The Red Cloud chief., 1884-10-24
MIR. BLAINE'S CAREER.
A Speech by Hon. r. B. Harrison.
OF Connecticut.
lie Shows Tfia. There 4. Not a symptom
al Dishonesty I'm Mr.. BIaine's Pub
lie Life-Ths Speaker. Op!n-
Ion of Carl schurx,

Inc attack upon Mr.. Elaine has made an I'M
presaion alnonx Some Rcpublj cans. but tie re-
I'm. tinaIca,ion which has come fron Maine
mas also made an impression upon many OF
our democratic friends. There are Others of
our TRENDS IN this city. who. although tbey
49,. a. W. 90. are worthy of our re-
ePcc" L huHlit with them that no corrupt
man ought to be elected Presiden. OF tho
thited states admit with them that The
"hoin teicr are not the originator. OF the
assault upon Mr.. blaine. 1 shall ailui &c TO
enemies ot Mr.. blaine. but I shall not clss,
these gentlemen among them. do not Hat
Ter myself that anything I sha say a, ,kIs
tate day VIII make any great difference with
thein, ana Yet there may be among tho c
gentlemen OF we.tpoised and welLbaIanc.d
opinions. some who may tie led to reconsider
their Diet .rInination.
What has been cInTgcd against Mr.. Blaine,
lie mas Jeen charged vita being "a cprr.Inf
man. thicf among his <ers ~ a man af
remarkable power, Carl scnurZ. Mr.. sc.urL
q Naslly mnre effective than those surround.
ln< hun. What he has not said agains. Mr.
Blaine can act be said. Now. what Kind of A
man Is SchurZ. lie Is apt to believe one thing
toNay dnd another thing to- morrow. Ee one.
was "A ltepubiican ana defended tina. great
solder, Genera Grant. Then he de-. .rt..i 10
ihe enemy, u return again. Hc la, nov
Joined The democratic party for the second
time. And the iongtIe winch detained on. of
The greatest sold icrs of the age Is NV uefsm.
ing on OF Tie greatest statesmen of hts time.
James o.. bidine. But Mr.. SclurZ will come
around all right, and will again ask for adm :.
hion TO the Republican party. With r.ruri
40 IL ctIItiin fuilnX OF Mr.. lSldIuc, MIR. ScturZ
cia!ihs ihtt IL was "A prostitution OF oin,iai
power Tor The purpose OF making money
now, let us give Mr.. Blame that decent mcas-
urc OF justice which IL due to every man ,xn.n
MS reputation Is al stake. Mr.. BaIne nuso of.
1erel an Interest ia n Ger. ain railroad. a
legitimate transaction. Mr.. Schurz re.cr, L,
Mr.. Elaine : let or. in which the writ.- stated
tha, nc shou d not b. n dcadhcad I'm the cn,er-
prise. WHAT right had Mr.. Schlrz To c,arge
eNil motive TO MI. B.aine! What right has
an one To say That when james G.. Elaine
rays Iistl ne sees various Channels in which Inc
can Dc useful to the concern, he proposes TO
use has o:hc.al patronage To further the enter
Prise! Mr.. Blame also eKcrted himself To
RAISE funds for the railroad company. An
thIs There was not an exercise or oliciaI
power. ne heter emptcd To use o'hcial
power IN behalI or that entc. prise.
There was no intimation thar Mr.. Blame At
tempted any assis ancc TO the bill. What right
has any one to say that bccatIS. Mr. .Iaine
rnade "A righteous decision at one time that ne
undertook To do a righteous thing Tor nm nm
rIgh eotis purposct No man OF candor can
accept the Interpretation thai Mr.. Sch urL nuts
upon H. wei. there were II great many MuI-
gan letters. How many OF YOU have re a
those letters TO see If Mr.. Bia. ne sought To use
ms inIucilce Tor an impr per purpys., 4
have rea them again ana again, and I stand
mere and assert that I'm all those letters there
L not any offer made 10y Mr.. Blaine To misuse
MS oniciiti power for any purpose. There Is
not IN those letters any suggestion OF using
ms oihcial power for any purpose at al, good,
bad or indifferent.
have thus lar taken q defensive attitude
concerning Mr.. blaine. ! now propose To
take the offensive. 1 now propose To advance
TO the very center of the citadel of Mr.
SchurL. i propose TO bring To your attention
a set of facts which are absolutely impossIble
to contradict IL ! can break down Mr..
SchurL = ceatcr VIC need no: be troubled about
the wings. In this line of attack | will noI ask
ANY testimony OF MT. iiiain.. propose To
cal upon tnc responsible authors of TINS nc
Cusailon-cbIet among them Carl SchurL.
Mr.. Blame was In Congress c~Ightcea Y arg.
Tor SIX years a. Speaker. There were aurIns
that periot pending before Congress corrupt
Infl ZlfrHZ M nIE Kind fR Am .shnr H.. -.
those eighteen years there was not AN hour
VIXEN MIR. Blaine, had he been inclined to 40
wrong, would MOI have been tempted To do
wrong What was his record during those
eighteen years. MIR. SchurZ has exam me-
that record. Everything that 20 lld have been
hunted up against Mr.. Blaine has been Ter
rcIed out. During all those eighteen years OF
Mr.. lla mes service in Congress hc gasp
probably hundreds of votes. Neither Tar.
SChurL nor any one else mas ever dared til
charge thai Mr.. Blaine ever once voted for a,
tad measure, or against IL good one. Mr.
Schurz, IN your cIca Bnoo Nyn speech. WIN.
did you suppress TINS great fact: DurInG'
those en- htccn years Mr.. bla ne male Il goot
many speeches No one has dared charge
thai, all those years, hc made q speech IN la
ror of Il bad measure, or against - good oIc.
Why did Mr.. SchurL suppress tnIs fact! Mri
Elaine was = great parliaincntarian. Cars
ScnurZ has not cnargcd that james q. Blaine
ever mad, use 81 has parliament Try skill to
help "A tad mea -urc. or hurt 4 good one. Mr..
Blame was Speaker of the House Tor sIN
years. Neither Carl SchurZ nor any other
enemy O; hr. Blaine has ever charged that
Mr.. ELAINE ever ma lie IA bad ruliug. Tney tao
lily admit has rulings were pure and risht. I
Say that. aS strong as every one OF these
facts i whcI we are considering the pabiic
lie of Mr.. elaine. their strength as n whole
is increased 10y C mnInation. anu the reSlit
is irresistible Tie result IL that the
recorl OF James q. Blaine Is ALSO
lutcy without spot. stain, DlcmIsh on
shadow. l say. and I ask any candid man If IL
L. not true. that 1 have met Mr.. SchurZ's
line of argument ut the front. and tie accusa-
ton il broken down. The smoke and the vie
mist with which they have surround d the
true Blame disappears. And Mr.. Elaine c bmcs
out i'm the light OF the MONDAY sun. con rbnt-
log his enemies with this brilliant record in
his hands.
Aud vet. MS spotless as has been MIR. B.ainc's
record. how awful has been the attack upon
HIM, He Is caricatured and lanpooncd week
after week 10y that iidrpcT'S Usok u which
c~arlcaturei Abraham Lincoln as n drunkard
EVEN the reputation of his wife and chlldrcI
have been attacked. All ether reforms should
wait until there has been a rcioi IN in our sys-
tenn OF Amer. can politics. Unless the Amer
lean people shall vindicare men of honor thu
shamcfuliy attacked. every man in public lie
will Ice from positions OF trust as from the
prsIilcucew which waiketn at MONDAY
nouaernpy l. CilnOS-