The record-union., 1891-04-30
Five Hundred Tariff NOtables at
the Banquet Board.
MKINLEY INTRODUCED AS THE
NEXT GOVERNOR OF OHIO
Senator Dolph of Oregon Predicts That
Protection VIII Win Again at the
Next Presidential Election-An
Quiet in tho Coke ReGion-A
Theater Roof Collapses.
Special TO the REcoRp.UNroN.

NEW YORK, April 29.-Five hundred
guests tonight attended the banquet of
the American Protective Tariff League at
Madison Square Garden.
The dining-room was handsomely dec
GRATED, and everything about the affair
was emblematic of American industries.
The dishes, cutlery, tablecloths, napkins,
wine and cigars, and even the tin menu
cards, were Of American manufacture.
The list of toasts was lengthy one.
Cornelius n. Bliss presided, in place Of
President Ammidown, who was absent
by reason Of illness.
Bliss, in his remarks, said: ''It is said
by some editors and public men that the
events Of last November have shown that
the so-calIed educational campaign of the
opponents Of American policies has borne
fruit, and that protection has been dis
credited by the people of the United
States. 1t appears to me that the aSSump-
ton by few who have usurped the title
OF tariff reform that really belongs to us,
that the intelligent people of this country
require education on economic questions
by a body of students, who, however
honest in convictions. are without practi-
cal experience, is impertinent.'
1.-The President" saying, in part: ''This
is an suspicious time for members of the
Republican party to assemble. The pro-
lection of our industries is uniting our
countrymen everywhere. There is in
deed a President OF the United States and
you will agree with me in saying that he
is good President. Let us maintain
peace with honor, looking not abroad for
directions or approval" [Applause.]
Bliss proposed the health OF Vice PreSi-
dent Morton, who briefly thanked the
assembly and was loudly applauded.
Major Mckinley was then introduced
as 1.-The next Governor of Ohio" and the
cheering did not slubside for five minutes
He made a brief speech in which he said:
I'VE will have tariff so long as we have
Government. II | ever regretted that [
was ProtectiOnist, that regret does not
exist tonight. l am glad to belong to
party advocated by such men as Webster,
Clay, Lincoln, Grant, Hayes, Garfield
and Harrison" Cheers.
Mckinley said that the country was
prospering, and what was wanted was for
1t to on prOSpering and no "mOnkeying''
with the tariff. He predicted that the
tariff law would not be changed in the
next ten years unless by the Republican
party on protection lines.
Senator Aldrich spoke to the toast,
Maintenance Of a Protective System In
diSpenSable to Profitable Commerce"
Senator Jones, of Nevada, sent a letter
in which he said that a Chinese wall of
protection was precisely what was needed
in this country to keep out the squalor
and distress that attends low wages
abroad. y popular Government rests
upon the affections Of the people and men
can have no affection for a Government
in which they starve.
Senator Dolph of Oregon, responded to
the toast protection as it Effects the
Prosperity of the People and Develop
ment of the Pacific Coast" 1.-THE Repub-
licans of the Pacific Coast" he said, ''do
not believe that tariff is a local issue
They hold that protection is national, that
all the industries of the nation are so
inSeperably connected that one cannot
suffer without injury to whole. The
growth and prosperity of the commerce
OF the Pacific Coast is dependent largely
upon the protection policy. The McKin-
ley tariff Act was what the people
demanded; what the party promised; a
measure to protect the interests of
America.
The issue upon which the next Presi-
Dental election will be fought will be
precisely the issue upon which President
Harrison was elected and Cleveland
defeated. | am confident that when the
issue is again squarely put before the
people with ample opportunity to discuss
as well as to refute misrepresentation
from the free trade sOurce-When the last
tariff legislation has had time to vindi-
cate ITSELF am confident the result will
be an increased majority for protection"
Applause.
Addresses were made also by Messrs.
HiscOck, DOlliver, Farquhar, Sheridan,
Porter and others, continuing until late
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