St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-23
The Michigan Club Banquet
Gave the General Little
Attention.
Maj. Mckinley Was Leading
Star in the Galaxy That
Fed We'll.
Blaine Drops a Few Lines of
Taffy, and Fassett Belit-
ties the Kickers.
Cleveland and Campbell in
Emphatic Words Kill
a Fakelet.

DETROIT, Feb, 90. Washngton's
birthday, the presence of three or four
presidential possibilities, Repubica n
and Democrat. aside from its own par
ticular presidential possibility, Gen. r.
A. Alger, and the annual banquet of its
crack Republican organization, the
Michigan club, were almost too much for
the southwestern corner of this state,
and it is cause for congratulations to
all concerned in it that it not break
away from the up-country, and set up
for itself as the particular stamping
ground of the next chief magistrate, be
he Democrat or Republican. There
were ex-Presidential Cleveland. New
York, and eX-Gov. Campbell, of Quo,
Oh the one side. with Gov. Mckinley, of
Ohio, and eX-Gov. Alger. of Michigan,
on the other, all in the city at once, not
to mention others of national fame:
This city has been i'll ferment all
day on account of the unusual juxtapo-
sitiOn. though the strain was somewhat
relieved for time by the departure of
the Democratic. leaders for Ann Arbor,
where the eX-presldent talked to the
students of the state university. The
event, however, which brought together
the leading Republican politicians from
all parts OF this state. and many from
other states, was the banquet tonight of
the Michigan club, a state or ganiZatiOn
with headquarters i'll this city and
branch clubs in the other large towns
of the state, and the banquet tonight
was one of series which it has given
annually on WaShington's birthday
since 1856.
Not an AIger Boom.
1t was stated it was not given for the
purpose of forwarding the interests of
any presidential candidate. particularly
was it denied that there was any inten-
ton to boom Gen. Alger, and it was as
serted that its sole object was to kindle
the enthusiasm of the Republicans OF
the state for the party. nominee, who
ever he may be.
Covers were laid for 200 persons at
the tables upon the main floor, while on
platform, at the side of the hall, under
a brilliant canopy, sat the speakers and
guests of honor, to the number of forty.
Gen. Alger presided aud introduced the
speakers, and Congressman Burrows, of
this state, delivered the address of well
come to the visitors. In his remarks
Gen. Alger referred to the Michiganiz-
ing of the state by the Democrats, and
declared that in November next Mich
igan would elect legislature which
would not only restore the legislative
districts to their proper shape, but
would elect Republican successor to
United States Senator Stockbridge
Burrows said the task of welcoming
the guests of the club usually devolyes
on the governor of the state, but owing
to
A Slight Mistake,
the chief executive of the state hap
pened to be Democrat. He would
assure his auditors, however. that it
should not happen again during the
next quarter OF a century. Michigan,
he said, had always cast its electors
vote for the Republican candidate for
president, and proceeded to give the list
from 1856 down. When he reached the
name of James G. Blaine the assembly
broke into round of applause, and
repeated it. His reference to an in
dorsement of the Mckinley law brought
out another round, and reciprocity was
the occasion of another hand-clapping.
Gen. Alger spoke with regret eff the
absence of j. S. Garrison. who was de-
tanned at Asheville, n. c., with infiam-
matOry rheumatism. Among the letters
received was the following:
Gen. r. A. Alger. Detroit-My Dear Sir: 1
regret that | cannot be present at your club
meeting on the 22d. Official engagements
forbid, but cannot refrain from sending
word OF good cheer Oh the prospects of the
Republican party. On all leading measures
relating to the industrial and financial inter-
ests of the people we are strong and growing
are weak and growing weaker. They are di-
vided, we are united. If we do not win it is
our own fault. We will be justly censurable
If, with such great measures involved. every
Republican does not feel that he is appealed
to personally, aud that victory in the election
depends on him. Very sincerely yours,
JAMES G. BLAINE.
Hon. W. B. Perkins, of Kansas, in the
course of his address ON "WaShington,
the Farmer and Politician" SAID that in
1890 Kansas had sent one of its citizens
to the insane asylum for believing that
horses and cattle were money; while in
1891 it had sent another of its citizens to
the United States senate for believing
the same thing. He then reviewed the
party's position on the silver question,
followed with an argument on protec-
ton and with defense of the million
dollar congress-"
The Discredited Architect.
Gen. Alger introduced Gov. Mckinley
as 1.-THE architect, the builder" and a
storm of applause, repeated again and
again, greeted the brilliant Ohioan.
He began by saying: "Whenever any
thing is to be done, in and for the coun-
try. the Republican party must do it.'
He declared that this had been true for
thirty years, beginning with Abraham
Lincoln. when the nation wanted
the tariff revised on protection lines in
1885," he continued, lit called the Re-
publican party into power to do it, and
that party did it to stay. Not one page
of it can be repealed in ten years. at |
the present rate the present congress
cannot repeal it in twenty-five years.
They have started in to repeal it item |
by item, and there are $500 items !
in it. Morrison tried it, and |
from congress; Mills |
tried it and lost the speakership; Cleve- |
land started out to shear that sheep and
came back shorn, and now Springer is
trying it. You cannot make wool free |
on the sleeps back and tax it Oh our
backs. Protection must be for all or
none. No man or woman in Michigan
knows of the tariff as a burden, but !
every one of them know it as a bless
ing"
The speaker declared that protection
was the national policy, because when
free trade and projection were the is
sues before the people, protection had |
always won. 1t might be true, he said,
that without protection something
would be cheaper for time, but in the |
end it would be at the price of human
degradation, and nothing was cheap at |