Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-11
PR01EC1I0NBANQUE1
ANNUAL DINNER OT THE nOsTON
HOME MARKET CLUB.
1000 PERSONS IN ATTENDANCE
CONGRESSMAN NELSON \. DlNGLEY
ONE OE THE CHESTS.
Mr.. DinSiey Fails to See Wherein the
Doctrine of Protection Suffered
Any RcbuLe in the Election
-DOlliver, of Iowa,
Speaks.
1000 PERSONS IN ATTENDANCE

Boston. Nov. 10.-The annual dinner of
the Home Market Club was held tonight
at Mechanics hall. Fully 1G00 persons at
tended. The most distinguished guests
were Congressman Nelson a. Dinghy. of
Maine; Congressman Charles y. Russell.
of Connecticut Congressman Jonathan +.
Dolliver, of Iowa. and Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge. Senator Hanna sent a letter of re-
gret. after the reading of which three
cheers were given for him.
Congressman Dingley. in his address.
said: "A great many people in this coun-
try are wiser than they were five years
ago. Some, who study maXins rather than
markets, deny that there has been any res
toration of confidence, or any revival of
business. Others, who not entirely
blind to facts admit the Improvement but
insist that it comes in spite of protection.
from what they call natural causes Still
others, like Bryan, contend that the i'm
provement is only temporary because Of
short crop of wheat abroad and that 5usi-
ness will presently grow worse unless we
have IL to free silver on, our hook.
II leave our free trade friends to recon-
cile their antagonstic explanations of the
failure of their theories, simply remarkinS
that the common sense of the people con-
cludeS that the repeated coincidence be-
tween the protective policy and prosperity.
and adversely, establishes the relation of
cause and effect.
II know that some of our free trade
friends claim to see in the result of the
recent elections evidences of popular dis
satisfaction with President Mckinley and
the new protective tariff. When. however,
II is considered that falling off of the ag-
gregate vote has always been an inevitable
result of the relaxation from an intense
election was held the Democratic mana
gers carefully avoided the tariff issue and
gained their only victory in protective
state through absurd attempt to run
two Republican candidates for mayor of
New York city, while the Republicans cap
tured protection United States senator
in Maryland. heretofore arrayed against
protection, it is difficult to see on what
grounds it can he justly claimed that the
result of the recent elections gives any
support to the claim that it shows popular
dissatisfaction with the successful admins
tration of President Mckinley, or with the
new protective tariff
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge was the next
speaker. and was followed by Congressman
Russell. of Connecticut. and Dolliver. OF
Iowa. MIR. Dolliver said:
In the elections that have just been
held we have suffered some apparent dis
couragcments. but there is nothing in the
returns from any state to indicate that the
people have any regret for the vote cast
in 1S96-a vote which put to rest the most
| reckless and dangerous popular agitation
| in the history of the United States. No
state which has cast its vote for William
Mckinley is likely in the future to reverse
that decision, If the same issue Is pre-
| sented. And with Republicans everywhere
l rejoice that. in the midst of the party
troubles that invariably follow change
of administration, that great party lead
er. who organized the victory of 1896, had
vanquished the hordes of SANDER and per-
sonal abuse that have followed him from
the day he announced the election of Will
lam Mckinley as president of the United
States"
The banquet closed with the singing of
| a verse from 1.-THE Star Spangled Banner"