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hardy fishermen of America is to be pro.
tected. Cheers.
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cussing the tariff question very largely on
theory. You may philosophize on the doc
trine of free trade and on the doctrine of
protection TO the end, and | want now to
give you solid fact, Up to this date,
since Grover Cleveland was inaugurated,
there have been imported in this country
of iron and steel and their products an
amount equal to the enormous sum of
$3.50, 600, 900, and they say we have got
too high a tariff, 1t that iron and steel
had been made here it meant good wages
of on the the whole year for 10000 labor
ers Iapplausel, and for an average family,
dependent upon hin, it meant 100000
persons to be fed and backs to be clothed
out of sl60.000,000 Iapplausel. They
want more. / have the supremest conf.
dence that on November 9th the American
at the bidding of England or at the bid
ding of the English minister, or the bid
ding of President Cleveland [groans], or
all three combined; they will never sur
render the great principle of protection to
American industries. Loud and con-
tinued applause.I
NEW YORK, Oct 27.--Jamss G. Blaine
spoke in the Belleville Avenue rink to-
night to an audience of 1000 people. In
the course of his speech he referred to the
British minister's letter and said:
From the beginning of the campaign
1t has been obvious that England was TAX
ing extraordinary interest In the election
of Mr.. Cleveland. The London papers
which at first spoke with extraordinary
frankness, finding it was embarrassing
their friends on this side of the ocean, sub
dued their tone, and the democratic papers
had actually begun to assert that the
British aristocracy were, in fact, taking
sides with the republican party, when, at
4. al This at a on Of tho cynn nt tho
letter of the British minister, and now
shat do the democrats do? At
first they wanted to deny the let
ter altogether, but Mr.. West is a
frank and honorable man. and came out
squarely and said he had written the let
ter. They. say he is a fraud, villain and
forger, and q republican in disguise. and
that, in fact, there never was such q man,
but in the name of common sense what
has that to do with the British minister 8
letter. Surprising they prove this letter
to have been gotten up by republicans as
a decoy and for political effect, that does
not effect, in any way, the letter of the
British minister. That letter from Cal
ifornia would never hurt the democratic
party or the British minister, if the latter
had not answered it. Cheers. Possibly
this may have been written for a purpose
know nothing about it whatever, but
calls from Mr.. West his true views and
the sentiments of England upon this con-
test, and we may dismiss other questions
altogether from our minds as to what il
was that may have called it out. But
there is something more, and this is why
introduced the subject.
THE DEMOCRATS ANSWERED..
see Mr.. Thurman, in his speech yes
terday, seems, for the first time, to have
heard something of the letter. and consid-
ers it republican plot, and intimates
that it was first brought out by me in my
address in Detroit. | left Detroit last
heard Of the letter for the first time.
discredited it. Next day, however, 1 saw
the whole letter and also the interview
with Mr.. Bayard, rather regretting the
letter, may say but apparently not ques-
tioning word of it. Next morning |
came to New York and there read another
interview with Bayard. and after | had
been in New York day spoke in Madi-
son Square Garden, after the whole press
of New York had fully discussed the sub
ject of the letter. But now Mr.. Thurman
says he discovers, and of course the whole
world should stand still when Mr.. Thurman
says he discovers, the remarkable coinci-
dence of that letter and my speech to the
Irish republicans of New York City, and
Mr.. Thurman quotes something which
he thinks Is very funny. from
Samuel Weller. Now the only thing In
any way remarkable about Mr.. Thurman
hunor was the attempt by Mr.. Thurman TO
be humorous. Well gentlemen, it bothers
them good deal, but the serious side is
the warning it gives the people of the
United States of the deep and profound
interest the British nation takes in this
election. Gentlemen, we have the largest
market in the world and the most varied.
We made it a great home market while
the great ambition of England is that the
tariff, by which we do this. should be
broken down, and that in great part, it
may have made her market.
TO MAINTAIN OUR MARKET.
The question to be decided in this election
is whether we shall maintain this market
for our people or by reduction of the
countries, to come in and take away the
right and privilege of the American pro-
ducer TO manufacture for the markets of
America | do not intend TO say word
personally of Mr.. Cleveland. have
spoken Of his public acts very freely, but
OF Mr.. Harrison can and will speak.
There has been lately an attempt on the
part of the democrats to call him the
grandson Of his grandfather, A man
be is himself. Benjamin Harrison
went into the practice of law a
poor man and wrought his way up against
obstacles; against so much perseverance
and industry, that he stands at the head of
the bar in Indiana to-day. He conducted,
with conspicuous Qallantry on the field of
battle, winning the praise of that great
soldier, whose praise was itself entitled to
the greatest, U. s. Grant. He has shown
himself a statesman in the senate of the
United States and has shown himsef
wise candidate. This is the man himself.
and say among his opponents there is no
man who would not be proud of such an
ancestry as that of General Harrison, but
his heat clair il his own merit and while