The Republican journal., 1886-10-28
Mr., Blaine in Philadelphia.

You make il very difficult for me to find Ian
gua%e in which | can suitably express the
lnahklHlhe>S 1tel Tor your great welcome
From no State could the greeting be SO wei
coined to me as from the citizens and the State
OF pennsylvania. In political discussions OF
puhhc questions the first grievance is upon
facts. we must have the ability of proving
them. We can't honestly differ as to our
facts. do not intend to present to you to-
night the record Of the Republican party, for
FEEL that no party can live simply ON record
Ley Us men, dWeil upon the record OF the Re"
pubhCah parry to ciilin popular approval. not
1or what we have done, but what we shall do
thccr>.I feel the question OF the dividing
me l Ieel that am CARRYING Goals to New
castle Wheh | discuss protection before Penn
>yHanla audience. especially in the presence of
the congressional neStQr Of protection, and
the speaker turned TO Judge lliIam ID. kel-
~, roJi CnnItitntio ~ ",,.th u'f''ra
~ Ln,o hi aii',,t - y, ~
an honest and fair Judgment When Our OPP
ponehtS are driven to point where there is 10
TURN they say there are other considerations to
DE "'scuH>e"' ami thus AVOID the real issue.
venture 10 say me SIN leading manufacturing
states ol America. three IN New England and
New lprh. New Jersey ana pennsylvania have
now Sl,ooo'ooo00o Of Workmen> savings in
theIr nanh> against SfVo,Voo,o00 deposited IN
'lc'l htli'Ni'
THE TARIFF BENEFITS THE WHOLE coIrHrry-.
I,I, fro,, tr,. lo,. ,I,i,,,
ne ire" tl'llcI> ci3iin ihal Whlie lhc Eastern
and Cottrninu tbr Western st,t,y IN NAT ,',;
sess any such advantages. but, on the contrary.
We're growing lean, and consequently that pro-
lection did not benefit all alike, but that which
was source of profit to the East was source of
loss 10 the West. TO illustrate their argument
they selected the State Of Illinois, when the
Republican party came into bower the assessed
valuation Of Illinois was $500 G00. 900 Now if
is S3,N00. GOO, ,00U. Although this NAV not rem
resent bank savings. il represents the wealth
that is DEPOSITED in the stronger and more un-
failing source than any bank could be-the soil
and lis products. Protection stops the foreign
trade.
read the speech of Il mu@wump from Mas
>achu>ett> Yesterday giving his formal adhe-
sion to the Democratic party. Laughter !
His informal adhesion had already been com
pleted. He said that imporiations would and
could only increase when tLi, miserable doe
trnc of protection WA, abolished. Now, throw
New England and PENNSYLVANIA out of the
leading manufacturing States Take New
York alone. which represents both CONNER
rial and manufacturing interests and proureS>.
The statistics show this fact. that from 1880
until the lav Abraham Lincoln was in9iIorurat-
ed, period of seventv-onc yelrs. or one wear
longer than the <rliptural allotment Of life to
man Of three Seorcc and ten. All drpo>it, rer-
rc>cnting the work and wage, of the laborjn.e
men are but $3.50 .000. 600, While the savings Of
to-day aggregate Sl70.O0O. 600 more than was,
gathered before the inauguration of MIR, in
coin which covered period Of II wears. tII
the foreign SIiullrllt, from iii, rnl,,,tr, hr-
;.... 1s ,