The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-20

presidents have been followed in whatever has
commended itself to tho public judgment since
the Republican party went out of power, and ia
spite OF all the efforts of the Democracy the pro-
tecave tariff still stands upon our statute-b book
Ii were TO define tina difference be.
tween the two parties I would say that, ia a
Droao and comprehensive sense, the Republican
party Is an essentially American marty while the
Democratic is dominated hv FOREIGN sentiments.
that the hostility to the tariff is in the interest
of Great Britain, and that the maintenance OF
/ the tarin Is IN the interest of every man ia
America, high and low rich and moor We were
told for years before the Democrats were called
upon to administer the governments that we did
not have good civil service, and
the gentlemen who went out from us
and Joined the Democratic party CHARGED
that the Republican administration did not
maintain a good civil service. Our reply was.
we have the best civil service that has ever been
known IN any country, but we will continue to
improve it. The Democrats Mr. Blaine con-
tinued wanted civil service patterned after
that of England. To show that the English
service was inefficient, Mr. Blaine read London
dispatch in which the writer states that Lord
Randolph Churchill's civii-service commission
will endeavor to bring about needed reforms and
increased economy, and that charges OF high sal
aries. short hours, excessive STATS, eXtravagant
pensions and general incompetency had been
made against the existing system in England.
This" continued Mr. Blame, lis the standard Of
civilservice reform which the civil service reform
club land | might use that word club in
double sense here has held over our heads in the
Republican party for the last ton years declar-
ing that if we did not reform our civil service
and put 1t practically on the basis of the English
civil service they would have more of US.
Well. gentlemen, they have placed civil service
under the control of the Democratic party, and
all around In various parts of the country you
see the visible Improvement. Just as they have
visiolv improved it on this side of the water, we
get the humilating but honest confession in re-
gard to the civil service of England, that that
service is rotten to the core and must be torn up
by the roots" This was followed by season OF
handshakng
At Tyrone City, General Beaver and Mr..
Blaine made brief speeches of the same tenor as
those at the previous stopping places.
AT Altoona the arrival of the train Was sig
nailed by the firing of cannons. The guests were
escorted to the baseball grounds, where ten
thousand people. most of them workugmen.
were gathered. After speeches by General
Beaver and others. Mr.. Blaine spoke as follows:
II regret that the condition of my voice is
such as to make it difficult for you to hear me
distinctly, if at all; but wish to lodge idea
in the minds Of those whom l can reach, and
that is this: The most prosperous. advanced in
teligent and powerful free-trade country in the
world is Great Britain. The country which
stands most prominent, most powerful most in
teigent under the protection policy is the
United States. Twenty-six years ago the
United States adopted the still existing
policy. At that time the wealth of
Oreat Britain was twice as great as that OF tue
United States. We have now run the race with
the free-trade Great Britain for a quarter of
century, and the wealth OF that nation is not
now estimated as double that of this country. 1t
is not even equal to ours. The wealth of tho
United States to-day exceeds that of Great
Britain by ten billions [Cheers. If the free-
trade policy which the Democratic party, under
Southern leadership, had imposed upon the
United States, and which was changed by the
election of Abraham Lincoln, had continued,
hav rtay an
Great Britain in the race for development and
empire! Take the rate Of wages paid here for
labor of all kinds skilled and unskileG, through.
out that quarter of acentury, and compare it with
that paid in Great Britain. and you will find that
it is from 70 to 100 per cent. greater, taking
the average for the whole period Take Ireland
which, being part OF and subject to the laws OF
the British empire, is under the domination OF
free trade Suppose that by some miraculous
agency that island was placed as near the coast
OF the United States as 1t is now to the coast OF
Great Britain, what do you suppose would be
the condition Of that most fertile portion of Eu-
rope in the course of twenty-five yearsl ask
those of this audience who were born on Irish
soil, and there are probably many of them, what
would be the condition of the land of their-nap-
tiyity if it was blessed as their adopted land ts
blessed by policy of protection for
l Its Industries and =, governmental sstab
right home TO your hearts We present for
your choice American protection and British
free trade l regret to see, however, that some
of our fellow citizens of Irish birth still vote for
the free trade side. That has always seemed to
me to be anomaly, for in so doing they vote
exactly as England desires them to vote. and
we all know of the inherited antipathy of Irish
men for England. Let every man who looks to
tho material prosperity of this country reflect
that his first duty is to insure the permanency
OF the doctrine of protection. If the Southern
States, through the Democratic party, should
continue to rule this country for series Of
years, the protection system will be destroyed
for the Democratic party, with q solid South
behind it, is in politics like the gambler VINO
plays with loaded dice' Applause
At Johnstown and Greensburg, Mr.. Blaine
bowed his Acknowledgements but declined to
speak because of hoarseness
To-Day's Demonstration at Pittsburg.
PITTsBURe Oct. 19.-At 1890 o'clock tonight
the special train bearing the Hon. James g.
Blaine and party steamed into Union Station
At his appearance the platform the immense
throng awaiting the arrival of the train let go an
enthusiastic shout of welcome. Mr.. Blaine and
companions were at once surrounded by the re-
cepton committee, composed of the most promi.
nert business men of the city, and taken to the
carriages in waiting. The American Club, act
Ing as an escort, headed for the Hotel Anderson
where Mr. Blaine, General Beaver and others
of the party were left to themselves
for the night. The preparations for to-
morrow's great tariff demonstration In honor
of Mr. Blaine are completed, and it will probably
overstep any previous demonstration by the Re-
publicans in western Pennsylvania Invitations
have been extended to the manufacturers and
business men of the county to give their en-
ployes a holiday and to send representations of .
their respective industries to be assigned posi-
tions in the line of parade The street demon
stration will embrace three grand divisions,
starting from the Monongahela House at 10