New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-01
MIR. BLAINE ON TRUSTS.
UNDER STATE, NOT NATIONAL. CONTROL.
ONE GREAT DEMOCRATIC OPPORTUNITY THAT WAS
NEGLECTED.
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| Foxcroft, Me-, Aug. 3l.-This was q great day
| in the history Of PiscataQuis County and one not
soon to be forgotten by the stalwart Republicans
| Of this prosperous farming and producing region
| They out in force, coming from every section
of the county, driving long distances to hear Mr..
Blaine and the other eloquent speakers. the
meeting was held on the spacious academy
grounds in Foxcroft, which, with Dover, is To-
Gated on the line of the Bangor and Piscataquis
Railroad. forty miles from Bangor and half way
| to Mooschead Lake.
The attendance to-day over five thousand
people, many of whom were farmers and quarry
men, who understood perfectly well the fact that
their interests are threatened by the Democratic
movement for free t.adc. and are enthusiastic ad-
vocatcs of protection. The celebrated slate
| quarrcs of Monson and Brownvic, where many
hundred men are employed. are located near by
and the worllmcn there specially interested be-
cause OF the reduction in duty slate offered by
| the Mills bill Through the agency of the pro
tcctive tariff Welsh slate was driven out Of the
American markets and the home production
| equally as good. substituted in its
place. To show the decided stand
which they have taken, $50 slate work
men attended the rally to-day in body They
wore pretty red ribbon badges on which was in
scrbed, Protect our Slate and they carried
aloft large block Of native slate, on which was
| a like inscription.
Mr. Blaine left Bangor to attend the meeting
at II O'Clock. by special train. in tho party being
ex-MinStcr John A. Kasson, General John L.
Swift, Lewis Barker OF Bangor; Colonel Cop
pinger and Walker Blaine. The run to Fox
croft and Dover was made in hour and half,
and large gathering of people awaited Mr.
Blaine at the station and cheercd him as he left
the car An escort, consisting Of quarrymen,
the local Republican Club and citizens, accom-
panied his carriage, which driven to the
home of :. q. Brown. There he and Walker
Blaine dned, the other speakers being enter
were packed with people at the hour of opening
eager to meet their distinguished fcllowcitzen
face to face w. h. Parsons oficiatcd as hairman
and novel circumstance was the selection ol a
majority Of the yice-prcSdentS from among prom
nent Democrats who Will vote the Republican
ticket because they do not believe in the free
trade policy of the Democratic party. There
were eighteen Presidents of whom ten
had been Democrats. no two men coming from one
town except in a single instance. Their names are
as follows: Washington Narney. of Atkinson,
farmer; Elmer d. Bailey, Dover. furniture dealer;
Iarlman. farmer j. n. Hewitt iSScbec farmer;
Milo, merchant Ellsworth Ilurd. Milo, farmer;
D. s. Bailey, Dover furniture manufacturer;
Nathaniel Batchcldcr FoXcroft. butcher. Among
the prominent gentlemen on the stand were eN-
Governor Pcrham and A. G. Lchrolc. The latter
was one of Mr.. Blane's co-workers when the
Maine leader began to rise stamping with MN
in this State in the campaign OF $40, ana the ola
days were pleasantly recalled when the parties
me- IT. today G15no roocbod ,bc stand ot 40 o'clock
and WAS at once introduced. This was his fifth
speech before a Pscataquis County audience. hay,
ing spoken here in $50 80. '78 and 'S6,and
his appearance was marked by an enthusiastic
tomes vigor and decisivcness, dealing telling
thrusts at President Clcveland's course on the
fishery question. and those who maintain that
trusts the outcome OF the protective tarlh-
lie spoke thirty-nve minutes
Mr. Blaine charged that trusts flouriShed
to greater extent under the frcc-tradr policy OF
England than under the protection policy OF the
United States. lie cited authorities for his state
mcnt OF American trusts. ne said. there is not
one among them all that derives It's being, owes
IFS organization or came up under the patronage
of the National Government. Every one derive,
whatever sanction OF law 1t possesses IRON
State govcrnmcnt-gencrally one State, some
times several Tho President, therefore, certainly
should have known, when he arr"lgned truss ID
his message 10 Congress. that Congress could not
dissolve them when their charters were from Statc
legislatures their organization under STATE LAY"
1t had been confessed by the Democratic ilous"
WAYS and Means Committee, by Chairman Mills
and every man that stood as an advocate OF
free trade that trusts had no possible legal con-
ncction with the tariff The Presidents S cnarge
that trusts had their origin In the protective
tariff had net foot of ground to stand uron, ana
was contradictcd in every line of frcc-trade cX
pcricnce the speaker had quoted from England }l
Now when all chance to investigate the alleged
bribery by which certain United States Senator
connected with one of the largest trusts was
charged TO have obtained his seat is past ana
gone the Democratic papers can make loud
howl about trusts There was Democratic OPP
portunity 10 get the true inwardness Of trusts
bnt they shrank from the investigation OF bribery
and both outside and inside the Administration
they determined to nave no ihVcs,lsaIiion i,,n
Trusts have place in the National campalgn;
They are State issues and the Republicans OF
Maine AT least. can be depended upon to look
after those in their own State.
Mr. Blaine was followed by Mr.. kasson and
General John L. Swift who spoke on the issues oil
the hour. ,,. ,,,,.
In tho evening there brilliant torchllght
procession in which the Loyal League and Itar-
rison Guards Of Bangor participated lilumlna-
tionS and fireworks adding much to the ahalr
Mr.. Blaine and party returned to ,r Bansor at u3
D. m Tomorrow he speaks at Ellsworth ana
will remain there over Sunday as the guest OF
Mrs Hale. Mr. Blaine, when he departs on n III, ms
Western campaign tour, will probably 20 dlTect
TO Indiana and pay his respects 70 General lar
rison. speaking several times in that stare III Is
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