The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-11-06


measures and OF laws which Ueae
he sasgrowEh Of &c civil struggles
eed which emhodied and preserved It's
1est results, are safe Il the hands Ct the
Aepubllcan party FIEamenlous cheer-
lag.l 10 pnt thess Ia1s under the c0.n-
snation Of anosheR party. 4 it ala nos
Destroy would certainly, In the opinion
OF the most prudent, seriously inpeTii
their usefulness and perhaps thelE ex-
istence. Applanse.l These. briefly,
are the afte1nmenta, not merely prom
iseds bat guaranteed By RePHhllcAn
success, success that will embodys e
over ell and under al ana before al
other 1ssues. fidelity 20 the Ueiuns 20 the
states. and loyalty 10 the constitution OF
our government prolonged cheering,
egeln and egain renewed.
From the Academy of Music MI.
Blaine and Gen. Fremont were driven
% the Grand Opera house where there
WAS another great crowd outside and 3
very large audience inside Upon
Blainess appearance there was repet1-
lion On smaller scale. Of the scence at
the Academy.
MIR. Blaine being introduced said I:
The Republican party had its origin In
acombination Of patriotic men, thirty
years ago, TO prevent the Introduction OF
siaYery into the territories of the United
States. That battle Waged with persist-
ance and courage and resisted with .
spirit of evil determination, finally cul-
minated in the election of Abraham Lin
coins (Cheers.l and resist
tence TO his constitutional right - Be
president, ended In g bloody war OF
| four years duration. a party which
began Its existence by resisting slavery,
naturally ana Inevitably became the pro
tector Of free labor. fGreat cheering
And with the question Of slavery def
nitely settled by the issue of the civil
struggle the party became the embodl.
ment Of that industrial system, which
had for Its end and its aim the eDcouf.
agement of American industry. (Ea-
thuslastic cheering) The step from
relieving the black man from slave labor
was easy TO relieving the white
man from the degradation of that form
] of labor which reduces him 70 the servi.
tude of poverty. (ReneWed cheering
Thirty years effort, twenty -four years Of
power. have INDICATED the claims Of the
Republican party to general and TO ma
tionsl confidence. (Cheers.) The lead
| ing question now to be determided BY
the popular vote IN all the states il
whether that industrial system AID thai
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shall be superseded, and whether tbs
experiment of free trade with a possible
change in our currency system ahsli bt
resorted To by the voluntary consent o.
1 the American people. ("Never, never
Containing, he said, the Republican
party has continually taught the wis
doctrine that capitsl and labor wer,
friends, not enemies. That in co-opera
tion they can produce prosperity, bu
tn at in hostility they can produce only
adversely. The Republican party hai
taken care that capital shall rot encroscl
upon labor. and that labor shall be q
protected that It shall have no cause o
enmity to capital. (Prolonget
appleuse.) Other issues, gentle
men, are involved IN this grea
national contest of 1884. But here and
now dwell only upon this one, for of al
issues that must be held to be the frs
which insures bread TO the hungry ant
clothing TO the naked, good, good ant
cheers that issue must be held to b
first which insures to the industrioul
man a home with home comforts for hi
wife and children. (Appiause) An,
which gives to population devoted T.
industry all the protection that can b
offered or guaranteed by human Law
loud and continued applause ant
cheering)