The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-10-14
THE REPUBLICAN, FEAST.
A GOOD DINNER AND SOUND DOC
TRlNE IN INFANTRY HALL.
A Host Of strong Republicans Present In
spite of the Rain-Good Doctrine by
Hon. III. j. spooner and the Hon.
Charles A. .Russell-Ameriean Tin.

| they We're simultaneously drawn back
from the long rows of tables by 200 mem
| bers and guests OF the Young Mems Re
publican Club, preparatory 70 the great
banquet. Then Reeves Band struck up
again and the feast began.
The preliminaries were as usual inter
esting and impressive. The guests, headed
| by Vice President and Secretary of State
| Utter, filed out of the reception room to
the head table, and then in two long
| lines the members came tlocking down
| from the galleries on either hand, and
threading the aisles between the tables
until the great hall looked like "A gridiron
OF black coats with the white napery
cleaning between. And, then, when all
were seated, could be seen the good Repub-
lican faces of Vice-President Utter the
Rev. DIR. Stockwell Gov. III. w Ladd,
Robert w, Burbank, Attorney General ;
eX-COngressman III. j. Spooner, j. Z. B.
Woods, Charles a. Russell, of the Third
! eX-Goy. Alfred III. Littledeld, of Paw.
tucket; Arthur H. Watson, President of
the Common Council; A. b. Capron,
Speaker of the House of Representatives ;
Alderman Edwin q. Burrows, Hon.
William A. Harris, III. L. Kendall, of
Chicago, and many others,
DR.. Stockwell, registrar OF Brown Uni
versity, invoked the divine blessing on
the food and the throng and then the feast
began.
The eating was over soon, because,
though there was plenty 10 eat everybody
was anxious 20 hear the speeches.
Vice President Utter, in opening the
meeting, made "A reference TO the inspiring
words uttered by Major Mckinley at the
| March meeting of the club, and said he
hoped that every member was a better Re
publican after that meeting than before.
Mr.. Utter told an amusing story of a com
mittee which wanted 10 help Mckinley
out in Ohio in 1850 by travelling through
his district in palace car. Mr.. Utter
thought that there was room for palace
car work and other work in Providence.
There was the work of attending 10 the
registration of voters, an important one In
preparation for next year, since on IL de-
pended not only Rhode Islands vote in
the Presidential contest but also all local
and judicial offices.
Mr.. Utter aggressively shook a sheet of
tin plate like that i'm the NEWS Office win
dow, at the audience, and said he had
asked a friend in the hardware business,
Charley, what sort of stuff is this"
Bang up" said Charley, and Mr. Utter
believed him because he knew what he
was talking about. Mr. Utter then read
the tin plate correspondence already faml-
liar 10 the people OF Providence through
the ecolumns Of the NEwsandintroduced the
non. IAEUIl Ds GIbOutls WIZ was itANANNA
with loud applause.
Mr.. Spooner caused more than a ripple
of laughter by his reference TO the disaster
of 1890, and feelingly alluded 20 the fact
now well understood by Republicans, that
Democratic victory was then won by per-
sistent misrepresentation of the tariff leg
islatiOn of the last Congress. We were
told, said Mr.. Spooner, that prices would
DE higher on account of that legislation,
but this was not the case. The country is
now on theeve of an unprecedented era OF
prosperity. lmportations have marvel
Ously increased, especially OF articles on
the free list Exports have still more in
creased and viii be further extended by the
opening of new markets under the magic
touch of reciprocity The legislation OF
the last Congress was the wand that
opened to Us trade with South American
countries, with Spain and, most recently,
with Germany, the latt treaty involving
the admission OF American pork TO mar
ket long closed TO it.
Mr. SpOoner then had a little fun with
the Journal, which he referred TO as a
morning paper, quoting from its columns
that morning the news of the arrival OF
heavy shipments of gold (as told in the
NEWS the afternoon before) and then ad-
yised his hearers TO read the news columns
but not the editorial, that the tribe of
Mugwumps might not increase.
Mr.. SpoOner said he was glad to note the
arrival in Providence of an honest Repub-
lican paper which, though not blanket
sheet, would soon be enlarged, he was
assured, and which now contained far
more solid fact and cogent reasoning
about the interests which are vital TO the
people of the country, than many journals
of long years growth and honorable ante
cedents. Hearty applause for the NEWS.
Mr.. Spooner referred to the Hon. Mr..
Russell as the man who had contested
David A. Wells district with him and
beaten him fairly in joint debate on the
| tariff question.
After joyful peal of music from the
| band which sounded like presage of vic
| tory, Mr.. Utter said he had left at his ho-
| tel letters Of regret from Senators Aldrich
and Dixon. He was glad toannounce that
on such rainy night and with no local
canvass under way, over $50 members and
! guests of the club were present. Mr.. Ut
| ter prefaced Congressman RUSSELL speech
/ with Il reference TO Connecticut's high
! quality of statesmanship as figured out by
| Henry Cabot Lodge IN recent interesting
| magazine article
! Mr. Russell began by saying eve are
| Republicans. That is equivalent 10 say
| ing that we believe in the doctrine of pro-
lection TO American industries and honest
! money. There may be Democrats who be-
| lieve i'm the tariff and honest money. but
! their personality is overcome by their aSso-
! Citations" He thought that the Apostle
| Paul must have had in mind Democrat,
and a Rhode Island Democrat at that,
when he said "When would do good,
| evil was present with me-"
! Democracy, the speaker thought hadn't
! much use for Scriptural quotations any
| how. lie couldn't quote the leaven Incl
| dent as applicable TO it, for the MugNump
| leayen poured into the stale dough in
! 1884 had not yet produced good bread.
| These Mugwumps wanted to commit the
! Democratic party 10 the policy of free raw
! material, but as it was not possible to
unite on a definition of raw material, the
party was coming more and more TO the
] stand of It's dominant Southern end and
! demanding a tariff for revenue only. Mr..
| Russell seemed 90 JOY in the anticipation
| of seeing such elegant New England
| Democrats as Fred. Williams of Massa-
! chusetts and Lapham of Rhode Island
| assuring the overwhelming majority OF
| their party in Congress that they would
never, no never, vote for the free coinage
of silver These gentlemen, he said, must
| have q very bad quarter Of an hour every
morning as they yread of the Democrats OF
/ one state after another declaring in con
| vention for free silver Quoting Senator
| Carlisle as saying that the coming Con-
/ gress would pass silver bill which would