The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-10-23

farmer. and the American manufacturer,
and American mechanic and the Ameri-
can laborer against the world. ["Good,
gond, good" and greatcheeringJ am
reproached by some excellent people for
appearing before these multitudes of my
countrYmen, on the ground that IL is in
consistent with the dignity of the Office
for which / am named. ["NO, no."l
do not feel it to be so. There is not
q cOurtler in Europe so proud but he is
glad to uncover his head in the presence
of his sovereign. So I uncover in the
presence of the only earthly sovereignty
l acknowledge, and bow with pride TO
the free people OF America. [Great and
prolonged cheering.
Lo9ANsPORT, Oct. 2l.-Blaine left
Fort Wayne at S:45 this morning for
Indianapolis and intervening points. In
the party accompanying him were Sens-
tor Harrison, Mr.. Mckinley, of Ohio,
and Hon. John G. New, chairman of the
Republican state central committee. At
Huntingto a small town, there was a
| very large crowd who cheered Mr.. Blame
heartily when he appeared on the rear
| platform He spoke briefly, urging the
| great importance TO Indiana of having
the protective policy continued. At Wa
bash he left the train and was driven to
platform, from which he made another
briefspeech IN the same vein. The meet
| ing here also was very large and the peo-
pie were wildly enthusiastic.
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 21.-1'he demon.
stratIen here, If not the grandest that
has been made on Mr.. Blsine's western
tour. has certainly not been excelled by
| any other, either in magnitude or enthu-
| sIasm. Immediately upon leaving the
tram Mr.. Blaine entered q carriage In
company with Senator Harrison, Gov.
Porter and Mr.. Ryan, chairman of the
committee of arrangements, and was
| driven in a procession escorted by q
large body OF plumed knights, through
| Washington street, the principal street
of Indianapolis, entirely across the city
| to the Military park on the other side.
Along the entire route nearly every
building was gaily decorated and the
| street and sidewalks were dense1y packed
with q slow moving mass of men, WON.
en- and children. In addition to those
| in the streets other spectators occupied
| every available point of observation and
| in every doorway and window, on the
roofs of houses, on lamp posts, on trees
and on telegraph poles, human beings
| stood or sat or perched. Arrived at the
park, MIR. Blaine assembled a stand from
which he faced great multitude, and
thereupon being introduced by Governor
Porter, he delivered the following
speech:
| Friends and fellow citizens: l feel
| that such a magnificent reception as that
which l have had to-day in the capital
of Indiana is SO complete in itself that
| speech cannot add TO its effect, and that
l should content myself with offering
you, as 90, my profound and heartfelt
thanks. [Cheers. In no state OF the
Union, in no city of the Union, could
such a reception and such a welcome be
more significant in itself or more grateful
TO me personally. TGreat cheering. We
stand on the eve OF al important nation.
al election. an election in which the de-
cision OF Indiana will have potential
| voice. (We'l settle it, She Is looked
to by our opponents as she has been In
former years, as an ally of the solid
south" against her sister states of the
north. (Never.) Since the election in
West Virginia the Democrats count
upon a solid vote in the south, and may
be permitted to express the opinion that
no more unpatriotic thing can be done
than tor northern men to wedge con-
tinued qualification based upon the
memories of the rebellion. (Great
checrlng.) 1t has been the aim and de-
sire of the Republican patty to develop
the material interests OF the south and
make her people forget and the
nation forget that we have ever
been foes, remembering only
that we are citizens OF q common union
under a common constitution, looking
to destiny. (Che ers) But our Oppo-
nents meet us In an entirely different
spirit and with an entirely different
course of action. Instead OF the men,
cries OF the Union they invoke the pre-
| s,,di NF hn rnhnllinF1 in THAR aid an6
ask that New York and Indiana shall
join the unhoIy alliance and turn the
national government over to the south
Never neverD do not believe it can
be done. l do not believe Indiana will
do that under its present leadership any
more than it could have done
the same thing under the leader
ship OF Oliver p. Morton, the
badge of whose memorial club I am
proud to wear. Placing his hand on
his breast To say Enthusiastic cheer.
ing nothing of its significance in other
aspects, the triumph of the northern ele-
ment in the Democratic party means the
triumph of free trade.
The speaker then briefly discussed the
tavlff, and closing said: You are free
men You have free ballot, but in the
south we have a million friends who
have not agreed To It. The south has
; thiriy-seven electoral votes based upon
the vote of the cOlored men, yet the col.
ored men of the south, although mil
lion in number, can not choose single
presidential eli ctOr- AS result OF that
| the pnliLicsl power of the white man in
the south is enormously increased be-
yond that of a white man II
Indiana or in Maine. For the
. time being we will not argue the
/ question of negro suffrage, but submit
, as fair proposition to every man in the
land, that if the south is to have thirty
3 seven presidential electors by reason OF
: the negro vote, then she negro himself
{ ought to be allowed to cast his ballot
That's it and cheeFs) The issue is in
your hands, and Indiana, as said when
, began, Will have a potential voice 10
. the decision, and from the popular de-
{ mOnstrations I have witnessed since
crossed the border of the state, am
, sure that Indiana may be relied upon 70
. maintain q protective tariff and sustain,
as the assurance thereto. the Republi-
can party. Great and prolonged
cheering)
From the park Mr. Blaine was driven
} to the residence of Senator Harrison
, After dinner a deputatIon of German
American citizens called upon him and
! presented an address expressing in the
: hearIiest terms their confidence and es.
| TEEN. Mr.. Blaine responded appropri-
2 ately, saying that the assurance of Ger
5 man sympathy and German support IN
J Indiana was a repetition of what he re-
( ceIved in OHIO. A delegation of thirty
t clergymen also presented an address, in
l which they said as Christian ministers
: irrespective of party. they recognized in
him fellow citizen justly hOnored. az
, experienced statesman, patriotic lead
/ eF, a steadfast friend of labor aud the op-
pressed, IN short q typical American
3 and, they trusted. the coming president
of the United States.
Mr.. Blaine warmly expressed his
: gratitude in most fitting words.
The Wrecking Epidemic
II MEMPHIS, Tenn, Oct. 1S.-An APP
. peal's Tupelo, Mississippi, special says
1 One of the most terrible wrecks tina
3 ever occurred on the Mobile s. OhIC
g RAILROAD, happened u few miles north o
this place last night, every coach OF the
: passenger train due here al / 80 a. N.
4 being thrown from the track and badIJ
! damaged. The rails had been taken uI
by unknown parties with q view u
1 wrecking the Train. There we're abou
fifteen persons on the train, all of whom
D were injured, but none killed. The fol
| lowing five were seriously injured
: Rev. j. B. InmaD, Henderson KY; Mrs
s Henry Warner, Kentucky; Paul Krouse
, st. Louis; Leo Graf, Springfield. Ohio
{ and q negro attending physician. None
: are thought TO be fatally injured.
D LOUISVILLE, Oct fS-Mtager particu
6 lars of disastrous railway accident a