Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-24
TARIFF REFORMERS
Celebrate the Recent Demo-
cratic Victory.
A Grand Banquet in the City of
New York.
Cleveland and Carlisle the Principal
Speakers.
The Campaign of ducation, Popular
Government and Other Topics
Discussed.
Associated Press Dispatches.

New York, Dec. 23.-The Tariff Re-
form club held grand banquet tonight
in the new concert hall of Madison
Square garden, to celebrate the recent
Democratic victories The hall was
tastefully decorated, and the attendance
was large. Among the prominent gen
tlemen around the speakers table were
ex-president Cleveland, Senator Car
Isle, Governor Boies, of Iowa; Gov
ernor-eIect Russell, OF Massachusetts
Congressman Wilson, OF West Virginia
Carl Schurz, Henry Willard, Senator
Brice, Daniel Lamont, Ex-Governor
Hoadley, of Ohio, and ex-Comptroller
Trenholm. When Mrs. Cleveland. ac
companied by Mrs. Senator Carlisle and
other ladies', entered one OF the boxes in
the first gallery, every man at the tables
rose, waved his handkerchief, and joined
in three cheers, which the wife of the
ex-president acknowledged with bow
When the feasting was finished, Chair
man Wheelock in a brief speech intro
duced ex-President Cleveland as the first
speaker Of the evening.
Mr.. CLEvELAND's SPEECH.
Mr.. Cleveland responded to the toast
"The campaign OF education" In the
course of his speech he said:
'In the campaign of education it was
deemed important to appeal to the rea-
son and judgment OF the American peo-
pie, to the end that the Democratic
party should be reinforced, as we'll as
that the activity and zeal OF those al
ready in our ranks should be stimulated.
The grand and ultimate object of the
campaign OF education was the promo
tion OF the welfare of the country and
the relief of the people from unjust bur-
dens. Let it be here confessed that we
as party in these latter days have been
tempted by the success our opponents
had gained solely by temporary shifts and
by appeals to prejudice and selfish in
terests, into paths which avoided too
much the honest insistence upon the
definite and CLEARER defined principle of
the fundamental Democratic doctrine.
To be sure some earnest men in the
party could i'll conceal their dissatisfac-
tion with the manner in which the
cardinal principles were relegated to the
rear, and expediency substituted as
hope of success but the timid, needless,
and those who, though nominaly
belonging to the organization, were not
of the faith, rendered ineffective the at
tempts to restore the party to
the firm and soldid ground of
Democratic creed. Therefore, the labor
OF education in the campaign consisted
in persuading them to hear us; to illu-
mine the theories of party organizations
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recall the promises OF political leadership
have been redeemed. Never was more
intelligent and honest and effective
effort made in a noble cause than that
allies in this work. Our country
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and the lying, demagogic cry of British
greed; not by fraudulent pictures of
ruin OF American industries if the Justice
of governmental favoritism was ques-
the impoverishment and distress of our
pendent thought and action; not by
disgracefnl proposition for the purchase
of their suffrage, and not by cruel in
timidation by selfish employers, of tho e
dependent on them for the wages OF
their toll. We have been content to
rely upon the intelligence and
thoughtfulness of the people for the
success of our cause; we solicited
most thorough examination of its
merits by systematic distribution of
tariff reform literature; by the effective
and conscientious argument OF a well-in-
Go ,rl he, l.
an extensive discussion OF our platform.
These are the weapons we used in our
campaign of education. 1t is a cause of
congratulation that our work has been
done in manner so decent, and in its
best sense SO purely American.
Let us not fail to realize 'he fact that
our work is not done. Our enemies are
still alive and are grown desperate. 1t
would be shameful and pitiable and a
disgrace if by over-confidence we should
lose the ground we have gained, or
should fail to push further our advan-
tage. In full faith in the judgment of
the American people, our work should
continue upon the lines so far followed,
until the enemies of tariff reform are
driven from their last entrenchment."
SENATOR CARLIsLE's SPEECH.
Senator Carlisle of Kentucky followed
Mr.. Cleveland, speaking on Popular
Government. This, he said, in its parent
and simplest form is to be found only in
the states. 1t is no evidence of hostility
to the general government to say it is
not as popular as the state governments.
1t has important functions to perform,
and its powers are as W ! distributed
as human forethought could design.
In the states the legislatures are chosen
by the people and the members are
personally known to them. Real,
genuine, effective popular government
in this country is found only in the
states. There is great political party
in this country, which is trying to ex-
tinguish the free government. The
principle that the majority should rule
is the true foundation OF popular gov
ernment. Yet there is no rule so grind
ing or oppressive as the rule OF an unre-
strained majority. American free men
must continue to exercise their rights,
and the forms of local government must
he maintained.
MR.. HENsEL SPEAKS.
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