Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-10-23

thlS afternoon. There were about S,O0t
people present, who cheered Mr.. Blaine an(
Senator Fremont enthusiastically. Blaine
spoke longer than usual, and in the course
of his remarks he denied that he had evel
been "Knownothing" or in sympathy
with that party, and declared himself il
favor of prohibiting the expectation to th'
United States by foreign countries of thei
paupers and criminals, and the importation
of cheap foreign labor under contract tt
compete with home labor.
EAST SAGINAW, Mich, 1t was about 10
o'clock this morning when Mr. Baine's
special train started from Saginaw for Bay
City, where elaborate preparations had
been made for his reception. He and
General Fremont were escorted through
the city to the stand in the park, around
which were assembled $4,000 people
After a short speech by Senator
Palmer, Mr.. Blaine was introduced
He spoke very briefly, and then intro.
duced Gen. Fremont. Both were enthusi-
astically received. When Senator Palmer
spoke of the importance of tariff to the
people engaged in salt works and in lum-
bering, he was heartily applauded. There
was large procession which Mr.. Blaine
was expected to review, but time did not
permit.
DETROIT, October 1.-THE best arranged
reception given to Mr. Blaine so far on his
trip through Michigan was at Flint. Dis
pensing with carriages and paraphernalia
of procession, the local committee had
erected platform on fiat car, on which
Mr. Blaine stepped from the train. Around
| the stand there was very large and en-
thusiastic meeting of severalthousand peO-
ple Blaine spoke here at greater length
than usual After calling attention to the
protective tariff as the great issue of the
campaign, and after expressing his belief
| that Michigan, State so much interested
in protection, would follow the lead of
! Ohio. he said:
II have received since have been in
! this State two or three letters from persons
asking me to state whether / had ever
been a member of the Know Nothing
party. In connection with those inquiries
from persons in Michigan / have received
some kilograms from the Pacific coast
asking whether l was not a supporter Of
Mr.. Fillmore when he ran in 1856 as the
native American candidate for President.
Let me say in a full and explicit reply to
these inquiries by letter and telegraph
that | never was member "f The Know
Nothing party that never voted IVr !.
man who was nominated for it, either for
State or National Office, and that instead
of supporting Mr. Fillmore in 1856, when
l was young man of 26, had the honor
of being a member Of the national Repub
lican convention which nominated Fre-
mont Cheers. AS General Fremont is
now on the platform he will be able to
bear testimony to that. However inetfi-
cient my support may have been, it was
very earnest and very ardent Renewed
cheers l was then the junior editor of
the Kennebec Journal, and the paper was
entirely devoted to General Fremont's advO-
cacy, and aided in giving him the largest
majority ever cast in Maine for a Presiden-
tial candidate Of any party. Cheers.
The Know Nothing order holds views in
regard to immigration and naturalization
with which never had any sympathy,
and from which never hesitated to dis
sent But in connection with that subject
let me say that there are thIee wrongs
which in my judgment require correction.
First, l think that the habit which has
grown upon the part of some European
countries of sending their paupers to the
United States ought not to be longer tol-
Grated. Good good y and cheers. 1
believe in the good old American system
which requires that each town, or each
county, shall take care Of its own poor.
T"That's it that's it ~ and cheers If in
European countries their laws tend to i'm
poverish their working people those coun-
tries ought to take care of them when re-
duced to want instead Of shipping them
to the United States Great cheering
Second, Still more Objectionable is the
practice of shipping their criminals to the
United States as has been done, in
many cases criminals being released from
punishment on condition that they shall
come to the United States. think that
is a very grave offense against this coun-
try which should not be permitted. Third,
If tariff for protection is designed to
elevate the laboring man in this country
and secure him good wages (if it is not for
that it is not for anything), then l think
the custom which some men are trying to
introduce of importing cheap contract
labor from foreign countries to compete
with home labor should be prohibited.
1t is species of servitude against the spirit
of our laws and Injuries all who are in any
way connected with it. These are the
three evils that think ought to be rem
edied. But as to every honest immigrant
seeking to better his condition, whether he
come from the British Isles or from the great
Russian Empire, or from the sunny
climes of the Latin nations, or from the
brave Scandinavian races of the north, we
bid him God speed and give him hearty
welcome and hospitality, and when he is
admitted to citizenship we assure him pro-
lection at home and abroad. Once among
us and of us his rights are equal before the
law with those of the native born citizen.
No distinction can be tolerated among
those who are clothed with the honor of
American citizenship. Cheers.
At Port Huron there was fine recep-
ton. Rev. A. Hastings Ross read an ad-
dress ofwelcome, to which Blaine responded
briefly. Gen. Fremont was then intro
duced and made few remarks. 1t was
obout 7:3O when the train arrived at De-
troit. Blaine, in company with Senator
Hale, was driven to Mrs. Chambers, where
he will spend the night. Tomorrow he
will go on through Michigan, reaching
South Bend, Indiana, in the evening.
DowAGIAC, Mich, October 1S.-There
was an immense gathering at jackson
when Mr.. Elaine stepped out on the fiat
car which served as the speakers stand.
He stepped into the presence of more than
10000 people. He was received with the
usual enthusiastic demonstrations. In re-
spending he called attention to the i'm
portance of the tariff as the leading issue
in the campaign, At Marshall there was
smaller but equally as enthusiastic crowd.
Died.
BOsToN, October 1S.-James Worn.ley,
the celebrated hotel proprietor OF Washing
ton, ID. c., died at the Massachusetts, Gen