Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-11-01
Mr.. BIaine's Campaign.

OF fIeHff clay, "HlCH are OIltn meUliOHtu
in connection with Mr.. Blaine's. bear but
little comparison to the demonstrations
which have attended the latter in his tour
through Pennsylvania. From the time
Mr.. Blaine struck Pennsylvania until he
closed his labors in the State, his meetings
everywhere have been wonderful in the
vast crowds which have attended them
and the enthusiasm which the people have
manifested. Even in the couatrv districts,
in the coal regions, in places where it is
difficult to gather large assemblies, the
railroads have been blocked by dense
masses and his brief and hasty speeches
have reached the ears of hundreds Of
thousands anxious to see and hear him.
OF the last two days which were spent in
the coal and lumber regions Pennsyl-
vania paper saws: with all the enthus-
asm and spirit excited by the trip across
the State it is doubtful il in any respect
that event surpassed the demonstrations of
the past two DAYS, and in some features it
did not equal them. Regardless Of the
weather, which has been unfavOrable since
the start from Pittsburg on Wednesday
morning. the crowds have been remarka-
Bile. people having poured in to the GEN.
trail points from miles around to give a
continued ovation to the man first in the
hearts Of all republicans. This visit of
Mr.. Blaine has been one of the most nota-
bic events in the history of Pennsylvania
campaigns. 1t has served to show the
strong hold which he has upon the masses
of his party. and that the enthusiasm
created in Pennsylvania by his leadership
in 1884 still exists with our people and is
not wholly confined to the voters of the
republican party"
A correspondent of the Philadelphia
Press. writing that paper from Scranton
on the 2Sth says:
The route hther from Pottsvile was beset
by rain, but at every stop crowds were wait
ing in the mud and bursting with cheers for
Blaine and Beaver. The end of the tour to-
night warrants every confidence that Mr..
Blaine has not Travelled over 900 miles in his
native State without making assurance doubly
sure and sealing the certainty of n rousng
republican victory on Tuesday next.
asked Chris Magee tonight whether the
zeal he has shown in the management of this
second Blaine tour meant that he was for
Blaine in 1888.
at is true" he said "that | have hereto.
fore opposed MIR. Bsine's nomination in
every convention. State aud national, for ten
years. But now say that only Mr.. Blaine
himself can prevent his nomination in 1888
No private citizen in the world ever received
such an ovation as has Blaine during his tour
in Pennsylvania. The workingmen have
come up from their mines and out Of their
factories and stood in the rain to cheer him
l say that the united republican party ought
to give him 9 unanimous denomination, and
serve notice to George Willism Curtis and
the rest of the mugwumps that as the united
republican party it will stand or fall, and that
there is no longer any separate Blaine party
within the solid republican ranks"
"Whst do you mean when you say that
only MIR. Blaine can defeat his nomin alton ?"
"llis name is now on every republican
tongue. as Tilden's was on every democrats
from 1876 TO 1880, but vet Tilden defeated his
own nomination in 1880 | mean that uuless he
hlmsplt declares tDAt ne Will not accept II,
his nomination in 1855 is a certainty.
The effect of Mr.. Blaine's campaign is
felt far outside of Pennsylvania. His
speeches have been carried by telegraph
and press all over this country and across
the ocean. When in one of his Maine
speeches be briefly remarked that the la
boring men of this country had deep in
terest in the condition of the two million
colored lahorers of the South. the demo
cratic press ridiculed the statement; but
he has made the truth of his assertion so
Pennsylvania speeches that he has etfec
tually sileuced all opposers on that matter
not only in Pennsylvania but in Maine
and every other State. What can be
more convincing or conclusive upon this
question than the following from one of
his las, speeches ?
When you desire TO get at the actual aim
of the democratic party you must find out
wha, the Southern leaders Of the party iu-
teud. There is one thing they do intend.
they Intend that as they have the cheapest
labor In the world. in the civilized Christian
world they must have free competition
and free trade. They demand that as they
have 2.oo0,o 600 of lsborers whose average
compensation is not more than one-thrd of
the average compensation of Northern labor,
they shall have the liberty to import all they
desire to have from foreign countries on the
basis Of free trade. just so long as the
Southern element controls the national gov
ernmept, conflict between the two classes of
labor will deepen. Now we have been
directing our arguments for a long time
against competition with the ill-paid laborer
of Europe. l say here that we are not in
commercial relation with any Christian
nation of Europe in which the masses of effec-
tive lsborers in that country are not better
paid than the 2,000, 900 of able-bodied, dark
skinned lsborers in the South. Applause. /
While we are directing our energies in the
tariff discussion to that side, in military par