New-York tribune., 1884-10-12
DIR. sToRRs ON MR.. BLAINE.
WHY THE REPUBLICAN TICKET DESERVES
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shortly after tho Chicago Nominations we're madn
a statement from the Rev. DR., Richard :. stofrH'
the woll- known pnstor ~ the Church ot the III
arinls Bruoklym, Wa, widely published. IN whoh
he expressed u determination 20 vote for MI
Blaine although he had not been ehgei
10 have lin nominated. The po''uoai
situation having materially changed since that III
ter,iew was publi,h member of IHE TRIBUNE
stan called on Dr. storrs yesterday and asked nm
If he still intended 70 vote for Blaine and Logan.
Inquiries were also made IA 10 what he thought ol
the charges against the head OF the Republican
ticket his opinion of Cleveland, and his views OH
the subject of protection to American Industries
DIR. Storrs WIS found in his pleasant study IN
the rear of his church. In hems'u-
st. the four walls being lined with books, and large
easy chairs aud sofas standing in front of an open
fireplace The whole appearance of the room ana
desk indicated that 1t was the literary workshop or
a busy man. In answer to the questions suggested
DIR. Storrs said
"No; haven't changed my mind about voting
for Mr.. Blaine, except nv purpose 10 do so IL
stronger than il was | was not enthusiastic about
his nomination. and perhaps am not yet up
To The TRIBUNEs level Of zeal on the SUD
ject. But whatever my vote can do toward MS
election will certainly be done. It doesn't seem 10
me hat his assailants have shown him 10 be un-
worthy of the support of his couutrymen. some or
their attacks have been so groundless. and 40 VI
cous i'll temper, that one has had 10 guard himself
against reactng to the opposite extreme. But even
the more respectable attacks seem to me TO have
failed TO establish charges Of fasehood or dis
honesty on his part, to show that he used legs-
latiye office for corrupt pecuniary gain. On
this last matter | cannot but think
there was a very distinct negative-pregnant IN the
fact that Oakes Ames W no was of the shrewdest
of men, tried certainly never with success
to get Mr.. Blaine engaged in his schemes
about the Union Pacific Railroad. while
he did enlist in them other distinguished
members of Congress, tn their lasting dis
credit Mr. Blame comparatively young
with limited means and an increasing household.
He could have been of more serviceto Mr. Aine' IN
forcstalng hostile legislation than any five of the
men whom the latter secured; and the fact that his
hands were wholly clean in that connection cast'.
I think good deal of doub-to 'ay ihc least of 1t
ON the subsequent charges against him
"Ihc sentences extracted fiom his private cor
rcspondcncc. which have hcon SO incessantly
used npuiust him appear to me fairly suscep-
uho of nu interpretation not disnouorahlo to HIM.
though ho certainly vn4 not fortunate nt
discreet IN writing thomi aud the energetic
icslimonir. to hi4 pcuUulS just and urnctous char
actor which have oonc from clcrgymrn and Law
mon alike vhn hlyc loue known him are certainly
of great weight 900 his '1Eor lt, nll nonsouse to
-a, that ministers Hike Dr. Webb ol Boston, ior
example ntc crcdulou. than other people where
uuc-tion4uf personal character are concerned lhey
are mot buried iu abstract diacus sson7 They live
among men. and meet 1l sorts of peoples and they
recognize scaup as quickly as anyhody The
charge which "a ofton po'uinty made I'm the OPP
po.ite duoctiou ihai they are unduly iastIdious
ntI Critical L.a ftt I.ftat fruudlttnu
Ar,r,t vnrvu 20. ,ftViIANus ,uAuArrrm
Il ,orms yoti clrlt tuo. that ainco tho nomua-
toua vrtr mndo tho ,hHti.to oi tho only othot
candidate who can hY ppaaihiliY u" elected
haa received fatal vuuni.=ilial that
h. to any just aspirations on hI'
part toward the Presidency, The ausgration ihai
n man " hose hialoft iaaanrd with admitted li'rn-
tou.ucas may iet property aud deliberately ho pul
~ the head of the Nation must certainly hr
.cuutrd. IorpYoncs, ia one thing. Popular roi"-
nation II quite another Ethics must surely take
precedence of politics. IL would seem Ia ue, GER
tanv. a grave offence against the family,
| against the public honor for chaste woman
hood against the Il vine law Oi purity against the
essential welfare OF the state. 10 contribute To ele-
yate To the highest office In the gift of his county
men "A man with a loose woman III his train, and an
ilegitmate son. ] can hardly imagine anything
of worse example to the mulutudes Of young men
who are dangerously tempted, and who need
whatever succor TO their virtue may come
from a supporting and imperative public
sentiment IL would seem to me to make
the Nation at large, if not the positive patron of
lewdnes- at least the careless apoiogst for it. II
would put di-honor upon the American name
among all Christian peoples. cannot imagine
that the conscience of the country has reached a
point Of numb weakness where such thing Is pos
sbe.
THE GREAT QUESTION OF PROTECTION.
Then must say that aside from all questions
about the personal character of candidates
my sympatLies remain strongly with the
Republican party. On the great question, tor ex-
ample which is now so prominent, OF the Protec-
ton By legislation of American Industry, | ain IN
reservedly on it, side. Looking az the matter IN a
common sense fashion without the ghost Of theory
to support II strikes me that the policy OF protec-
ton 10 It's industry the part of a Nation as
Young a. ours and with territory so rich in ores
and textile materials is thing of vital I'M
portance. As apprehend II. such protection con-
suits the interest not only of the workman whose Ia
bor l. guarded against oppressive competition with
the cheap and hopeless labor of foreign countries,
but of the farmer, who gains reader and wider
sale for IN, products of even the purchaser of man
ufactured goods who gets his fabrics nearly OF
quite as cheaply in the end as If lie had bought
them IN foreign markets. while the general prosper
ity stimulated around Linn Is to him, a. to others
of vast advantage.
Il know that experts IN political economy differ
widely on the subject; but to me II seems a. plain
the line of city street that the policy of protec-
ton tends To diversity industry, to educate skill
10 attract and reward inventive genius. to make
young Nation more quickly independent of others.
as well az richer in internal resources That the
coal and the iron lie side by side under
our hills Is not. it appears 20 me. a fact without
meaning Indeed. ans Nation wholly given 10