The sun., 1893-11-19
IN rnB HOME or REFORM
No waverIrg. SAYS Ex-Fresident Stokes
from . Tariff for Revenue Only.

| from . Tariff for Revenue Oniy.
The mem bers OF tho Reform Club sat down
| last night to their first social dinner OF the
season in tho club house and talked reform.
mainly tariff reform. Er-secretary Fairchild.
the President OF the club. was at the head Of
the table. and to keep him company were
Anson Phelps Stokes. the First President; l..
Ellery Anderson. past President; Lewis
Wndmnller. Wallace MaoFarlane. Thomas g.
Shearmap. Col. Robert Grer Monroe. Henry
DeFcrest Baldwin. and other reformers.
| Before they had o chance to talk reform Mr..
| Fairchild made q little speech. In which he
| said the result Of the recent elections was not
| due to reaction against tariff reform. but
rather to local dissatisfactions and displeasuro
| at the prevailing financial conditions. Then
| he introduced Mr.. Stokes.
Mr.. Stokes said he had heard some time ago
thnt committee Of the club wns looking for
his portrait. and to save them the trouble he
had one painted himself In London. and he
proceeded to present 1t to the club He said
his happy expression in the picture was due to
his admiration for tho fine work OF the anti
snappers OF tho Reform Club. Mr. Stokes
also spoke of tariff reform. and said In part:
From now till the close of the next Presi-
| DENTAL election there will be a greater con-
test than ever between protection and tarih
reform. In Mckinley We have foeman worthy
S%r Ssys fTG p
troducsd IN the Congress which nss has been Sssn
es eeetloR R''SS% Was astinot ' on the prneips
said tse sr HSoitSs for raSsnue only Sy %aerns
from that will be a fatal weakness, Every
in the tH q %sEns s'sS
everything else. and like every free man. may
hn Tn lv fAN NnN n war IN
lie said further that he thought the move
ment for municipal reform had been enc9ur-
Thought III il W would lie e wei we'll Tor Tor the Reform Club
to arrangeto co6perate with other good cluos
Il" fSsn hs s'i M for worn made oetous
speech and presen ed in behalf Of some friends,
aRSrtfait Of MI. anderson to tne club ;, can,
reform: :. Then he tod how Mr.: ,Cioyeisnds
o be made paSlc SSf 'if In Febr%sry. isai Mr. An:
derson got w big anti,silver meeting IN
ssnd SeHsr s Waited s Saksf vain Tor M
asked .s friend stop at ns ,Ssrs hoass
ne At pEEt tEat %e fSs He ne o
The friend called and asked Mrs. Andersen ,1i 4
any hase nsa eoms s0nS there is %
that looke like q package from one Of the wo-
mon teachers" she said. pointing to pack,
age; The friend glanced at the package and
Cleveland" The letter was brought to him.
Mr.. Anderson said and thus the famous sill
yer letter" which, he said. had done 30 much
for the country. came to the public .
After Mr. Anderson. some man with good
started. % For He's q Jolly Good Fellow"
There were many Mugwumps in the chorus.
and they couldn't keep IN time. SO they quit.
sang sweety to them.
Then Mr. Wheeler spoke on reform. the Hun |
garian band played. Col. Robert Grer Monroe |
spoke pleasngly about Mr.. Anderson. and Mr.. !
Baldwin one OF Collector kilbreth's new depu- |
ties. said it was hard luck that n man who |
had always been tariff smasncr should have |
to help run a Custom House Other members |
and all talked reform.