The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

ton found it necessary to borrow money
in order to pay current expenses. Com
menting on this, he said:
If there was an individual or firm in busi-
ness which had to borrow money to pav cur
rent expenses it would soon be in the hands of
q receiver.
AS look back at the experiment of the last
three years l recall the fact that this country
has had the experience and Europe has had
the business. And as / think OF my friend
Grover, who has created these conditions in
order to test the theory to which he is devoted,
/ imagine in my mind that there will be ap-
piled to him a stanZa which came to me the
other day and which / believe was written to
soothe mothers sorrow. l will simply
change the name willie to Grover:
Little Grover from the mirror sucked the mercury
all of
Thinking in his childish error it would cure his
whooping-cough.
AT the funeral to Growers mother said Mrs. Brown
1t was a very cold day when the mercury went
down.
We are not the people that we ought to be.
We have not the intelligence that we credit
ourselves with. We have not the education
which comes from past that is sufficiently
glorious.
DR.. Depew then referred to the pros
peri.y that resulted from the protective
policy adopted by George Washington and
the protection Presidents who followed
him. He spoke of the manner in which
Abraham Lincoln, by means of pro.ec-
tive tariff, was enabled to carry on the
Civil War to successful conclusion, ard
how the continuance of this policy
eventually wiped out the enormous IN
debtedness created during that trying and
costly experience.
All this he said was accomplished with
out the necessity of laying one dollar of
taxation on the $40 900, 100000 of wealth in
this country. Continuing he said:
And so this grand system of protection went
on until we reached the time OF our greatest
prosperity. Thattime OF prosperity was the last
year of Republican administration and the
last year of Benjamin Harrison. lApplause.l
Referring again to Cleveland's admins
tration, he said that it gave the country
shaking up from which it had not yet re-
covered. He spoke in favor of reciprocity
as advocated by Blaine. and declared for
sound money on gold basis SO long as
the other great nations of the world were
onr creditors and declined to adopt a
double standard. Any other course, he as
serted, would seriously injure the credit Of
the Nation. He then continued as follows:
We are in Presidential year, but the Union
League clubs have no candidates as individ-
uals. They have preferences, but as organiza-
tions they have no candidates
In the Democratic party the party is chasing
the candidate, and the only man in sight is my
friend Cleveland.
candidates there is! And the beauty is that
any one of them If nominated would be accept
able TO the party. You can take any one of
them.
He then mentioned Cullom, Henderson,
Morton, Allison, Reed and Mckinley
While Morton, Allison and Reed were
heartily applauded the name of Mckinley
brought the banqueters to their feet and
amid wild waving of handkerchiefs the
applause became almost deafening and
wound up with three lusty cheers for the
Ohio statesman. Pausing until the noisy
sAI h.
with touch of dry humor, remarked,
1--WE are all Republicans" and then con-
tinued:
But it makes no difference whether it is the
statesman you are now shouting for, or the
statesman l am shouting for, or the statesman
Iowa or New England is shouting for, we will
get there just the same.
And now, gentlemen, after two weeks of
most enjoyable experience, both with the
natural attractions and with the hospitable
people of your State, bid you hail and fare
well.
Among the other speakers of the even
ing was Irving NJ. Scott
Those who sat around the double horse
shoe were as follows:
George Stone president Of the club, Chaun-
cey N. Depew, Irving M. Scott. Claus spreckes,
wall, NJ. NJ. Estee, Professor George Davidson,
W. Fl. L. Barnes. Professor Kellogg, NJ.
Pst Fl de esae!a soens Warned Va Il 4 I0yd W Ractns f.
William Mcdonald. E. C. Godfrey, D. o. Mills.
E. c. Voorhies, G. T. Richardson J. O. B. Gum,
Paris Kilburn, D. T. Cole, NJ R. Higgins, J. F.
Sheehan, s. X. Thornton. ]. A. stephens, N K.
Masten A. L. Tubbs H. L. Dodge. Van r. Pater.
son, F. H. Short w; s. Barnes, E. D. Peixotto,
J: c. Campbell, Judge Curry, T. D. Reardon, c.
Clinton Day, George A. Knight, Judge Gar.
Quite, Colonel w. R. Shafter, T. B. Mcfarland,
=: B. Mastick, George N. Williams, James A.
Spear, F. w. Hinckley. w. II. H. Hart, W. R.
Pond, A. Y. Rugg, 7. H. selvage, R. E. steele,W
H. Pratt, Edmund Tauzsky, II. L. Joachimsen,
J. w. Hellman Jr., Carroll Cook, H. H. Lynch,
w. B. Hamilton, John Kidder, F. S. Chad
bourne, ]. J. Mcdonald, DR.. Swan. DR.. Leng-
patrick, Thomas Clutf George D. Clarke