The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-09-23
BLAINE IN 4NEWtYORK.,
now lie PASSED rEsTrnpA,
In the Metropolls-Catholio and Protestant
Ministers Cali on Iilm-The Visit Of tho
Msmbsrs Of the Union League
Club-Addrcss y Presented. }I

NEw YoRx, September 22.-James G.
Blaine breakfasted this morning with Con
gresham Phelps, J. Meredith Reade, late
Minister to Greece, and Walker Blaine
Immediately afterwards he left the hotel
in carriage una,eompanied. He returned
at noon. and received number OF calls
many Of them Of a social nature. f
In the afternoon Rev. T. T. Carlcy, a
Catholic priest, at West Point, called on
MIR. Blaine and presented him with gold
headed canc, voted to the Republican
candidate for President by LOCO majority
at the fair Of the West Point Catholic
Church. lEr, 's'-7l'E SO =
MINISTRIES CALL. v 6 ~ Y
Shortly after Father Corley's departure,
a delegation Of Methodist clergymen mum.
bering about ninety, paid their respects to
MIR. Blaine. They represented churches
In this city, Brooklyn, Jersey City,
Newark, N. j., and Connecticut. 3 The
reverend gentlemen were introduced BY
Ut. James NJ. King, OF the Eighteenth
Street NJ. +. Church. afTs I-53-t' a. -r
Mr. Blaine 'lunched with his son Walker
and alterward received the employees OF
tho Republican State Committee. with
each Of whom lie shook hands and con.
yersed for few minutes. "A +.
a delegation from the Union League
club OF Philadelphia also made their visit
without any particular formality. At four
o'clock committee Of fifty Of the Union
League ofNew fork, ,nppointed by the club
70 cooperate with the Republican National
COMMITTEE, together with abouta hundred
ana fifty other members Of the club, assem.
Dled in tho main parlor of the hotel
where Mr. Blaine went to meet them.
The delegation was headed BY Henry
Clewes, Cornelius N. Bliss and Rev. Dr,
Armitage. Charles Smith read an addres,
on benaii OF the committee. fEyl& &.f
{. TARIFF THE ISSUE. ss&
1t said in part: We claim to be a body
OF men who ask nothing for ourselves and
only seekgoodg dgovernmentand wise policy
l am desired by my friends who surroul d
me to say it is their most emphatic con.
viction that the question Of questions
to bc decided in the coming presi.
dental election which dominates all
others is this: Shall the American idea OF
tariff for protection to American labor and
industries be maintained rs the settled pol.
icy Of the United States? We, sir, literal.
" repudiate rs un-American the Demo.
cratic doctrine OF a tariff for revenue only.
We claim this is the only question now
worthy OF discussion. We pledge to you,
sir, the hearty support of the overwhelm.
ing majority OF this club. II there should
be small remnant Of q minority OF our
members who may. desert their party on
election day it will be only because they
: mr.. nlArSE's REPLY
Mr. R1o;ne ,o ,osnvon1oa :. to,,o,,.
q 'Doeo 10 .ono"s. '"
, uESrL.AES +, OF THE UNION LEAGUE
CLun: l desire in response to your cordial
welcome, to express the deem obl;pat;on I
feel for tho c,rrto., .o, .h.,..
l.. - M t De'l s' yoa 'ia'e sao@h itie
W .hls cail. l:izs't,s Il :. :
The history Of the Union League Club
OF New York is inseparably identified
with the most critical period in the his.
tory OF this nation. No one who has
iha no.+ o,,.A,. "