The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-09-04
BLAINE IN MAINE.

n y Governor, four Congress-
md Leeislature will be voted
ior, The catnpaign was opened on
e|ay. the oath inst. az Sebsgo
Lax upon the part Of the Republi-
cansby a speech from Mr.. Blaine.
Whe1 he appeared upon the plat
fs]rul1e wis received with wild en-
tfilsl@ln BY the thousands OF people
who had come from miles about the
county to hearthe greatest and most
popuN Of Republican statesmen.
Want 5fspace forbids our giving the
entire peech. The following are ex-
traets Don questions that especially
intefesI our people:
THETARIFF.
l'ItB in The first place especially
iwtss;syof observation that IN the.
history ofindustrial questions no par.
ty N time of peace has ever been
MOB united in support of a policy
thanis the Republican in support of
prtectivetariff to-day. AT the late
sessi6 of Congress measure known
as theMorrison Tariff bill, designed
to first weaken and intimately de-
stroy te protective policy, was resis-
ted by o compast an organization of
the Repblican members that a sim
gle voterom New York and two or
three vols from Minnesota were all
that brok the absolute unanimity of
the party And this was rendered
still morestriking by the fact that
the organsof Republican opinion in
New Yorl and Minnesota declare
that these Exceptional voters were
adverse to he wishes of a large ma
jority of thse who elected the dis
senting members,
ION the oher hand, the vast ma
jority of the, Democratic members
supported thefree trade side of the
question; but tmall minority, unit
ing with the Republicans, found
themselves ableto defeat the meas.
ure. Thereupon the Democratic pa
pers quite generally throughout the
country denounced the recusants as
unfaithful to the creed of the party,
and the journal in New York which
is said to reflect the views of the ma
tional administration gave formal no.
tice to all Democrats, North and
South. who lean towards the policy
of protec tiOn, that they must revise
their opinions or leave the party. be-
cause with their views they can find
no sympathy in Democratic ranks
and no standing room on Democratic
platforms.
"These leading facts indicate that
the policy of protection versus free
trade is an issue shaped and deter
mined no longer by sectional prefer
ence-but has become general and
misunderstanding a distinct, well
marked line of division between the
Republican and Democratic parties.
FIGURES AND FACTS THAT TELL,
1.-The Democratic party is constant
ly using the comparative dullness in
business, which their own course in
Congress for twelve years has largely
developed, as an argument against
the policy of protection. But it i;
worth while to compare the condition
of the country in this year of grace
with its condition the year before the
Republicans succeeded in enactine
their first protective tariff. In the
nine states which still do the larger
amount of manufacturing for the
country, and which did it nearly al
quater of century ago, it is inter
esting and instructive to compare
their financial conditions at the be
ginning of 1861 and at the beginning
of 1886. The states referred to arr
the six New England, with New
York New Jersey and Pennsylvania
In 1861 the country presented con
dition brought about by nearly a gen
Grafton of free-trade, and the aggre
gate amount which the people haC
accumulated in their savings bank
during that long period was less thai
one hundred and sixty millions o
dollars. In the same states on tn
first of January. 1886, the aggregat
amount in the savings banks wa
over one thousand and twenty mil
lions of dollars. The difference il
the amonnt of savings in Maine TO
the two periods shows that in Janu
ary, 1861, the people had million
and a-half in bank. while in Januar
1886, the people had over thirty-si.
millions In bank.
During this period it must be re
membered that the increase of popu
Iation in the nine states has bee
about thirty.five per cent. while tn
increase OF deposit in savings bank
has been at the rate of eight hundre