Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-10-30

and Indiana to consider Just what that
means and where it would carry them.
New York has more at stake than any 9TH
er State of the Union In maintaining sound
principles of government, in uphOlding the
national credit, In peTpetuating financial
system which embodies the matured wis
dom of the past twenty years, and IN sus-
tanning the protective policy. Indiana has
at stake less than that of New York only
as her population and wealth are
less. Do the citizens of these
two States fully comprehend what it
means to trust the national credit national
finances, national pensions, the protective
system, and all the great interests which
are under the control Of the national gov
ernment to the old South, with its bitter
ness, its unrecOnciled temper, its narrow
ness of vision, its hostility to all Northern
! interests, its constant longing to revive an
! impossible past, its absolute incapacity to
measure the sweep and magnitude of our
! great future? Great cheering The
/ North and South, under Republican adj
ministratiOn of the government, will ulti-
mately come into harmonious relations.
! In the last ten years great progress has
! been made toward that result, and the next
/ ten years may witness the etfacement of
all hostile lines and the ultimate triumph
of just and magnanimous policy. Re-
newed cheering. But all prospect OF that
result would be defeated and destroyed by
giving the old South national power.
Among the first of the baneful effects that
would follow would be the crushing out of
all liberal progress in the South and a
practical notification of all that has been
gained by the reconstruction laws which
followed the rebellion. The people of
New York and the people of Indiana are
now asked to aid in bringing about that
deplOrable result, to be followed by the
abandonment or reversal OF the financial
and industrial policies under which the.
nation has prOspered so marvelously since
the close of the war. Never! never"l
l do not, l cannot believe that you will do
it because such course is forbidden by
every instinct of patriotism, as well as by
every consideration of enlightened self
interest" Prolonged cheering
At Brazil, in the Indiana coal mining
district, there was a great meeting, COM
posed largely of miners. Blaine made
short speech on the tariff, which was very
favorably received, and when at the end
he remarked thar his auditors We're ire"
agents and suggested That those wLo pre-
ferred English free trade ought to vote
with the Democratic party, there were
loud shouts Of "No, no! neveri We're
down on England"
At Greencastle there was great meet
ing, and Blaine spoke substantially as he
had spoken at TerTe Haute.
At Charlottesville he made brief
speech, in the course of which he paid a
high tribute to the character of Henry S.
Lane, whose home was there.
1t was almost dark when the train ar
rived at Lafayette Here Blaine was re-
ceived bv wildly enthusiastic crowd,
who pressed around his carriage so closely
that his progress was very slow. He was
escorted to the stand, where he made a
speech similar to the one at Terre Haute.
He was then driven to the house of Gen.
Geo. B. Williams, where he dined and will
spend the night. In the evening he re-
viewed the torchlight procession. To-
morrow he goes to Springfield, III.
DANvILLE, October 24.-At II o'clock
this morning, when Mr.. Blaine left Lafay-
cite for Springfield, ILL.,, he was accom-
panied by large reception committee, who
had come from Springfield to meet him,
and by several friends from Chicago.
Among them were Joseph Medill and c. B.
Farwell. The first stop this morning and
the last in Indiana was at Attica, where
there were about 5000 people around the
depot. Mr.. Blaine spoke very briefly, :.
saying it was too late for argument, and
that time for action was at hand. No
other stop was made until the train reach
ed Danv;lle Illinois.
TOLoNo, ILL.,, October 24.-At Danville
there was wonderful gathering, certainly
not less than 10000 people. There was
stand erected near the depot, but
the crowd was so dense 1t would have
been difficult to reach it, so Mr.. Blaine
spoke from the rear platform of mis- car.
He said: after addressing audiences in
what are called doubtful States it is re-
lief and pleasure to stand before this vast
multitude of Republicans in State that
is not doubtful. [Great cheering.] 1t was
under an Illinois man, who is enshrined in
history that the Republican party won its
first great victory. Prolonged cheering
And from that day to this Illinois has
never failed the Republican party" Cheers
and cries, 'She never willw] Mr.. Blaine
then spoke of the importance Of looking
after the Congressional districts.
SRINGFIELD, H., October 24.-The Re-
publican demonstration in this city to-day
and tonight it is considered on all sides to
have been the largest political demonstra-
ton ever held in any city Of the State out
side of Chicago. Excursion trains were
on all roads centering here bringing in
thousands Of people from the central and
southern portions of the State. A moderate
estimate places the number of strangers in
the city at not less than 10000, including
scores of uniformed clubs, brass bands, etc.
The principal stand was located on the
grounds in front OF the Executive mansion
with another in front of the State House.
The proceedings were opened by parade
in which the various organizations present
took part, being an hour in passing given
point. A feature of the demonstration
was the presence of thirty eight young
ladies mounted on white horses and an
equal number of gentlemen on black
horses. During the afternoon speeches
were made from several stands by General
John X. Logan. Secretary Robert Lincoln
arrived on the train bearing Blaine, and
was detained until few minutes before
o'clock As soon as it arrived he was
driven Immediately to the main stand,
followed by an immense procession. He
spoke briefly as follows Il could not
stand upon this ground without having my
mind irresistably carried back TO the
spring of 1861, when the first Republican
President left his home TO enter upon that
extraordinary mission whoseresults I'LL
most memorable chapter in our history.
[Cheers. | could not stand upon this
ground without having my mind carried
back to the return here after firing on Fort
Sumpter, of that great Democratic chleftaln
who when issue came between his party