The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-28
E. ROSEWOOD HoAR.
The Ex-Attorney- General Speaks Plainly for
Blaine and Against Cleveland.

The Ex-Attorney- General Speaks Plainly for
Blaine and Against Cleveland.
From Speech at Worcester, Mass.
Our candidate for the presidency, Mr.. Blaine,
who is he? Once Republican Journalist eff
fcient, fearless, true: then member of Con
gress, of the House of Representatives, in which
he rapidly rose by courage, force and fidelity, to
the Speakers positions; the Speaker of the House
for four terms, and when in the election which
transferred the majority for the time being to
the Democrats when at the close of that Con-
gresss he made that touching. dignifed and
affecting farewell speech to the House / under
take to say to you, gentlemen, that there was
not a Republican in the United States that did
not say that Mr. Blaine was among the foremost,
the most trusty, the most gallant of our leaders.
Since then he has been a senator in Congress,
he has been Secretary of State. When our
murdered President lay on that protracted death
bed the whole country, without distinction of
party, looked to Mr.. Blaine with honor, and con-
fidence, and trust Practically, the administra-
ton for the time being was in his hands.
And, gentlemen, there is another statement
to be made about Mr.. Blaine which / want you
to think Of. In the last three conventions of the
Republican party to nominate President Mr..
Blaine has been each time, if not the leading
candidate, at least a leading candidate Twice
he has not been successful twice it has seemed
better to majority Of the convention that some
other man should be their standard bearer, and
each time Mr.. Blaine and his friends, with a sin
cere and hearty earnestness, adhering to the OAR
tY and its principles, fighting for the cause, and
not regarding the question of men, have given
their best services to make their party trium-
plant. His enthusiastic following was as great
as that of any man who might have been disap-
pointed in regard to their favorite candidate but
what wish to say is that this support in three
successive Republican national conventions is
not a thing which can be acquired without sterl-
ing qualities in the man in whose favor these
manifestations are made
= The nomination of Mr. Cleveland
gentlemen, is in my estimation merely repeti-
ton of what the Democratic party has in several
preceding campaigns attempted, and that is, he
is held out as bait 1t was so with Mcclellan
in the war; it was so with Horace Greeley; it was
SO eminently with General Hancock and the
Democratic party with certain wisdom: OBJ
serves the rule which an old man in the country
once stated, that in the selection of bait you
must consult the taste Of the fish and not the
taste Of the fisherman, and so they hold him out
as a reformer. think if they had had the
courage Of their convictions they would have
nominated old Judge Thurman, and the only
plank in the platform would have been: "Let
the boys come in out Of the cold to warm their
toes, which understand was Judge Thurmans
platform before the Chicago convention But
they concluded to have this bait held out. Now
If you choose TO take him, the Democratic party
don't care one cent who it is that is the means
Of leading them into power. This great
dixie that we have built up, they
don't care whether it is leveled by rats or washed
away by food. The tide will come in. It will
be the Democratic party with its traditions, its
masses, Its purposes placed in power, and the
President will be its instrument as he must be.
The choice Of American people is between great
parties, between principles, between purposes
and it can't be made question of men,
But felloW-citizens, therg is one thing
ought to have said about Mr. Blaine In regard
70 the common accusations against him, have