Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-10-28
THE KEYSTONE STATE.
Summary Of Speech by Mr.. Blaine, at
Huntington, PA.


HUNTINGTON. Oct. 19.--Special to the
State Register, When Blaine's special
train reached this city II was met by
great concourse of people. and when
Blaine made his appearance he was
greeted with tremendous applause. He
spoke briefly, saying that he wanted
this one fact impressed by his visit to
Lewiston to-day, II no other made an
impression, that all wealth acquired in
this State from the date of the grant Of a
charter to William Penn down to 1860
aggregated only ono-third of the existing
total, and that two-thirds had been
acquired since 1860. the explanation
that prior to that year we had free trade
or only tltful instances of protection.
The census Of Of 1860 showed tho value
OF property in Pennsylvania to be less
than$ 600, 900, 600. whereas after twenty
four years of Republican protection to
ouri Industries the value was 49, 900, 900, 600
When tho party reached Huntington
they were met by II large and demonstra-
tive crowd at the depot and also at the
fair grounds where the speaking took
place, After speeches by Gen Beaver
and others Mr.. Blaine was greeted with
n storm of applause, He said, among
other things "On my way to Pennsyl.
vana | received much instruction from
the Democratic papers along tho
road rs to what | should say and
how should say II, was especially
requested to state that while tho Demo-
cratic party was In power national pros
pority continued, and that the warnings
of Republican orators of danger to the
industrial system OF tho country because
of Democratic supremacy had been fasi.
fed. have In my lifo heard many def
nitions of what constituted the height OF
impotence. But hero Is u practical ex-
emplincatlon of II. Fortunately for tho
Republican party II isnot p ,ssiblc, how
over. TO obllterate current history, After
the Democratic party tried for six long
months ut the last Congress to break
down the protective tariff they failed, and
IL h In consequence of this failure and
because Of the maintainancG OF the taritf
that we find our industries springing for
ward with renewed activity all over tho
country. But these men who sought to
destroy our industrial system are now
calling upon us to testify that prosperity
IL possible under the rule of the Demo-
cratic party They also contend that the
charges that the finances would be unsafe
under Democratic administration have
not been suhstantiated. But In point
OF fact tho finances Of the country ut
present arc administered according
TO Republican prescription. ~ far as
tho public credit Is concerned and in
defiance of the predictions and desires
Of the great majority of the Democratic
party of the country. So that the fact
is apparent that tho Republican preco-
has commended itself TO the public judg-
ment since the Republicans went out Of
power, and in spite Of all the efforts
Of the Democrats the protective tariff
still stands upon our statute books. If
was to define the difference between the
two parties, | would say that in all broad
and comprehensive sense, tho Rcpubll-
can party is essentially an American party
while the Democratic Is denominated by
foreign sentiments. That the hostility
10 the tariff Is In the interest ofGreat
Britain, and that the maintainenancc of
tariff Is In the interest Of every man in
high and low, rich and poor,
we arc told for years before the Demo-
government that we did not have n good
civil service and the gentlemen who
went from rs and joined the Democracy,
charged that the Republican administra-
ion did not maintain good civil
service. Our reply was, we have the
pest civil service that has ever
been known in any country, but
We will continue IL. Tho Democrats,
Mr.. Blaine continued wanted u civil SER
rice patterned after that Of England.
Efficient Mr.. Blaine read n long London
dispatch in which the writer states that
lord Randolph Churchills civil service
committee will endeavor to bring about
needed reforms and economy. That
,hargcs OF large salaries, short hours,
,xtravagant pensions and general incom-
,etency had been made against the ex-
sting system IN England. This, con-
inucd Mr.. Blaine, is the standard Of
ivil service reform which the civil SER
ice reform club land l might use that
word CLUB" in double sense here) has
lcld over our head in the Republican
,arty for the last ten years declaring
hat IL we did not reform our civil SER
CO and put it on the ba.is of the En-
,lish service they would have no moro
# us. Well, gentlemen, they have
,laced the civil service under the control
# the Democratic party and all around
ver the country you see the visible inn
Just as they have visibly
improved it on this side Of the water we
ct the humiliation but honest confession
q regard to the service in England that
hat service is rotten to the core aud
lust be torn up by the roots.