The record-union., 1893-03-30
Special to the REcoRD-Ux1ox.

CANTON Ohio, March 29.-The Repub-
hcan tariff banquet here tonight was a
political success. Four hundred guests
were present from various cities in Ohio.
The banquet was spread in the Taber-
nacle, a mammoth structure dedicated to
political purposes in 1884 with a speech
by James @. Blaine. The interior of the
building was handsomely decorated.
Governor Mckinley occupied the post
of honor at the first table. Hon. J. p.
Fawsett was toast-master, and at the con-
clusion of the feast he read letters of re-
gret from eX-President Harrison, Sem
ator Sherman, General Gibson of Ohio,
Hon. j. c. Burrows of Michigan, ex-
Governor Foraker, eX-Speaker Reed,
Senator Manderson and Congressman
Dalzell.
With the exception of that of Senator
Sherman, the letters of regret contained
no significant utterances. Sherman took
occasion to discuss the financial question.
lie said what was needed was honest cur
rency, and his experience had shown
him. that the notes of national banks, Sc
cured by an equal or greater amount of
United States bonds, form the best cur
rency that has yet been devised. Notes
of the United States, he says, care
fully limited in amount and backed by
the credit OF our whole people, supported
with ample reserves in coin, and which
Is clear authority in case of necessity to
redeem them in coin by the sale of bonds,
has been proved by our experience since
the first day of January, 1879, to be Il
wise and safe currency, the profits OF
which inure entirely to the benefit of the
whole people. The chief fear, he de-
clared, is that these notes will not be
safely restricted by law, and their credit
may be impaired and destroyed by the
carrying out of wild and visionary no.
ions regarding the coinage of silver. The
Senator expressed the hope that the
silver coinage delusion has passed away.
In conclusion he says: 1.-THE real solu-
ton of the silver problem is that they
put into our silver dollar enough silver
at the market value to be equal to the
gold dollar, and then maintain all forms
OF money, whether coin or notes, of equal
and interchangeable value"
Governor Mckinley responded to the
toast "Republican Presidents"
Hon. d. X. Watson of Columbus, Hon.
p. c. Young of New Lisbon, Hon. J. l.
Squire, State Senator Green and James
X. Garfield also spoke.
Governor Mckinley, in the course of
his address, reviewed the life and serv-
ices of various Republican Presidents.
Speaking of Harrison, he said the Ad-
ministration was pure, vigorous and
patriotic, and his own contemporaries
will give him his true place in history.
1.-THE country" said Mckinley, needs
the Republican party, for it's principles
and purposes and policies underlie every
American interest, and are allied with
true growth and advancement. Since
1859 until now the Democratic party has
been without power to do anything with
public measures without the sanction of
the Republican party. Now they have
full possession. There is no longer any
excuse for pretense; no longer any room
for hypocrisy. If they believe in their
own profession of the past thirty years,
they can now make them effective.
There is no cause for discouragement on
our part. We have but to move on with
our old-time vigor, yielding nothing OF
principle"