The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-10-29
MT. BIaine TN New Jersey.

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MT. blaine IN New jersey.
NEWARK, N. j.. Oct 27.-rhs First Presi-
dental Voters Association. Of this city, secured
the Hon. James g. Blaine to speak At two
places here to-night-Ssnger Hall and the
Belleville-avsnue Rink. The driZzling rain,
which had been falling all day. did not dampen
the enthusiasm of local Republicans, for both
halls were filled to overlooking. Mr.. Blaine
after 6 o'clock. lie had been feeling upwell
before be left New York, and the inclement
weather served largely to intensity his indls-
position, so that the original plan bad to DC
abandoned: Shortly before 6 o'clock he arrived
at Sanger Hall, aud was greeted with immense
enthusiasm. He said:
II am NOT here to make o speech, nor does
the campaign at this time need argument. That
has been made. What We want now is perfected
organization, and the result Of that will be VIC
tory. lApplause. come to you from three
great States in the West where l have been for
q month past, and l see In the East a great
tidal wave of enthusiasm for Harrison and Nor
ton. Loud cheers / saw Ii, IL 1t is possible,
even 10 . greater degree in the West, and l am
sure that with the East and the West pulling
together. q long pull, . strong pull. and . pull
altogether, the victory on the 9th Of November
will be for q protective tariff and for Harrison
and Morton" prolonged chsers.l
Mr.. Blaine's abrupt termination
aicdppOtutcQ u dQQlrDCc. lucy CuccTcQ II
called for him, but he vanished out q side door
and was driven away to tho B-lleville avenue
Rink TO address the other portion Of his adj
mirers. Mr.. Blaine next spoke to the Repub-
lican First Presidential Voters Club, numbering
fully one thousand members, at the Belleville-
avenue Rink, which was crowded. He said:
THE hope OF the Republican party Is 10 the
young men. The young men who are in bust
ness, who know its actual workings;
the young. men who are in the
factories, and foundries, and machine shops;
the great body Of intelligent mechanics of the
country-theee are the men who support the
policy OF protection to American industry.
lApplause.l Now this discussion Of tho tariff
has been interrupted BY o question that 10 very
serious on one side and q little bit humorous on
the other, and that is the recent letter of the
British minister. fLsuehtsr.l From the begin
ming OF the campaign IL has been obvious that
England was taking an extraordinary inter
est In the election Mr.. Cleveland. The London
papers at first spoke out with extraordinary
frankness. Afterward, finding that it was en-
barrassinR their free-trade friends on this side
Of the ocean. they subdusd their
tone, and the Democratic papers had
begun TO assert that the British
aristocracy were, in fact, backing the Republic
an party. when. at this stage Of the game, out
comes the letter of the British minister advising
q friend in California-who writes him-to vote
for Dir. Cleveland; that England would find
Cleveland and the Democratic party-in plain
AehsuokO-4 III 4uOtO MILL hbcAolt-WCt WV
best friends England ever had. What do the
Democrats dot AT first they wanted to deny
the letter, but Mr.. West 10 q frank and honora-
bic man. and came out and said that he really
wrote the letter. And now they turn all kinds
OF imprecations, / may say curses, upon the man
in California Who evoked the letter. They say
he 10 q fraud, . villain, aud q forgsr and . Repub-
lican in disguise uaughtsrl, and, in fact, there
never was any such man. But, 10 the name OF
common sense, what has that man To do with
thu Rritish mipiatar,a lettor1 Snpp0ea thew
prove him . Republican, Suppose they prove
the letter was gotten up 20 entrap him. as they
ssy--that does not alter the character OF Mr..
Vests letter. Az well might q postofice clerk
who s constantly stealing letters, complain Of q
dscoy letter thar was placed in his track. The
decoy letter would not have hurt him IL he lad
not opened it. And that letter Of Mr. Vests
would never have hurt him il he had not
answered it. IApplause.l Isuppose II is the
life, whether he DO diplomatic
or politician. irrelieious or temperate. to
get letters that are obviously written for some
bad purpose; possibly this may have been-l
don't know anything about Ii. The whole point
is that il called forth Mr.. Vests true views and
sentiments.
u Chairman, the Democratic candidate for
Vics-presidsns, 1 see. in a speech in the West,
yesterday, seems for the first time to have heard
anything Of the letter, and he considers 1t a Re-
publican plot, and intimated that it was brought
out by me in my address before the Irish-Amer-
leans in New York. which shows that the Dom
ocratic candidate for the vice presidency keeps
abreast with the news Of the day.
Mr. Blaine next criticised Mr. Bayard for
quoting from Sam Weller, in ''Pickwick Pa
pers." in regard to the letter. and said that the
letter had been published four days before he
spoke Of IL in New York. or the candidates,
Mr.. Blaine said:
al do not intend to say a word personally of
Mr.. Cleveland. have spoken Of his public acts
very freely, but OF himself / have said nothing,
nor have I anything here to cay. But of Mr..
Harrison / can speak, and l will speak. There
has been lately an attempt on the part OF the
Democrats to call him the grandson of his grand
father. If any man in the United States relied
upon his ancestors to get him through life he
has a pretty slender reed to lean upon.
A man IL, after all, to be
judged by what no Is himself. Benjamin
Harrison went into thu practice Of law. q poor
man, literally o poor man, and he wrought his
way mp against obstacles with 30 much perse-
vereuce and industry that he stands at the head
of the bar in Indiana to-day. He conducted
himself with conspicuous gallantry on the field
OF battle, winning the praise Of that great SOL
der whose praise was itself o title to
greatness, Ulysses S. Grant. He has
shown himself a wise statesman IN the Senate
of the United States. and he has shown himself
a wise candidate. There is no man who would
not be proud Of such an ancestry as General
Harrison has, but his best claim 10 his own
merits; and, while / honor General Harrison
for himself, ! say there is no man living pos
sessed of proper feelings and worthy to be called
a man, who could feel anything less than pride
in that long line of illustrious ancestors"