New-York tribune., 1901-05-01
HOAR RIDTCULES OPPOSITION.
DEFENDS PROPOSED CONFERR1NG OF DE
GREE ON THE PRESIDENT.

Boston April 3o-An imposing array OF speak
ers headed hy Vice President Roosevelt. held the
attention Of sixteen hundred members of the Home
Market Club the most widely known Republican
organization Of New-Engand, at its twelfth an
nual dinner in Mechanics Hall tonight. Seated at
the great tables were representative manufactur-
ers merchants ard professional men from five of
the six New England States
Vce-Presdent Roosevelt seated on the right
OF the president Of the club George a. Draper. of
Hopedale The others on the right of President
Draper were Senator George f. Hoar. Joseph H.
Manley. OF Augusta. Me; Bishop Lawrence, Will
lam r. Draper OF Hopedale. ex-Ambassador 10
Italy; Rear Admiral William T. Sampson and Con-
gressmen Greene and Roberts To the left OF Mr.
Draper were Lieutenant Governor John l. Bates.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, General Curtis Guild
tr.: George H. Lyman, Collector Of the Port OF Bos
ton. and United States Senator Henry F. Burnham
of Manchester. y. IT.
After the special guest Of the evening Vice-Pres-
ident Roosevelt the principal speakers of the even
ing Senators Roar and Lodge and General
Guild Previous TO the dinner reception was held
in honor of Mr.. Roosevelt. Mr.. Roosevelt was
greeted with cheers when he rose 10 speak and was
interrupted several times by vigorous applause
Senator Hoar in his speech said In part:
This may well be day OF rejoicing and triumph
TO the Home Market Club. This club has stood for
two great doctrines which II held essential to the
glory and the prosperity Of the republic First 1t
declared that American labor ought and should
possess the American market. and next. that when
come its compci;ors here II could easily take pos
session Of the markets of the world. MANUFACTURE
like charity. must begin at home. But American
manufacture is not like charity. which enas wnere
II hegins-at home We have yndicated our Coz
debate before the tribunal OF the people next nE
popular Judgment declared in elections. and
third ny a fair, full and repeated trial of both
theories
We have had under the measure which bore the
OF Mckinley and again under his admin
istration as President. triumphant example OF
the blessings of protection; surplus In time 3t
war trade advanced with gtsantic strides the bal
amGe an our way t Tapd ~ei ha aPorer
going up and. above all. our great leader. whose
name is the symbol of protection, twice seated IN
see that some worthy gentlemen-some highly
excited gentlemen just nOw-are DENYING to Presi-
dent Mckinley the right TO the title Of scholar
Perhaps ! do not know exactly what makes
President. stated to the American people with a
beauty and precision not eGTaied In Ea5
ment for the doctrine Of the great economic school
bate not before a shouting rabble not before
angry and bitter zealots. but before the business
men OF America. eager TO promote the interest OF
American trade and manufactures, and before the
skilled workmen of America, eager TO increase
addressed If ne were right. SO much the sounder
his Judgment. II he were wrong the greater his
power orator and an advocate.
When was 1T heard before that Statesman nship and
great repubIicF 1 suppose these gentlemen would
deny the title OF scholar Demosthenes. and give
mosthenes once put the the wrong syl-
liable. | suppose they would deny the title of
matchess in the history of civil liberty, and as
sign 1t to him only because he read Thucyddes in
the original | suppose they would have denied the
title of scholar TO Cesar and General Grant. If
Cesar had died before he wrote his "Commen-
taries'' Grant before he completed his Memoirs.
/ suppose they would have denied the honors Of
scholarship to Patrick Henry. while they would
bestow them some professor Of elocution who
teaches the stammering schoolboy TO repeat his
periods
When Andrew Jackson came to Massachusetts
fr 6 ha & hns sa e % no% ho%
read and write correctly, to which II was answered
with the general consent of the people of MasSa-
chusetts. .If he can't write his name he make
his mark
Fellow citizens. 1t is the bee that fills the hive
with honey that deserves even the degree of A. B.
and not the drone. who does nothing but and
buzz which tries to sting, but cannot sting
I look upon the future of my country and my
commonwealth with hope ana not with fear. | be-
lieve imperial powers, whether they be aggre
cations of private wealth or extension of public
authority, TO be curoed and governed by i'm
peria restraints, which will, sooner later sub
ject them to the irresistible power of American
liberty, and employ them to promote the happiness
of the people