The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-10-01
SOLID SHOTS FROM LOGAN.

New York Tribune.
The Republican party has not
nominated weak men this year.
While hearing the vast wave of
cheering that rolls across the coun-
try as Mr.. Blaine moves forward, it
is well no. to forget that meetings
in Ohio, embracing from one to iif-
ty thousand people each, are listen
ing to some of the most effective
speeches ever made in the English
language, and by one of the most
popular men in that State, General
Logan. Always noted for his pow
er in campaigning, General Logan
has surprised his oldest friends this
year by the pith and power of his
addresses. He has talked continu-
ously, always with earnest argu-
ment, and with a breadth and So
lidity of thought which not many
speakers show, while his rugged
earnestness and genuine eloquence
kindle the utmost enthusiasm wher-
ever he goes.
On Monday, for instance, he start
ed from Youngstown, where a mag
nificent meeting had greeted him,
at 8 a. m.. addressed a great meet
ing at Alliance at noon, and among
other things said:
The contest to-day Is not personal one. Ii is
one between the rights of men in this country, and
the dignity and elevation oflabor and the prosper
ity of the people, and the English system OF Tree
trade which has produced ruin wherever adopted.
| ask any Democrat to point out what the
Democratic party advocates er what IL believes.
The Republican party is open to criticism
and asks that the lights be turned on.
Then he went on to discuss the
Dependents, who "say they are Re-
puolicans, and in favor of Republi.
can principles, but they want Dem
ocrats to administer them" He
thought it was as if man had come
from the Confederate lines during
the war TO his old comrades, and
had said, 81 am a Union man"
They would naturally ask, Why
then, are you fighting on the other
side?" Would any old soldier
think it good answer to say :" 1t
is because don't like the fellow put
in command on the Union side. "
Then he went on to say; :" If you
want statesman in the Presiden-
" tial chair, if you want man for
/" President whose loyalty is bred in
=" the bone, and is not of the lip nor
" of the hour, if you want a man at
" the head of the Government who
" has learning, force of character,
ability and breadth of mind, the
4" Republican party has given you
such man in Mr.. Blaine" +"
At Louisville, twelve miles away,
General Logan spoke briefly an hour
later, and great meeting greeted
him at Massillon, twenty-seven
miles away, at half-past two. There
he pleaded with Democrats thus:
Ask yourselves seriously whether it would not
be calamitous for you, il your party should get in
TO power Since 1861 there has not been one act
for the protection of personal rights for the pro-
lection of labor that has not been opposed by the
foreignborn citizens and yet ii was left TO the Re
publican party TO insist that American citizen,
native or foreign born should be protected wher-
ever he might be, and the Republican party has
secured treaties from all the European countries
except France giving American citizens the same
protection that they had at home.
Then he suggested that his schol-
astic attainments really were not
sufficient to enable him to explain
the Democratic platform. But " if
" the Democrats wanted free ballot
=" and fair count they could have
''it, as the only places where
there were not a free ballot and a
" fair count were in Democratic
" States, and if there were free bal
lot and a fair count, Cleveland and
" Hendricks would not carry eight
" States next November" When
the tremendous cheers had died
away, be went on to reason that =" if
the Democratic party was serving
any country, it was England. and
not America" He closed with a
bit of real eloquence on the states
manship and genius of Mr.. Blaine,
urging that he should have the sup
port of Republican Congress.
At half-past s another great meet
ing at Canton welcomed the soldier
with shouts, and he discussed the
tariff question. by the doctrine
:" of protection. the Republicans
" meant that England should not
" fix the wages to be paid in this
" country. England was
mot in favor of slavery, but she
was in favor Of free trade, and that
" was the reason England favored
" the confederacy. The
confederate policy on the tariff had
I" been incorporated in the Democrat
ic platform. If farmers wanted
good prices for their productions
and for their land, they should sup
port the protective policy, which
built up manufactures and gave
them a home market"
These few sentences give some
idea of the points made in three
strong speeches on single day, !
which thousands heard and cheered.
This sor. of thing has been going on
for sometime. 1t may be doubted |
whether all the speeches of all the
Democratic orators in Ohio will haye !
as much effect as the solid shots sent
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