Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-26
lRISH-AMERICANS.
A GREAT OUTPOURING TO LISTEN
TO BLAINE.
Addresses by Patrick Ford, Eagan
and Healy-The Duty Of Irish
men in This Campaign.


mass meeting of the irish Protectionisis a
Madison Square Garden. The immense build
ing was crowded to overflowing half an hour be
fore the meeting was called to order, and the ad
jacent streets were thronged with people eage1
to get glimpse of James G. Blaine, the attrac
ton of the evening. Some 1000 persons were in
the building at O'Clock, when Judge A. l.
Morrison, of Arizona, read, on behalf of Chair
man Patrick Ford, an address in which these
passages occurred
I'VE are here tonight not as Irishmen to con.
suit 1or the interests of Ireland, but as Ameri.
cans to discuss American affairs with
American ends in view. We are a for
eign element, as loose phraseology might
imply. But we refuse to regard ourselves
This land is our home, and in the present ma
tional contest we see only the republic, and are
concerned only for her welfare. For us party
llnes are oollterated. We know only Americans
and anti-Americsns The man who fights under
the flag OF English free trade, no matter of what
race he may be, whether he knows il or not is
practleally one OF the English enemy. On the
other hand, tie man who fights under the flag
OF protection to American labor-whether ma
tive or foreign -born-that man we hail as a com
rade, brother and an American"
Patrick Egan and David Healey spoke, and
Mr.. Blame commenced after this message from
General Harrison had been read:
A GREETING FROM GENERAL HARRISON.
81 gratefully accept the congratulations of the
Irish-American Protectionists now assembled i'm
mass meeting IN Madison Square Garden, and
lcent impulse their intelligent zeal has given to
the cause OF protection in this campaign
BENZ HARRISON"
BLAINE's SPEECH.
NJ. ChdirmGn: l speak to night to men of
Irish birth. but not in relation to their connec-
ton with the British Empire. / speak to them
in relation to their citizenship to this great
American Republic Iapplause and of the
duties they owe, and to the policies they should
pursue; and gather that the strongest lesson
1or an lrlshnan in America is to be found in his
experience in his native land. The fairest and
almost the richest portion of all Europe is des-
tlned TO poverty and to suffering and to the
exile of millions of her children because of
mlsgoyernment destined primarily to utter
financial ruin. because her people were not al
lowed to adopt for her own use and her own ad-
vantage that principle of protection for which
all lrishmen should struggle in America.
lCheers So great is the agricultural wealth of
ireland that only forty years ago she shipped a
greater amount of produce across the channel
TO England than the United States exported to
all countries.greatert 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, oyertake us if the free trader
should have his way and reduce us to an agri-
cultural people. [Applausel And yet tonight
icdI lndl tie lTlSD voters OF America (Or Irish
American voters will cast their ballots on the
9th day OF November as the present Govern
ment of England would desire them to cast il
lCries of ',No Nor'1 1 wish you could make
vote of the United States. For the last
four months the Democrats have been
denying, and the Republicans affirming that the
hrst and last and constant wish of England was
that Clevelano's Administration shou be sus-
tanned by the whole force and effect of English
puDllc opinion, and just when they had begun
TO make an impression upon the American peo-
pie that such might not be the fact, we have
A LETTER OF THE BRITISH MINISTER
Al Washington [groans1 urging the reelection
of Cleveland; and you can never interpret a
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 Min
lister was called forth by letter from California
written by native of England.
Blaine then read the letter. in which the
writer states to Mr.. Sackville West that his faith
had been shaken by President Cleveland's Ad-
mlnistration, and he writes to the British Min
lister to dissolve his doubt, and Mr.. West saws to
the California man that the recent proceedings
or the President were only a little by-play
winch does not mean anything. He need net
be afraid, and all the other English voters can
go ahead with perfect confidence
Three Ministers of the United States" re-
sumed Blaine, certainly two-have had their
walking papers for offenses less than that and
tonight, If an American Minister in England
A0VlSlnp nm
to support either side as one favorable 10 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
II was no harm-it was only private. We'll
suppose he sends a private circular-suppose he
issues ten thousand of them and marks them
private on the corner-and there came a dis
coveTy? l suppose Secretary Bayard would saw
Not 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
enect enect when they get into public print And so
thls mas done Its perfect work.
1T WAS WRITTEN FOR GROVER CLEVELAND
lGroansl, and it was written in aid of him and
10 bring naturaliZed English voters TO his sup
port; and Mr.. Cleveland's Premier at the head
OF ms Cabinet says it is all right and we are to
have a British Minister at Washington giving
ms opinion as 10 what we should do in this
country IN our political and our domestic par
ties. one remark he makes wish TO comment
on particularly, for call it an insult to the Re-
puD1can party-saying that the rejection by the
Republican Senate of the outrageous and mis-
cradle and dastardly fishery treaty was mere
pol1tica! ruse for this campaign. He has
no night to say So There never has
this republic-Democratic, or Whig or Repub.
lican, or Federal-that would for a moment
have entertained that fishery treaty, not one;
and Lord sackville West has no right to say
to the American people that the Senatorial rep
resentatves of that great party, in looking after
the national honor, are merely committing r.
OF that kind will last so long as
THE HONOR OF THE AMERICAN FLAG
Is to be preserved, and the right of the hardy
fishermen of America is to be protected i
[Cheers.
Passing, to the tariff question, Mr. Blaine
said We are in the habit of discussing the
tariff question very largely on theory, You NAV
philosOphize on the doctrine 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 inauguraled
there has been imported into this country of
iron and steel and their products an amount
equal TO the enormous sum of 100000 600 and
they say we have got too high a tariff If that
iron and steel had been made here it meant
good wages for the whole year for 300 900 labor
ers lapplausel. and from the average size of
family dependent upon them, 1t meant 500 900
persons to be fed and backs TO be clothed ont
OF this sl60,UOo,OO0. IApplause.l That is what
/ call
A SOLID FACT,
And they say there is not enough coming vet
They want to lower the tariff, so we can have
more. have the supremest confidence that on
November 9Th the American people will not
surrender, at the bidding of England, or the
bidding of an English Minister. or the bidding
OF President Cleveland Ggroansl nor all them
combined. They will never surrender the
great principle OF protection to American in
dustries. Loud and continued applause
THE WEST LETTER
Thousands of cards with British coato arms
and bearing Minister Vests famous letter were
scattered broadcast in the Garden and ON the
streets.
The anticipation Of the Free Truders. al11 on
this side Of the atlantic and on the other hare been
assisted By the remarkable platform ,r1ich the
ProtecttoRs hare issued in rielo Of the Presidential
election. The heary odds against them seem to hare
made the iron and steel men and the other protected
Interests Of America Desperate Cou:ery