Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-25
BLAINE'S SPEECH.
THE "PLUMED KNIGHT" OPENS
THE CAMPAIGN IN MAINE.
His Views on the Fishery Question
The Mexican Trouble-The
Tariff Question.
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PORTLAND (Maine). August 24lh.-The
first gun in the campaign in the Pine Tree
State was fired to-day by James G. Blaine.
He delivered long speech dealing with
the live topics of the hour, and was listened
10 with marked attention. The meeting
was held at Sebago Lake. An excursion
train ran at frequent intervals, and vast
crowd was in attendance.
BLAINE's APPEARANCE.
When Blaine mounted the platform, he
was greeted with loud applause. Helooked
the picture of health. His eyes were as
bright, and his voice as strong as at any
time during the past ten years. His hair is
a triAe winter than during the last cam
paign, but as he stood erect, making his
first campaign speech since his defeat for
the Presidency, he looked every inch the
" Plumed Knight, as Ingcrsoll designated
him in the ueyer-to-be-forgotten address in
the nominating Convention at Cincinnati
THE SPEECH.
Mr.. Blaine touched on the tariff and
labor question, the Canadian fisheries dis
pute the Mexican controversy, and the
Maine Prohibitionists. He attacked the
Democratic party for its free trade procliyi-
ties. From the record made by Congress
it was shown that the policy OF protection
VS.. free trade was an issue shaped and de-
termined no longer by sectional prefer
ences, but had become general and national,
affecting distinct and well marked lines of
action between the Republican and Demo-
cratic parties. He contended that hostility
of the Democracy to protection had en-
tailed upon the country vast losses, and in
many ways exhausted properties and OBJ
structed the progress and development Of
certain sections He made a statistical
comparison of the
FINANCIAL CONDITION
OF the working classes prior to the enact
ment of the first protection measure, as
compared with their condition to-day. He
spoke at length of the labor question, con-
tending that the man who could by any pre-
scription remove the discomfort, and at once
restore harmony and happiness, would be
a philosopher, 4 patriot and statesman.
The man who processes to do it would gen.
orally prove to be compound of en-
piricism and ignorance. 1t is the right of
freemen TO test the virtues and secure the
advantage of organization, and to exert a
strong power through combination. These
are certainly among the common rights of
all men under republican form of gov
ernment, he said. He could only wish TO
inquire of
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS,
How. under the rule Of free trade, wages
in the United States could be kept above
the general standard of European wages ?
He dwelt earnestly upon the fact that the
colored men of the South are developing
into independent citizens, and if free trade
prevailed white labor not only comes into
competition with the highly skilled and
miserably paid laborer Of Europe, but the
colored laborer would remain subject to
the will of white men, receiving made
quate compensation for his own toll and
steadily crowding down the compensation
of the white laborer Mr.. Blaine dwelt at
great length on
THE FISHERY QUESTION,
And criticised the course of the Admins
tration with much bitterness. He said !:
& The humiliation of our position has been
gratuitously increased by the vote of the
majority of the Democratic party IN the
House of Representatives, to throw open
the markets of the United States TO British
and Canadian fishermen, without duty or
charge and without securing to American
fishermen the right TO fish in British
waters. This is an act of such unaccornt-
able rancerous hostility to the fishing in
terest of New England that it is difficult
even to comprehend its motive. Do the
Northern Democrats feel such a determined
hostility to the fishermen of New England
that they would sacrifice great national
interest in order 10 inflict a blow upon
them?"
The Senate and House having formally
terminated the treaty of 1871 by an over
whelming vote, Secretary of State Bayard
continued the treaty for six months at the
request of the British Minister, the latter
exacting pledges that the President would
recommend the appointment of a Commits
sion to decide upon the exact basis of the
fishery rights of both nations. The Presi-
dent carried cut the promise in the YER
batim language of the compact. Mr.. Blaine
characterized the entire proceeding as most
| extraordinary, contending that the pledge
| being held in the British Foreign Office,
robbed the President of his liberty as an
executive. When it was ascertained Con-
gress would not sanction the international
Commission, the Dominion of Canada,
with the presumed approval of the Impe-
rial Government, began
SERIES OF oUTRAGEs
Upon American shipping and fishing YES
/ sells and fishing crews, seeking in every
way to destroy their business and deprive
| them of their fishing rights. This was done
with the deliberate intention and obvious
expectation of forcing concessions from this
Government. Mr.. Blaine took up the treaty
| of 1918 and discussed from the standpoint
| of Webster, and using language of that
statesman, said: " If an American fishing
vessel was captured by vessels of war the
Crown of England was answerable, and the
| treaty was made with it in that view, and
it was not to be expected the United States
would submit their rights to be adjudicated
in the petty tribunals of the provinces OF
allow our vessels to be seized by Constables
or other petty officers, and condemned by
the Municipal Courts OF Quebec, New
| foundland and New Brunswick or Canada
= 1t would be refreshing" he added, " il
| Websters words could be repeated from
official sources today He declared that
| England and the United States could not