Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-07-02
BLA1NE's GREAT SPEECH.


A Tribune special informs an anxious
country this morning, that Blaine is 60
ing to make a great speech in the near
future, attacking the Democratic party
and the Administration on general princi-
pies. The DEMOCRAT has been placed in
communication with that renowned pro.
fessor of second-sight and knowledge OF
the future, Joe Medill, of the Chicago
Tribunc, and by the courtesy OF the
much-bedeviled telegraph men, we are
enabled TO furnish our readers with the
following beautiful synopsis OF the great
forthcoming event:
"Friends and Fellow-Citizens: | APP
proach my task filed with malice, the
sting of defeated hopes, and pure gall
clean up 10 the bunghole. For these
reasons do not expect my harangue to
have an appreciable effect on the voters
mt large, but | have been bounded by the
Democrats and mean to get even some
how I will first tackle the actions of
Congress. They are tinkering the tariff,
and as that subject is at present very
stretchy one, so to speak, we can nail 'em
on that, for most people don't know
what it means and confess / don't, but
we must have free trade or our party is
gone to smash. They have not tinkered
much yet, but enough to give us a hold,
and we mean business. They voted
down all subsidies for steamship lines
carrying our mails, and although that
was good thing to do, and will force
American owners OF foreign bottoms TO
take little less than the earth for their
services, yet we must make point on it
to catch the dear voter.
"They have betrayed Civil Service
Reform. They haven't, but we must
say SO; and ye gods! the President has
abused the veto power. Now, if | had
that veto power, would make that Dem
ocratic House think it weighed several
tons, but then, you know, what is good
government in Republican sense is
criminal in Democrats, and though he
has only vetoed few private snaps OF
the Members and their friends, yet you
see the number counts, and we must not
over look any little thing which gives us
grip in these days. Now, my friends,
it is very evident to you all that we must
have something to go on, and l know
you look to me for powder, SO hand out
to you the great John Roach case. Ring
all the changes on that, and throw in 4
few dabs of Civil Service and veto busi-
ness, and so keep up blowing OF your
horns il you don't sell founder. Noise
is healthy, and l am the great noise
maker from away up the creek. The
outlook Is slim one, | know, but we
must be up and doing all the same.
With Morrison and Randall at outs on
the tariff, and our own Pig-Iron Kelly
offering his patent policy Of how not to
even bad smell is better than nothing.
Gould is committed to my support next
time, and with the sinews OF war which
he can bring to bear, we can make a good
nhoWihS' hS shiu DeloTe, VIE peopie
are becoming used TO this Democratic
rule, and they must be touched up tc
remind them that there is class OF NAL
contents in the land, OF which | am the
chief, who cam sit calmly by and see
all the pie for which struggled SO hard
go into the peoples hands second time
The great issues are all dead, and moth
ing but the issue OF good government is
up now, and that is assured, but we must
make the issue Of Blaine or bust, and
do not wish to be busted again"
At this point, Joe, the prophet, took a
choking fit, and SO did the operator.