Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-17
BlaiL 6 on fruits ssRig.


AT Goshen, lad, Mr.. Blaine msde Zig
second attempt to repair the damage core
by his iucautious advocacy of trusts
when he began his campaign spec king In
Maine two N onths ago. Il has been
thought that Mr.. Elsine intecded to lei
the matter rest, as one In which e1plane-
ton IS impossible without disaster; but
this expectation was based upon al esti-
mate CT Mr.. Biaine's character which
failed to take into account his versatility
az humbug and his wonderful genius In
regeneration.
: AS 1t is PROBABLE that Mr.. Blame hiss
now reached thst point III the develop
meEt Of his views regarding trusts where
he will rest for the rensinder OF the CAN
paign, II is interesting to recall the steps
oy which he has got there, AMI trace his
laundering and clrCuItous route. Il WAS
at Portland en- August Is, thst ne made
his fest avoWsl CT opinion snd daclsred%
the position OF the Republican party in
reistioa to these fruits CT high tariff .egis-
lstiOn. al that time he sid:
l shall not veItGre to say that they Ctrusts)
are altogether advantageous or scNantage
Gus Tney are largely private staiGs, with
whith re,th,r President Cleveland nor sny
t3rfere.
This was bold, ciesr statement. l.
frankly announced the fac, Of which the
public was pretty well convinced al
ready, .hst the Republican party and its
great leader were Dstlllrg il tdis CAM
paigl to protect the monOpolies which
their system had created and from which
the parry derived support and assistance. i
Il Mr., Blaine had held to Ills word9, Des
would have sCcom plished much toward
removing the belief tina: he !s nothing but
s humoug, and would hsYe given PROF.
OF sircf rlEy in q. least one point otfsn,S
pretended beliefs. b. the tzuth, s5
usual, Ras too much far him to caIEx
alarg, sni he at once procseded,S1
"hsdge" Il his spasch At Faxc.oiHHs.,
on the 3lgt &C August, Mr.. B sireS Tesd
from uisnuscrips carefully prepared de-
tense Of Himself and psrt? on the ques,
ton of trusts, In which he twisted ABDUL
in this fashion:
neither discuss the advantages nor the dsad
.DtaRes Of trusts, VIVA ever 'hey IN ght EN- n
shall now. They have no place In d Ea-ional
campaign. They are state Issues.
Having declared 81 Portland that
trusts ers private sfsirs, With which no
OuS nASS loSSiiGLct out CUAtlaLiSllIS
himself at Fcxcroft by asserting that they
are state issues with which the indi
vidusl commonwealth Must deal, Mr
Blsiee now, st Goshen, completes the
turn about acd Fpeaks CT the trusts
| which are "ievyilg countless millions
upon the packets oi al the consumer,
cf this county," and represents them
SIS interfering corruptlY 20 iEf1eIcs legis
lstion and to shape the pcl:cy Of the gov
eminent. Instead OF the quiet, private
business enterprises which he represented
them to be two months ego, he now
shows them monsters Ct evil il business
end politics.
1t is hsrdly Necessary to add that, hoy
Ing ct last reached the conclusion that
trusts are bad, Mr.. Blaine declares their
formation to be the work Of the support.
ers Of Mr.. Cleveland, a2d the conditions
produced by reform CT the tariff to be
peculiarly favorable to their propagation.
1: really matters very little Whist Mr..
Blaine declares or in what direction he
points his argument. Hs has shown Il
|ahis very matter thss MS opinions, like his
facts. are manufactured for the occasion.
varying with TIE Locality or the supposed
needs Of Inc particular phase o. humcug
which he msy have in hand.