The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-09
BLAINE VERY FACETI0US
HE PICKS UP A STATEMENT BY
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL.

Then He Charges that Official with
Being Ignorant of His Country's His
tory-A Big Crowd out to Greet the
Speaker, and Many Campaign Clubs
in Line
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Oct. S.-James
6. Blaine and his party, when they arrived
here this afternoon, were greeted by an i'm
mense and enthusiastic crowd. A number
of lending manufacturers had given their
employees holiday and number of excur-
sion trains from various points unloaded
their thousands iuto the already over
crowded streets of the city. Escorted by a
long procession of uniformed companies,
Mr.. Blaine and his party were conveyed
in carriages to the hotel, where they dinei.
Att o'clock the doors of Hartman's hall
were thrown open and the crowd poured in
in great food which occupied every inch
OF space. The larger part of it was made
up of workmen in the factories, who
listened to Mr. Blaine with close attention,
and frequently cheered his good points.
PROTECTION HIS TOPIC.
His topic was protection and the home
market, and he took for his text passage
which he quoted from the recent speech of
Postmaster Dickinson. in these words:
New England selfshly hangs on the body
polite, absorbing wealth and giving nothing 10
return. We buy of New England at extortion-
ate prices, kept up by the tariff, while at the
same time we sell her nothing.
Mr.. Blaine said that when he read this speech
ne looked up statistics which he gave, and
which show that New England annually takes
from the states west and south of her $500 600
worth of food products-coal, iron copper,
lumber. cotton. wool and manufactured goods,
while the entire value of the products that we
sent TO old England last year of all imaginable
articles was S32a.00OOOO. Cheers.
A HOME MARKET
Now, gentlemen, il you want to know what the
value of a home market at your door is, an ex
change of industries, 'e what 1000, 900 people
engaged in the arts and industries of life take
from You at your door and among your fellow
citizens as compared with 40,O0o,O00 beyond the
seas, Cheers. Is any thing more needed TO
prove the wonderful advantage of home mar
ket? L am speaking only of New England.
There is New York and New Jersey and that
great state OF Pennsylvania and The vast east,
OF which do not speak, for | am answering
only for the section that has been assailed by
the Postmaster General.
GRATUIToUS ADVICE.
Mr.. Blaine went on to say that he had a
pieca of advice to give Postmaster General
Dickinson, and he impaired it in these two
anecdotes:
There was once very forward, upstartish
member of Gen. SCOTS staff, and he was
always talking in way that mortified his asso
ciates and his chief, and the old general at last
got out of all patience, and said to him one
evening; MY young friend, you will be greatly
improved by studying the HISTORY of your
country" lAppause and laughter.
SAYING OF CHARLES JAMES FOX
My friends, you know man who talks as a
cabinet officer represents the national admins
tration. Once upon time an officer of the
cabinet was asked question in parliament
which he could not answer, and Charles James
Fox, who was of the opposition. said: There is
one fault that can never be forgiven in a cab-
net officer-ignorance.n Laughter and cheers. |
commend Mr.. Don NJ. Dickinson to serious
and prayerful study of this short saying of
Charles James Fox Laughter aud cheers