The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-06-29
THE GARFIELD CLUB.
Eloquent Addresses at the Annual
Banquet Last Night.
HON HON. FRANK FRANK ]. J. CANNON OF UTAH
And Hon. John 8. Wise of Virginia De-
Iivered Most Stirring Addresses Upon
RepubIican Principles and Kcpubii-
can Policy.


The assembly rooms at Music Hall,
Pawtucket, were GRO sded with an en-
thusiastic party of young men last even
ing, whose efforts were divided between
the discussing of an elaborate dinner and
the listening to speeches by well-known
Republican orators. The occasion was
the midsummer banquet OF the Garfield
Club of Pawtucket, aud about ~ mem.
hers and invited guests were present and
joined In the festivities.
At s O'clock President Tiepke Of the
club called the assemblage to order and
divine blessieg was invoked by Rev. H..
B. Foster of ST. PauPs Episcopal church.
and then the feasting began. The dinner
was of subsi antiai nature aud disap-
peared like magic; AZ A. the nsad ss.s Oh ne sne
seated President Tiepke, Hon. Frank j.:
Cannon of Utah. Hon. John Wise OF
Virginia; General Thomas Chase, Will
liam II. Haskell, Richard Jennings OF
Providence, Alderpau John 4. Adams,
o. S. Remington. Henry J; Salandir and
were satisfying the pangs OF hunger the
American band orchestra discoursed
sweet music
The lighting of cigars was the signal
for the presiding officer to call the meet
ing to order, and after the reading OF a
Lester of Illinois, the first speaker OF the
evening, Hon. Frank j. Cannon OF Utah,
vas introduced.
Hon. Frank Cannon's Address.
MIR. Cannon said that the people of the
United Sta es have ceased to look mt the
sunset Of yesterday and are Watching
for the sunrise OF tomorrow. That is
why the league is SO Important why the
faction In the country's politics.
On them devolves the fu ure of the coun-
try. The people OF the United States last
year looked for light and plunged head
long into darkness, an! cry of distress
is going up through the United States.
The mau who stands at the head OF this
La ion is az helpless TO Rrapple with the
affairs of the country as he was before
his election. His inactivity Is SO notice
able that his supporters are crying out
against IL.
have some esteem for Mr.. CLEVELAND d
as an honest man. out on Watching The
administration thiuk l have iound thit
the original lines he has marked out are
being followed by his supporters. His
whole administration formerly
Was Marked by Errors.
You OF the East cannot understand the
Significance OF the cries from the West,
but If you have prohibitory party here
you can have some idea of what we
suffer from the hands of Ia. populists in
the West.
They assisted in electing NJ. Cleveland.
but after they had put him In the chair
those san people were paralyzei by the
magnificence OF the inau gural ceremonies
aud were indignant at The enormous ey-
penses of the ceremonies, they having
thought that the admins r uion was to
he an econ omical one. The speaker
dwelt at length on free trade colleges and
stated that the knowledge gained was
rather more of the theoretical than prac-
tics We arc entering now into
fig for the survivor of the
fit ,st America was thrown open to the
worlu, as a land OF liber,y. We must
banisn from the Repub lean party self
Z seeking and from the leaders, seIf-seekers
This can be done by the league. The
Republican party teaches the princi Piles
of self-sacrifice. BY concerted efforts
and untirIng work the Republican p arty
will again ascend to the throne and the
goou work will b. rought about throu gh
the efforts OF the league.
Hon. John s. Wise of Virginia.
Hon. John S. Wise of Virginia was the
next speaker. and ~ his wit and humor
kept the assemblage In continual up
roar. lie said that it was now n good
and look over the debris. l don't look
upon the condition OF the party as unal-
terable. 1t is a fact that we were beaten
but we are not all Solomons.and when we
yet foolish, as we sometimes will, some
one hits us on the head and down we go
If the Democrats had put up their choice
they would never have electe1 him, even
IL they knew what their choice was
And then again, the Democratic party is
no party at all, only an aggregation OF
things who won't vote the Republican
ticket. Now. IL anybody but Mr. Cleve.
land had be n put up. the Republican
party would nave been successful, be-
cause there was universal distrust of
everyone. Cleveland was not wanted by
any of the Democrats, but they knew
that he was Their only salvation.
We haven't any Republicans or Dem.
ocratic parties south OF the Mason and
Dixon line, but the whole issue hangs
on the fanaticism OF the people on the
negro question. IL IL n sau fact but true,
that in one great section OF our country
the race prejudice is sapping the pros
perity OF the people and Is keeping them
banded o sether In q way that prevents
the pro uess of the country. The wis
Che fanaticism whicn wields che sceptre
OF power In the south.
And then there Is
niinois, the Center Of RepubIicanIsm'
40 republican In fact that they plant ed
the Worlds Fair there aud with 1t $50 0O(
Italians and heaven knows how many
anarchists. Who of course elected DEM
ocratic governor TO pardon their anar.
chist friends and thus threw the balan ce
for the Democracy. We are out now and
have 4 e to think what we will do when
w, ct lack, because this business OF the
ID. moe ais is, as John L. Sullivan said oi
natrim nv. "Ouce IL enough" And
then lnere are.the silver men and they are