The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-10-27

y dlEtilE Sbt4lu utzir MN. sFtDtfd4 Dtzssti
srged the consideration that the present
campaign Was the precursor oftfiat great
er one Of iSss upon which the party bad
already entered and which, he trusted
would result in the return of the Repuh
liean party 10 the administration of the
Government. He said he appreciated the
look of expectancy which he saw upon
every face, and would curtail his Own re
marks in order that the honored guest oi
the evening might be seen and heard
without further delay. Bidding Repnb-
licans tiod-speed in their efforts, and
with the reiterafion that 10 win now was
to win in Pennsylvania the campaign oi
1855, the General introduced the states.
man from Maine.
Cheers for Beaver and cries for Blaine
a little stir on the platform and with bar
ed head Pennsylvania favorite son stood
al the front railing, smile upon his lips
a sheen If light all about him. Again
again ami again the volume OF vocal greet
ing swelled up and down the street. Sen
ator Camera standing at the rear of III,
platforms gazei at Blaine and al the
crowd. smiled. and looked as though he
were ready to tc,ss up his hat and cheer
too
BLAINE TELLS WHAT BRoCGHT HIM
Major MumnIa. the tall and white
hair-d chairman of the meeting. waved
hi hand at Blaine for an introduction
Blaine waved his hand at the crowd ior
silence, and then he said:
There Is one trouble about Pennsyi-
vania welcome it overwhelms man
lcheersJ, and when YOU would have him
speak Won enforce his silence But in -
far n this magnificent demonstration i
intended a. welcome to me. eompan-
ION Of your distinguished candidate for
governor, thank you from the bottom
OF INV heart Three cheers for Blaine.
always return 10 Pennsylvania with the
sense that. although a citizen of another
state. am 81 home here wherever | take
nay hat off An uproar Of good huInor.
owe to Pennsylvania debt of gratitude
- great that it l. only equaled by my all
miration for your-no, would say foi
my-illusirious Commonwealth. Great
Cheering.
claim birthrighi in her soil. and a
share in the grandeur Of her achieve
menis If came here upon any specific
errand it WAS to impress upon the Repub-
licans If Pennsylvania the great duty
which they owe to Republicans of Other
States. to the Republicans of the Who'll,
Union. 10 have their State continue &c
hold. as she has 50 long held, her place al
the head ofthe column that she may now
and in the future. as she has 80 glorious
~ in the past, lead the Republicans of the
nation to decisive victory. iCheers and
rumultnous appreciation, the immenss
crowd meanwhile swaying to and fro and
huzzahing wildly.
Mr.. Blaine continuing with consider
able exertIOn in The effort to make his
voice heard above the good-natured tu-
mutt went ON say To this vast, this
innumerable assemblage, that the progress
which you have made in all the pursuits
of industry. whether as artisans, mechan-
ics. or merchants. Is an aftesiation of what
a practical adaptation of the principle of
Protection has accomplished in your
State. That principle is now attacked and
| am here TO beg of Pennsylvania to
stand. a. she has stood in the past, the
representative of that doctrine, and the
leader in its yindicatio n. [Continued
cheering.
Gentlemen, ii il impossible for me to
make an argument before this vast assem-
blage, but lei me say 10 YOU that this a.
semblage is itself greater argument than
any that mortal man can make. This
popular uphcayal demonstrates tflat the
people of Pennsylvania are awake 10 the
impending issue 1t evinces that the peo-
pie intend 10 maintain the State in her
position aud that, a. III the past, they in~
tend TO lead now and hereafter. With
that single expression, and with renewed
thanks for the unparalleled welcome You
have given me. commend you to your
duty on the firsf Tuesday o: November :
elect General Beaver, elect -fifths of
the delegation in Congress, elect "A Re-
publican Legislature that shall send a
United States Senator TO sustain Repubii-
can principles and the protection of Amer
lean industries. ami you wiii have dis
charged that duty which your sister Re
publican States expect OF YOU and which
| came here 10 urge you 70 DO. ! bid you
cordial goodnight