The Princeton union., 1893-11-30
REPUBLICAN BANQUET.
NOTABLE GATHERING OF REPUBLIC
CANS AT BOSTON.

CANS AT BOSTON.
ihe Leading Lights of the Party In
duige i'm Delights Epicurenn, and
Listen to Observation-Disclosures Nc
hinley and Tom Reed Present.
Boston, Nov. 24.---Twelve hundred Re
Publicans sat down to love feast in the
big Mechanics hall this evening. The
galleries about the hall were crowded
with several thousand more, while the /
After the dinner, President Bent opened
Ine speech-making with a brief address.
he then introduced Senator George T.. 81
Hoar as the first speaker Mr.. Hoar
said: . n : - +.
Il don't know just now that there is
any occasion for the Home Market club
TO disband. There is plenty Of work for
them to do. The party that is in power
is opposed to everything like good gov
ernment, and opposed to every principle
er or employe depend. There are certain
principles that the Republican party
stands by, whether in victory or defeat.
we believe that government is failure
compensation for his labors. We took
this country thirty years ago, it's flag dis
honored, its bonds below par, its credit
almost gone, treason and revolution ram
y pant In twelve states out OF thlrty-one,
and we left it in the height of prosperity.
Eight short months of Democratic rule
and the apprehension Of three years more
of Democratic rule has brought us to our
present condition. 1t is the duty of the
RCme Market club to do its best to bring
the country back to It's former condi'
One of the Victors.
Governor-eect Frederick l.. Green
halge then spoke as follows: .
"One of the chief ends and aims of
government is to give, so far as govern
to every home in. the land. And day by
day we are nearing the point where ap-
parently conflicting interests and rights
are to be brought. into just and harmoni-
GUS relations. You cannot adopt the
easy maxim to. buy in the cheapest and
to sell in the dearest market until you
have arranged to pay the running ex-
Penses of your business, and made a
fair adjustment of the expenses. One OF
the first steps toward giving security and
and prosperity to the home market and
to establish permanent and profitable
reciprocal relations between the Amer
ican producer and consumer.
An Ovation for Mckinley,
Gov. Mckinley was received with clamor-
ous applause which shook the gleGt hall t.
its fSrndation H. saiS :, os,o
tics and unitedly triumphed. 1t was discov-
cred that business rests upon confidence.
and certainty and industry is only the
While the wants Of mankind are the great
factor in our industrial prosperity, the abil-
MY to fneke ske. ants cn Is mne
chant wants it and can give ample security
for payment, and the merchant wants 1t be-
pay him for his Investment with a proht
II the great consuming classes are cut Of
a,ti IN their Line, Income and wages the merchants
ufacturer' s orders decline, and when they
decline the demand for labor declines and
get pro Of ts
labor Is id!e. When labor is 's Idle so' wasss ~
are employed: Capital must have faith In
A the future. It must be able to calculate on
the future: The too common expression that
tariff could not affect business is little
Free Trade or a Revenue Tariff
is the remedy offered by those who differ
goods and more easily to be obtained is the
prescription offered by our political oppo-
nents n hsns as i to g 60 our Wrdo ae mills WI
2 rekindle the fires in our factories. Er:e
trade eanno5 nno increase our production at
view. Its whole aim is to increase foreign
importa tions, which increase must Of necss-
sity diminish like domestic production.
follow the introduction of free trade OF
~ 81 revenue tariff. Either domestic proluc-
tion will be diminished or the wages OF
labor will be diminished, Or both, and eit!;e1
or both are results which should meet with
prompt condemnation FROM the great body
of the American people: Is there anybo y
any longer in doubt about the real trouble
in the country to-day?
.'rhe president of the United States in his
August message announced mn - a. great fact
rassnlcnt from which the business Of the
country is suffering, arises as much from
exstng .Hi H1 l Mhig % is true - Remove The apprs
hension of the threatened tariff legislation
remove the scare Of the a promised pre- M LII tree
upon every business interest and contdence
will return, 1t was this fear which foune
expression In the recent tsx Of Il fas
pressive protest against the party, waiel III;
yes'ev year we 'ha had last last but good times # ful
and free expression could be held, there
is scarcely a state Of the Union which woult
the conviction that the preponderat!ng sen
timent of the pcoinni,1s co1ntry Us 1TI Tnrifr.
IF was in '92. and is now. The verdict Of las
year was not against the protective system
and if the party in power so lnterpretsl ~
it at T5l the peril 81 Of ,s vast vast
the country. There is not state, II Its rea
sentiment could be had to-day, put MoHl'
advise congress to keep its hands or IN
present tariff, and leave any revision whie] nc
@ experience may prove to be necessary TO Tn
friends of the protective system; not
from the an r
4 timents of his constituents to-day, but Woul
vote against the proposed IL raid against 9u
TO The business interests of the country, t
the wageworkers Of the +,Iou county th ssr am
ance that this congress would adjourn with
out meddiing with our Industrial legislation IL
ace to the industrial interests o. the coun
try; business is now waiting on eaa the unce1 eT
to be more exact, upon the certainty of un
friendly legislation when it does convene
and willie business is waiting the laborer
waiting outside with nothing to do. SCUM
the note Of warning here tonight wish
that every reduction Of the tariff will b
followed by reduction of wages, tha
every cut in the tariff rates will be followe
by a cut in the wage rates. The effect o
Tie proposed tariff legislation: whether In
+ i ic NO