The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-09-02
BL.AINE'S SPEECH.
The Late Republican Candidate fol. President
Opens the Maine Campaign With a
Speech at Sebago Lake.

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;| Speech at Sebago Lake. 15$
He Sharply CritIcises Mr.. Bayard's Handling
Of the Fishery Question and Speaks
Strongly for Protection.
Blaine Of Maine. Er S.
sEBAao LAKE, Me-, Aug. "a The formal
opening Of the Republican campaign in
Cumberland county took place this after
noon, when Hon. James G. Blaine and Con-
gressmen Reed of Maine and Gibson of Ohio
made addresses before large assembly.
The meeting was called to order by Isaac W.
Dyer, chairman of the county committee.
John E. Warren of Cumberland presided.
Mr. Blaine was greeted with loud cheers
when he rose to speak. IA A.%
! After referring to the opportunity given the
people during tho first year of q new admints-
parties and decide which was the more worthy
OF support, Mr. Blaine entered upon discus
sion OF the tariff He declared himself boldly
tion versus Free Trade is an issue shaped aud
determ1ned no longer by sectional preference
ong mas become general and notwithstanding
distinct, well marked line of division between
me Republican and Democratic parties. The
hostility OF the Democratic party to protection
has entatled upon the country a vast loss, and
mas IN many ways obstructed the progress and
development OF certain sections. have no
new nostrums to offer for the cure Of labor
troubles. i have no quack remedies to propose.
am firm believer In the efficacy Of the pro-
tectlve tariff. i mover promised anything when
l, was'a s candidate for public office, and now.
Halter any man Or state ANYTHING else than the
simple truth as see the truth. He could not
SEQ how, with the present modes Of Interchange
and transportation Of all commodities. wages
under the role Of free trade could in the United
states be kept above the standard Of European
wages. After remarkinE that the colored labor.
ers Of the South were greatly underpaid, tho
speaker passed to $40 -
TEE FISHERY QUESTION. Ivy.
he reviewed the history of the dispute at
much length, and mentioned the arrangement
made by Secretary Bayard and Minister West,
were extended six months Mr. West, instead
OF acting from motives Of pure generosity
toward Anne rican fishermen, was really paving
This transaction was throughout most extra.
ordinary and unprecedented. It was extraor-
unary and unprecedented and altogether be-
81 ia5 Of state
treaty which congress had expressly terminated;
u was extraordinary for q secretary of state to
begin negotiations for the renewal OF treaty
just united In annullinG; it was extraordinary
for secretary Of state to enter into trade with
y AOAclkA 1ululbbcE q present Dtne0t TO Dc
paid for by the future action. Of the
government, and most Of all was it
extraordinary that q pledge should be
dent Of the United States should in the future
more than q half-year distant-make specific
fecommendat1on. on specific subject, in specific
WORD words, to the congress Of. the United States
mat pledge was given and was held In the Brit
lsh foreign oftce IN London, and 1t took from the
! president all The power of reconsideration which
tho lapse Of time and the change Of circum-
Aok nd INN rotl,a Nd
Inc president OF his liberty as an executive. He
was no longer free TO insert in his annual mes
sage Of December what might then seem expedl-
ent on the question OF fishes les. but was under
honorable OBLIGATIONS to insert word for word,
which the secretary of state In the preceding
June had promised and pledged to the British
ministry. The matter presents curious specu-
iatton in the working Of our government. What,
for instance, could or should the president have
he had become convinced. as D large majority Of
the senate was convinced, that 1t was not e1-
pedient to organize? u Is s.
AN NTERNATIo NAL COMMISSION
on the fisheries. He would them have found
himself embarrassed between this pledge given
to foreign government In June and his convic-
lions OF duty to the citizens Of the United States
IN the ensuing December. Congress could not
be induced to concur In the presidents recom-
incubation for an international commission on
Bayard and Mr.. West had made such extraordi-
nary preparations came to naught. It would
have been strange, indeed. II any other result
years been diligently .endeavoring to FREQ the
country from the burden Of the treaty provis-
sions respecting the fisheries and it could NOT be
expected that they would willingly initiate
measures for new treaty that would proba-
bly, in the end BIO filled with provisions as
odious and burdensome to the American fishing
interest as those from which they had just es-
capped. The humiliation of our situation has
been gratuitously increased by the vote of the
majority Of the Democratic party in the kouse of
the United States to British and Canadian fsh-
ermen, without duty or charge and without ee-
curing to American fishermen the right to fish
in British and Canadian waterx This is an act
Of such unaccountablc rancorous hostility to
the fishing interest OF New ENGLAND that IL Is
dtficuit even to comprehend its motive We
respondence with Great Britain on the subject
Of tho seizure Of American fishing vessels with
deep interest, with the hopo that he will leave
bis country In better position at Tie close OF
the negotiation than he has thus far maintained
for her. a.. So ~
AS TO MEXICO. q.
Discussing the trouble with Mexico, Mr.. Blaine
! said that the United States had made an nm
necessary and fundignifled display Of bravado
toward that republic. There is no adequate
cause for the Representation: For the United
States to attack Mexico without giving her an
opportunity to be heard before an impartial
tribunal Of arbitration would be for q great ma
sb on Of % put herself 70
would prove great calamity to the United
States-but war forced on Mexico would be a
crime. marked in an especial degree by cruelty.
The speaker then reverted to the pending con-
test In Maine. where third party has been
organized, as its leaders ray. to enforce the pro-
hibition Of the liquor traffic. In joining this
third party the voter knows that he indirectly
but efectually throws his political and moral
influence In favor of the Democracy. 1t tssan
tnsinccre coahtion, an nnhallowed partnership,
an unholy alliance. Against 1t tho Republican
party OF Maine presents its uniform support Of
prohibition. its splendid record of devotion to
the protection OF American labor. Its long and
trodden and deprived Of natural rights. the
Republican party has always fought its baths
single-handed against great odds, and now with
principle untarnished and courage undaunted
-. Triumph over the combined force OF
The Cigarmakers' union OF Chicago,
tn rough its secretary, began an Injunction
suit in the circnit court against tho Berri-
man Bros, cigar manufacturers. The bill
alleges that the. defendants have been using
q label on their ciga, boxes in imitation Of
the union label. It claims that Berriman
Bros. do not employ union workmen, and
therefore have no right to uDc the label OF
the union. .S5s5: a 5s5
The city OF Portage La Pr,lirie, Manitoba,
has gone into bankruptcy in order to force
| q settlement with its creditors. The schools
and fire brigade will be kept running by
private subscriptions Is n 3 s7if5.}
81 The transport Orne sailed from Toulon
recently for Martinique loaded with con.
yicts. She returned and reported that the
convicts had reyolted and tried to gain
possession Of the ship. Two cannons with
grape were fired at thenutineers and many
killed. s,I $3 si Al :.3 z: &
The n. Y. yacht committee, has decided
to dispense with further trial races and TIC
designate the Mayhower as the acht
selected to compete with the Galatea in the
coming race FOR the Anerica's cup, barring
accident meanwhile. u Il; s5 s5s5
Capt. Chase Gates, Of the Chautauqna
wheelmen, jamestown, N. Y, rode his bi.