Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-11-01
ADDRESS TO IRIsHMEN.

NEW 1Ohh, OCl -O-lt was 8uHOuuCcu
yesterday that James G. Blaine would
make this city his headquarters until after
| election, in the meantime speaking in the
| neighboring States.
Irishmen turned out in full force last
! night to the mass meeting of the Irish pro-
| tectionists at Madison Square Garden,
1000 people being in the building at eight
! O'Clock when Judge A. L. Norris, of Ari-
IONA, read on behalf of Chairman Patrick
Ford, an address in which these passages
occurred: I'VE are here tonight not as
Irishmen to consult for the interests
of Ireland, but as Americans to dis
cuss American affairs, with American
ends in view. We are not a
foreign element as loose phraseology
might imply. We refuse to so regard our
selves. The land is our home and in the
present National contest we see only the
Republic and are concerned only for her
welfare. For US party lines are oblit-
Grated. We know only Americans and
anti Americans. The man who fights I'M
der the flag of English free trade, no mat
ter of what race he may be, whether he
knows it or not, is a practical ally of the
English enemy, and on the other hand the
man who fights under the flag Of protec-
ton to American labor, whether native or
foreign, that man we hail as comrade,
brother and American"
Patrick Egan and David Healy spoke,
when Mr.. Blaine commenced his address
as follows:
Mr Chairman: 1 speak tonight to men OF
Iri birth, but not in relation to their connec-
ton with the British empire. 1 speak to them
in relation TO their citizenship to the great
American Republic lapplausel and OF the duties
fhnry to -ha rhaxy ch rtrrC
and gather that the strongest lesson for an
Irshman in America is to be found in his ex-
perience in his native land-:he fairest land and
almost the richest portion OF all Europe. des-
tined to poverty and to suffering and to the ex-
lie of millions OF her children because OF mis-
government-destined primarily to untold pri-
walton because her power is not applied for her
own use and the advantage OF the poor people
for protection for which all Irishmen should
struggle in America. So great is the agrfcult-
ural wealth in Ireland that only forty
years ago she shipped greater amount OF
produce across the channel to England than the
United States exported to all countries
greater than the empire Of Russia sent to the
other countries of Europe, and with all this,
where is Ireland today She shares the fate OF
all countries purely agricultural; she shares
the fate that would in larger degree overtake
the United States If the free trader should
have his way and reduce US to an agricultural
people. tApp ause And yet tonight the fear
is that majority Of the Irish voters of Amer
lea or the Irish-American voters will cast their
ballots on November 8 as tho present Govern
ment of England would desire them to cast 1t.
[Cries OF mo, no."l 1 wish you would make
that no. large majority Of the Irish vote OF
the United States.
For the last four months the Democrats have
been denying and the Republicans have been
affirming that the last and constant wish OF
England is that Mr.. Cleveland's administration
should be sustained by the whole force and ef-
feet of English public opinion. And jus when
they had begun to make an expression and an
impression upon the American people that such
might not be the fact we have the letter OF the
British Minister to WASH gton, himself
[groansl urging the reelection of MIR. Cleve-
land And you can never interpret letter I'M
til you know the lie ter that called it forth. To
get the whole gist and meaning of a correspond
ence you must have both sides OF ii, and this
letter from the British Minister called
forth by a letter from California, written by
native of England.
Mr. Blaine then read the two letters and con-
| tinued Three Ministers of the United States
certainly two-have had their walking papers
for offenses less grave than that. and tonight if
! an American Minister at England should write
| to an English voter advising HIM to support
either side as the one favorable to the United
| States, he would be politely invited to sail
| home by the next steamer. And then what
does the Secretary Of State do? Why, he says
/ il was no harm; it was only private. Well,
suppose he sends a private circular-su
pose he issues 10000 of them and
marks them private on the corner. and
there came a discovery? I suppose Secre-
| tary Bayard would say: Not a particle
! of harm, so long as you mark them private,
| and as long as you mark them private they will
have so much more beneficial effect when they
| get into the public print" And so this has
| done its perfect work II was written for
Grover Cleveland. [Groans.l 1t was written
in aid of him to bring the whole naturaized
| English voters to his support and Mr. Cleve-
| lands premier-a at the head OF his Cabinet says
| il is all right and we are to have British
| Minister at Washington giving his opinion as 10
| what we should do in this country in our polit-
| ical and our mestic parties. One remark he
makes wish 10 comment on particularly, for
| call it an insult to the Repub-
| lIcan party 1 protest IN the name of that
| party against Lord SackvileWest saying
| that the rejection by the Republican Senate OF
| an outrageous and miserable and uaSt3rdly
| Fishery treaty was q mere political ruse for
| this campaign. He has no right to say So He
| has never seen Senate heretofore in the his
| tory of this Republic Democratic party, or
| Whig or Republican, or Federal thai would for
| one moment have entertained that Fishery
| treaty. Not one. And Lord S. ckville West
! has no light to say to the American people that
| the Senatorial representatives Of that great
! party in looking after the National honor are
| merely committing q political ruSe He will
| find politi al ruse of that kind will last so
| long as the honor OF the American flag is TO be
preserved md the right of the hardy fishermen
| Of America to b. protected. [Cheers.l
Another thing my friends We are in the
habit of discussing the tariff question very
| largely on theory. 1 think that a solid fact
worth ton OF theory. You may philosophize
| on the doctrine OF free trade aud on the doc
| trine OF protection to the end and want now
| to give you solid fact Up to this date, up to
Octob T -, in the year Of our Lord 1888. since
| Grover Cleveland was inaugurated there has
bef imported into this country OF iron and
steel and their products an amount equal to
the enormous sum of s16o,0O,OO1. and they
say We have set too high tariff. II
that iron ami steel had been made here
1t would have meant good wages for a
whole year for 80, no laborers [applausel
and for the average size OF family
dependent upon him it would have meant 800
CO persons to be fed and backs to be clothed
out OF sl5nOO 600. [App ause.l That is what
call a solid fact and they say there is not
enough coming yet. They want to lower the
tariff so that we can have more. Here in New
York we are always told that we must look out
for the commerce of the country-that the COM
merce is what built the country up. Take this
great metropolis and sister Brooklyn. They
have grown more since the protective tariff
than they ever grew before since this Govern
ment was founded, almost
Workmen Hurt.
KANSAS CITY, No, Oct. 25.-Wh'le six
men, employed by the Kansas City Hay
Company. were loading hay presses upon
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