The Republican journal., 1884-06-19
The Dude Democracy.


State street Shyock>, men whose fingers are
calloused with clipping coupons, who have more
paunch than brains. and no bowels of compass
sion for the workingmen of this country. whom
they would like to see reduced to the condition
of the pauper laborers of Europe, have organ
| lied Il revolt in Boston against Blaine and L0-
gan. They issued call fora meeting of indie
pendents and Republicans, with an imposing
array Of names attached. 1t is quite in accord
| with the methods of these .'truly good" people
| that dozen or more names are duplicated and
| that many of the signers are Democrats or such
| independents as never voted for the Repub-
| can Presidential ticket. The Boston Traveller
says: "Strke the 'tarill-for-reyenue-0nly Dem
| ocrats and the Free Traders with Old Repub-
can affiliations ont of this li>tof signatures. and
there will not be enough names of influence
ever. Several of our large importers are in
cuded, but we look in vain for the names of
our heavy manufacturers. The lawyers have
] signed by the dozen, especially the Young and
| brietless lawyers. but the sturdy mechanics
and workngmen are not represented" And
the Traveller thas sets forth the key note of
this bolt: The Chicago platform declares en-
! phaticaly for continuance of the great and
beneficial policy of protection to American Ia
| Dor. These gentleman who propose to organ
1ze bolt in Massachusetts are opposed to that
policy"
The meeting was held Friday evening. The
speeches We're what might be expected. Har-
ward College sent representatives who 'look
| forward to the foundation of new party from
| this small beginning GLOW would the Dude
! Democracy do for name:) Most of the speak
ers eXpatiated on the opportunity of the Dem
ocratic party; but there was one exception.
Mr. Halowell who offered a resolution decar-
| ing that "any man who accepts a Presidential
nomination from the Democratic party forfeits
all claims to Republican support The motion
was received with Kisses and was defeated.
| That settles the status of the meeting as Demo-
cratic and such it really was. Col. L. w. IIig-
gibson eulogiZed Cleveland and Bayard, the
one man of immoral practices and the other
credited with making Il di>loyal speech when
the Union was in peril. James Freeman Clarke
said that while he personally had nothing to
say against Blaine, the latter seemed to be sur
rounded by all the rascaity il the Republican
party-a compliment to the people who sur
| round and support Mr.. Blaine. But this is a
revolt against the American people, and IL re-
Election upon Republican institutions. If our
people are not capable of choosing their candi-
dates for office, the men who fought and died
to save the Union fought and died in vain. and
we might as well go to Beacon street at once
for a king to reign over us.
1t is worthy of note that the same issue of
the Boston Herald which contained the report
of this free trade meeting gave also dispatches
from Western Massachusetts showing that in
that quarter the Republican ticket was received
with enthusiasm. 1t was telegraphed from
Worcester that Congressman Rice says never
before in the history of local politics were there
so many Irishmen in that city coming out for
the Republican ticket. They think they see a
chance to vote for man who is not afraid to
tackle the ornamental appendage of the Brit
ish lioH. 1t is also reported that the party lead
ers and the party workers, the county officials
and the men who do the political canvassng,
are for Blaine, and mean to put in their best
work for him. One of them said: hat do
those people down in Boston think? Do they
believe that the country towns are going to fol-
low the lead of Boston: Not much The conn
try Republican is going to vote the party ticket,
and in the manufacturing centres the Republi-
can platform and its candidates will commend
themselves to the workingmen. No tariff for
revenue only for them. You can't disguise it.
The Democrats mean free trade and lower Wa
ges!" 1t is the opinion of the party leaders in
Worcester that the campaign will be won by
the Republicans on the tariff issue. And that is
the opinion everywhere. The free trade dem
constructions will have no other effect than to
make votes for Blaine and Logan.