The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-17
THE TARIFF N THE soUrH.
Admiration of MIR. Blaine The Solid Soutl
Going to Pieces

Admiration of MIR. Blaine-The Solid South
Going to Pieces.
New York Tribune.
Never in the history of all the political cam
paigns in which / have been participant has
there been such an early, ceaseless and increas-
ing ground-swell of popular opinion throughout
every part of the country as is felt to-day, said
member of Congress from this state to Il. G.
Horr, of Michigan. recently
You are right, replied the frank, open heart
ed member of Congress from the State by the
great lakes. "and let me tell you that American
industry never had so loud voice in the Repub
lican ranks as it has at this moment Never be-
fore has every nationality been so largely, and
may say so clamorously interested in their
ranks as to-day. Why" said Mr.. Horr, II have
just come from a hot but glorious campaign in
Maine and tell you that if ever was obliged
to leave good old Michigan, / think should turn
my face east instead OF west, and go to Maine
The forests and the rivers and the hardy lum-
bermen along the Kennebec and the Penobscot
remind me of my loyal constituency in the val
ley OF the Saginaw. The woods are full OF
EN- has been the war-cry from the hour
that James G.. Blaine was nominated at
Chicago, and when saw these brave hardy
lumbermen of the old Pine Tree State, working
at their booms or pushing their logs, all eager to
go back into the forests in winter, thought
was among my own people in the pine woods Of
Michigan instead of away up in Maine. WhN
those lumbermen have been reading during the
! past winter, and, having made up their minds
| in regard to the protection of American lumber
| against the free trade right across their border
| in the Canadian forests, they were prepared to
vote intelligently. and the Democratic party
| couldn't deceive them. Canada runs along my
! State, and don't you believe that the ten thou
sand lumbermen in Michigan are going to throw
| their ballots away in this mighty contest
/ Mr on 10 hon.
PLY as he did in these few moments, and a con-
siderable crowd had, by this time. gathered
around him in the corridor of his hotel He said
that he did not believe there were a hundred
lumbermen on any river, East or West, who
would not vote the Republican ticket
Let the South in on this lumber question:
said gentleman who was formally introduced
few moments before. Il didn't like you Yankee
you were the blankest set of selfish men that
ever knew, but | have within short time
changed my opinion. You know that in South
Carolina there are many people who are identi-
cally interested in a great commercial and in
dustrial way witk thousands in the North and
West. refer to our magnificent pine lumber
interests, and the conversation that | have Just
heard from our Western friend has done me a
heap Of good You know that the statesman to
whom all South Carolinians pay their Worship
let alone his secession opinions, is John c. Cali
houn, who is always compared to the Southern
pine. as Mr. Webster is compared to the North
ern oak and 1ir. Clay to the graceful elm. Now,
our State Is to-day trying to relieve herself of
this burden. We want to unburden ourselves
by our productions, and among our great in
terests stand our groves and forests of pure oily
Southern pine.
with an eye to business, and cannot blame
them, you Northern people invested largely in
these lands We could not prevent you from
buying. for we needed the money; but as we
gained little foothold, our eyes opened and our
hands clutched more tenaciously our pine lands,
and having large possessions still left among the
people Of North and South Carolina, Georgia
and Alabama. we have watched with great inter-
est the political status os you Northern and
Western people. We fnd as general thing
means Republicanism and therefore / can name
you hundred large landed proprietors in the
South who win either vote for Blaine or not vote
at all simply on account of financial expediency.p
Considerable conversation ensucd on this sub
ject, when this Southern gentleman BY the