River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-10-09
Mr.. Blaine on Ohio.

| Mr. Blaineis tour through Ohio has been
continued ovation. At every stopping place
the people gathered in vast masses to get sight
Of him and to hear word from his life Near
| ly all his speeches were brief and mostly with
out reference to politics; but on few occasions
he referred to the pending canvass
At Toledo he said: / should at any time
| deem it Improbable to speak disrespectfully
of political opponents. Ishould in my present
| position, deem it altogether improper. Iwo1ld
rather be the victim Of Islander than the author
| ofit[great cheeringl But there are some things
which, do not deem unbecoming ton holding
the position do, to call your attention to. The
Republican party has governed the country
for twenty -four years in the spirit and accord
ing to the measures of broad nationality
| The progress under our government III that
| spirit has far transcribed the progress made
in all the previous years of the nation history
| [Applause] To remand the govern snt now
to the control of our opponents, who ~ not De-
| lieye in the constituGonality of the measures
| which have given this progress, would be a
step backward into the dark. Applause and
shouts of Correct y When we argue the
question of protective tariff, we are not per-
mitted to regard it merely as one to be set
tied on the basis of expediency, because the
large majority of our opponents hold pro-
tective tariff to be unconstitutional There is
not one great measure that the Republican
party has adopted nor one great step the party
has taken since the Inauguration Of Abraham
Lincoln in 1861, that the Democratic party has
not opposed and has not considered unconstl-
tutionaI So that to-day to remand the gov
eminent of the United States to the control of
the Democracy is not merely an ordinary
change of parties; it is a total reversal of the
policy that has distinguished the government
of the United states since 1861. IRenewed ap-
plause.l 1t is giving to the narrowing dogma
of states rights the precedence in the grand
march which has been made, and which could
only be made, under the banner OF broad
nationality TssThats right u 1t is on that
great plane that the Republican party has done
me the honor to present me as candidate be-
fore you. LApplause.l 1t is ON that plane,
with all that it implies, that / am before You
and before all the people OF the United States
to day Enthusiastic cheering.
At Hamilton, he spoke more at length, as fol
lows:
Citizens of Ohio: 1t is now forty years since
the question of protective tariff engaged the
attention of the American people as profound
~ as it does to-day. 1t was in the contest be-
tween Mr., Clay and Polk, in 1914, that the great
national debate ON this question took place, and
the protective tariff was defeated, not by the
popular vote, but by the bad faith OF the party
which succeeded in the election; and beg 10
call your attention to the fact that the policy of
protecting American industry has never been
defeated in the United States by popular vote.
contrary policy has been forced on the peo-
pie at different times through the bad faith of
their representatives; but never, repeat, by
popular vote upon deliberate appeal 70 the
people in their primary capacity. 1t there
fore would seem to be the duty OF
the people of the United States, if a majority
of them believe in the policy of protection, to
see TO it that that party is sustained which can
be trusted to uphold it [Cheers.] eyes, but
said gentleman to me yesterday, protection
does not always secure abundant prosperity
There are great many idle men now IN the
country" Wen grant there are. There has
never yet been policy devised by the art of
man that will insure, through all times and
all seasons, a continuous flow of prosperity;
but the question is whether, over gwen Sc
ries of years, there has not been a larger de-
gree of prosperity to the people under the
policy of protection than under the policy of
free trade. The question is to be gagged and
tested not by the experience OF Single year,
| but by the experience of q series of years. We
have had the protective tariff now for more
than two decades, and ask you whether there
has ever been another period III which the Uni
| ted States has made such progress as during
| the last twenty years. But it is true now and
then there will come little reaction in bus
| mess There will come little lull and little
reaction even in the laws of nature. You had
great drouth in Ohio this year, but you DO
| not on that account avow that you VIII have
no more rain. [Great cheering On the con-
trary, you are the more firmly persuaded that
rain is the only element that will restore
the fertility of your soil and richness
to your crops So in this little dullness IN
the business of the country. The one great
element that can be relied on to restore pros
perity is the protective tariff. IRenewed
cheering The question, then, is for OHIO TO
decide On the 14th day of this month you
will have an opportunitr to tell the people OF
the United States whether you believe In that
doctrine If you do, you will insure not only
its continuance but its permanent triumph.
| [Applause] But if on the other hand you
should falter and fall back, it might prove
disastrous elsewhere. The responsibility is on
you. Is your courage equal to your RESPONSE
bility? Is your confidence equal to you cour-
age2 Then have nothing more to say, ex-
cept to bid you good bye. Enthusiastic and
prolonged cheering.l
Prohibition St John now feels how sharper
than thankless tooth it is to have a serpent
child His boy in the land office swears he
will vote for Blaine.
Washington Special: The grist ,af letters
daily received by the republican congressional
committee may be considered true reflex of
the general feeling throughout the country.
From every section comes the word that the
Maine election has had a wonderfully encour-
aging effect Two or three letters received re-
Gently from the northwest give the strongest
POSSIBLE assurances as to Wisconsin. They
say ii will give Blaine larger majority than
it gave Garfield, notwithstanding the effects of
Carl Schultz among the Germans
Judge Severance: The people of this country,
in order to do justice by themselves ought to
call two new conventions and nominate two new
tickets Judge Severance is one of the most
prominent Democrats in Minnesota and is
without peer in the state as an eloquent and
effective campaign speaker. His utterances
are significant as showing the feeling of dis
gust among the better elements of the Demo-
cratic party over the nomination of man who
has no claims to craftsmanship and whose
moral character is badly smirched.
The charge that Mr.. Blaine approved the tar
ring and feathering of the Catholic priest, Faith
er Bapst, in Maine years ago. is promptly dis
proved by the Jesuit priest, Father Dealy, who
was present at the affair
stephen D. Elkins, says with regard to cam
paign prospects: ''The labor of the last two
months is beginning to blossom. We see the
fruits of it daily and feel the effects from every
source / don't have the slightest doubts OF
Ohio rode all day on the cars with demo-
crat, recently, who said he had got tired of the
everlasting talk about carrying Ohio. He said
the Democrats had claimed Ohio in every presi-
dental election during the past ten years, but
they had never carried it and never would "
s'For every German the Democrats secure
from the Republicans in Wisconsin, said Uni
ted States Senator Angus Cameron of La Crosse,
| f'the Republicans viii gain two Irishmen from
the Democrats With the exception of Mil
waukee perhaps, the detection in the German
| Republican ranks will not be per cent The
| Irish detection from the Democrats, on the con-
! trary, is Is, if not 20 per cent In La Crosse
don't know a single German Republican who
| will vote for Cleveland This hberality of the
| Germans, which leads them to attend oppos1-
| ton meetings, is going to fool the Democrats
| badly They are counting on great German
| vote, but they will not get it in Wisconsin