The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-17
GOSSIP ABOUT THE CANVASS.
An Irishman's Estimate of the Demo-
cratic Detection in New York.
How Some of the Vice Presidents for Carl
Schurz's Meeting Were Obtained
More About the Tariff.


speaking There is something of distinction in
his appearance and he makes a very favorable
appearance. He is a fluent and somewhat
fervld talker, and is forcible as speaker. He
will make ten speeches in Indiana,
opening his canvass to-day at Craw-
fordsville When asked about the
ortlook in New York, he said: ''There are 1Oo.-
900 Irish voters in New York, the majority of
whom have Away voted the Democratic ticket;
one-third of them will vote for Blaine and Lo-
gan. The Republicans are making large gains,
and will certainly carry the State. The Irish
are coming over to the Republican party every
where. / spoke at Gallon, Ohio, yesterday, and
there were nine Irishmen who declared them
selves for Blaine and Logan" Mr.. Pepper ex-
hibited letter from Youngstown, Ohio asking
him to come there and address the Irish Blaine
and Logan clubs. -Four years ago." he said, Il
spoke in Youngstown and there was not an
Irish Republican in the place then"
HOW vIcE-PREsIDENTs WERE SECURED.
There were several persons yesterday morn
ing who were very much surprised to find their
names in the list of vice presidents of the Carl
Schurz meeting, and to many it was very an
noying. 1t developes that there were only a
few who had consented to become yice-presi-
dents, and the use of the names of others was
without any authority whatever Several were
asked if they would occupy seats upon the stage
and upon consenting to do so were set down as
yice-presidents Mr. Charles Martlndale was
asked this question and he consented to sit on
the stage without any intention of identifying
himself with the movement, and was annoyed to
find his name in the list yesterday morning He
says he is for Blaine. DR.. NJ. T. Runnels was ap-
preached in the same manner. The
use of my name as vice
president he said to journal reporter,
twas wholly without authority. / simply con
sented to occupy seat on the stage A short
time ago was disposed to be somewhat indie
pendent, but would certainly rather see Blaine
President than Cleveland" Mr. SEVERN was
not present at the meeting, and says that he did
not authorize the use Of his name as a vice-pres-
dent. Rev. O. G. McCulloch, whose name also
appeared in the list was out of the city. There
were others who were complaining, yesterday,
of the questionable methods by which they had
been made to appear in false light, and were
very much annoyed over the matter
FREE TRADE FOR THE FARMER.
In some of the free trade documents which
are being widely circulated by the Democrats
the farmers are told that if the tariff restrictions
ON our foreign commerce are removed they will
be enabled to ship their wheat to Europe at a
lower rate OF transportation, and get better
prices than now. To ascertain how much truth
there might be in this assertion, a Journal re-
porter yesterday called upon Mr.. Fred P. Rush,
the grain dealer, and inquired what would be
the cost of Transporting bushel Of wheat to Eu-
rope according to the present rates
"A bushel of wheat can now be sent from
New York to Liverpool" Mr.. Rush replied for
2cents The rate is lower than it has ever been
before
What is the cost, per bushel, for shipping
wheat from Indianapolis to Europe7o
You may say about Jig. 80 cents, including all
expenses.
Are these rates down to the minimum
i think they are They have never been
lower
do you think free trade would benefit the
farmer-would give him better market for his
grainYo
Il do not. It would not improve the market
for any home production, and only foreign pro-
ducers would be benefited 1t would affect the
poor laborers m ore than any class. Remove the
protection from our industries and compare its
effect to the benefits to be derived from cheaper
laces, silks machinery, etc. The thing which
has had most to do with bringing down the
price of American wheat is the large production
of India, where the yield of the last crop was
30, 0O0 600 bushels 1t is shipped to Europe and
there sold for cents bushel less than Ameri-
can wheat can be sold for. Free trade would
not create better demand for American wheat
being able to buy from India for less than
we can afford to sell, and then
dispose of their goods, manufactured at pauper
wages, in our markets, the condition of our
poor laborers would be made worse, while the
farmers would not get any better prices for their
products. Young man, let me tell you some
thing that will always be a safe guide to your
Judgment 1t is something that have followed
all my life. Always study the history of the
conditions in the past for fifty to a hundred
years back Those same conditions arise again
and again in the succession OF changing circum-
stances, and the results which they produced
you can make the safe basis for prophesying
what the future is going to bring forth. Napo-
leon l and Frederick the Great where
tyranncal rulers, but they were among the
wisest of statesmen. They imposed tariff
for the protection of their people They knew
that the commercial interests of their own coun-
try must be protected I'm not for free trade
I'm not IN favor of forcing our laborers to work
for fifty and sevetyfve cents day"
You're true American remarked gentle
man VINO had been attentlvely listening
I'm one Of the best Americans in this coun-
try, II am a German. and I'm for Blaine. They
were around yesterday trying to get me to sign
that Carl Schurz paper, but / told them that /
wasn't ready to give up my Repulicanism"
THE GERMAN REPUBLICANS.
Jacob Neubauer president Of the German
Blaine and Logan club at Lafayette, has written
headquarters, in which he says: ION Wednes-
day evening, Aug. 20, German Blaine and Logan
club was organized, and ifty-three names en-
rolled. Two meetings have been held since, and
173 names are enrolled. and am informed by
the secretary of the Organization that he has
fifteen names to be added on next Wednesday
evening, The Germans of Lafayette are on the
right side, and we will have, before this cam
paign is over, the largest German Republican
club ever organized in this community
FUNDS FOR THE DEMOCRATIC ANNEX.
DR.. j. A. Houser states that D. B. Ross, gem
eral secretary of the Indiana State Christian
Union has resorted to shrewd dodge to collect
funds for the Democratic prohibition annex
ticket. He is sending duns to all the members
of the union throughout the State, asking for
money for the union, and when collected it is
used to aid the annex ticket. DR.. Houser, who
is the president of the union, requests all mem
bers of the union to keep their money in their