St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-07
The First PpesideS at a Din
nep Given by the Federal
Club.
The Latter Makes a Bold Bluff
at His Congressional
Record.
Remarks by Mr.. Lodge, the
Author Of the Infamous
Force Bill.


Depew's remarks opened the talk, and
after HIM came Hon. Thomas B. Reed,
Hon. Henry c. Dodge, Hon. Theodore
Roosevelt. Gen. S. l.. WOodf0rd and
Judge ArnOuX. Mai. William McKin-
ley sent telegram saying it was
quite uncertain about his coming, and
he was kept away by the illness of his
wife. Letters of regret were also re-
ceived from Secretary James G.. Blaine,
Vice President Morton, Postmaster
General Wanamaker, Secretaries Proc
tor, Noble and Tracy. When cigar
smoke began floating on the air Mr.. De-
pew said:
The GOOd-Natured Chauncey.
81 am here tonight, much to my sur
prise. The corOner's jury hold me re-
spOnsible for all accidents that happen
on the railroad. Diminishing the accident
of corporate office, however, we will
come down to the business of the even
ing. We are here tonight as Repub-
IcanS. There are no mugWumpS to
doubt our faith in this world and the
next We are present to give greet
ing to the Republican leaders in the
national congress. We welcome Reed
(cheers). We welcome Lodge. We re-
greet Mckinley is not here. A Republl-
can properly constituted has nothing to
defend. The Republican party has al
ways won its victories by being ag-
gressive. The bill carrying out the
principles of our party, which will put
tile American flag on the seas, becomes,
III the language of the hour, q subsidy
iOD."
Republican Victories.
Mr.. Depew here referred, in humor-
Gus way, to the caricatures of President
Harrison and Speaker Reed in the
weekly papers. He then spoke of the
recent election and of the victories of
the Republican party i'll the passing of
the subsidy bill and the defeating OF the
silver bill.
I'VE are happy in the fact that the
party of Garfield and Blaine, of Lincoln
and Of Grant is the party of Mckinley
and Reed" Mr.. Depew then proposed
the health Of the president of the United
States, the toast being drunk standing.
Mr.. DeBew then introduced Speaker
Reed, who was received with great APP
plause. He said:
81 trust that l appreciate as much as
any other man the advantage of having
good friends. Half of the struggle in
life is to get hearing. When Christie
pher Columbus discovered America it
took him three months, but it took him
half of his life to get chance to dis
cover IL. Advertisement is the aOso-
Lutte prerequisite to the sale of goods, and
Your Best Advertisers
are your enemies. Your friends some
times go to sleep, your enemies never
do. The general public do not pay much
attention to the advertisement. but pro-
ceed to examine the goods. The Fifty
first congress has been extensively adj
vertised, but the public will soon pro-
ceed to examine what has been done.
Whenever this country awakens to the
fact that the doctrine of human
liberty must prevail from one
end to the other, then justice
will be done to the man that
enforced an honest count and an honest
law. Il will challenge the world TO
point TO the equal OF the fifty-tirst con-
gress for the great good it has done. We
have done more than pass great meas
ureS. We have shown to the people of
this country that it is possible to have
responsible government. This country
to-day, with Its 100000 of people. can
not he governed as when it had 5000, 900.
Our government has got to be the growth
of the necessities of our people, and can
not be adopted from any other land"
Mr.. Reed here spoke of the increased
work of congress. comparing the work
of the Fiftyhrst congress with the work
done by congress during its first fifty
years of existence. What | claim,'' he
continued. 'for the house of representa-
tives is not what it has done, but what
it has rendered possible for all time to
be done" Tremendous applause fol-
lowed the close of Mr.. Reeds speech.
Then Mr.. Depew introduced MIR. Lodge.
Force Bill Lodge.
''Not long ago. said Mr. Lodge, in
opening, "a distinguished Democratic
statesmen went over to a neighboring
city and defined his political position by
saying, Il am Democrat 1t was a
statement at once simple and beautiful.
1t had. too, the great advantage of re-
curing no intellectual effort either on
the part of him who uttered it or OF
those who received it with APP
plause. 1t presented party creed
at once so broad and so
expansive that within its bounds opin-
ions of almost any kind can find shelter.
Within that elastic doctrine it is posi-
ble to be for duty OH wool and for free
woOlenS in the West, for free wool and
duty on woolens in the East: for ballot
reform in every Republican state, and
for local government i'll every Demo-
ulStllCL, lOI HOilCSb HlOIItJ III
New York, and for free silver
west of the Mississippi. The
ultimate result of such a creed is
that those who profess it are united
only in determination that the offices
shall belong to themselves, and beyond
that believe in anything or nothing
The Republican party must be party
of principle"
The speaker was not content with the
vague declaration,
~ Am Republicans
Il vague party cry. The Republican
platform stated the party to be the
party of honest money. The declara-
ton to that effect was too vague to suit
the speaker, but the killing of the
proposition for free silver showed the
party was in favor of honest iinarte. 1t
was also the party for civil service re-
form, and these facts explained what he
meant when he said, Il am a Re-
publican; OF the last congress,
Mr.. Lodge said; I'VE have given
minority rule deadly blow. We have
crippled obstruction. We have proven
TO the American people that the house
can legislate, and we have made it i'm
possible for any majority in the future
to escape responsibility by the misera-
BILE excuse that the minority would not
let it legislate On Wednesday the min
GRITTY gratlfied their spite by the petty