The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-22
A DOMESTIC FEAST.

There was an attempt to boom Cleve-
land stock in Boston last night. The oc-
casion was at the dinner given by an or
ganization known as the Young Mems
Democratic Club, and the attempt will
probably be considered success by the
men who sat at the tables and tasted of
the good things that come from the
kitchen and the wine cellars. The name
Of Cleveland was applauded until the
very walls of the dining-room took ON a
pink hue, and the hope expressed by
Gov. Russell that Cleveland would be
the Democratic nominee in 1892 was, we
are informed. greeted with prolonged
cheering.
Gov. Russell's speech was the first and
the most important one of the evening.
If printed in the News it would occupy
about half column of space. In the
five minutes occupied in delivering it the
Governor spoke of the principles of the
Democratic party just thirteen times.
He did not tell what the principles of the
party are, or he might have conveyed
some information the country is desirous
of having. He vaguely limited at tariff
reform as one of the objects to be
sought, but tariff reform cannot be
screwed into plural without violating
the rules laid down by Lindley Murray.
The club cheered tariff reform as they
cheered Grover Cleveland.
Gov. Russell did not tell whether the
particular sort of tariff reform desired
was the kind advocated by Congressman
Andrew or Congressman q. Fred Will
liams, or Henry Watterson or Tammany
Hall or Speaker Crisp, or Roger q. Mills.
1t was simply tariff reform, and that
phrase is about as specific as anything
that falls from the lips of Democrat.
The governor, it is much to be regretted,
failed to inform the country about the
other things that the Democrats want or
think they want. He had nothing to say
about the silver question or the gerry
Wandering of Michigan or the attempt
made by Senator-Governor Hill to
steal New York's legislature or the
lottery run under Democratic auspices
in Louisiana, or race prejudice in the
Southern States, or the dismissal of union
veterans in the House of Representatives
to make places for Tammany heelers.
Yet these indicate to some extent what
Democratic sentiment and intentions are,
and the public would have been gratified,
probably, had Gov. Russell told what the
Democrats of Massachusetts, think of
them.
1t is doubtful, in fact, if the dinner
last night was conducted under real old
fashioned Democratic auspices. The
class of Democrats once represented in
Congress by such men as Elijah Morse
and Gen. p. A. Collins had no representa-
tive. The new stock-the Mugwumps
and the jibooses-were in full control.
They We're silent about Hill and Cor
man and Dick Croker and the other men
who are in charge of the Democratic
party in national affairs. They saw only
the spirit of Cleveland lowering over
the feast and they lifted mp their voices
in praise of him and tariff reform.
IL will be interesting to ascertain six
months from now If the Young Mems
Democratic Club of Boston viii be
equally enthusiastic should Governor
Senator Hill be nominated for Presinent.
as seems more probable now than
the nomination of their own patron
saint. II will be equally interesting 10
note what the members of the club will
do under such circumstances 10 make
good Gov. Russells boast that Massa-
chusetts has planted herself in the Dem
ocratic column.