The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-09-16
REPUBLICAN CLUB LEAGUE.
Fifth Annual Convention at BuffaIo-Clark-
son, Mckinley and Others Speak.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Sept. 15.-The fifth an
nual meeting of the National League OF
Republican clubs is held here today, j.. N.
Scratched presiding. After prayer and
welcome by Judge HsiRht, President
Clarkson arose amid applause. He acknow-
lodged the welcome, explaining the falling
off OF the expected attendance and said it
was largely due to the cholera scare keep
ing away many delegates. Messrs.
Slaughter of Nebraska and Foster of III
inos were named as assistant secretaries.
Roll call was next in order II was found
that thirty -four states and three terrific
ries were represented. 1t was decided TO
name the c0mmltte on credentials, each
state naming member of the committee.
On motion of Cannon of Illinois. the Col
iege club delegates were seated. President
Burke was loudly called for, and respond
ing, he assured The convention that on the
Sth day of Novem Ger they would De found
dong valient work for the Republican
tickes. Cheers. The convention then
| took recess until 2 this afternoon. at
that hour President Clsrkson delivered
lis address.
President Clarkson's annual address was
largely devoted TO the organization and
progress OF the league and It's work as q
new element in politics. In the course of
his remarks he said:
The rising question of the time, the one on
which the next national campaign is surely to
be fought. is the labor question. BY that tune
the Mckinley bill will have fully demonstrated
the wisdom OF the American policy and will
have gained the approval OF the majority OF
American homes as permanent policy OF the
republic. On next November the work.
ingmen and farmers and business men
and all clements Will join in striking down the
declaration OF the Democratic platform OF 1892
in favor of free trade as en- American rule and
free trade wages for American workinemen.
The same good elements. l am sure. VIII also
strike down with equal emphasis OF disap-
prevail the Democratic declaration in favor OF
destroying our present system OF currency and
finance for return to the wretched and dis
astrous form OF state banks and unsound cur
rency.
Music hall was filled in the evening,
when MIR. Clarkson introduced the first
speaker, Hon. j. p. Deliver of Iowa. Dol
liver spoke on the issues of the day, and on
the careers of the Republican and Demo-
cratic presidential candidates The aston
ishing feature of current politics was, that
the Republican party had permitted itself
to throw aside its past record of great
achievements and fight it out on the history
of the past month. II the past had no
lessons and no interest and no inspiration,
he would freely confess he could bring
neither interest nor enthusiasm into the
present campaign. Let US, as Repub-
licans keep alive the memories of past
years. he cried. "Let not the history of
the United States be absolete 10 suit the
demands Of the Democratic party"
MAJOR M'KINLEY WAS NEXT INTRODUCED
and for some time the hall was in perfect
uproar, the audience rising en- masse and
greeting him with waving hats and hand
! kercniefs. He spoke at some length on
the 1.-TWO striking questions raised by the
platform of our political adversaries. First,
| It's adherence to free trade, and, Second,
| its declaration for the abolition of the tax
on state banks of issue" Mckinley out
lined the evils which would result from a
step backward in the currency matter, aud
said the Democratic proposal for an aboli-
tionsof the tax on stats banks ought to be
sufficient Of itself to defeat the Democratic
party. He then turned his attention to the
evils of free trade, ETC., aud said the new
tariff law has INDICATED itself. Oregon's
election IN June spoke for it, and
had been followed by Vermont and Maine.
! AS to tin-plRte, he told what he saw
at Elwood Ind. Tuesday. In that factory
| all the machinery used was made in the
United States, and the sheet steel used in
the manufacture of tin plate was also made
| in this country. The Democrats said we
could not make steel rails, nor pottery, nor
china, nor plate glass, but we are making
them as good as anywhere in the world,
and SO it is with tin plate. The American
people can make any thiug they want, and
with adequate protection will
The speaker in closing warmly eulogized
General Clarkson as matchless leader
Hon. John M. Thurston of Nebraska
requested every young man present to vote
! for the parry of protection. Ho said every
leader of the so-called Independent party
had been failure in some other political
party.
Hon. ]. Sloat Fassart and others also
spoke.