The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-12-15
THE REFORM CLUB BANQUET,

The great Reform Club banquet in
New Y ork has passed into history and
the star actor of the occasion, Grover
Cleveland, has left no sign. He made
model speech, full of robust thought
and patriotic emotions, but did not say
whether he would be q strict construc-
ZIONIST of our now obsolete civil service
laws, or whether he would call an extra
session of Congress. He mentioned no
names, hence he did not indicate
whether Don M. Dickinson or Wayne
McVeagh will sit in the Attorney Cen
erals Office of the next administration,
or whether our James e. Campbell or
some other man will succeed Mr.. Wan.
amaker, In the great postoflice distribu.
tion of mails and patronage. Neither
did he indicate whether the tariff
as we now have it, should be revised on
the lines of Speaker Crisp and Chair
man Springer, or be rooted out entire,
on the lines made plain by Congress
man Harter and Tom Johnson. But
thiO is not strange; nor is it disappoint-
ing. Cleveland spoke as the guest of
the Reform Club; and the occasion was
not fitting for the elucidation of
governmental policy. When the new
Congress of the forty-four states is or
ganiZed, then Cleveland will speak as
one having authority, to Congress,
having authority. There were other
speakers, however, at the Reform Club
banquet, whose views were expressed
with boldness and celebrity. And Ohio
was represented by two of her most
brilliant sons-Gov. Campbell and Tom
Johnson. Congressman Johnson
launched out into the robber tariff in
the first sentence, and although he did
not talk long, he succinctly summarized
the peoples verdict in November as
meaning new tariff, on the lines indi-
Gated in the Democratic platform, with
no patch work. Gov. Campbell did not
address himself to economics. He
talked indirectly on the civil service
law, and indicated very clearly that he
is not much struck on it. Here is an
extract from the brilliant Governors
address, which evoked much applause
in the galleries, and caused several of
the Reform Club members to gaze
steadfastly into the face of Grover to
see how much he applauded it. Dem
ocrats looking for post offices and other
fat takes will doubtless cut out this ex-
tract from Gov. Campbell's speech and
paste it their hats.
'EdTly burCeb3 comes uOt from DrlrClG
Piles without men, nor from men without
principles, but from the union of men
and principles"
l do not know exactly whom do repre>
sent. Uaughter) As near as am able
to comprehend, tue toast means the col>
who want the postoftice on the other. |
am in favor of them both. (Applause.)
l am in favor of the college professor,
because as long as they stay in the Demo-
cratic party we are sure of som ebody
who can read and write. That relieves
US OF u great objection that has been
urged in times gone by.
l am also in favor of the boys who want
the postoillces, because from tho post
master at Confederate Cross Roads 20
Van Cott in New York, am in favor of
putting them all out, and putting in men
who voted for Grover Cleveland. / am in
favor of the Stevensonian' method. (Ap-
plau5e.)
Governor Campbell closed as fol-
lows:
"Tne history OF the Democratic party
has shown that when IL has abandoned
principles il has lost when it came back
to principles 1t took years OF organization
and discipline to win. Now, we have wont
We have won very largely by the un
bought suifrages of the people. Organiza.
| ton has perhaps played less part in this
victory than in any other; but still il has
| played its part. 1! would have been pow.
erless without the principles and probably
without the leader. But to both in some
| egree do we owe the election of him
whom the lamented Chauncy Depew has
characterized as the typical American
citizen.' speak of Mr.. Depew as
lnmented, because in the only speech l
ever heard him make, which was few
nights ago, he described himself as a
political corpse and accept his nomina'
| ton for 1t.
"If the Democratic party will retain its
| organic alton, but retain IL subordinate to
the high principles that have animated it
| in the last few years. we will not only sing
-Four years more of Grover but away up
in the back townships they will sing after
that four years Forty years more of mon
| like Grover,'n