The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-20

large. 1T TOOK nearly an nOuf 10 pass gwen
point. and included companies from all the towns
within a radius of fifty miles, and seventeen
brass bands Along the line of march colored
lights were kept constantly burning. On the
court house square a high stand, covered with
gas jets, had been erected, and from this Mr.
Blaine viewed the parade, standing under
large canopy of cut flowers made in patriotic de-
signs. While awaiting the arrival of the ad-
vance guard, in response to continued cheering,
he made a few remarks, returning his thanks
| for the fattering demonstration. Brief ad-
dresses were also made by Hon. H. G. Thayer,
| candidate for Congress in this district; Jasper
Packard of Chicago; General Thomas Of Illi-
nois, and DR.. P. II. Cronin. feature of the
parade was one hundred young ladies mounted
on elaborately caparisoned horses and bearing
| banner inscribed ''The Ladies Are for Blaine"
which seemed to amuse that distinguished gen
| tleman very much. During the parade he was
kept constantly lifting his hat and bowling in
response to the cheers, aud at the conclusion he
retired to his room at Mr. Studebaker's, not re-
ceiving any callers
Preparatory to the reception and demonstra-
ton tonight there was grand industrial parade
this morning, five miles in length and contain
ing hundreds of vehicles bearing the insignia of
industry, The displays maze by the Studeba-
kers and divers were particularly elaborate and
appropriate
When the special train bearing Mr. Blaine and
his party passed Notre Dame this afternoon
stop was made, and little boy and girl, pupils
of the institution, and related to Mr.. Blaine,
were taken on board and brought to the city.
Tomorrow he will spend most of the day at
Notre Dame, visiting an aunt who is mother
superior there.
THE TARIFF AND woRKINGMEN.
At the conclusion of the afternoon parade Mr..
Blaine spoke as follows:
Men of Indiana: The struggle in all human
society is first for bread. There is use in pro-
] pounding fine theories to man who is hungry.
| There is no use in commencing political prin-
ciple to who is in need of shelter; there is
use in talking philosophy to one who is naked.
Food and clothing the primary requirements
| of human society, the primary elements of hui
man progress, and to secure this you must put
the peopl IN the way of earning good wages.
| Shouts, That's right and cheers. L never
saw any moved to enthusiasm by 81
| lently contemplating the prosperity of an
other laughter while he himself in
| need. To move him you would have to make
| him feel his prosperity. lCheers. The
| beginning therefore, and the end of wise legs-
lation, is to give every man fair and equal
| free for all. Cheering, What agency will best
accomplish thatl What legislation will most tend
to that endl Certainly. it will not tend to that
end to throw open our ports, and say, send ye
all here your fabrics, made by the cheapest and
most distressed labor of Europe to compete
with people, who are just opening their
shops and building their factories; for, if you do
that you can not spin a. wheel wheel or or
home, unless you can get your labor at the Eu-
ropean price. [Cries, That's sol We begin
| right there. From these considerations, we de-
duce the conclusion that the protective tariff is
primarily for the benefit of the laboring man.
because if you take in your hand any manufac
tured article. or cast your eye upon anything
| which cannot be taken in the hand you find that
the chief constituent element in its cost is labor
In many cases the material is but l per cent,
and the labor is SO per cent. in the cost Of the
article Therefore, all legislation of protective
character is, and must be, mainly
for the benefit of labor because labor is the
principal element in the cost of the fabric; hence
if there be any man who is pre-eminently and
above all others interested in the tariff it is the
laboring man. Cheers. If you compare the
| two great political parties in relation to this
| question you find that the Republican party
lives moves, breathes and has its being in pro-
! tection Great cheeringl. A protective tariff
was one of the first fruits OF the election of
| Mr. Lincoln we have had it for twenty
years on the statue books with various amend
| ments, which have been added from time to time
to make it more protective; and the result is that
| all history ancient, modern and medieval may
be challenged for national progress like unto
| that which we have made since 1861. Renewed
| cheers. am merely reciting the facts and fig
ures of your assessors books, and of the United
States census tables. when l. say that in the last
twSenty,three years OF the the history
more wealth, double over, than we had
acquired from the discovery of the continent by
| Columbus down to the election of Abraham Lin
coln Prolonged cheers. There must have
nd
produce this great result. That agent was the
protective tariff, operating to nerve the arm of
labor and reward it fairly and literally.
| [Cheers. Whether that policy shall be contin-
| ued, or whether it shall be abandoned is the
controlling issue in this campaign. All other
questions are laid aside for the time. There are
many which are worthy of consideration, but
two weeks from Tuesday next we shall have
an election in every State in the Union
to determine, with reference to this question the
character of the next Congress and the future
policy of the government. You have before you
the Republican party peged to sustain the pro
tective tariff and illustrating that pledge by a
specific and consistent example extending
through the last twenty three years. You have
on the other hand, the Democratic party, which
in ffty-one years, since 1888, has never, in sin
gle instance, voted for protection, and never
trolled Congress that it did not oppose protec-
| ton. Cries, That's so. l say, there
fore, to the laboring and to
| the mechanics, some of whom may
| 90 me Vne honor TO nslen 10 me, your UNIONS
your leagues-all these associations which you
have formed for your own advantage and your
own advancement-are we'll and proper in their
way-it is your right to have them and to ad-
minister them you choose-but they are not
as strong as rope of sand against the i'll paid
labor of Europe, If you take away the protective
tariff which is now your backgroundand support
| (Cheers. So do not be deluded by the idea
that you can dispense with the protective tariff
and substitute for it your labor unions. Re
newed cheering do not distract your atten-
tiOn with any other question; l do not stop to
dwell upon the great issues that have been made
and settled by the Republicans within the last
twenty three years That party has made
deeper and more glorious record in history than
any other political organization that was ever
charged with great responsibility, and it is the