Welcome.
When Mr.. Cleveland arose the great as
semblage went wild. Those on the plat
form led the tumult For two minutes il
continued, and he stood quiet and appar-
emily unmoved through it all He spoke
in response to the toast, "A Campaign of
Education" The first words he uttered
brought forth another burst Of applause
lie began by saying that he supposed he
had correct understanding of what is
meant by "A Campaign of Education" !"
and assuming this to be so he desired to
acknowledge the valiant services in this
campaign of the organization whose inyi.
tation brought them together
He made this acknowledgment as a citi-
zen interested in all that promises the in
creased prosperity Of the country, and he
ventured TO do as as a Democrat, who rec
ognizes in the principle for which the cam
paign has thus far proceeded a cardinal
and vital doctrine Of Democratic creed
'The Campaign Of Education"
"As soon as the campaign of education
was inaugurated" he said "the party was
quickly marshalled as of the olden time
and needless OF encouragement or defeat
Day by day and hour by hour expediency
and time serving were thrown to the winds
Traitors were silenced, camp followers fell
away or joined the scurvy band Of floaters,
while the sturdy Democratic host conf
IDENTIFY pressed on, bearing aloft the ban
ner OF tariff reform. IL any have wondered
in the past at the tenacity and indestructi-
bility of our party their wonder should
cease when, in the light Of the last three
years, il is seen how gloriously il springs
TO the front at the call of its duty 10 the
people and in obedience TO the summons
Of party loyalty and obligation"
The Speaker Not InnaIlibIe.
He spoke Of the glee Of the Republicans
when the tariff reform message was sub
mitted to congress, and showed how they
had since changed their tune. In this con |
nection he said: "If the present speaker OF |
the house sarcastically said, 1T only shows |
what fools all the other presidents have |
been,' he may we'll be excused, since he |
has lately so thoroughly learned that in |
the sight of the people infallibility is not |
an attribute always to be found in the |
speakers chair
''If the representative from Ohio whose
name is associated with bill which has
given his party considerable trouble of /
late said, If the Democratic party had /
hired Burchard to write q stump speech it /
could not have suited US better it must
be that circumstances leading to his ap-
preaching retirement from public life |
have suggested modification Of his judg- /
ment.
MIR. Cleveland's Satire.
:At the'present stage Of the campaign"
he said, "the unwieldy party bulk Of Bour-
bon Repubiicanism is still afloat, but dam
aged and badly leaking. On board, some
are still working at the pumps against the
awful odds Of opening seams; many mutin-
GUS and discontented, short OF provisions
and Of grog, are loudly and angrily disput-
ing as TO whether bad seamanship or over
loading is the cause Of their wretched
plight, while accusations of guilty re-
sponsibility are heard on every side If
from this turbulence there shall emerge
any who, actually pricked in conscience.
desire better life they will be gladly
Then he rounded up the satire with the
story Of the pious deacon who having, in
his efforts to convert bad sinner, become
so excited by his incorrigibility that he
gave him q thorough drubbing, afterward
explained and justified his course by de-
claring that he believed he had "wallopped
saving grace into an impenitent soul.n
Presented with Jcfrerson's Cup.
The ex-president was constantly inter
rupted by applause. Never did any one
hear him deliver speech so we'll. And
when he had finished speaking there was
more enthusiasm over the presentation to
lim Of silver cup which had been pre-
iented to Thomas jefferson. Jose Metcalf,
If Providence, was the donor.
Only second TO the greeting given to Mr..
Cleveland was that accorded Senator John
}. Carlisle, Of Kentucky. 1t was an able.
eloquent address in response to the toast
Popular Government"
He said that there was large body OF
'eople who believe in the establishment
# great central power But popular
government in its present form was to be
ound in the state government There
vas the will Of the people more freely and
thoroughly displayed. Senator Carlisle
ave careful and philosophical analysis !
4 the idea of popular government, aud
lis rounded periods were enthusiastically
pplauded. {
"Our New Allies In the Northwest"
Governor Horace Boise, of Iowa, re- !
ponded TO the toast "Our New Allies in
he Northwest F" Taking his own state as
n example, he showed how the agricult
ral states had suffered under the high
arin. In the course of his speech he said: {
1T is because the Republican party in a c
Inc of SUGGESTIONS, but once broken in a G
bird of century, has ignored their reason Q
BILE demands, because in all that time but }