Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-20
Ines Name Received at a Republi-
can Gathering in Silence.
6NER TO HEADSMAN CLARKSON.
IN Harrison Was There bat Said Nothing
Senator Plat Said All Republicans Loved
Clarkson for TIE Heads Be BAD Out OF.
An Appeal 10 be Made 70 the Farmers

who returned from Europe a few
5 ago, was entertained at dinner by
Republican leaders at the Oriental
tel. Manhattan Beach, Friday night
hinted that these leaders and friends
sat with him at the board intend
bming him for Chairman Of the Ma
bal Committee should Senator Quay |
eide to relinQuish the place.
Ex-senator Thomas G. Platt sat at
head OF the table. Gen. ClarkSOn
i at his right and Stephen B. Elkins
his left. The other banQueters were: |
~ sseH Harrison, w. c. Wallace, Post
sster Van COtt, w. w. Johnson, Gen.
NBeirne, James A. Blanchard, ii. B.
.|1mDhreys, Major Bundy, Henry Hall,
Es sthaniel Mckay, Z. L. LOunsbury,
ISbn Forson, A. B. Leach, Carson Lake,
f.arles II. Murray, II. c. Backus, j. B.
E.dger, Michael KerWin, w. II. I.
hgbes, Thomas DrySdale, w. r.
bore, J. w. Jacobus, ]. w. VrOoman,
1hbn E. MilhOlland, Ernst Nathan,
Ithn Collins, John r. Nugent, E. G.
nBrien, Henry Gleason, j. II. Gould,
Ian S. Smith, Gen. Dennis T. Burke,
No Simpson, Gustav Schurman, j. f.
e, Jacob NJ. Patterson.
Ex-senator Warner Miller, Cornelius
81 Bliss, Col. Cruger, Col. w. L. Strong
Ia Collector Erhardt sent letters OF
kret. The absence Of these five dis
Hguished Republicans caused good
Sal of comment. They have not been
M very close touch with several OF the
4ore prominent Republicans who did
4tend. They are ''Miller men"-not
u ''Platt men,"
The dinner was notable not only for
tke absence Of these gentlemen, but for
.tnething else. The name OF Blaine
uaS received without cheer, without,
81 fact, the fainteSt suggestion OF ap-
1|ause. Yet the orator Of the evening
.hoke OF him as the greatest statesman
"a this planet; the man with the great
"a brain and greatest heart in Ameri-
i"
A moment later the room rung with
hnrrahs for Mckinley and Reed.
There was, too, another lncloehs
.sorth noting When Gen. GARRISON
ave a eulOgy on the farmers aIsh nls,
heering, which was taken as an indica-
HDn OF where the Republicans are go
hg to do their hardest work this year
I'D next.
Ex-senator Platt, in introducing Gen.
tRrksOn, said: I'VE have met to honor
distinguished American citizen. We
M only respect him, but we love him
q man and for his Stalwart Republi-
nism. We love him for the heads he
is cut off, and we also love him be-
pSe the Mugwumps hate him."
Ben. ClarkSOn was greeted with cheers
hen he arose. In the course OF a long
i1eech he said:
fIhe wOrkingman OF Europe sur
rf'ses You with his knowledge OF Amer
Il1n affairs. A barber at FOntainebleau
s4ld: Our country is much older than
IonrS, but If we had American ideas
tHling France / would not be shaving
~ for six cents The wOrkingmen Of
MroDe have a far better idea than the
Hprkiugmen Of this country of the diff
renee between American and European
NageS.
A Republican visiting in Europe is
N4nOly pleased 10 find that an enlarged
anerican trade with other countries is
No only possible under protection but
fpre largely possible under protec-
Nd and reciprocity. All doubts that
1 of the practical benefits OF the Nc
1Rley bill and Of the new Republican
stem of she reciprocity were removed
r. what l saw and learned in Europe.
HNe intelligent Europeans not only see
trl fear the loss 10 them and the gain
% rs through the operation Of these
tNo systems.
ID have never beeu where the Demo
cl.ic party was as popular as in Eng
leNt, and yet I noticed that many visit
INE American Democrats were hardly
pFoDd Of such popularity for their party. /
The policy of protection is gainingdn |
Iength both in England and France. /
Is dominant IN the latter country,
HE|eh Is returning 20 the axiOmS OF Col /
t1IA who said: 4 would make France /
Independent Of the r0St of the world /
tDsSible and the rest of the world as /
4tctndent on France as possible
This, in its broad meaning, is the /
toblican position in the United /
eS, which is wise and patriotic, the l
tF11lest possible being the protection /
Dme interest and yet leaving poSsi- /
M| Is for the trade Of the void widely /
C He Is a poor Republican who
void make protection a narrow thing.
be most admirable lhing / saw
td was the intense love of the
M b and English for their country
~ heir pride in their governments.
canism may well find something
Nnlate in this intense pride Of na-
IN| which now so strongly dominates
e, England and Germany. But
1t Anerican can keep in his pride when
4l in everything save one. When
s the harbOrs and ports Of foreign
4 Gnd passes over the seas OF COM
and scarcely finds an American
ID realizes that here is one thing
be cannot be proud Of his coun-
When be does see the American
ying az the peak between the
and the stars, be feels such
II it and its cOlors and what It
rs he never felt before. But he
pm has the opportunity that he
painfully the fact that his coun-
lies the principles OF protection
Fn interests everywhere else ex-
pa the sea.
ulng, Gen. Clarkson said: "An
N not only sees with somewhat
se the Intense pride OF country
a lands, but he sees q pride In
nich Is a surprise to him. he
y honorable force and element
nployed to promote the inter-