St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-08-21

eu lIoin the Town hall to the space
between the soldiers monument and
, Main street. Prominent republicans
and members of the club occupied the
platform and the band enlivened the
gathering with music. General Grout
presided, and read extracts from a let
ter received August 13 from Orange
county, Florida, from a former resi-
dent of Caledonia county, who was a
strong democrat when he left this
state, but who now supports Blaine
and predicts a majority in that state
for the republican ticket. He then
introduced Rev. George w. Pepper,
who went ut his subject with Metho-
dist minister's vigOr and enthusiasm.
He appealed, as was to have been
expected, to the sympathies and preju-
dices of the Irish people to win con-
verts to the Blaine cause, and tried
very hard to make the Irish famines
an Issue in the campaign. He said
that hereafter One-half of the Irish
vote will be cast with the republican
party, in consequence of which it is to
be presumed that there no longer need
be any fear of America being ruled by
the Romish church. 1t would have
been well for the speaker to have ex-
pla,ned whether he is an Orangeman,
Id OlInnf of ASSASSINATION 70 al
Irish Catholics. He said that he lee
tured on "America" in his native
tOw& ireland in 1880 and in the
course of his lecture he reflected upon
Queen Victoria. He was asked by
two policemen to take "walk" with
them, and while on his way he told
them that he had a passport signed by
James G.. Blaine as secretary of state,
when the policemen left him in hur-
ry. He must have expected to find a
vast amount of credulity among the
Irish of st. Johnsbury to think that
they would believe such an imprOba-
BILE story, which even his sacred call
ing did not redeem. Even the repub-
licans do not feel that their cause was
greatly helped by the address.
NJ. E. McClary of Malone, n. Y, who
is speaking in this state until his
school commences, WIS introduced for
five-minute speech. He was a native
of Peacham and was announced to
speak at Barton in the evening.
In the evening Chinese lanterns
were suspended from the trees and
from the platform. Henry C. Idle pre-
sided and in some opening remarks
made the point that no soldier should
vote the democratic ticket, because,
in the event of Cleveland's election
and death, Mr.. Hendricks, who had
opposed the war, would become presi-
dent. The speaker of the evening was
George NJ. Dewey, Michigan editor.
He considered the great question to be
protection or free trade, or revenue re-
form. He based his argument on the
necessity Of Il protective tariff, not only
for the wool interests of Vermont, but
for the various products of the great
agricultural section of the northwest.
He showed how the manufacture Oi
salt had been fOstered by the republi-
can legislature of Michigan and re-
publican congress. He said the wool
| - al, Ia, S1l 4
900 pounds, the amount realized Oh
which was S50,O00 less than the previ-
GUS year on account of the reduction in
the tariff on wool made by the demo
cratic house, and that the loss this
wear will amount to $50, 900. He
claimed that the republican party had
always been the friend of the labOring
man, had redeemed every pledge il
had made, and that there was not {
single act in its history for which ho
would apologize. He said there was
not single independent in his state
and he repealed the statement thai
Michigan would give 10000 votes fol
st. John. In the afternoon Rev. Pep
per spoke of the "God-like character
of Mr.. Blaine, and Mr.. Dewey was M
less enthusiastic, as he said that hi
standard bearers official life was ''as
pure as the rays that proceeded from
the eternal throne" The address wal
a great Improvement over the one il
the afternoon, and as campaign
speech was worthy the close attention
it received. There was a noticeable
lack of enthusiasm in the meetings
which is not matter of surprise, as
is hard to excite much enthusiasm 70
n man of Blaine's official record in
state which boasts a man as clean an,
able as Senator Edmunds.