The herald., 1895-04-10
Hartford Tenders the Tariff
Builder a Banquet
OHIO'S GOVERNOR SPEAKS
Issues That Are Dead and Past Re-
ferred to
J. Addison Porter Introduces the Guest OF
the Evening-What the Candi-
date Had to Say

HARTFORD, Conn, Arpil 9.-The
banquet rendered Governor Mckinley by
the Mckinley club of this city this even
ing III Footguard armory was brilliant
affair." Many of the states most proml-
nent men were present, including the en-
tire congressional delegation. Mr.. Mckin-
ley was greeted with tremendous applause
upon entering the hall. Five hundred
person., sat down to the tables.
John Addison Porter presided and in
troduced the speakers, who were Senators
Hawley and Platt. Liutenant Governor
Cook, Congressman Hendy. ex-Congress-
man Buck, Speaker Fessenden and Mayor
Brainard.
Governor Coffin introduced Governor
Mckinley, who spoke for nearly two
hours. He was frequently interrupted by
applause and was given an enthusiastic
ovation at the close.
Governor Mckinley began with tribute
to the New England townmeeting prin-
ciple OF self-government and its results
in the country's history, and from few
words on the constitution of the United
States. passed to description of politics.
The Republican party. he said, invites
the fullest discussion of its principles
and shirks no responsibilities.
'Our foreign policy" he SAID. ''for the
most part during the past two years has
fallen short OF the lofty standard of a
century ago and OF more recent times
NJ well.
while in our domestic situation there
is no cause for congI atulatiun. this is not
the time to indulge in terms of distrust
or aggravatlon.
Passing OH to the tariff, he declared
that the e-Gorman-Wilson bill had
reversed the wise revenue policy of the
government since its foundation, so that
today more money is being collected from
internal taxes than customs duties. The
figures of Secretary Carlisle a. few weeks
ago showed that in 1894 the government
received $3.50 000, 000 from internal taxes
and $131, 10000 from customs duties,
laying the burden more directly on the
people than at any time for thirty years.
The present administration has trans
ferred the burden of taxes from imported
goods of foreign countries to the in
comes, investments and property of our
own people. In less than two years the
government has been compelled to borrow
Sl63. u 0.t00. The peoples distrust was
produced by the falling off in the reve-
nues.
Governor Mckinley severely criticised
the bond contract made in secret with
the financiers of Europe, which he
termed the elimination of the hard bar
gain business that began in Novemb ber,
1892. Regarding the tariff agitation, the
speaker said:
''Tbere are those who say there must
be no further agitation of the tariff and
no attempt to change the tariff, but that
we must rest our mighty enterprises and
vast business enterprises upon the tariff
legislation sof the last congress and ad-
Just them to it, however difficult that may
be. That is what we are trying to do, and
will do as best we can, because we cannot
for the next two years do otherwise. But
it is no permanent settlement of the is
sue, only an enforced and impatient
pause.
.'No Democrat is satisfied with the law,
and the party