Morning journal and courier., 1884-10-28

hear him. He spoke of Blaine's recommend ation of the distribution of the surplus reve- nue and said that he had never met with a free trade man except perhaps Prof. Sumner. He thought that Blaine was personally dis qualified for the office.
 Mr Schurz was received with tremendous applause He leaned against the desk in a nonchalant manner, folded his right arm in his bosom and op ened his attack by saying that General HawIey said in recent speech in New Haven that the Republican party had not sprung from the brains of Curtis or a Schurz, but was a mysterious growth For his part MT. Schurz could not see anything mysterious about the growth of the Republican party '"It was party of bolters standing on a platform of free soil and free men. Although I have been an enthusiastic Re- publican I have never been able to see in it's origin or career anything mysterious. Re publican speakers and papers have very as siduously and cleverly been asserting that the Republican party must go on saving the country and that when there is no crisis one has to be made every four years. We are told that unless the Republican party is con tinued in power the factories will But if I am not mistaken many mills are closed and men are out of employ. We are told to let well enough alone. But are we to let bad enough alone? We are told that on the day of the election if the Dem ocratic candidate is elected there will be a great many mills stopped; but I am of the opinion that the mills will stop for business reasons. Business men will keep their fac tories running as long as the business pays. The election of a President does not decide anything st all about the tariff. Congress makes the tariff If Cleveland is elected and 8 new party comes into power the party will be very careful about disturbing the busi- ness interests of the country.
 'We hear great deal about the South. Well, the South has gone through a great social revolution. Some disorders were in eyitable. And there has been great inn provement in the South since the close of the war. If it has not it only proves that Republican ascendency for twenty years has done nothing and a change is necessary.
 ''The real question is whether we are to have honest, wise and patriotic government and what we had better do to secure it.. For party certain combination of people and a certain end is necessary. In the Lincoln campaign I first addressed the people of this city. Many spoke to then are gone. Others have grown up in their places. So the personel of the party has changed. The leaders are different.
 "A few days ago had the honor of ad- dressing an audience at Hartford at meet ing presided over by MT. Clemens, better known as Mark Twain. MT. Clemens said he had been led to oppose Blaine by reading General Hawley's paper. So when Blaine is beaten, General Hawley will probab ly console himself by saying, T told you so.'
 ''The great question which the Inde- pendent Republicans are striving for is hon esty of government The dangers of the country are demagogy, corruption and those political methods growing from demagogy and corruption. Blaine is the most brilliant embodiment of all these dangerous qualifica- tions. Blaine never led anybody. Is there anyone who has felt an impulse from him toward any great principles"
 Blaine's record was discussed. The orator said his career in Congress was emptiness in regard to great questions. He stirred up the Confederate brigadiers and made some shrewd rulings on railroad bills. In those he made his mark. His whole foreign policy is nothing but muddle of ignorance, buster, blunders and eventually of shame. And yet we find him now trying to make the Irish believe in shadowy sort of way that if he was elected he would free Ireland. Blaine's schemes were called fireworks politics" MT. Schurz said that not only personal hon esty but disinterestedness is necessary in public officer. He endeavored to prove that MT. Blaine was dishonest, rehearsing the familiar stories against him. The rec ord of Mr. Blaine in the speakers chair was particularly touched upon. Official honor and disinterestedness was very considerably obscure, according to MT. Schurz. In the Northern Pacific case, he said, MT. Blaine showed himself ready to benefit himself and friends He alluded to the Fort Smith matter and said that it signifed the carrying official power to market to trade upon it for the purpose of putting money into his pocket. Mr. Hoar's defense was then criticised at considerable length.
 Mr. Cab17Tz a1111dod fO Mir Ja fence of MT. Blaine in which he said, Can you show me bad ruling or a wrong vote He voted with many others,n said Mr. Schurz HsHe voted for all the bills favor ing the railroads and opposed the Thurman bill which restricted the railroads. Now Mr. Harrison as Governor might make rul- ings that would favor the Hartford and liar lem road for instance. His ruling might be perfectly proper outwardly, but at the time he made it he might, if he were like Mr. Blaine, as I am sure he is not, have had his pockets full of the bonds of the railroads MT. Blaine's votes were all right in many in stances except that they were bought votes understand that a challenge has been issued by a reputable citizen of your State offering to deposit $100 with the Republican campaign fund if MT. Harrison will say whether if he were elected Governor he would do as MT. Blaine has done I believe thct Mr. Harrison has not yet answered. Now, I do
  but if were you would insist upon it. But can tell you what he would say if he would strip himself of partisanship. He is an hon est man and would say that he would rather die than do such a thing"
 After reading some of the so-called Mulli- gan letters Mir. Schurz said: fI want to ask you, especially my Republican friends be- fore me, whether you would like to have in the presidential chair 8 man to whom any one could go and say, You have hed,' without fear of contribution. It is bad enough to make everybody jingle with shame to think that such man ever held an ofice And it is infinitely worse that large part of the Republican party condones such glaring faults
 "The nomination appears to have effected a complete paralysis of the conscience of the party. The Republican senators all support him. They laugh at us Independents and call us dudes, Pharisees, es,hoEer-than-thou's' 'n
 MT. Schurz continued to speak of MP. Blaine's record and said that if such man were elected it would proclaim us a nation who count dishonesty and falsehood as per fectly proper qualities in the President. Mr. Schurz drew very dark picture of the spread of dishonesty which would follow MT. Blaine's election.
 He Iauded Cover Cleveland as an honest man, spoke highly of his record as Mayor and Governor and said he was a sincere friend of civil service reform.
 George Walton Green, secretary of the h. dependent Republican committee of New York, made short address. He said he treat ca or Ine record and achievements of Gov ernor Cleveland, and exhausted the subject in few minutes
 AT TURN HALL.
 MT. schurz and party were escorted to