The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-09-27

posed the theft by the Republicans Of
over two hundred millions Of acres Of
the public lands which they had be-
slowed upon their petted railroad mo-
Tho Republican party manifested |
the greatest ingratitude in refusing to |
pension the 5000 veterans Of the Mex
lean war, men who had fought on
bloody battefolds for the honor Nnd
welfare of the country, while they
were most willing to pension the disa-
bled Union soldiers.
He described the last Democratic
national convention, the most repre-
sentative the party had ever had, and
referred in eloquent terms to the tele-
gram, which, MS an expression Of un-
usual admiration, was sent to Mr.. Til
den, asking him if he would not ac-
cept the nomination for President
On the third of June another conven-
ton was held in Chicago, but no such
telegram was sent to the poultry yard
in Ohio, where Fraudulency Hayes
was reposing Uaughter) The Re
publican party knew it was in des-
perate strait so it passed by tho con-
seryative Edmunds and nominated
the desperate James G, Blaine-the
man who was tainted with the guano
frauds OF Chill, and, remarked Mr.
Taylor, amid the widest applause.
You may paint, you may wash jim Blaine If
you will
But the scent Of guano viii hang around him
still
The allies were closing fast around the
Republican party, and Butcher was
piercing their center, so they callad
upon their Gapoleenic Blaine, and he
hurled himself into the saddle to lead
the "Old Guard" The fourth of No
yember would he the Waterloo of the
beleaguered Republican hosts. (great
applauso.) He emphasized the fact
that such men as George William Cur
us and Carl Schurz, who had long
been Republican leaders were working
hard against Blaine, and the New
York Herald, for the first time in
twenty years, was taking sides in poll
tics and had hoisted the names Of
Cleveland and Hendricks. The indie.
pendents, too, OF New England and
Pennsylvania we're unable to support
such II mar as Blaine, and were now
ON the side of Democracy. applause,
He showed the inconsistency OF the
claim of Blaine to the Irish vote wher
he had fought thom bitterly with hi'
own Keunehec Journal. Logan asked
for the negro vote when he made :
law in Illinois which declared it to bt
Il crime (or any man to feed or car,
for in the least amy refugee slave.
He next addressed himself to Reid
and criticised Ills protcam procliyi,ie
in most caust.o manner. lie thei
reviewed the political life OF CLEVELAND
reviewing the honesty and abiIit,
which had characterized his who'll
course from Mayor to Governor Of tn
Empire State, and congratulated TIL
party upon the nomination oi SO wo.
thy man. In CONFUSION he cxli0rt
cd his hearers 10 vote for the Demt
cratic nomine cs and thereby to prt
serve their highest and truest intel
ests from tho corrupting touch of RI
publicanism. The liberty OF the pee
g pic and the Republican form Of Go,
eminent was threatened by a longc
lease in power Of the dominant part,
and all patriotic men should rally fC
! its overthrow, else America might br
= too closely resemble Ireland whic
J struggled beneath the tyrannies {
y 10000 English lords.
l Hon. Samuel Watson, Chairman
= the Republican State Executive Con
: mittee, introduced Mr.. Hawkins. NJ
; Hawkins said he came as d strange
Is to Nashville, and yet he felt that tt
Il tie of a universal brotherhood of Gil
q zenship bound him to every man
q the audience. He stated that he d
J. not consider that any man who a
,, tempted to wave the bloody shirt, or
y array one section of the COUNT
= against another was entitled to reco
" milton as a patriot or statesman. T
a had stood before Reds battery durir
Us the war, and he was willing to shal
p hands with any Confederate who W
Ie now true to tho Union. (Great a
" plause.) He said there was but o.
ie great issue in the campaign and tn
&c was the tariff, and to that he direct
N the body of his argument. He e
Il. deavored to prove that protective tt
ID iff was necessary to the preservati
n of the interests of the laboring ma
ID He defended the F-eedman's Bal
Oh fraud and the theft of public domain
nc and attacked Hendricks on votes
IT, had cast while in the Senate. He
"a ferred to the late Maine election, a
Il, argued from it success for his party
Oh the November election. His defer
al OF Blaine was long and studied. ]