New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-10-20
MR. BLAINES INDI1N1 TRIP.
A VISIT TO DE MADE TO FORT wAYNE-RETURNs
FROM OHIO.
rpY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBuSRl

A VISIT DE MADE TO fOKl WAY Ni-'S
FROM OHIO.
rBy TELEGRAPH THE TRIBUSR]
Sorru BEND. Ind. Oct. 10.-Mr. Blaine will
70 TO Fort Wayne tomorrow. The journey Will he an
easy one with only five stops. Fort Wayne VIII he
reached before o'clock Mr. Blaine did not 20 out to
day until this afternoon. when he was driven To the 70"
lece of No,re Dame. lie went there TO call upon MS
cousin Mother Angela the superior The students were
npon the lawn when Mr.. Blaine and his son rode up
brief address made 10 them.
The following Mr. Blaines speech here Yesterday
MrN OF ISDIANA The struggle in all human society
is first bread There is usc In propoundlng me
theories to man who is hungry. There is no use IN
commcndinr political principles who IL In need of
shelter There Is no use In nking philosophy 10 one
who * naked Food and clothing are primary require
mrnts OF human socicly-primary elements of human
progress to these YOU must pat the people III
ihe way of earning good wagcs. | never saw
any man moved to enthusiasm by silently contempt ating
the prosperity Of another llnughtcrl while he lm-' was
in need 10 move him You want 10 make him Icci hT
own prosperity fChocrsl The beginning therefore.
and the end of wise legislation TO give every man ia
and equal chance and to leave h" race "t IRE open h,
floe for all What agency will beat accomplish lnHt
what LEGISLATION VII most t.nd d.. !" thai ao enu nr
port. and say send yc all here your ianrics mau' n'
the ccepcri end most H. ', "l bir sbos
aud building hcr factories" For II you dc lhal You
cannot spin wheel or turn aiho In these factories ~
homo unless you yet your labor AT European price,"
BrNIIirs on PROTECTIVE Tariff.
We begin rilt there From these confederation" ""
dcducc the conclusion that protective tariH l7 mar
IN for the benefit OF the lanilhf man, hr'Huh' u w"
take In your hand any manufactured article or east your
eye upon nythng which cannot hc taken Ia The hand'
Won nnd that the chief constituent element IN IT. cost Is
labor In many the material Is per cent ana l'
Therefore all legislation OF Protective character II ana
must be mainly for the bchchi of Ibo because ino Is
the principle element In tie cost OF falc hence more
be any man l. prominently and above AL others III
terrsed the ar II Is Inc laborng man II you com
psre the great political parties IN rstlon 10 lhs
question. you hLd that the Republican party aver.
moves. breathcs and has it, Oeins IN protection.
iI.ftr
of Mr. Lincoln had it for twenty years on the
statute books, with various amendments when nave
been added time TO time ~ maze more protective
and the result is that All history ancient ho'erh ana
madieyal may be chaienged Tor Hsiona proEFe''
assessors BOOK. a Of the United states tables
When i say that in the last tweny-three years
OF the history of this country we have added
from the discovery OF the continent by Columbus
down TO the election of Abraham Lincoln There must
have been some peculiar ant potent agent AZ work To
produce this great result, That agent protective
tariff. operating to nerve the arm oi labor ana
reward Doe it i1 a c and conStd Thereby or wheier MheheT
il shall be abandoned Is the controlling issue In
this campaign All other questions laid aside for the
time There are many which worthy of conaidera-
ton but two weeks from Tuesday next we shall have an
this question the character Of the next Con
g1ess and the further policy OF the Government
WHAT The TWO PARTIES HAVE DONE.
You have before you the Republican party, pledged 10
sustain protective tariff and illustrating that pledge by
last twenty three years You have the other hand the
Democratic party, which in nifty years-snce 1888
mas never in single voted for pr scction and
never controlled Congress that did oppose protection
therefore to the laboringmcn and mechanics,
whom may have done the honor to listen to me,
your unions your leagues, and all those associations
which you have formed for your own advantage and
your advancement, well and proper
In their way. 1t l. your right Ia have
them and 30 administer them you
choose, but they are not strong rope Of sand
the I'll paid labor OF Europe, II yOu take the
protective tariff which is your BACKGROUND and sup
port. so do lie dcluded with the idea
that you dispense with protective tar1n
and substitute for IL your Labor Unions. | do not
distract your attention with any other question
haue been made and settled by the Republican party
within the last twent y-threc years. That party has
made deeper ond glorious imprint III history than
any other political organization that ever was charged
with great responsibility and II Is the patriotic pride
Of every who has belonged to II that he has
belonged and has shared its labOrs, its respoDsib
ties. its triumphs, and its hOnOrs. Cheers.
Mr. Blaine has just received the official figures from the
Ohio elections To him the victory is complete and
satisfactory than the most sangune Republicans OK
pected. The Republicans gain four members OF Con
gress and the net plurality in the Congressional vote Is
ls4ls This is only 5s7 less than the plurality In 1850.
The state ticket elected by average plurality OF
Is 900 The Commissioner Of Public Works has plural
iiy Of 7476. The Judge of the Supreme Court has
plurality OF 10000 and the Secretary of state. against
whom there strong local opposition ll,321. West
Virginia. which in 1850 gave 1918 Democratic mpOIl-
ty, now gives Democratic majority of 1000