The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-02-13
LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY
CullOm Gives "reminiscences of the
Martyr President.
MILLER PRAISES HARRISON
John s. Wise Tells of the Great Work
Accomplished by LincOln-Banquet
of the Butler Club.

CHICAGO, Feb. 12-The Marquette club
celebrated the birthday of Abraham Lin
coin with banquet at the Auditorium to-
night, at which covers were laid for over
i've hundred persons. The great banquet
hall was Respondent with electric lights
and appropriately decorated with flags,
banners and festoons in national colors,
lnterspersed with portraits of Lincoln,
Washington, Grant and other national
heroes Prominent Republicans from all
paris OF the country were hidden to the
least and number were present. Presi-
dent Harrison cent a letter of re-
greet, in which he said his pub
lie duties in Washington would
not permit him to be present.
Among others sending letters of regret
were Senator Sherman, Governor McKin-
ley, Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, Hon. j.
Sloat Fassett Hon. Thomas b. Reed. Gen
eral Aiger, Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge and
George Theodore Roosevelt. The principal
address of the evening was by Senator
Shelby M. Cullom, who recently announced
himself as Candidate for the presidency
of the United States and VINO responded to
the toast Abraham Lincoln After
sketchlng the life OF the illustrious Presi-
dent and relating many personal reminis-
cences, Senator Cullom proceeded TO con
trast the records of the Repu olican and
Democratic parties. The former he
characterized as party of progress
sion; the latter, one of negstion.
Continuing, the speaker said: "'Don't'
has always been the burden of the Demo
cratic song, and is now. At this moment
its large majority in the House of Repre-
sentatlves is chorusing. DON'T Mills, the
great disappointed. said to Crisp, Don't,
and Cleveland and the mugwumps are
shouting at Senator Hill, DON'T snd
standing by himself, solitary and alone
upon the high eminence of objection, Hol
man is crying 'Don'P at every person and
everything. Gentlemen, while Lincoln
lived the Democratic party embarrassed
him continually with its 'don'ts,' it fusi
laded him with don't at every ster
of his illustrious career, and Pm
sure If he were among them now
venerable in his eighty-fourth year
upon every suggestion made by MIN. be
would be pelted with Democratic 'don'ts.
But II he were with US now in person. as
ne certainly Is In spirit, he would regard as
little as we do the opposit on of this or
ganlzed objection to everything progressive
and would urge US to hold fast TO the doc
trlne OF protection to American industry
as modified by the policy of reciprocity
He would bid us also, | am sure. hold fas
to the doctrine of honest money for homes
people, applied in craftsmanship, so as tt
bring about at an early day the
re- establishment of silver IN il,
former cignityas money metal, the eaua
OF gold in coinage and legal tender value
He would advise US also, [ believe, that i
is the duty of the Republican party to con
tinue to insist upon, and if need be compel
IN some way, general recognition of tn,
equality of all citizens before the law"
Honorable j. p. bolivar, of Iowa, re
sponded TO Our Party" Several othe
speeches were delivered