Evening journal., 1894-11-01
THAT TARIFF AGAIN.
Ex-MlNlSTER CHARLES EMORY
SMITH IN THE AUDITORIUM.

He Addresses the Republican Clubs on
the Beauties of the Mckinley Bill
The Y. M. II. @. Observation-Disclosures
PennewiII Urges a Constitutional Con-
veDtlon.
The disappointments which have been
on so many occasions the lot of the faith
full rank and file of the Republican party
In this city, in the shape OF speakers.
advertised but who did not smaterialize,
bore fruit last evening in the rather
neagre audience which gathered in the
Auditorium, to listen to Hon. Charles
Emory Smith, of the Philadelphia Press,
and ex minister TO Russia Many who
would have attended feared that he had
learned at the same time with Generals
Hawley and Beaver, that it would be
useless TO waste eloquence in staunch old
Democratic Delaware, and would at the
last moment send regrets, aud eonse
quently stayed at home 1t was q mas
terly ad iress, from a Republican stand
point, and while the theme was the old
one of tariff and a eulogy of the McKin-
ley bill, Mr.. Smith fully upheld his
reputation as an eloquent and polished
speaker.
The meeting was under the auspices of
the Young Mems Republican Club, and
the spacious hall was elsborately decor
ated Efor the occasion. Portraits of
Marvil. Willis aud McKin ley occupied
tho stage, while Lincoln. Grant, Art hur,
Harrison, Blaine and Garfield occupied
positions on the sides of the
room Potted plants and flags were on
the stage and along the side walls, and
rosettes of bunting occupied the rear Of
the platform. The Y. M. r O. had
seats on the platform, each member
wearing handsome chryssuthemu In
his button hole, the gift Of Robert j
Handy, who would like to represent this
county In the Senate.
President Churchman. Of the Y. M R
Q was chairman. He said that while
the Democratic party had imported
from the shores of Great Britain gentle
man whom they had styled an 'Ambsssa-
dor, and the frst citizen of Delaware,
the Republican party. which had no
Ambassador or first citizen had
brought a plain everyday minister, a
man who had represented the United
States in Russia He then introduced
Charles Emory Smith, who spoke for two
hours on the tariff He took
several passages from Hon. Thomas
F. Bsysrd's address In the Opera
House and endeavored to dis
prove them The same difference Of
opinion exists with all Republican
speakers he paid considerable atten-
tion to William L Wilson's speech before
the London Chamber of Commerce and
made ans xer to some of the statements
made then by that gentleman He also
quoted from the English official Blue
Book, to show that the free trade policy
was responsible for all the ills with which
the business world has been troubled.
There was frequent applause, not at
the neatly turned arguments alone, but
mainly whenever the name Of any man
prominent in the party was mentioned.
James Pennewil, of Dover, was the
next speaker and he touched on local
Issues to the extent of eulogizing the
candidates Of the party and sharply
criticlzing the action Of, the Democratic
party in Kent county in trying to strike
the names Of Republicans from the lists
He urged everyone to vote for a consti-
tutional convention, which he said was
Of Republican parentage. He spoke for
about an hour.