St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-02
est man in the back simply because he was a
Roman Catholic.

THE LAND LEAGUE.
'Now, the time came when the son of
that lady in yonder box-(the speaker
pointed to Mrs. Parnell and the whole au-
dience rose and cheered, hats and handker-
chiefs were waved and it was more than
minute before quiet was restored, Mrs. Par
nell bowing in recogcitiou of the demonstra-
ton meanwhile)-in my judgment the
ablest young man in Europe, came hither for,
l hope, the last time, carrying the contribu-
ton box, but he came also to found an or
ganization that with the help of God will win
for Irishmen free action, and from the time
he came, up to this hour, though James G.
Blaine was invited at different times to par
ticipate in those meetings for charity or for
agitation, he never deigned to recognize or
respond to the invitation. (Groans and
hisses.) Ah, but, our Republican friends tell
US, Mr. Blaine will change all that
when he becomes president of the United
States, and give us vigorous foreign policy.
Well, that shows that the policy must have
been very languid up to the present time.
He will make war with England. VIII hes
What can he or will he do as president that
he could not do as secretary of state if he so
desired! Everybody knows that while Gar
field was president Blaine dominated him;
and besides that the constitutional laws of
the United States put the foreign policy of
the government in the hands of the secre-
tary of state. And while we stood upon
platform after platform all over this country;
while the press teemed with indignant re-
monstrances against the American citizens
whowere languishing in British pris-
ons, Lowell (hisses)-was kept at
his post in England by James
&. Blaine, and Blaine himself never
coiA fhraa yIv rvOrda in hahalf of those
men. (Groans.) That's the man who is
going to give US vigorous foreign policy.
We had sympathy for that cause and paid
out money for it. We showed in every way
our appreciation of the situation on the
other side. James j. Blaine was dumb and
playing into the hands of the enemy.
IRIsHMEN AIDED BY CLEVELAND.
"Where was one candidate on that issue?"
AS long ago as the attack on Fort Erie, when
a number of our people were arrested for
violation of the neutrality laws, young law
yer of Buffalo, then somewhat obscure, chiv-
alrously came forward and volunteered to
defend them without fee and without reward.
His name was Grover Cleveland Prolonged
cheers He has been a consistent but not
intrusive, honest, gentlemanly friend of
those in difficulty with a hand ever open to
as his ideal of the duty of the magistrate,
and above all he has made it his rule that a
public office is a public trust, and that
public money is to be expended for public
use only.
HONEST GOVERNMENT WANTED.
And what on the other side! Gentlemen,
whoever votes in this election has the choice
of voting for an honest government in this
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party, whose record is known to all men, or
they have the privilege by their votes of
turning the United States government over
to the plunderers. [Applause.l All other
questions are subordinate to this. Give us
good Democratic government in this
country and all the rest will be counted unto
u.s. Give us a stable administration of our
public affairs, give us economy in the ex-
penditure Of the public money and reduc-
! ton Of taxation. Labor will be rewarded,
speculation will cease, dishonesty will dis
| appear. speculation will be al an end, the
people of this country will be prosperous and
satisfied. Applause.
Are we different from any other element
in the community! (Cries of ''No, nopo
Don't we want an honest government, low
taxes, country prosperous at home and re-
! spected abroad as well as anybody else z
! (Cres of eyes, yes; certainly.'D Are we
different from any other people that we can
be played upon by demogogues, fooled by
fattery, bought by bribes. cheated by news
papers that we have been foolish enough TO
trustl (Groans.) What we want is a plain
administrative system for plain, common
sense people. (Applause.) We are all in
terested in that First, let us put honest men
in office; bet us apply Democratic principles
to the administration of this government.
Let us not vote rs Irish, not as Danes, not
as English or Germans, but let us vote ac-
cording to our oath and according TO our
conscience as citizens of the United States. u
(Cbeers.l