St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-30
AGERMdN ADDRESS.

The editor of leading Blaine paper in
Ohio makes the declaration that the Ger
mans in that state will vote the Republican
ticket this year. The German voters of
Ohio left the Republican party two years ago,
and it is merely blind idiocy to claim, as
this Blaine editor does, that they will turn
right about and vote the Republican ticket
this fall ignoring the liquor question" so
as to put the Republicans back in power, and
undo all they have gained in two years of
persecution and costly sacrifice.
The German people are done forever with
the Republican party, which is now simply
an organization bent on depressing them
and other citizens of foreign. extraction.
Mayor Claussen, of Davenport, Iowa, and
a large number of other German
Republicans of that city, all of
whom voted for Garfield four years ago have
united in an address to the German Repub-
licans in Ohio, in which they severely de-
nounce the policy pursued by the Republican
party generally, and in plain, vigorous terms
point out exactly what Blaineism means
In the course of this address to their Ohio
friends Mayor Claussen and his associates
say:
You viii recollect that at Cincinnati in 1876, at
Chicago in 1880, and again at Chicago in 1884,
the Iowa delegates were all for Blaine, and the
Blaine faction rules this state. We ask YOU
then, TO consider what Blaineism has done for
the people of Iowa, and what IL will do for the
people of Ohio and the nation If it can win at
this electiong That party has not only enacted
absolute prohibition here. but has accompanied
IL with the most cruel and oppressive
confscAtion of the property of our citizens.
It had twenty five years in Iowa been lawful to
manufacture and sell lager beer and wine from
native grapes. Under the protection of this law
thousands Of people. mostly Germans, have IN
vested their means in vintages and in brewing
houses. 1t is estimated that the aggregate value
of the property thus invested exceeds the sum OF
/ 8, 0O0. COO With one stroke of the pen the use
OF all this vast property is made criminal, and
hence the property itself in fact coniscGted. No
I provision whatever is made for compensation,
/ and thus hundreds of worthy and industrious
( citizens are robbed without mercy. Many have
/ been driven from the state. ''In ali our cities
/ scores Of business houses are made vacant -
I Hundreds of men and women arc being arrested,
Z fined and imprisoned for the offence OF having
I in their possession or giving away single glass
/ OF native wine or beer. The court dockets are
/ filing mp with prosecutions, crowds Of sneaking
/ iuformers will soon appear, court costs viii
greatly increase. and we have all over the state
reign OF bitterness, injustice. greed and oppres-
/ sion it is impossible TO adequately describe. and
/ il has but just begun What Is 10 be the out
( come no man csn foresee.
/ In Maine, after many years Of foolish and in
( effectnal attempts at enforce nent. the Blaine
men, associates and oo-wOVkeFs Of the same elias:
( in Kansas aud Iowa, have just forced prohibit
ton into their state constitution. lest the people
may some day escape their party clutches and re
( peal the law. Blaine is their champion and rep
resentative, and heartily favored this prohibition
amendment. He represents many bad element:
aud tendencies in our politics, but none worse
than this.
No man can refute the charges made by
these Iowa Republicans, and there viii no
be found ten per cent Of the German Re
publican vote in either lows, Illinois or OhiC
that will be given 20 Blaine, who represent.
al the bad and dangerous clements and ten
denotes in American politics
In addition to the foregoing expression O
sentiment NAV be added the following from
ne Elgin, nHusis, cosner, a Republican
paper;
We do not pretend to know the status Of the
Ger-a=n vote OF the ooussry At large this year.
6ut knox shat We see And we see Aa