Wichita eagle., 1888-10-16
Ri AINE Al NEW AL IRANY.

BLAINE AT NEW ALBANY.
NEW ALBANY, Oct. 15.-Inclement
weather interfered somewhat with the
demonstration in this city today over the
arrival of the Hon. James G. Blaine, Gen
eral A. P. Hovey, Corporal Tanner, Gen
eraI Adam Z. King and a. Louden Snow
den.
Thousands of visitors from Louisville,
Jeffersonville, Charleston, Madison, Cory
don and other neighboring points, tramped
about the muddy streets. At O'Clock
Mr.. Blaine and General Hovey held a pub
lie reception at the Windsor hotel, around
which several thousand people clamored.
After shaking hands f1r an hour Mr.
Blaine thanked the assem- blage for the
cordial welcome extended General Hovey
and himself and returned to eX-CongreSS-
man Clayborn's residence, where he re-
ceived many callers during the day.
Notwithstanding the unfavorable condi-
tions, the street parade in the afternoon
was declared by citizens to be the largest
and most imposing demonstration in the
history of the city. Mr.. Blaine reviewed
born residence. General Hoyey and
Corporal Tanner viewed the pro-
cession from down town. The procession
was forty minutes IN passing. Several
thousand mechanics were in line. A civic
parade of one hundred young men headed
the parade. One of the features of the pa
rade was the large number of colored
clubs. One of the unique features of tye
parade was large float, upon which rested
a miniature passenger coach, surrounded
and followed by seYenty-fi employees of
the Louisville, New Albany 81 Chicago
railroad.
The mass meeting was held at the inter
section of Eleventh and Market streets.
II is estimated from ten to twelve thousand
people were present. Mr.. Blaine arrived
at $50 and was given an ovation. Owing
to the dampneSs he did not remove his
heavy overcoat and during his address
asked permission to replace his hat and
the big audience yelled its approval, cry
ing: Yes, yes" that's all right" put
your hat on, Blaine" and don't take
cold" He was in good voice and spoke as
follows:
Mr. Chairman, allow me first of all to
return my thanks for your most cordial
welcome, so eloquently expressed by your
representative, Mr. Downey. / respond to
what he says and say for myself that
though thousand miles from home | am
still at home. / am at home wherever
that flag floats. lCheers.l am at home
wherever the popular mass comes together
TO uphold the Republican standard.
iCheers.
Last Wednesday at Goshen, Ind.
stated that Mr.. Havemeyer, the president
of the sugar trust, had appeared before
the ways and means committee when the
tariff bill was up, and according to Sena-
tor Allison had showed an arrangement by
which 81, 600, 600 were put into the pockets
of that trust. Mr.. Mills, chairman of the
ways and means committee. in a special
card printed this morning III the Louis
vile papers, denies that Mr. Havemeyer
ever appeared before the committee
or that any such arrangement as
] have spoke spoken of was made for
his benefit. | do not know what Mr. Mills
means by this denial unless it is that Mr.
Havemeyer never appeared before the COM
mlttee when in regular session. Ii he
means that he did not appear before mem
berS of the committee in the committee
room then he is contradicted, not by my
self, but by the Congressional Record. On
page 6.5o3 of the Congressional Record for
the current session, issued on July 10, a
urUate Is reported in which Mr.. Becken-
ridge, of Arkansas, a member of the ways
ana means committee, admitted that he
had invited Havemeyer and his attorney
10 the room of the committee on ways and
means on the 18th of April to talk over the
sugar tariff, and Mr.. Breckenridge of
Kentucky, another member of the ways
and means committee, admitted having
other time. All that l stated is substanti-
ated by what l now quote, and in conse-
quence the sugar standard was changed
from No. 13 originally reported and
printed in the tariff bill to No. Is as re-
ported by the ways and means committee
and passed by the house, and it was in this
change that Senator Allison finds the So
1900 that Mr.. Mills committee put into
the pockets of the trust. / may take Mr.
Mills denial, if he chooses, that Have
meyer never appeared before him, but
here were two members of the ways and
means committee who openly acknowl-
edged that they had heard, not only Mr.
Havemeyer, but his attorney, and the at
torney was skilled in every feature of the
sugar tariff, and not only knew what
points were advantageous to the govern
ment, but also knew still better what
points were advantageous TO the trust
The latter points seem TO have been
adopted by the ways and means commit
tee, though, perhaps, Mr.. Mills did not
know it. Laughter and cheers.l l find
also in the papers today report OF a Dem
ocratic meeting in Kew York. before
which Mr.. Fairchild appeared TO defend
his policy of loaning SEQ, o,0O0. 900 of the peo-
pies money TO certain pet banks without
interest. His defense consists chiefly in
proving that | overstated the amountthose
banks could make out of that transaction
lie says tnaI calculated the interest on
The whole 100000 600 whereas the banks
are compelled to keep % per cent of it in
their vaults. Poor banks, what a hard
ship they have to endure. Laughter and
cheers l think Mr.. Fairchilds answer
is positively amusing and il recalls TO me
the soliloQuy of the man who drew Sl0,-
boo prize in lottery a few years ago, when
the habit was TO deduct Is per cent before
paying the amount How lucky it was"
says he that | didn't draw $50, 600 it
would have ruined me to pay the premi-
um." Laughter and cheers. Mr. Fair
child does not frankly and manfully con
front the issue. He does not state TO the
the people how the banks could afford TO
buy government bonds. when the govern
ment itself could not afford it. Ii it was
IN advantageous proceeding for these
links TO invest $4,000, ,O00 in government