St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-08-21
The First Rally of the Blaine
and Logan Club.

In accordance with the announce
ment in the last CdledOnian. the first
rally of the Blaine and Logan club was
held at the Town hall on Friday even
ing, The st. Johnsbury band played
patriotic airs in the court house yard
for an hour before the meeting was adj
vertised to commence, and mt intervals
during its progress. Colonel Fair
banks, president of the club, presided
and opened the speech making by a
general review of the political situa-
ton. He remarked that there was nc
possibility of the election of Butler OF
of st. John, and that the contest is
really narrowed down to two candi-
dates-GrOver Cleveland and James @.
Blaine, whose characters had been
fully discussed. He answered the
question of what Cleveland's election
means by saying that it means the
restoration to power of the party which
has been so hostile to the best interests
of our country. We know the record
of that party in the past, he said, and
1T is the same party now as 1t was then.
In the event of his election, it will gain
ascendancy. They say we should not
talk about tho war, but we have Il right
to talk about it. If we do not talk
about the war, the democratic party
has no history. The election of Cleve
land means free trade, and if free trade
is adopted, and foreign productions are
admitted to this coun try free of duty
the wages of the wOrkingmen will be
sue before the voters is protection Ol
free trade. If the republican party
succeeds, the prosperous condition OF
the country will he maintained, Amer
lean industries will he protected, and
the interests of labor subserved. Blaine
the republican candidate, is Il thorough
American. He explained how the
American scales cannot be sold in
South America and Mexico because
English scales can he sold there SO
much more cheaply, as the result of the
failure of democratic legislation. The
republicans passed bill which would
have remedied this, but the democratic
house tabled it. There is a complaint
about Over-productiOn but America
has to relieve foreign countries of theil
over-production by our importations
The cheap iron that is being shipped
to this country from England, where
it is produced by cheap labor, is clos
ing the iron furnaces and throwing
thousands ont of employment.
Henry c. Idle was then introduced
who thought that the main issue in tn,
campaign is the protection of home in
dustries. He contrasted the condition
of wOrkingmen in this country will
those of Europe, where they receiv,
from forty cents to one dollar Il day
He cited the case of the workmen il
The scale shops, who receive from ) y.
to 81 day. If the democratic part,
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quences, instead of receiving thes
wages, they will he obliged to wOrl
for and support their families on fort,
cents Il day. He explained the rela
NOns of the protective tariff to tn
farmer, who now gets good price fO
his wool, but with free trade woul
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paid for the Australian product. Tn
contest is for protection on one sid
and free trade on the other. He dis
claimed any intention to discuss tn
personal character of Grover Cleve
land, and then briefly considered til
charges made against the official char
acter of Mr.. Blaine. We had candi
D date for the presidency in Vernon
4 whom we loved and whom we desire
to see nominated, but we acquiesced i
IL the result of the convention, for every
body knows better as to who the pee
: pie want than does one man. Tire
: years ago, if any one had aske,
e "WhO is James G.. BlaineP" the al
VI swer would have come with his recor
L of twenty years in congress; but
any one had asked, "Who is Grow,
!, Cleveland 2" the answer would hay
t come that he is a sheriff. "Here
Il Caledonia county," he said, tive thin
IL it quite an important Office great a
plause] but neither of the candidate
will be selected for the presidency
He has approved some excellent mea
: ures passed by republicans, and he h;
= the reputation of being a refOrme
-, The republican legislature pass,
some measures for the benefit of worl
ingmen, and Grover Cleveland veto,
+, every one of them. One was the b
reducing the hours of labor for Il
horse-car drivers from seventeen
twelve hours a day. Another reduc,
the fare on the elevated railroads fro
ten to five cents. Every law that W
enacted for the poor man, Grow
ne Cleveland put his foot on it.
of Alexander Dunnett paid his respec
h to the independents. Independent,
u said, is a noble word. An indepe
a dent is "a noble man, but an indepe
ld dent fool is fizzle. An indePende
o. man, who casts his ballot fearless
nd without fear or favor of any man, is t
sr. noblest work of God, not the kind
ly have here-not the kind we have Il
an year. Referring to the Mulligan Il
IN tiers, he remarked that nearly all