The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-31
AT WILLIAMSBURG.
And Stin Another speech, This Time to
Open-Air Meeting.

Open-Air Meeting.
New YORK, Oct. 30.--From the Grand Opera
house Mr. Blaine was taken to a carriage and
driven to Williamsburg, where, Notwithstanding
the rain, which still continued falling. the great
openair meeting had held its ground for two
hours, waiting for Mr.. Blaine. and when he
appeared the enthusiasm was so great that for
some time he could not get an opportunity to
speak. When order was restored, he said:
"Gentlemen--It generally takes more than a
heavy rain-storm to dampen the ardor of Repub
licans this year cheers, and the fact of your
coming out on an evening like this is the best
possible proof of your devotion to the Repub
lican cause. 1t is the cause of we'll paid Amer
of the old world. 1t is the
cause OF the men who need the succorng pro
lection of the tariff cheers while they earn
their bread in the sweat of their faces 1t is the
cause of the men who represent the bone and
the muscle and the sinew of this great Nation.
and upon whose intelligent and wclldirected la
Dor the progress of the Republican party depends
Renewed cheering The end ana aim of all
just law is that every man shall have fair
days wages for a fair day IS work lgreat cheer
lng, and | call every man TO witness that there
never has been such period of good wages in
this country as during the time the Republican
party has been in power. tCheers The reason
of that is that the country has been blessed dur
ing the whole of the period Of twenty three
years by the existence of a protective
tariff. Renewed cheers Upon that record
the Republican party stands, and if 1t falls as
fall it will not cries of Never Never and
cheersl, it will fall by that record and in that
faith. The party had its origin in keeping slave
labor out OF free territory, and that work would
have been very incomplete if it had not been fol
lowed by such legislation as would secure good
wages to every Industrious man Applause
That, my friends is the leading issue in this
campaign and if | should detain you in tnis
raj O-Sto fpp IF
not make it palmer than that The cities OF
New York and Brooklyn, which. in effect
constitute one great commercial cen
ter, regarded by the country at
manufacturing industries of New York and
Brooklyn are even larger than the commercial
interests and there are more men--more labor
ing men-in these two cities dependent upon
manufacturing than are dependent upon
commerce. Therefore it is that New York and
Brooklyn, with their $500, 900, 900 of manu-
factured products every year, constitute the
| largest manufacturing center in the entire
| Union. and the largest manufacturing city il
the world, with the single exception of London
Consequently, the protective tariff is of larger
interest to the cities of New York and Brooklyn
cOnjoined than to any other single point in the
United States, and it is upon that basis and
standing upon that principle, that the Re
| publican party presents that issue
to you as the one primarily Of
plause Gentlemen, l only came here to see
you, not to make speech. Cries of Go on. /
Only one word more. Along with the great in
dustrial system which the Republican party has
established is the financial system, which has sc
cured good currency to the country, so that
when any man now receives dollar he is as
sured that it contains one hundred cents. With
the old State banks, you remember when a man
got dollar he did not know how many cents
he had in it tlaughterl; and the currency of the
United States, either the greenback or the dollar
of the National bank, is so absolutely accepted
at its face value that it is good not only in every
State i'll the Union but around the entire circling
globe, and passes current in every money
market in Europe. Applause 1t is some
thing, when man has earned his wages, that
he gets paid in good money, and it is the proud
boast of the Republican party that
it has not only secured the development Of the
largest industrial interests of the country but
has provided that every laborer in the land shall
be paid in hard and good money for his work
Great cheering. The rain-storm, gentlemen is
harder upon you cries of Oh. no; go on than
1t is upon me, and must bid you good night"
Mr. Blaine here left the stand amid uproarious
and long continued cheering
After the meeting in Williamsburg Mr. Blaine
took his place at the head of the procession
The rain was then falling heavier than ever
When the procession reached Republican
headquarters, in Montague street Mr..
Blaine took his stand on platform.
ana, sheltered by waterproof and umbrellas re
viewed the parade, which numbered about 6, 900
in uniform. The increasing rain hal
drenched them through and through, and the
torches for the most part were extinguished
The men cheered Justify, regardless of thu
weather Mr.. Blaine was asked what he thought
of the procession Had it been fair night ."
said he, II think the procession would have
been as illimitabfe as it was magnificent" Apart
from the processioDists "a crowd of 900 or 3 GOO
stood around the headquarters in Montagu
street Mr.. Blaine and his Walker re
turned to the Fifth avenue Hotel New York, to
night.