The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-21
Mr.. Blaine Continues to Present the
Tariff as the Great Issue Ofthe Day.
The Reception at Fort Wayne Marred by the
Discourtesy of DemOcrats-PersOnal
characteristics of Mr.. Blaine.
A ooNrINuoUs OVATION.
Tasteful and Elegant Receptions at Points
Between South Bend and Fort Wayne.

Tasteful and Elegant Receptions at Points
Between South Bend and Fort Wayne.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, Oct 20.-If the crowds
and enthusiasm that greeted Mr.. Blaine in In
diana to-day can be considered as an indication
of the reception that will be accorded him
throughout the State, he can certainly have no
cause to complain, unless she is the most un-
grateful of men. He left South Bend at 10
o'clock this morning, under the care of Jno G
New, George B. Williams, and the committee
accompanying him, a special train. Both the
engine and cars were elaborately decorated with
flags, and several thousand people had gathered
at the station to speed the parting guest On
the train were also number of political speak
ers, who were left at various stations en- route,
to address the crowds that cong-egaued there.
At Elkhart Hon. Mark j.. DeMottee, of Val
paraiso, and Hon 0. G. Rankin of Pennsyl-
vania, were left at Goshen Hon. John A. lib
bits, of Connecticut, and Hon. H. G. Thayer,
of South Bend; at Ligonier Oliver T. Morton;
at Kendallville. Hon. John H. Baker, and at
Auburn, Hon Stanton j. Peele and T. P.
Keator
The trip to Fort Wayne was very pleasant
one, for every arrangement had been made that
could insure comfort and ease. Lunch was served
on the train at l o'clock and throughout the
journey Mr.. Blaine was not allowed to be in
terrupted when he preferred to be quiet. Be
tween stations much of his time was spent in
discussing the political situation with Mr. New,
with special reference to the outlook in Indiana
The first stop was made at Elkhart, where
there was a crowd of about 900 people at the
station, whose contiaual cheering was added to
the din occasioned by the firing of cannon. Mr.
Blaine was escorted to an eaborately draped
stand near the depot. Just before he began to
speak beautiful young lady presented him
with an elegant basket of flowers. He was in
troduced by Mr. J. NJ. Vanfeet and spoke for
about five minutes, saying, in substance:
1.-TWO weeks from tomorrow the national con-
test of 1884 will end. The issue upon which it
closes, and which now divides the American peo-
pie, is between protective tariff and free trade
All other questions have been dropped, and the
two parties are brought face to face with this.
You are citizens of Indiana. In 1860, when the
control of the government was handed over to
the Republican party, Indiana was scarcely
known as a manufacturing State-not at all,
probably outside of her own boundries Your
last years manufacturing product was worth
$3.50 600 900. Now, what enabled you to reach
that enabled you, in single year, to make such
a showingl 1t was nothing but the influence of
protective tariff and if it had not been for that
tariff no candid man, be he Republican or
Democrat, believes that Indiana could have
achieved such enormous results. The simple
question now is whether you desire a
continuance of that policy or Its abandonment.
The vote of Indiana is always regarded as of pc
This year your voice is to be again heard. Do
you want protective tariff or free trade Zone
hundred voices The tariff You have it in
your own power to say whether you want your
industries protected or whether you want your
products to come into competitor with those made
by the pauper labor of Europe. have heard it
said that this tariff, while it might be of value
to thesmanufacturer, did not practically benefit
the farmer, and hundreds of free-trade circulars,
sent out by the Golden Club of England claim
that with free trade the farmers of America will
have better market for their products,
and that they purchase the necessaries of life
at much lower prices. Let US see about
that market matter. When you are driven from
manufacturing to agriculture by free trade, and
you American farmers send your wheat to Liv-
erpoo the dealers there say, we cannot take it;
we have more wheat than we need coming from
India Do you know what that meansf 1t means
that they can furnish wheat cheaper because la
Dor is cheaper there than here, and that Amer
lea cannot compete with their product Do you
think that is a comfortable condition of affairs2
1t may be for England, but certainly not for
America. Inere is JUST one question dividing
the Republican and Democratic parties-that is,
shall we have tariff to protect and encourage
our industries, or shall we have free trade2 You
are free men, and can express your opinions by
your ballots l leave the question with you"
THE HALT AT GOSHEN.
The next stop was at Goshen, where there
was a repetition of the crowd at the other
place, and an increase, if it was possible of the
enthusiasm The stand from which Mr. Blaine
spoke was covered with flags and the people
crowded around it so that it was with difficulty
that he could reach the steps He was inIro-
duced by John II. Baker, and said:
"Since the election in West Virginia. at which
the Democrats carried the State by a plurality
of A. 000 us against 16, 900 four years ago, it has
been the confident belief of that party that they
will have the solid vote of the South, and it is
their hope to solve at last the old problem of
uniting New York and Indiana with that solid
vote, and thus 10 rule the country
This fact devolves upon the people
of Indiana peculiar responsibility.
Every voter is asked whether he is willing to
put the control of the government into the hands
Of those who were its bitterest enemies2 The
solid South has 1853 electoral votes, and if the
Democrats should come into power it is not diff
cult to understand who would shape the policy
Of their administration. The majority always
do that, and the South, with three-fourths of
the electoral votes would certainly do it. This