The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-02-23
MICHIGAN Club BANQUET.
Washington's Birthday Celebra
ton at Detroit.
THE TOAsTs AND RESPONSES.
Senator Higgins of Delaware Responds
to the Sentiment, Annexation.
"Canada Must Sooner or Later Unite Her
Destiny with the United States''-
Guests Who Were Present
Letters of Regret.

DETROIT, Feb. 22.-The Michigan club
tonight gave its eighth anniversary ban
quet and celebration of the birthday of
Washington. Over one thousand per-
sons were present in the auditorium,
which was handsomely decorated. Among
the guests of the evening were Hon.
Charles 7. German, ex-minister to
Hague; Hon. Roswell G. Hoar, General
Detroit, Colonel John Atkinson, toast
master; Governor Rich of Michigan, Sen
ator Higgins of Delaware, Hon. Stephen
A. Douglass of Illinois and James Francis
Drake, president of the American College
league. A large number of prominent
men sent letters of regret, among them
President Harrison and others.
Senator Anthony Higgins, of Delaware,
replied to the sentiment "Our Manifest
Destiny, Annexation He said: Gun
der the inevitable law controlling our de-
velopment all our possessions which were
once the property of several other nations
become united under this government. |
venture The belief that the time is not far
distant when Canada will unite her des-
tiny with us because it is to her interest
to do so. AS long as Canada remains
dependency of Great Britain we are Ii
able to be involved in the exigencies OF an
hold upon Canada she remains military
power on this continents and so long is great
Britain continuing threat against our
peace. Thus we are thrown into practi-
cal alliance with England's foes. By
reason of her antagonism with Russia
and France, England is today a silent
partner with dreibund made up of Ger
many, Austria and Italy. BY reason of
England's retention of Canada we are
hon md y,
and France as against England and the
dreibund. With the departure of British
rule from this continent will come union
again of two branches into which the
English race has unfortunately been
divided"
Hon. Roswell G.. Horn OF Michigan, re-
sponded to the toast, 'sThe Duty of the
Hour" He said: s'The country for the
first time in thirty-tWo years has been
would have every Republican stand by
his guns. When any law is passed that
he feels sure will injure the country there
should be no ambiguous work on his
part. His utterance would instantly be
one OF warning and defiance, and when
ever the Democratic party shall propose a
good measure, then turn in and help
them pass it and show we are patriots
first, and partisans afterwards. -
Stephen A. Douglass of Illinois re-
sponded to the sentiment, "Stand by
Your Guns" He said: ~ have seen the
power of the Republican party dwindle
away for nearly quarter of a century,
and the curious spectacle is presented OF
a triumph of the doctrine of party and
the decadence of the party itself. One of the
reasons, he believed, was that there was
an element high in the councils of the
party and potential in it's
guidance who had never been Republicans
in convictions or who had not had the
courage of their convictions" In closing
he said: ''The principles of the Republi-
can party are not dead, nor the party
itself; but even if what croakers say be
true and the Republican party must die,
then, for Gods sake, let it die with its
boots on, fighting for what it believes
right, consistent with the record and with
itself. 1t can afford to lay down its life,
but it cannot afford to give up its princ1
ples.'
In response to the toast "Our Dangers
and Our Duties" James Frances Burke,
president of the American Republican
College league, paid glowing tribute to
the late James G. Blaine, and enumer-
ated the dangers into which the Republi-
cans were liable to fall and spoke of their
duties to the grand old party. He closed
with an appeal to give the young men,
who are the life and hope of the republic,
q chance.