St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-20

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American citizen beyond all question, proof of
which furnished to him. / committed no act
at home or abroad by which forfeited my right
to claim protection; bat did he enforce this doc.
trine in my case? No. On the contrary he
BAsELY DESERTED ME
and indorsed the views of Mr. Lowell who said
that naturalized citizens had no rights that Eng
land was bound to respect.
Now in conclusion 1 call on you to reuuite at
the ballot box in November the indignities which
Mr. Blaine heaped on all naturalized citizens Of
whatever nationalities by the treatment and my
fellow lrish-American suspects received at his
hands when We asked for the protection guarao
teeo US by our oath of citizenship.
Address OF the Democratic National Conn
mittee.
HEADQUARTERS NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC Con-
MTrTEE No. II, WEST TWENTY FOURTH STREET.
Oct. 16 1SS4.-To THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED
STATES: The result of the elections on Tuesday
last in the states Of Ohio and West Virginia is
before you. Ohio chose Republican electors in
1868, 1872, 1876, and 1880. West Virginia chose
Republican presidential electors in 1876 and
1850. Garfield obtained plurality in 1890 of
54,s2I votes The Republican candidate in the
late election for secretary of state was gallant
soldier and reputable man. The vote of the
republican party in that election was broken
down by the weight of MIR. Blaine fact1onal
seeker after the presidency. The people then
elected Democratic majority of the congress
slonal delegation OF the state. We NAV conf
aently expect majority in Ohio for Cleveland
and Hendricks in November. West Virginia
mas by Its splendid and decisive majority for a
Democratic governor at the October election al
ready declared its purpose to give its electoral
vote for our candidate in November. The Blaine
managers
EMPLOYED EXTRAORDINARY METHODS
in both states. They expended not less than
s5OO,OOO in Ohio and more than S1O0, 900 in West
Virginia in their political work They did not
use money only. They called from every state
the oftceholders best fitted to do the work at
which they were put, They crowded these two
states with such men. They employed on poll
tlcal jobs the men engaged in the postal service
OF the United States They left the veterans
VINO had saved the life OF the nation without
the pay to which they were entitled under the
preteuse of having an insufficient clerical force
IN the pension bureau, and then used the COM
missioner Of pensions and a great number of his
clerks as parts of the political machinery in the
late elections in Ohio and West Virginia. 1t has
been openly charged without denial that the
payment of the veterans by the commissioner of
pensions has been delayed by him for the pur-
pose OF coercing them to vote for Blaine These
abuses Of political power have been committed
under the overlooking eve Of Mr. Blaine and
with his full sanction. They show the manner
in which IL he were elected public offices would
be subordinated to his personal service and the
bounty of the country be made the means of
advancing his personal interests They made
the marshals of the United States and their
deputies, who ought TO be guardians of the
rights of every citizen Of the United States. a
part Of their machine force.
THEY .RyED rury
and melted them to violence and outrage They
expect to pay for the weapons and services of
these men out of the treasury of the United
States. They made Mr.. Blaine one of their
county and ward workers in Ohio and West Vir
gina. and he centered with zest upon the famil
lar duties. They devised with his knowledge
methods Of compelling workmen to vote as their
employers dictated They kept him in daily as
sociaton with the worst elements of their politi-
cal organization. They made him their counselor
in every disreputable plan which they devised to
promote his success. He could not have been
stranger 20 their purpose to make gains in Gin
cinnati at the election on Tuesday last by using
armed deputy marshals and armed negroes 10
drive voters from the polls. The methods of
their campaign in Ohio and West Virginia and
the share OF their candidate in those methods
have added TO the opprobrium already resting
upon his name, and have assured his defeat al
the BeHefdl IN November.
Mr. Blaine has been member OF the house of
representatives. senator in congress- and sec
retary OF state OF the United States. He has been
ACCUSED OF CoRRUPTLY USING
his influence speaker and as a member of the
house Of representatives for his individual profit.
His misconduct has been proved by his own let
tiers. These have confronted him wherever he
has gone. He attempts no explanation. The
phrases CT these letters are so well known that
they are by-words on the streets and tests upop
the stage. As speaker of the house OF represen
tatives or member of that house who would
barter his influence for money or property might
avail himself of the larger opportunities which
the office and powers Of a president afford.
These are not words dictated by party rancor.
They sum up the Judgment Of that independent
press which is and always will remain the bull
wark % good and constitutional government.
They express the convictions OF the leading Re-
publican journals and the belief of those distIn
guished Republican statesmen and citizens
whose love 81 country has forced them to declare
that the nomination OF Mr.. Blaine was one not
ft 10 be made.
There is reason for our confidence that we
WILL ACHIEVE A VICTORY
in November. The army of the oficeholders en-
gagged for month past in the business OF ma
nipulating votes in Ohio and West Virginia must
now disbsnd. Each nan OF the number must 90
to his own place. The commissioner Of pensions
and his bureau clerks can not be concentrated
for political uses In the November elections.
When they are acting ind ividually in their sew
eral states they will be unable to do mischief
The marshals of the United States, by reason of
the powers which they exercise, may again do
ha-In In November. They ought to understand
that for what they have done and for what they
may do they win be hereafter held to the strctest
account by justly indignant people. The hopes
Of reward and the promises Of indemnity which
have been held cut TO them viii not avail them
in the days W hieh are close AZ hand
THE COUNTRY Is FULLY AROUSED.
It is alarmed by the corrupt Influences surround
ing Mr.. Blaine, and viii reject him as president.
Mr. Blaine has grown rich. The men around him
have grown rich. The spectators whom he has
aided by framing laws 10 suit them are rich The
corporations which he helped have moaopolized
the public lands But trade is stagnant The
commerce OF the country has decayed. Mills ere
standing idle. Where wages have not been stop
ped they are reduced Mechanics and Iaborers
go about seeking employment in vain. Women
and Children are
BEGINNING TO WANT BREAD,
and yet the farmer can find 10 profitable market
for his grain.
These circumstances afford conclusive proof
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