The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-10-30
The Campaign in New York,

Inc Campaign IN New York.
CANADA FOR CLEVELAND AND FREE TRADE
THE CAMPAIGN IN NEW YORK WAXING
WARM. DEMOCRATIC DODGING AND DIRT
THROWING. THE ST. JOHN SIDE SHOW. MIR.
BLAINE'S POPULARITY. THE STALwARTS.
THE PROTECTION ISSUE.
Correspondence of the Journal
ADAMS. n. Y, Oct. %, 1884. have just
come down from Ogdensburg, where | could
look across the blue waters of the st. Lawrence
to country where the people are all for Cleve-
land and free trade. Blaine and protection
have no adherents in Canada The Canadians
remember regretfuy the palmy days of the rec
iprocity treaty which afforded practical free
trade across the border of the two countries
and was to them great advantage. 1t was
found TO be equally disauyantageous to the
American farmers and producers, and hence
our government refused to continue It. 1t is
great pity for Cleveland that he is not running
AS Il candidate on the other side of our national
boundary. for there he would have good pros
pect of N election. But AS he must get his
votes from citizens Of this country, so many of
whom believe in protecting the labor and in
dusries of America, his chances of success are
not 1lattering
The campaign is waxing warm in this State
though the weather Is not The situation is
some what new il New York politics. The
free trade democrats, the independent mmacu-
la;e>, and the extreme prohibitionists are com
bined for Cleveland. The Democrats are dodg-
ing. 50 far 4. they can, the issue which in their
platform and upon the Morrison Bill. they have
made upon the tariff The independents, led by
Beecher Curtis and SchuTz are disregarding
all parry issues ana engage themselves entirely
in throwing dirt while few deIuded people,
edged Oh by the Democratic party, follow the
Wlld-eyed st, John as he goes about with his
site show to the Democratic circus.
! saw ST, John few days since in New
York. lie is a very common Looking man. ex-
rept that his eyes express mingled wildness, dis
appointment and pain. There is nothing kind.
genial Oh hopeful to be seen in them s.. John
does not look happy. Something must have
gone seriously wrong with him. How he ever
become Governor Of Kansas is the first ques-
ton that arises when one has taken survey
of him. Still the Democratic party will get 4
good many half votes by the use of this fraud
uient decoy duck, whose purposes If they are
fairly stated by those who should know them,
would be anything but acceptable to those who
honestly support his candidacy.
The great event now looked for With more
interest than all others except the result of the
election itself. is the coming of Mr.. Blaine.
The astonishing enthusiasm which he has
created in the West will be equalled in New
York. His personal popularity even among De-
mocrats, wherever have been. is something to
wonder at. His presence cannot fail to give a
great impetus 10 the Republican campaign, as
it has done everywhere along the route since
he left New England. But of this YOU will
learn something ere you receive this letter.
1t is noticeable that all the Arthur men and
ola stalWars are hard al work for the success
Of the Republican ticket except small num-
Der Of persons who have been the intimate and
confidential friends Of Conkling. But the lat
tvrare 50 few that they can hardly affect the final
result
Ihe Republicans are making bold fight for
protection they did in Maine and Ohio; and
upon TINS issue, openly and unreservedly made 3,
they viii receive many Democratic votes. not
alon" from the lr>h-Americans and Germans.
but from native Americans as well. The man
lfacluring interest of this State is enormous
and 50 l. The farming interest. which is as
strongly favorable to protection as the manu-
facturles. In some place, where farm products
used to be a drug, manufactures have 50
grown that the farmers cannot supply the
home markets which hey have created and the