Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1888-10-31
BLAINE TALKS TWICE.
hT.e Maine Statesman Makes
Two Speeches to First Voters
at Newark, n. }.
Postmaster General Dickinson Replies
to Blaine's speseh at
Grand Rapids.
A Vet Day for the Cleveland DemOnstra-
tiOn In New YOrk-POlitical
Matters.

NEWARK, n. j., Oct. 29.-The first
presidential voter association of this city
secured the Hon. James G. Blaine to
speak at two places here Saturday night
Sanger Hall and the Belleville Avenue
rink. The drizzling rain which had been
holding forth all dry did not dampen the
enthusiasm of local Republicans for both
halls were filled to overhowing, Mr..
Blaine made but short speech at San
ger hall on account of heavy cold.
Mr.. Blaine next spoke to the Repubh-
can first presidential voters club, num-
bering fully 1000 members, at the Belle
vile Avenue rink, which was crowded.
He said:
The hope of the Republican party is in
the young men. The young men who
are in business, who know the actual
workings-the young men who are in
the factories and foundries and the ma
,hine shops, the great body of intelligent
mechanics of the country-these men are
.he men who support the policy of pro-
ection to American industry. Now this
discussion of the tariff has been inter
rupted by onestion that is very serious
on one side and little humorous on the
other. and that is the recent letter of the
British minister. From the beginning
of the campaign it has been obvious that
England was taking an extraordinary in
crest in the election of Mr.. Cleveland.
The London papers at first spoke out
With extraordinary frankness. After
ward, finding that it was embarrassing
heir free trade friends on this side of the
ocean, they subdued their tone, and the
Democratic papers had begun to assert
that the British aristocracy were, in fact,
backing the Republican party, when, at
this stage of the game, out comes the
etter of the British minister advising
riend in California-who writes to him
to vote for Mr.. Cleveland; that Eng
land would find Cleveland and the Demo
cratic party were-in plain language-I
don't quote him hterally-the best friends
England ever had. What do the Demo
Gratis do? At first they wanted to deny
the letter, but Mr.. West is frank and
honorable man, and came out and said
he had really written the letter. And
now they turn all kinds of lmprecatlons,
md, mayRsay, curses upon the man In
California who evoked the letter. They
ay he is fraud, villain and forger,
nd a Republican in disguise, and in fact
here never was any such man. But In
he name of common sense what has
hat man to do with the British minis
er's letter? The whole point is that it
allied forth Mr.. Vests true views and
i is real sentiments.
Referring to Gen. Harrison, and the
harge that he was running as the grand
m of his grandfather, Mr.. Blaine said:
A man. after all, has to be judged by
hat he is himself. Benjamin Harrison
-ent into the practice of the law a poor
.an-literally a poor man-and he
ought his way up against obstacles with
- much perseverance and industry as
1e poorest member of the Indiana bar,
(which he now stands at the head
e acquitted himself with gallantry on
,e field of battle, winning the applause
the great soldier whose praise was his
f-made title to greatness, Ulysses s.
rant. Now, these people who sneer
out a great family name, many of
-em would turn double somersault
edward if they could stand before the
merican people, and have it said OF
EN-. as of this young mans efforts,
10 has risen on his own merits. Yet
had a father, distinguished repre-
ltative in congress, and he had a
sndfather, delegate in congress from
= great Northwestern territory, after
q ,rd governor, and later the hero of
rec great battles in the defense of his
untry, and afterward the president OF
e United Statess, and beyond that he
d a great great grandfather, who was
vernon of Virginia in revolutionary
nes, who was one of the signers of the
,claration of Independence, and who
! yuld have been president of tn t body,
ID his signature In the place where John
-ancock's stands if he had not periodi-
llv declined the offer that the Massa-
tusetts member be elected. If there be
" man who would not like that ances-
v. he is dead to the best impulses Of
imam nature. I honor Benjamin Har-
son for himself.
At the close of the meeting Mr.. Blaine
turned to New York.