Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-11-10
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tariff and occupying his time in the dis
cussion of other matters. Touchini
upon the Murchinson-Sackville CORES
pondence, he said:
The republicans want to get rid of
discussion of the tarig They want t,
get rid of discussion of the fisheries
They want to get rid of the Chimes
| question, and so they have started new
dodge, invented a new scheme, which
| you may have seen in the Cincinnati pa
pers OF to-day. They claim that al
fEnglishman by the name of Murchin
son, living somewhere in Illinois, that
never heard of until saw his name in
the papers, wrote n letter to the British
/ minister at Washington to inquire oil
him whether naturalized Englishman
In California ought to vote for Cleveland
or vote for Harrison, and that the Brit,
ish minister made him a reply, and this
letter, which it is alleged Hutchinson
wrote, boils over with mean insinuations
against Cleveland and the democratic
party, as if they were the hirelings OF
Great Britain, and hoils over with full
some praise of Harrison, as If he were
the incarnation of American yictue aud
patriotism. Now, my friends | want to
'hbAAA NJ va hAlttll lLlfiI. I4bt IiitI
am Mt all satisfied that this so-calied Mr..
MurchInso9 ever wrote any such letter,
or that tile British minister ever replied
to it, as is pretended, for should
say, looking at the correspondence, and
especially ut Murrhison's letter. or So
called letter, that it bore on its fucts such
evident marks OF downright Shameless
forgery that | might lie rs lke,vat once
to denounce 1t rs Il forgery and tI,en say
no more about it. TCheers ] Whether
IT IS forgery or not don't know, but
this have to say, that, lie it forgery
or be 1t genuine letter; be it letter
written by Hutchinson or he it letter
written by some cunning republican par-
tlsan TO which Hutchinson has lent his
name; he 1t one or the other, it is the
production of deliberate villain who
deserves to be seOrued by honest men.
Here Judge Thurman gave the con
tents of both letters, and continued:
Murchlson pledges to the British min
lister that not only shall that letter that
he writes to him be kept secret, hut that
Of the minister shall be kept secret.
Now, my friends, when Won come to
look Mt the letter itself you see that it
nevtN was written by man who for one
moment thought of voting for Grover
Cleveland On the contrary, it is writ
ten by some skillful, as he thought. cum
ming republican politician, who thought
70 entrap The British minister and get
from him some reply that could he used
against Cleveland in the presidential
election, so that when that man
protested to be friendly to Cleveland !
and, and only seeking out correct /
Anowledge, he was lying with every
breath that he uttered, with every wor.l |
mat he wrote, when he said that tile !
answer OF the British minister should |
be Kept a profound secret He was " |
ng, Tor he never intended it should lie /
Kept a secret If he were fortunate /
enough to get one, unless that letter /
should dlsappoint his hopes. Now, my
friends, if that man intended to lie or /
VAS what he said. how does il come that /
lie letter to his British minister. which
vas marked private" and the letter of /
he British minister to him, which he
olemnly pledged his honor should I
lever see the light, how comes it that
nose letters are in the public press to-
lay? But that is not all. Just look at
!. This letter of Murchison processes
0 have been written on the 4th of Sep
ember last, and the British minister's
nsWer processes to be written on the
5th OF September, and yet for more
nan one month, yes, considerably more
nan one month, no man ever heard one
Tord OF there being such correspon-
ence except the men who are in the
onspiracy.
Last week there was to be greater
Meeting, as it was called, of Irishmen Il
Though do not think very many hon II
81, thoroughbred Irishmen were in the
ang. But it was announced that there
'as to be such a meeting as that at Mad
'on Square, in the city of New York. I
nd that James G. Blaine was to address {
nat meeting, and accordingly the meet
lg was held. When was it held?
Speaker Carlisle-Last night. Ii
Judge Thurman-Last night oniy? {
hen Tor the first time the terrible cor. Z
comes out which is to prove ii
nat the sworn president Of the United 7 ]
tates, the sworn seer tary OF state, the I
worn cabinet of the president, were all &
set OF consplrators against the people t
the United States. 1t comes out Just +
len,- on the eve of Blaine's meeting. y
ne Irish meeting in the city of New
ork, and among the first things Blaine
oes IS to hold up his hands in horror
yer this theme of official deprayity. !
BLAINE.
At the republican demonstration in !
Ladison square, Mr. Blaine was the prin. .
pal speaker. He spoke mainly TO the !:
'lsh element, and in the course of his
marks also referred to the Murchison- !
correspondence as will be seen t
the following extract from his speech: d
Mr.. Chairman-I speak tonight to I
en- OF Irish birth, but not in relation 8
their connection with the British en-. .
re. Ispeak to them in relation to their II
tizenship to the American republic e
pplauseJ and of the dnties they owe u
I'd the policies they should pursue; and
aver that the strongest lesson for an +
lshman in America is TO be found in r.
8 experience in his native land.
The fairest land and almost the rich. 4
: portion of all Europe, destined to y
verify and to suffering, and to the exile s.
millions of her children because of t
sgoyernment-destined primarily TO
told priyation because her power is p
pied for her own uso and her own adj 50
ntage, the poor people for the protec. SC
m OF which all Irishmen should strup-
in America SO great is the agricni-
raj wealth in Ireland that only forty
ars ago she shipped n o,raatar ar,,,,v,. III