The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-27
BACK TO ITS IDOLS
Mr.. Cleveland's Arraignmens of
Republican Party.
FOR EXTREME PROTECTION
CHAMPIONSHIP OF SOUND FL
NANCE ABANDONED.
REPAYlNG PARTISAN SUPPER

York the ex-Presidert Accuses the
Republicans Of Bad Party Faith and
of Offending Mislionsof Voters Thr-
ough This and Through Efforts to In
crease the Burden OF Taxation HIS
Earnest Comment on the Course ct
free Silver Democrats Destructive
Eorces That Have lowered for Years
@bout Our Nationee Life Mission OF
True Democracy Oefined--Repo5Ic-
ans Powertess 8efore the Impending
PERTH
New York, April a. The annual din
.ner OF the Reform Club, which was Civ
en- tonight in the new ballroom of the
Hotel Waldorf, was a notable gathering.
REPRESENTATIVE aken from all PARTS of
the United States, who played q prom
inent part in the recent campaign Of the
gold Democrats, were present. 1t was
the first occasion, on which ex-President
Grover Cleveland has delivered public
speech since his retirement from office.
When the list of invited guests was
made public it was generally understood
cred would in large measure indicate
the policy of the gold wing of the Demo
cratic party i'm the next Presidential
campaign.
John De WittTWarner presided. AT Iris
right sat ex-President Cleveland, and ON
his left was ex-Postmaster General WA
liam l.. Wilson. Mr.. Cleveland was the
central figure in the dining hall, and has
speech in response to the toast Present
Problems" was the chief feature of the
occasion. The toasts and those who re
sponded to them were as follows:
THE TOASTS AND RESPONSES.
Present Problems" Grover Cleveland.
Sound Currency" John G. Garlic
Tariff Reform" William L. Wilson.
Municipal administration" Edward
NJ Shepard.
1.-The New Soath," Donelson Gallery.
National Democracy" William ID. BY
mum.
1.-The Political Outlook" Henry G.
Turner.
ANDREW Jackson and the Restoration
of the Gold Currency" Joseph Patter-
son.
Five hundred and eight persons sat
down to the feast.
LOUD CHEERS FOR MIR. CLEvE-
LAND.
Ex-president Cleveland was loudly
cheered when he arose to respond to the.
toast. Present Problems He spoke as
follows:
1--WE are gathered here tonight as pa
triotic citizens, anxious to do something
toward reinstating the prosperity Of our
Acknowledgment, and protecting the
fair fame of our nation against shame
and scandal. On every side we are con-
fronted with popular depression and COM
plant These are largely due to causes
Of natural and certain recurrence, as the
inevitable accompaniment OF all human
endeavor, and perhaps they are as largely
due to the work OF ag:tators and dema-
gogues, who have 'Ousily sowed the seeds
of discomfort, in order that in the har-
vest they may reap personal advantage.
Distressing ills, real and imaginary, have
been so constantly and Mridly presented
to the minds OF honest men that they are
tempted to accept, without taking council
Of reason or judgment, any nostrum cum
ningfy offered as remedy for their low
condition.
has not satisfied the resigns of ruthless
agitaters. While scattering the seeds of
discomfort, they have also cultivated a
growth of sectional and class suspicion
and distrust, which threate to choke or
destroy that fraternai feeling which leads
to eonsiderate counsel in the day OF COM
mon misfortune, and which is absolutely
| essential to the success of our plan of
Ia ont al frf.f n hat
our free institutions offer opportunities
to ali lwithin their influence for the adj
| vancement and improvement Of their con-
dition. has been 80 far denied that honest
| accumulation is called crime, and the
necessity and habit Of individual effort
| and struggle burdens, while unwhOlesome
| paternalism is presented in handsome and
| inviting garb.
/ PROCLAIM THEMSELVES FOR
THE PEOPLE.
'Those enlisted in this crusade of dis
content and passion, proclaiming them
selves the friends OF the people, exclude
! from that list all their countrymen, ex-
! cept those most unfortunate or unreas0n-
able and those when they themselves
have made the most discontinued and
.cYedulous.
! "I'hese forces and conditions have for
! years, with greater or less distlnctneSs,
! lowered about our national life, lacking
! effective organization and concentration,
neglected by those who deprecated tneir
existence and unheeded even by thos " no
partially appreciated their dangerous
tendency In the meantime there has
laid in wait behind them all an impatient
( power ready to marshal them in effective
! activity, when depression, misfortune
neglect, and passion had done their work.
! This power, born Of sordid greed, and
maintained by selfish interest and parti-
san ambition, has at last assumed com
mand, and has largely recruited its wait
ing forces by infaming those inclined 70
be patient with tales Of an ancient crime
against their rights to be avenged, by
encoura ging the restless and turbulent
with hints of greater license, and by
offering to the poor as smooth road 70
wealth, and to those in debt as plan for
easy payment, and to those who from any