Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-28
SrEtCH 0: N. BLAINE.
He Opens the Campaign for the Re-
publican Party Of the State OF
Maine,
And Tells What He Knows About
Protection, Prohibition and
Fishing.
The Street Car Strike in New York
Assuming Large Proportions
Foreign News, Etc.

SEpAGo LAKE, Maine, August 24.-James
G. Blaina. made q sp ech here to-day in
opening the political campaign in this
State for the Republican party. After re-
WOW ing the f-ct OF the induction OF the
Democraiic party to power the speaker
+,,cbed upon the record made by Congress
.,d drc,,r,d fr IN the record it was shown
,bat the policy Of protection VS.. free trade
w,s an issue shaped and determined, no
l,,yer by sectional preference but it had
hoc,m general and National, affecting a
distinct aud well marked line of division
between the Republican and Democratic
,.rties. He commended that the hostility
Of the Democratic party 10 protection had
entailed upon the country vast loss
and in many ways obstructed the
progress and development of certain
sections, He gave a statistical comp4ri-
son Of the financial CONDITION If the work
ing classes prior to 'ht enactment of the
first projection Inca as compared to-
dav. He spoke OF the labor question,
contending that the man who by any pre-
s%cription can remove this discomfort and
restore harmony and happiness would be
II philosopher, patriot and statesman.
The man who proiessed to do it, would
generally prove t., be Il compound OF
EMPIRIclsM AND IGNORANCE.
Perfect FREEDOM to test the virtues and
secure the advantage Of au organization
to exert a strong power through combi-
natiuDs," said the speaker, "are certainly
among the common rights Of all men un-
der "A Republican governm. Mt"
He said he could only wish to inquire OF
labor org .niZatinns how. under the rule of
free trade. could wages in the United States
be kept above the general standard Of Eu-
ropean wages. He also dwelt upon the
fact that the colored men of the South were
developing into artisans and if free trade
prevailed, white labor not only came into
competition with the highly skilled and mis-
erably paid labor OF Europe but the color
ed laborer would remain subject to the will
Of the white man, receiving mad
enuate nay for his owl toll and steadily
crowding the pay OF white laborers. Blaine
GweIt at great length on the fishery ques-
tinn, He said that the Senate and House.
bavins formally terminated the treaty of
1871 by an overwhelming vote, Secretary
of State Bayard continued the treaty for
six months at the r, quest OF the British
Minister, exacting pledges that the Presi-
dent would recommend the appointment of
n commission to decide upo' the exact ba-
sis OF the fishery rights of both nations.
The President carried out his promise in
the verbatim language OF the com
pact. The spe .ker characterized the
entire proceeding as most extraordinary
contending that a pledge being held in the
British foreign office robbed the President
of his liberty as anexecutive. Whenit was
ascertained Congress would not sanction
the International Comm ss:on. the Do
minion of CANADA, the speaker said, with
presumed approval Of the Imperial Gov
ernment, began q series OF outrage upon
American shi ping and fishing vessels ana
fishing crews seeking in every way to de-
stroy their business ard deprive them OF
their fishing rights. This WIS done with
the DELIBERATE intention and obvious ex.
pectati.,n OF forcing concession from this
Government. Blaine ook up the treaty
of 1878, and discuss d from the stand
point of Webster, aud using tn language Of
that statesman, and said il an American
fish NJ vessel VS. captured by one OF Her
Males vs. VESSELS tEe crown OF ' ngland
was auswerable. A trea y WIS made with
it and it was not to be exported thu United
States would subui- 't.lr rig: ts to- be adj
Indicated IN the D. try tribunals OF the
provinces or allow our vessels to be- seized
by coustables or other petty Ulcers and
condemned by the municipal courts OF
Quebec. New Foun.land and New Bruins
which or Canada.
Blaine said it would be refreshing il Web
stsrs words could be repeated from official
sources to-day. He declared that England
and the Tn ted States could not get to wal
except on SINE point touching imperial in
tegrity. But the country is weary OF hear
ing that Canadian tnnsti bles are arresting
American crows, and Canadian gunboats
are capturing vessels on the high seas
floating under the American flag.
Regarding the Cutting case, the speaker
said in contrast with the patient endurance
with Canadi N outrage was an unnecessary
and ul,dignified display OF violence and
bravado toward Mexico. He declared that
when the United States agreed to accept
arbitration as a means Of adjusting diff
culties wifi, h the English Government was
und-r bonds to tie public and to the world
10 offer Tor arbitration to any weaker
power as Il means OF settling the difficulty,
otherwise we pla I'D ourselves IN q dlsrepn-
table attitude OF accepting arbitration
with a strong power and OF resortlng to
force with a weak power. There was no
adequate cause for the demonstration. We
cannot. he said, without loss Of character
and chivalry begin our negotiations with a
threat Of war. 80
Regarding prohibition the speaker said:
The Republican party + Maine has been
pledged to prohibition from the days Of it's
organ'zati, II. 1t had enacted all the laws
respecting its Enforcement and reaftirmed
its faith in them. This yer the Demo
cratic opponents Of prohibition and Ger
tain prohibition advocates had adopted
the shibboleth. 1.-The Republican party
mnst be killed" AID made an alliance with
the Democrats. The speaker said against
scented it's record OF the Uniform support OF
prohibition and protection OF American
labor.