Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-11-01
Names Orator Warns Irish Ameri
cans of England's De
Structive Designs.
Grand Showing Of Projections Ben
efits-GroanS for President
Cleveland.
Mr. Blaine's speech

! owe and TO the policies they shOuld pur-
sue; and gather the strongest Iesson,for
al lrishman ia America is 10 he fonud in
! ms experience In his native land. The
| furest and almost the richest portion 90
FL Europe, destined TO poverty and to
suffering, and to the exile of millions OF
her children, because of misgovernment
destined primarily to utter financial
RUIN, because her people were not allowed
TO adopt for her own use and her own ad-
vantage tire principle of protection, far
| which all Irishmen SHOULD struggle in
America. Cheers. SO great is the
| agricultural worth OF Ireland, that only
forty years ago she shipped a greater
! amount OF prodGce across the channel to
England, than the United States EXPORT.
ed 10 all eountries-greater than the en-
| pre- Of Russia sent 10 the other countries
OF Europe, ana with all this, where is Ire
land tcdayY She shares the fate OF all
countries purely agricultural. She shares
the fate, that would in large degree
overtake the United States II the free
trader should have his way and reduce us
to en agricultural people. Applause
And yet tonight the fear is, that ma,
jority of the Irish-Americau voters will
cast their ballots on the 9th day of
November az the present government OF
England would desire them to cast it.
Cries of no, no. / wish you could make
that mo- a large majority of the Irish
vote of the United States. For the past
four months the democrats have been
denying and the republicans have been
Affirming, that the first and Last and
CONSTANT WISH or ENGLAND
was shat Mr. Cleveland's administration
should be sustained by the whole force
and effect Of English public opinion.
And just when thsy had begun to make an
expression and an impression upon the
American people that such might not DO
the fact, We have the letter of the British
minister to Washington himself groans
urging the reelection Of Mr.. Cleveland.
And you can never interpret q letter until
you know the letter that called 10 forth.
To get the whole gist and meaning of
correspondence, you must have both sides
of It, and this letter from a British min
lister was called forth by letter from
California, written by q native OF Eng
land.
Mr.. Blame then read the letter in which
the writer states TO Mr.. Sackville West
that his faith has been shaken by Presi
dent Cleveland's administration, and
writes 70 the British minister 20 dissolve
mis- doubt, and Mr.. West says TO the Cali
tornia man that the recent proceeding of
the president is only little by play
which does not mean anything. He need
not be afraid, and all the other English
voters can go nhead with perfect conf
dence
"Three ministers Of the Unitod States,n
resumed Mr.. Blaine " certainly two, have
less grave than that; and tonight. il an
American minister at England should
write to an English voter advising him to
support either side RS the one favorable
to the United States he would be politely
invited to sail home by the next steamer.
And then what does the secretary Of state
doY Why, he says il was no harm, IL was
only private. Well suppose he sends a
private circular, suppose he issues 10000
| of them, and
MARES THIN PRIVATE
cry? / suppose Secretary Bsyard would
say, "Not particle Of harm, so long as
you mark them private, and as long as
you mark them private they will have so
much more beneficial effect when they
get into the public print" And 20 this
has done its perfect work. II was writ
ten Tor Grover Cleveland. (Groans) 10
was written in aid OF him 20 bring the
whols naturalized English voters TO his
support, and Mr.. Cleveland's premier, at
the head OF his cabinet, gays 10 ie ali
right; aud we are 20 have British min
| lister at Washington giving bis opinion
az 20 what We should DO IN this country
! in our political and our domestic parties.
! One remark he makes / wish to comment
en- particularly, for J call IL gn insult 90
the republican party. / protest in the
name of that party against Lord Sack
Yille-West saying that the rejection by
| the republican senate Of gu outrageous
aud miserable and dastardly fishery
| treaty was a mere political ruse for this
campaign. He has no right TO say go.
! There has never besu q senate heretofore
! in the history Of this republic
cratic party, or whig, or republican, or
| federal-thgt would for one moment
have entertained that fishery treaty. Not
one. And Lord Sackviile West has no
right TO say to the American people that
the senatorial representative Of that
great party, in looking after the national
honor, are merely committing political
ruse. He will fad that a political ruse Of
that kind will last 10 long az the
HONOR or rHE AMERICAN FLAG
is TO DO preserved and the right Of the
hardy fshermen OF America to be pro
tected. Cheers
Another thing, my friends. We are in
the habit Of discussing the tariff question
very largely on theory. / think that @
solid fact is worth ton Of theory. You
may philosophize on the doctrine Of free
trade and on the doctrine Of protection
TO the end, and / want nov 70 give you .
solid fact. Up to this date, up to the
18th day or October, ia the year Of our
Lord 1888, since Grover Cleveland was in
augurated there kas been imported INTO
this country Of iron and steel and their
products an amount equal to the enor
nous sam of sl6o,000000, and they say
We have got too high tariff. II that
iron and steel had been made here II
meant good wages for whole year for
300, 900 iaborers [appIausel, ard for the