The advocate., 1891-05-13

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the top was poised an eagle with out
stretched wings, bearing In his talons
the American colors. The ST. Louis
Stamping company, the same firm which
manufactured the tin plates and goblets
for the Chattanooga dinner few weeks
ago, were the makers of it. Sherry was
the translator of the French names or
the dishes, which appeared upon Sll"
vered card upon Its face.
From time immemorial it has been be-
lieved no banquet was ever complete un-
less at least the wines were imported.
The. Tariff League broke away from
these ancient and musty traditions, and
upon the tables none but domestic wines,
LIQUORS and cordials were served. The
Pacific slope yielded up It's rich store OF
vintages to grace the occasion. ALI the
still wines, Including the sherry, claret
and Burgundy, were made In California.
OF the champagnes two brands, Eclipse
Extra Dry and Brut, were from there
also. The Pleasantville On. ~ WINE
company furnished one OF their best
brands, known as the Great Western,
while the Urbana IN. W Wine company
were the sponsors for the Urbana Golden
Seal, and the American Wine company,
of St. Louis, for Cooks Imperial Extra
Dry. The cordials and liquors were
made by Cook s. Bernheimer, OF Frank
lin street, this city.
In selecting the cordials the committee
in charge of this particular branch OF the
dinner made most amusing discovery.
They found that they all bore foreign
labels. This would never do. Investi-
cation brought to light the fact that this
was something demanded by the trade.
The cordials are Of domestic make, but
are sold disguised in this manner at al
most all hotels to persons who are OF the
opinion that nothing is palatable unless
il is imported. These counterfeit labels
erased, the bottles stood In their true
colors, of American make, containing
American liquor, and were consumed by
thorough Americans. The whiskies, rye
and bourbon, it is almost unnecessary to
state, were OF home make. No other
country can rival this in that particular
line, and these products have become
famous throughout the world.
Coffee and tropical fruits, such as ba-
nannas, were the only things not OBJ
tanned within President Harrison's do
mains. The League was therefore COM
PEELED to bow to nature and get these
from the outside. But not 30 In the
matter Of cigars. From end to end, from
center to circumference, they were home
made, including the wrapper. Florida's
sun and sweet scented breeze had kissed
the leaves as they rose from the ground
In r. G. Brown 6 Co.'s plantation. Each
and every one was guaranteed to excel
in flavor and aroma the best products OF
Cuba's fields. Prior to the dinner some
of the guests had jokipgly remarked to
Secretary Wakeman that they would
bring along cigars of their favorite i'm
ported brands. Nevertheless none OF these
appeared and only the home article was
consumed. This may have been due to
Wakeman's threat to organize searc!'
committee to relieve each man of thoee
noxious weeds in order that the air might
remain unsullied from their odors.
Whatever the cause, American cigars
were enjoyed by each of the 5S7 guests
Why one of Gotham's monopolistic
plutocrats, Hon. Cornelius N. Bliss
presided, instead of President Edward
Fl. Ammidown, of the grand, patriotic
League, is thus explained by the follow
ing matter wired from New York to the
Chicago Tribune, the able and promi-
nent Republican paper of "the great
northwest" as Ammidown might say:
NEW YORK, May Especial. Many
members of the American Protective
Tariff League were unable to understand
why their president, Mr.. E. H. Ammi-
down. absented himself from the protec-