The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-26
THE INSTANTANEOUS.
James g. Blaine Holds Forth In New
York.


turded out in full force, tonight, to at
tend the mass meeting of "Irish pro-
tectionists" in Madison Square Garden,
The immense building was crowded to
overlooking half an hour before the
meeting was called to order and the
adjacent streets were thronged with
people eager to get glimpse Of James
G. Blaine, the attraction of the evening.
There were 1000 persons in the building
at o'clock, when Judge A. L. Morri-
son, of Arizona, read on behalf of
Chairman Patrick Ford, an address, in
which these passages occurred: I'VE
are here tonight, not as lrisbmen, to
consult for the interests OF Ireland, but
as Americans. to discuss American af-
fairs with American ends in view. We
are no foreign element, as loose phrase
ology might imply. We refuse to so
regard ourselves. This land is our
home, and in the present national con-
test we see only the Republican Party
concerned for her welfare. For US
party lines are obliterated. We know
only Americans and anti-Americans,
who fight under the flag of English
free trade; whether he knows it or not,
it is practically an English enemy-and
on the other hand the man who fights
under the flag of protection to Ameri-
can labor, whether native or foreign.
That man we hail as comrade, brother
and patriot. Pat Egan and Mr.. David
Healy spoke. Mr.. Blaine spoke after
this message from General Harrison
had been read:
gratefully accept the congratulations of
the Irish-American protectionists now as
sembled in mass meeting at Madison
Square Garden, and in return congratulate
them upon the magnificent impetus their
Intelligent zeal has given to the cause of
protection in this campaign.
(Signedl BENZ. HARRISON.
Mr.. Blaine said: Mr.. chairman, l
speak tonight to men of Irish birth,
but not in relation to their connection
with the British Empire. l speak to
them in relation to their citizenship to
the great American Republic, Cap
plause) and of the duties they owe and
to the policy they should pursue, and
l think the strongest lesson for an Irish.
man in America is to be found in his
experience in his native land, the
fairest and almost richest part of all
Europe, destined to poverty and suffer
ing, and to the exile of millions of her
children, because of misgovernment,
destined primarily to utter financial
ruin because her people were not al
lowed to adopt for her own use and her
own advantage the principle of pro-
lection, for which all Irishmen should
struggle in America. (Cheers.) So
great is the agricultural worth of
Ireland that only forty years ago she
shipped greater amount of pro-
duce across the channel to England
than the United States exported
to all the countries; greater
than the Empire of Russia exported
to other countries or Europe, and with
all this, where is Ireland to-day? She
shares of all agricultural countries the
fate that would in greater degree
overtake US and would reduce US to
an agricultural people (Applause).
And yet. tonight, fear that the Irish
voters Of America, or the Irish-AmeIi-
can voters, will cast their ballots On
the sixth day of November as the pres
ent government of England would de-
sire them to do. (Cries of mo no.")
L wish you could make that mo" for
a large majority of the Irish vote Of
the Urited States. For the last four
mOu-nS ln6 D6LuOCIdIS nave D6SD u0-
nying and he Republicans affirming
that the first ana last and constant wish
of England was that Cleveland's ad-
ministrati0n would be sustained by the
whole force of English public
opinion. But just when they had be-
gun to make an impression on the
American people that such might not
be fact, we have letter of the British
Minister at Washington (groans) urg-
ing the reelection of Cleveland; and
you can never interpret the letter until
you know the letter that called it forth.
To get the whole gist and meaning of
the correspondence. you must have
both sides of it, and this letter from the
British Minister was called forth by q
letter from California, written by ma.
tive of England.
Blaine then read the letter in which
the writer states to Mr.. SackviIle- West
that his faith had been shaken by Pres.
ident CleYeland's administration, and
writes to the British Minister to dis.
solve his doubt, and Mr.. West
says to the California man thai
the recent Proceedings of the
President is only a little by play
which does not mean anything. He
need not be afraid, ana all other Eng.
lish voters can go ahead with perfec