The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-09-30
THE WAR-DRUMS.
Blaine Speaks to 100.0 900
People in New York.
HAEEnsos-s DAILY ROUTINE.
Judge Thurnan Called Info the
Chill Night Air by Torehlight
serenads-Hsnry watterssn Talks
Free Trade I'm Detroit.

Ngw YoEK. Sept. 29.-About 10000
persons assembled At the polo grounds
tonight TO hear speeches by J. q.
Blaine and other distinguished speak
ers. The crowd from the very outset
inangurated series of cheers that out
lasted the meeting itself. The decora-
tions OK the grand stand and other
platforms were on u scale Of profusion.
Streamers were stretched across Grand
street. The main platform from which
the speakers addressed the meeting
faced Grand street, and was 100 feet
distant. On this sat the invited guests
of the evening. Hall a dozen bands
played national airs during the even
ing. Stereoptican views were also ex-
hibited bearing on free trade and pro-
lection President Humphrey of the
Harlem Republican club welcomed the
people from the Main stand. While
Others were reforming the same office
and introducing speakers at the other
stands about, he introduced Gov.
Feraker, who addressed them. Before
he had finished there were cries of
:. Blainel Here comes Biainei" and
that gentleman appeared on the plat
form. A scene OF Undesirable entnUs-
iasTh followed. Cannons were fired.
rockets burst in the air, band struck
up Hail to the Chief" and deafening
cheers rent the air. The chairman
then introduced Blaine.
lie began bis address by commend
ing Gen. Harfi son's remarkable
ability in condensing whole gunent
within the dimensions Of proTerb.
The same had been true of Franklin
and OF Lincoln. Gen. Harrison's ref
erence to dogmatic free traders as
students OF inaxims and not of mar
kets, had expressed in q sentence the
failacy OF their economical screei.
Blaine then went into history and
hi speech dealt entirely with record
OF high tariff and low tariff, and the
relative effect OF each upon the coun-
try. and the various tariff measures
from the first, IN 1853, down to the
issues of 1874 between Clay and + TX,
after which the free trader, Robert
J. Walker of Mississippi, be-
came secretary OF the treasury. and
under whom the protective tariff of
ls42 went down and the free trade tar
iH of 1si6 was placed on the statute
books. Jefferson's messages to con-
gTess, in which he discussed the sew
eral methods of disposing OF the sur
plus, were cited in comparison with
the utterances OF Cleveland on the
same subject, and AT each juncture of
national history where tariff issues
were involved Blaine instituted COM
parsons between the Democrats of
then and those of now. and held up
the disastrous results OF 1887 rs
warning that the tariff should not then
have been lowered as IL was. nor
should be now
BlaiBe's address was designed to pre-
sent the history Of the tariff situations
analogous to the present. and in each
case his deductions were strongly in
favor OF the election OF Harrison and
the defeat OF the Democratic endeavors.
Speeches were then made by John
+. Finerty, Rev. NJ. X. De rick (eol-
oredi, and Others. 4 pafade by n
torebiight procession OF 500o men,
was feature OF the demonstration
Blaine viii start west Monday night.