Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-09-01
A LOVE FEAST.
Prominent Republicans Expound
Principles Of the Party.
Speaker Henderson Opens the Ball
Mckinley EuIogized by ALI
Middle Of the Road Party All.
dresses Populists - Attempt to
Amend or Repeal Goebel Election
Law-Political Notes.

Chicago, Aug 30.-Around the tables
in the banquet hall of the Auditorium
hotel last night We're gathered prom
inent men from all parts of the country
to attend the feast given by the Hamil-
ton club Of this city in their honor. The
Hamilton club Is Il Republican organ
ization, and its banquet was, after the
menu, banquet with politics the chief
thing under discussion.
President Bangs of the club acted as
teastnaastor. and with him at the head
table sat d. b. Henderson, speaker of the
house of representatives, Senator Davis
of Minnesota, Senator Dolliver of Iowa.
Lieutenant General Miles and many
other notable men.
President Bangs opened the speech
making with short address, at the end
of which he introduced Speaker Hend,r-
son, who spoke briefly, rs follows:
Just before taking the train night
before last to come to Chicago to have
an all-round good time with my COM
rades of the Grand Army | received
telegram from the pl esident of this club
asking me to take the place of the presi-
No man in this republic can take the
place Of President Mckinley. Ard,
gentlemen, when the ballots are counted
in November the patriotic and sensible
people Of this country Will demonstrate
to the world that no man will be per-
mitted to take his place The name Of
Hamilton suggests three thoughts that
may be appropriate to 1900: first, su OF 6
government; second. a just government;
third, protective government.
These doctrines of Hamilton which
assume are supported by this club must
be the text word of the hour. want
elected a man who not only preached
those doctrines but, like Mckinley
acted them from his heart. because
believe in these doctrines, and urge the
American people to support the men who
believe in them. Therefore l cry out,
Elect at the next election William Nc
Kinley and Theodore Roosevelt
Senator Doliver of Iowa, who delivered
the principal speech of the evening, was
greeted with prolonged cheers as he rose
to respond to the toast: "Prosperity
and Its Causes"
Senator Dolliver praised the Dingley
tariff bill of 1896, which, he said, was
passed "by the almost unanimous col-
sent of the only nation for whose benefit
it was framed-the United States of
America" and continuing, he said:
II count that great statute as the cor
nerstone of the national prosperity which
followed close upon it's enactment In
1892 no other question was discuss ID.
Today the Democratic party runs away
| from the tariff question, in which the
| wages and employment of every Ameri-
can citizen is involved. attempts to de-
coy us across the Pacific oce an and to
hide its record and plans for the future in
a network of cant and hypocrisy about
| the Declaration of Independe The
real field of this battle is here, and not
on the other side of the world. We fig hit
| for the right of American labor, now
| everywhere employed for the comfort of
the scattered homesteads.
Hardly less important, and in the
| judgment of many, even more important
| as foundation of national prosperity. was
| the solemn determination of the Ameri-
| can people recorded on the election day
| in 1896 to maintain the standard of value
upon which all contracts of the people
were drawn. and all their business trans
acted. Men may honestly differ as to
the causes of national prosperity, but
there is one thing absolutely beyond dis
| pute and that Is, that the existing stand
| ard of value cannot be changed, or even
put in serious jeopardy, without call
ing an instant halt in all investments
of capital and all the enterprises of in
dustry."
Senator Dolliver criticised the Demo-
cratic party for what he termed it's at
tempt to "covar up the only sincere and
settled conviction which it has, by push
ing to the front lot of cheap orations on
the subject of civil liberty" and con-
tinuing, said:
"Sena tor 1illman was selected at Kan
sas City, on account of his voice, to read
the Declaration of Independence, with
it's sublime precepts about the equality
of men and the ultimate basis of human
government Until Mr.. Bryan shall
stand up somewhere before the Ameri-
can people, and in an audible tone of
voice utter one word of manly disap-
proval of the crime against civil liberty,
| which, in the undisputed Democratic
communities of the United States. has
left 10000. 900 of people helpless and out
| cast before the law |, for one, intend
to treat his declaration on the subject
of equal rights as unfit for the respect
| of the American people,
Senator Doiliver then eulogized Presi-
dent Mckinley, and in conclusion. said:
"Whatever danger lies in ourpath, how
ever rough the road which we must
| ~ Cat CT in,
our country. and in our countrymen.
Let us be sure that there is a guidance
In the affairs of men. higher than our
poor human wisdom, which will make the
dawn of the approaching century radiant
with the promise of civil liberty, not
only for the helpless races, not only
within our own borders. but also in the
scattered millions throughout all our pos
sessions In all the seas
Chicago, Aug 30.-By order of the
national committee of the Peoples
party (middle of the -road) an address
to the Populist> voters of the United
States has been issued, stating that the
! fusion movement was designed to de-
stroy the Peoples party organization
and to deliver the honest Populists of the
country to the organized Democracy.
The address concludes: I'VE have de-
clared that the independent Peoples
J party shall continue to live free from
disreputable alliance with the party Of
Jones and Croker on the one hand and
the party Of Hanna and Quay on the
other. There is in the field this year a
Bogus Butter Must BE stamped.
Washington, Aug. 29-By direction Of
the secretary of war. General Wood has
issued an order relating to the use Of
oleomargarine in Cuba. 1t directs that
all oleomargarine imported into The
island shall have the word plainly