St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-28
the cheering subsidized, with which Blaine
was received, he said:

the cheering subsidized, with which Blaine
was received, he said:
Citizens of Chautauqua county: Though
has been my fortune in each OF my
visits to encounter a storm, l left before,
as now leave you, with absolute assurance
that you are not dry weather Republicans,
and that you can stand q storm. The ma
tional contest draws to a close, and while I
do not propose to detain you with a speech,
| will state consecutively three or four prop
ositions. In the first place the great closing
issue is whether we shall continue the policy
of protection or break down and resort to
free trade or keep protection.
Keep it if you want protection
continued. My next proposition is that you
should intrust that work to the Republican
| party which has been persistlently and con-
| sistently in favor of that policy, and not to
the Democratic party, which has been con-
sistently and persstently IN favor of free
| trade; and my third proposition is that the
Democratic party seeks now, as it has sought
! ever since the war, to capture the national
government by uniting the electoral votes in
the north with the solid south, and New York
| is one of the states in which
efforts are to be made. New York is asked
to turn her back upon all the great memories
and the great record of her own history and
unite with the south. l know that you viii
not do it. For the contest in behalf of pro-
tactive tariff and the contest against giving
the south, with its free trade theories, con-
troll of this government 1 believe you are
ready. Have you confidence in your ability
to triumph! Do you fully realize your re-
sponsibility! Is your courage fully
equal To your responsibility aud confidence.
Gentlemen, western New York has the re-
! suit of the national contest largely in its
keeping, and it is on the loyalty, courage,
determination and number of Republicans
of western New York that the whole north
relies to-day, feeling confident as in past
contests when you held aloft the banner of
the Union, you will do the same now in
crisis not less grave than those in which you
have always SO patriotically and firmly
stood.
From the stand Mr.. Blaine was then
| driven to the depot and took the train for
New York. At Randolph, a small station,
there was q considerable gathering Mr..
Blaine spoke a few words in acknowledge
ment Of the reception given him, and Sena-
tor Miller spoke briefly on the issue of the
campaign.
AT Salamanca Blaine spoke as follows:
The American people never settled but
one great question in a single presidential
there is always one that leads and in the end
absorbs popular attention The issue in
1884 is the question of protective tariff on
the one side against free trade on the
other. Some Republicans in the state of
New York have left US because they are free
traders. They have acted wisely. 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 contin-
ued, the proper thing for them is to adhere
to the Republican party. ANY man who has
decided convictions on that question should
remain and abide with the Republican party.
On the other hand, any man who has decided
views in favor of free trade will better carry
out these views by joining the Democratic
party. ! want to be very frank with you, and
l want to be especially frank with 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 becomes a
part of it, because the opponents of the pro-
tectiye tariff, il they have any of the prevail
ing hope, do it by solidifying the vote of the
south and asking men of Indiana and men
of New York to join. The question, there
fore, is whether you are ready to take
New York ont of the great Gordon
Of states that were loyel during the
war and tie her to the solid south in order
that free trade may triumph over protection.
| could not by multiplying words make the
issue any palmer than that. / believe when
look into your faces that / leave that issue
in safe hands, believe that western New
York will show that she is not to be diverted
ty any side issue, especially by questions
will only tehd TO unsettle other questions of
| great and tran dent i'm mDOrtanpp
ELMIRA, N. Y, Oct. 27.-At Angelical
Mr. Blaine left the trgin and in company
with ex-senator Platt was driven through the
village to covered stand, around which
there were several thousand people. A N
Cole introduced Blaine, who was received
with loud and continued cheering. Blaine
ibegan his speech by saying that as Alleghhny
feGunty had strong claims to be regarded as
the birth place of the Republican party,
therefore the Republicans of that county
were especially bound to stand by the party
in the pending contest. Then after remark
ing that the issues of the campaign
had narrowed down to one question
of ''proteetion versus free trade, -
he called the attention of the famers present
to the fact that in New York, PENNSYLVANIA,
Ohio, Indiana and other states the value of
land has increased in proportion to the de-
yelopments of the manufacturing industries.
This, he said, resulted from the creation of
home market, so that the price of the pro-
duct OF the farm went into the farmers
pocket, instead Of being eaten up in cost OF
: / transportation, as was necessary the case
where, because of lack of demand at home,
the farmer had to depend on
distant markets. Therefore, as the
development Of the manufactures in a new
country depended upon the protection Of the
! tariff. 1t was clear that no man in the country
7 was more interested than the farmer in
: m maintaining the protective policy. remem
, Der the time, said Mr.. Blaine, when Gov.
, Ritner, OF my native state, was laughed Al
by the Democrats because he predicted the
day would come when the farmers in the
rich valleys Of Pennsylvania would be un-
able to supply breadstuffs and provisions fol
the miners in her mountains and the op
orators in her factories. Yet the state O.
S things he then predicted has been the history
= for many years, and the same is true CT New
. York, and in both states it has resulted from
! the beneficial operation Of the protectiv,
tariff.
Shortly after the Blaine train left James
town this morning Mayor Parsons approached
( Mr.. Blaine wearing a uniform of Compan,
F, First regiment Boys in Blue, of Roches
ter, and Informed M Blaine he was tn.
Z bearer of letter from committee of ladie
: residing in the Third ward of Rochester
''You will, - said the mayor, 'sdoubtles:
: remember, for people say you always re-
a member everything, that when in our city
: few weeks ago, you signed your name Il
the register of company F, Boys in Blue
That act made you q member of that or
gahization, and, as you are the only non
4 uniformed member of that company / an