The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1886-10-23
Black on Blaine.
A Big Democratic Rally at Gettysburg, Pa
and Plenty of Enthusiasm.

Gettysburg, Pa, was ablaze with Demo
cratic enthusiasm Monday last. From all
parts of Adams county came Democrats to do
honor to Lieut. Gov. Chauncey F. Black,
State Chairman Hensel and Levi Maish. The
distinguished visitors were escorted from the
railroad station to the rink by procession
headed by the Grand Army Band. An audi
ence of several thousand had gathered. Mr..
Black was greeted by tumult of applause.
He said in the course of his speech
"Of Mr.. James G. Blaine or of my distin-
guished competitor, Gen. Beaver, | have
nothing 10 say but that which is in the per-
sonal sense perfectly respectful. But | think
/ may proGtably remind them both that we
are at present engaged in campaign for the
election of State officers and State Legisla-
ture, and the importation of Mr.. Blaine, with
his retinue of actors from distant States, with
the cheap stage tinsel and sheet-iron thunder
of 1884, to influence our conduct IN the de-
termination of our own local affairs, is daring
insult to the intelligence and patriotism of
the people of Pennsylvania, which will be
resented at the polls with even deeper indig-
nation than was the Burchard clap-trap, where
it was attempted to prostitute the clergy to
political purposes, or the Belshazzar feast,
where Vanderbilt, Gould and a mighty brood
of smaller blood suckers sat down with him
to celebrate a victory over the people, which,
by the providence of God, they never won.
In spite of Mr.. Blaine's undignihed and Of
fensive dramatic performances, Grover Cleve-
land, an honest and fearless man of the peo-
pie, was elected in 1884, and the cheap and
shallow devices which failed to save Blaine
himself will certainly not save Beaver. Why
are Blaine and the Maine gang here at an
enormous expense to the monopoly interests
of this State? Why has the State been work
ed over, as with fine tooth comb, and with
the use of vast quantities of money, to create
an apparent popular interest in the irrelevant
rant of a foreign actor, dressed out in the
dirty stage rags of two years ago? Simply
because Beaver is overwhelmingly beaten to-
day, and he and his managers know 1t; be-
cause they dare not face us upon the real issue
of the campaign; because 1t Is an absolute
necessity to withdraw the attention of the
people from their own home affairs, if they
would save the monopolists and corruption
lists from a defeat more crushing than that OF
1882. But it won't do. Mr.. Blaine can't
elect in Pennsylvania the man he treacher-
ously did his level best to defeat four years
ago.
sSuppose when the riot-bill bribers were
before the Dauphin County Court for SEN
tence Mr. James G. Blaine, of Maine, had
suddenly appeared before the bar in spanges
and feathers and demanded suspension of
sentence on the ground that Pennsylvania
Justice fairly melted out to these convicts
would deprive him of a nomination to the
presidency, would the court have paid any
attention to him? VIII the people who are
now about to pass a similar Judgment con-
corning their own domestic affairs give any
heed to him? Most certainly not. The man
| who lent what feeble aid he could to help on
the tide which swept out Beaver, Quay, KEN
BILE, Cameron and Cooper in 1882, and whose
hands are, in the political sense, dripping
with the blood of Folger, will not make
vote for Beaver in 1886. The bargain had
| better never have been made. The monopo-
lists might better have saved their money or
employed it in another Belshazzar feast. The
hour has struck for them. The Independent
home rulers of Pennsylvania, seeking the
perpetuation of honest State government,
will not restore the infamous rule of the State
ring to oblige the man from Maine, however
great may be either their necessities or his.
/ sincerely hope they will keep him and his
whole troupe in the State until election day.
If it costs them fifty thousand dollars the
money will be well spent in the interests of
the Democratic ticket, and, being spent on
Blaine, they can't spend it as heretofore-in
buying dishonest voters. 1t is stirring the
hearts of the tax-paying people OF this State
to their very depths, and if the insulting farce
of the tariff and the bloody shirt is kept on
the stage long enough in this all-engrossing
State election our majority will be big enough
TO end forever the ring business of indicating
old tickets both inside and outsiSe Pennsyl-
vania "