Show I SHERMAN AND SILVER The Senator Airg liis Viols on the Subject ina Letter It Is Read at a Republican Tariff Banquet Given in Canton Ohio Last Night CANON 0 March 29The Republican can tariff banquet here tonight was apolitical a-political success Four hundred guests were present from various cities in Ohio The banquet was spreadJin the tabernacle I a mammoth structure dedicated to political I politi-cal purposes in 183 with a speech by I James G Elaine The interior of L the building was Handsomely decorated Governor McKinley occupied the post of 1 honor at the first table Hon J P Fawsett was toastmaster and at the conclusion con-clusion of the feast he read letters of regret re-gret from exPresident Harrison Senator Sherman and General Gibson of Ohio Hon J C Burrows of Michigan ex Governor Foraker exSpeaker Read Senator Manderson and Congressman Dalzell With the exception of that of Senator Sherman the letters of regret contained no significant utterances Mr Sherman took occasion to discuss the financial question He said what was needed was an honest currency and hie experience had shown him that notes of national banks secured by an equal or greater amount of United States bonds form the best currency that had yet been devised 1 Notes of the United States he says carefully limited in amount and backed by the credit of our whole people supported sup-ported with ample reserves in coin and with clear authority in case of necessity to redeem them in coin by the sale of bonds has been proved by our experience since the 1st day of January 1879 to be a wise and safe currency the profits of which inure entirely to the benefit ben-efit of the whole people The chief fear he declared is that these notes will not be safely restricted by law and their credit may be impaired and destroyed by the carrying out of wild and visionary notions regardinffthe coinage coin-age of silver The senator expresses the hope however that the silver coinage coin-age delusion has passed away In conclusion he says The real solu tion of the silver question is t put into our silver dollar enough silver at market value to be equal to the gold dollar and to maintain all form of money whether coin or notes of equal and interchangeable value Governor McKinley responded to the toast Republican presidents Hon D K Watson of Columbus Hon P C Young of New Lisbon Hon J I Squire State Senator Green and James R Garfield also spoke Governor McKinley Mc-Kinley in the course of his address reviewed re-viewed the life and services of various Republican presidents Speaking of Harrison Har-rison he said His administration was rson pure vigorous and patriotic and his own contemporaries will give him his true place in the story of the country I Said McKinley the needs of the Republican Re-publican party for its principles and purposes pur-poses and policies underlie ever American Amer-ican interest and are allied with true growth and advancement Since 1E59 until now the Democratic party has been without with-out power to do anything with public measures without the sanction of the Republican I Re-publican party Now they have full possession pos-session There is no longer any excuse for pretense no longer any room for hypocrisy I they believe in their own profession of the past thirty years they can now make them effective There is no cause for discouragement on our part We have but to move on with our old time n vigor yielding nothing of principles princi-ples |