The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-28
MIR. BLAINE'S TOUR.
Enthusiastically Greeted on His Return to
New York-SDeeches at Various Places.

jamestown and vicinity gave Mr. Blaine an en-
thusiastic reception this morning. A stand had
been erected in front of the Humphrey House.
and all available space was occupied before the
procession which escorted Mr.. Blaine arrived
Elk Governor Fenton introduced Mr.. Blaine. In
the course of his remarks he reminded the peo-
pie that some years ago, he had predicted the
nomination of Mr.. Blaine, and had made a mis-
take only as to the year. When the cheering
with which Mr.. Blaine had been received had
quieted, he said:
DANGERS OF DEMOCRATIC DOMINATION.
''Citzens of Chautauqua County-Though it
has been my fortune, in each of my visits to
jamestown, to encounter storm, left before
as leave now, with the absolute assurance that
you are not dryweather Republicans lcheersl
and that you can stand storm. lCrles OF we
can, we can,' and cheers The national contest
detain you with speech, state consecutively
three or four propositions: In the
first place, the great closing issue is
whether shall continue the policy of
protection, or break down and resort to free
, trade. Cries of, Keep protection; keep it. If
you want protection my next proposition is that
you should intrust that work to the Republican
party, which has been persistently and consist
emily in favor of that policy, and not to the
Democratic party, which has been consistently
and persistently in favor of free trade Cheers
NY third proposition is that the Democratic
party seeks now, as it has sought always, to
capture the national government by uniting
electoral votes in the North with the solid
South, and New York is of the States i'll
which this effort is to be made. New York is
asked to turn her back on all the great memo
ries of great record of her own history and
unite with the South. Cries of 'Neverpl l
know that you will not do it. The contest is in
behalf of protective tariff, and against giving
the South, with its free trade theories, the con
troll of this government l believe you are
ready Cres of Yes, yes Have you conf confidence c
and cheers. Do you fully realize your re-
sponsibilityl Cries of We doP and cheers,
Is your courage equal to your responsibility
and your confdencel Cries of Yes yes, and
great cheers Then you have nothing to fear.
General cries of Go on go on Gentlemen,
western New York has the result OF the national
contest largely in its keeping, and it is upon the
loyalty, the courage, the determination and the
number of the Republicans of western New
York that the whole North relies, feeling con
fident that in past contests you held aloft the
banner of the Union, you will do the same now
in Il crisis not less great than those in which you
have always acted So grandly and so firmly"
From the stand Mr. Blaine was driven to the
depot where, at noon he left on a special train
for New York.
At Randolph, small station, there was con-
siderable gathering Mr. Blaine spoke a few
given, and Senator Miller spoke briefly on the
issues of the campaign
At Salamanca Mr.. Blaine spoke as follows:
'"Fhe American people never settled but one
great question in single presidential election.
There NAV be other issues, but there is always
one that leads, and in the end absorbs popular
attention The issue in 1884 is the question of a
protective tariff on the one side. against free
trade on the other side Some Republicans in
the State of New York have left us because they
are eetraders. They have acted wisely.
Laughter If they want free trade, the proper
thing for them to do is to join the Democratic
party; but for those who want the protective
tariff continued, the proper thing for them is to
adhere to the Republican party Cheers. Any
man who has decided convictions that ques
ton should remain and abide with the Repub
lican party On the other hand, any man who
has decided views in favor of free trade will
better carry out those views by joining the Dem
ocratic party. l want to be very frank with
you, and l want to be especially frank with
the gentlemen who think other questions
are TO be settled this year. There is no
real issue but the question of protection and that
other one which connects itself with it. and be-
comes part of it. The opponents of protective
tariff if they have any hopes of prevailing. hope
to do it by solidifying the votes of the South,
and asking the men of Indiana and the men of
New York to join it. iTVoices, we won't do it. !
The question therefore, is whether you are
ready to take New York QUITO the great Gordon
of States that were loyal during the war, and
trade may triumph over protection. Cries of
Goodp never 'never.1 | could not by null
tplying words, make the issue any palmer than
that. l believe, when l look into your faces,
that leave that issue in safe hands Cries of
You do and cheers, believe that western
New York will show that she is not to be di-
verted by any side issue, especially by questions
which cannot be settled this year, and which
will only tend to unsettle other questions of
great and transcendent Importance" LGreat
cheering
At Angelica Mr.. Blaine left the train, and, in
company with ex-senator Platt, was driven
through the village to covered stand around
which was meeting of several thousand people.
A. n. Cole introduced Mr.. Blaine, who was re-
ceved with loud and long continued cheering.
Mr.. Blaine began his speech by saying that, as
Allegheny county had strong claims to be re-
garded as the birthplace of the Republican party,
therefore the Republicans of that
county were especially bound to
stand by the party in the pending
contest. Then, after remarking that the issues
of the campaign had narrowed down to the one
question of protection vs. free trade, he called
the attention of the farmers present to the fact
that in New York, Pennsylvania Ohio and In
diana, and other States, the value of land had
increased in proportion to the development of
manufacturing industries This, he said, re-
suited from the creation of home
markets; that the price Of the
farm product went into the farmers pocket
instead of being eaten up in the cost of trans
| portation, as was necessarily the case where
because of lack of demand at home, the farmer
had to depend on distant markets Therefore, as
development Of manufactures in a new country
depended upon a protective tariff, it was clear
that no man in the community was more inter
ested than the farmer in maintaining the protect
i've policy. 'Iremember the time, said Mr. Blaine,
when Governor Ritner, of my native State
was laughed at by the Democrats because he
predicted that the day would come when the
farmers in the rich valleys of Pennsylvania
would be unable to supply breadstuffs and pro
visions for the miners in her mountains and the