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Show A PROTECTION BANQUET. MAJ. M KINLEY ACAIN INTRODUCED AS THE NEXT CO VERNOft OF OHIO. JVn of N.tada Srs laat th. Chlneie Wall of Protrctlan i IT.ri.aly Whit 1 111. Country '.rd to K.ep Out tialor .0.1 IH.tr.M.d. New YmiK,, April 30. Five hundred guests last night attended a banquet ol the American Protective Tariff league at Madiaot,' Square garden. Cornelius X. ISliss presided, in place of President Auunidowu, aM'ipt- by reason of ill- Secretary Noble responded lo the to. 11 "Tho President," saying in part: "Tliis is an auspicious time for the members of the republican party to assemble. Protection of our industries is Uniting our countrymen everywhere. There is indeed a president of the I.' tilled States, and you will agree with ine in saying that he is a good president." presi-dent." . Major McKinley was introduced as the next governor of Ohio. He mado a brief speech. He said: "We will have a tariff so, long as we have a government. govern-ment. If I ever regretted that Fwas a protectionist, that regret docs not exist ex-ist tonight. I am glad to belong to the parly of such men as Webster, Clay, Lincoln, Grant, Hayes, Garlield, and Harrison." McKinley further said the country was prosperous, and what is wanted is to go on prospering 'and no 'monkeying" with the tarill'. He predicted pre-dicted that, the tariff law will not be changed in the net ten years, unless . by the republican parly 011 protection lines. Senator Aldrich spoke to the text, "Maintenance of tho protection system indispensable to prnhtnblo commerce." Senator Jones of Nevada sent a letter, in which hu said the Chinese wall of protection was precisely what was needed in this country to keep out the squalor and distress that attends low wages abroad. Senator Holph of Oregon responded to the toast, "Protection as it affects the prosperity of the people and the development devel-opment of the Paeilic coast." "The republicans re-publicans of the Pacific coast," ho said, "do not believe the tariff is a local issue; is-sue; they bold that protection is na- Iiouai; mar. an 'nomines 01 iue nation are inseparably connected. The growth and prosperity of tho commerce of the Pacific coast is dependent largely upon a protection policy. The issue upon which the next presidential election will be fought will be precisely the issue upon which President Harrison was ejected and Cleveland defeated. I am confident that when the issue is again squarelv put before the people the result re-sult will bo an increased majority for protection." Addresses were also made by Messrs. Hiscock, Dollivcr, Farqtihar, "Sheridan, Hortou and others. |