The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-24
Great Banquet in His Honor in
New York City.
A REBUFF TO GOVERNOR HILL.
Free Traders and Henry George Men
Applaud the Ex-President.
He Speaks on "The Campaign of Educa-
tion," Claiming That the Tariff Seed
Sown by Him Bore Luscious Fruit
on Last Election Day.

den, to celebrate the recent Democratic
victories. The hall was tastcfully dec
GRATED and the attendance large Among
the prominent gentlemen about the speak
er's table were: Ex-President Cleveland,
Senator Carlisle, Governor Boies, of Iowa;
Goyernor-clect Russell, of Massachusetts;
Congressman Wilson, of West Virginia;
Carl Sehurz, Henry Willard, Senator Brice,
Daniel Lamont, Ex-Governor Hoadley, of
Ohio, and ex-Comptroller Trenholm.
When Mrs. Cleveland, accompanied by
Senator Carlisle, and other ladies, entered
one of the boxes in the first gallery every
man at the tables rose, waved handker-
chiefs and joined in three hearty cheers,
which the wife of the ex-president
acknowledged with bow.
When the feasting was finished, Chair
man Wheelock in u brief speech intro
duced ex-Presidcnt Cleveland as the first
| speaker of the evening. Mr.. Cleveland
| said:
Cleveland responded to the toast: "The
Campaign of Education. In the course
of his speech he said:
have an idea that in the campaign of cduca-
tion it was deemed important TO appeal to the
reason and judgment of the American people.
and that the Democratic party should be rein
forced, rs well as that the activity aud zeal of
those already in our ranks should be stim-
ulated. The grand and ultimate object
of the campaign of education the
[ promotion OF welfare of the country
and relief of the people from unjust burdens.
Let 1t be here confessed that we as a party had,
in these latter days, been tempted by the sue
cesses our opponents have gained solely by tenn
porary shifts and by appeals to prejudice and
selfish interests, into paths which avoided too
much the honest insistencc upon definite and
clearly defined principle and fundamental DEM
ocratic doctrine. To be sure, some earnest men
in the party could ill conceal their dissatisfac-
ton with the manner in which the cardinal prin-
ciples were relcgated to the rear and expediency
substituted i'll the hope of success; but the
timid, needless, and those who, though nomi-
pally belonging to the organization, were not of
the faith, rendered ineffective the attempts to
restore the party to the firm and solid ground OF
the Democratic creed. Therefore the labor OF
education in the campaign consisted in persuad-
ing them to bear us; to examine the theories of
the party organizations and the ends to which
they lead; TO recall the promises of politi-
cal leadership and the manner in
which such promises had been redeemed Never
were more Intelligent, honest and effective ef-
forts M lie in a noble cause than those made by
| the Democratic party, and in its work our fell
| low countrymen were approached not by fab
| ricated extracts from English journals and the
| lying, demagogic cry of British gold; not by
fraudulent pictures of the ruin of American in
| dustries. The justice of governmental favorit-
ism was questioned, not by false presenta-
ton of the Impeachment and dis
| tress OF our laboring men which would
| follow independent political thought; not by
| disgraceful propositions for the purchase of
! their suffrage, and not by cruel intimidation by
selfish employers of those dependent on them
| for the wages of their toll. We have been con-
| tent to rely upon the intelligence and thought
ulness of the people for the success OF our cause.
| We solicited the most thorough examination
of its merits by systematic aud industrious dis
| tribution of tariff reform literature; by the at
! tractive and conscientious arguments oil we'll
| informed and unsubsidized press, and by exten-
siye discussion on the platform. These are the
| weapons we used in our campaign of education.
| IL is "A cause for congratulation that our work
| has been done in a manner so decent,
and in its best sense purely American Let US
not fail TO realize the fact that our
| work is not done. Our enemies are still alive
and have grown desperate. II would be q
| shameful and pitable disgrace if by over-con-
| fdence we should lose the ground we have
| gaiped or should fail to push further our ad-
| vantage In full faith in the Judgment of the
/ American people, our work should continue
| upon the lines thus far followed until the enc
mics OF tariff reform are driven from their last
/ entrenchment.
! Senator Carlisle, of Kentucky, followed
! MT. NIeNclaHus ICDutdl WV
| ernment.n This, he said, in its purest
and simplest form, is to be found only in
| the states. 1t is no evidence of hostility TO
! the general government TO say that it is
| not as popular as state governments. 1t
| has an important function to perform, and
| its mowers are as we'll distributed as human
foresight could design. In the states the
| legislatures are chosen by the people, and
al Errt tff fifrs,
Real. genuine, effective popular government
| in this country is found only III the states.
| There is a great political party iii this
country which is trying TO extingnish free
government The principle that the ma
iority should rule is the true foundation of
popular government, yet there is no rule
so binding or oppressive as the rule Of an
unrestrained majority. Modern free men
| must continue to exercise their rights, and
the forms of local government must be
maintained.
w. L. Hensel. of Pennsylvania, dis
cussed the tariff reform at length and re-
ferripg 10 Cleveland's tariff message OF
1857 said it ranks with the other three
great executive acts in American history,
Jelferson's purchase of Louisiana, Jack
sons nnllihcation proclamation and Lin
coins emancipation decree.
Congressman Mills, of Texas, was 10
have spoken to the toast Reciprocity"
but was unable TO be present.
Congressman Wilson, of West Virginia,
| smoke on '.The Fifty-second Congress" He
| dwelt on the blunders Of the present con-
eress, and said that if the recent political
experience proved anything 1t is that the
Democratic party never blunders more
! fatally than when it abandons or falters
with its true principles, and that it never
appeals so strongly 20 the heart of the
masses or the enthusiasm OF the young
as when il goes before them in
the strength of these principles
alone. On the other hand the Republican
/ partv as dominated today never blunders
so effectively as when it has free scope and
opportunity for the application OF ITS prin-
cipes. The recent campaign was fought
upon the question on which all the great
contests of freedom have been waged, the
question of taxing. The Fifty-second con-
gress will enter upon its labor With one
| lesson that none of It's members can mis-
take. and that Is that its shortest road TO
irretrievable bankruptcy wiz be 20 follow
the footsteps of its predecessor and its
| surest road 10 popular approval viii be To
present as clear contrast a. possible TO
the methods and legislation OF that prede-
cessor.
Congressman-Eicct Tom Johnson, Of