Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-07-09
A Good Word for Blaine.
REPRESENTATIVE HokR OF MICHIGAN, TALKS
TO THE INDEPENDENTS.


At the annual temperance meeting at Lake
Walden on the 4th, Mr. Horr addressed the
assembly of about 5000 persons. He said
81 was one Of those who had the pleasure
of representing nv State in the Chicago
convention. Michigan has for eight years
been voting for Blaine. For eight years we
have believed in him. we have wanted him
tor our standard bearer, ard went to Chi
cago convinced, and came back, having got
my first choice. You understand. there was
no second choice about it for me. Applause. !
II was because | believed in him. | know
him; | know him we'll but not as we'll as l
did our former President Garfield. But let
me go back The people Of this country
said, first and foremost of the great issues of
the country stands. the economic question,
the question whether we shall stand by our
home industries, whether we shall build up
our American institutions or not. ! say the
democratic party is against the great manu-
featuring interests Of the United States. |
say that the republican party believes in
those great industries and has stood NJ for
them for the last twenty-three years. | am
simply going TO drive one nail Mr.. Blaine
has done more and said more to build up the
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States than any other statesman alive
Applause
Mr. Horr pointed out the defects in the
free trade arguments and said Now. for
the last twelve years there have been a few
people in the United States who have asserted
that the politics of the country were in bad
way, because they said that politicians could
pack conventions. could run in delegates and
in that way set the pins up and nominate
Just anybody they pleased. Our independent
friends made more fuss about that than any
one thing since the foundation of the Gov
eminent Well, there was some truth in it.
We finally broke up that unit rule. and the
candidate that has been nominated by the
people is James G Blaine applause . and
now the independents are kicking against the
plan on which they tried TO have US run poll
tics and on which he was nominated. | was
in the Chicago convention. The people came
there TO nominate Mr.. Blaine. All the poll
ticians were on the other side. The Senate
went there solid for Brother Arthur | was
there for Blaine | don't blame them par
ticularly. They wanted Mr.. Arthur, and he
has made a good President. l have not a
word to say against him. Now, all | ask of
any Arthur man here is that he will shout as
hard for Blaine as would have shouted for
Arthur had he been nominated; and he will
have to clear his throat to do it. 1t would
have to be an awful poor republican that
wouldn't vote for surrounded as he is by all
that is great and glorious. before would vote
for any democrat, surrounded as he is bv a
party that know has not at heart the best
interests of the people"
Mr.. Horn here referred to the Independent,
movement, defended General Grant from
unkind and unjust aspersion of his con.
duct, euloQzed Garfield, and said: ''The
people at the West like Mr. Blaine because,
since 1860 down to the present time, he has
never been on the wrong side of single
question in the United States applause |. not
one he has not been silent either; he has
spoken on every great question that has been
before the American people. We know
where he stands. Is there a democrat here
who thinks that the democrats will nominate
a man of whom it is known where he stands ?
They have been working a month to find a
man who never said anything in his life.
like Mr.. Blaine for another reason. He stands
right up square, states his opinion, and then,
if things don't suit him, he does not 'sulk
in his tent You understand what | mean.
don't you? In 1876 Mr.. Blaine thought that
he was entitled to the nomination at Cincnna-
Il. He came within a few votes of getting it,
but he was beaten. Still he was the first man in
the campaign with his armor all on, and from
one end of that campaign to the other
he called the attention of this ma
ton to its duty in that hour. like him
for that. He thought he ought to be nomi-
mated in 1880; that he was going to be recog-
nized. Oh, my independent brethren, l want
to talk to you minute about 1880. Did you
abuse Mr. Blaine? Did the Boston papers
abuse him? Why, every one of them, except
one or two that never praise any decent man
Il mean the papers that are now agonizing
over Mr.. Blaine-every one of them stood
right up for him. Harpers Weekly gave him
an article that set him down beside Gladstone
as one of the great Ministers, and states.
man of the Union. Now, out West we
"kinder like a Teller" that stands up for his
friends. We think more of him than we
think of 'sorehead' in any way you can
have it. 'Sorehesds' and 'copperheads' have
not very good standing in my country.
Mr.. Horr closed by making a brief eulogy OF
General Logan.
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