New-York tribune., 1888-08-26
RT.INE ON THE FISHERIES
ADDRESSING A LEWISTON MEETING
. sorHrNe CRITICISM OF THE PRESIDENT
~ss,cr-AN ELECTION DEVICE ONLY.

- sorHrNc CRITICISM OF THE
-s.,cv.N Election DEVICE ONLY.
~r,rcsAru TO THE rEisuSh1
Ixyiston, Me-, Aug. 25.-Mr D"'le rnu p"ss'
hnc,ainr Walker Blaine and james W. o'"ine' '''
A.,,,,rd from Augusta on the 3:o2 express 'o-.sy
Tor he grand rally of Androscoggin ooun'y ne
nrbcans at Lewiston this evening Inc oroaa
rla orm Of the Augusta station was 'nronse WIN
b;srel,ow-cirazens as he stepped in'o tue run,han
ear The train reached Brunswick a1 'oo' wnere
- ohlced TO wait two hours Tor the local
ne""9 ,,as DELAYED by the iateness Of the
Bdon train .,.,o,.
a. ;,,,rsnse crowd was at the STA
% welcome the great leader
~, IL uas only with difficulty that he made his
-. ,o the carriage which was in waiting for
a., Four local campaign companies escorted
-, nm the street TO the hotel Along the route
.-.,.x of persons were on the sidewalk cheer-
A. The street was light as MONDAY and a
la. Of fireworks added TO the beauty of the
.,s Mr. Blaine went 20 the hotel and
arted there for brief period. The City
,aIl which will accommodate $500 peo-
lie. had been packed for an hour, large
,umbers having come In from the
surrounding country TO listen to the words OF the
rrcat statesman Hundreds clamored unsucness-
fully for admission at the doors and were turned
AWAY. It was said TO be the largest audience that
ever greeted Mr. Blaine in Lewiston. and he
has spoken here in every Presidential ca.lpaign
for twenty years
Al $40 o'clock Congressman Dingley took
the platform and spoke briefly on the Tariff
question and shortly before O'CLOCK Mr.. Blaine
came into the hall and was accorded great
reception by the assembled people, who arose
In their seats and cheered tumultuously. MIR.
Blaine received the applause in his usual gracious
manner and proceeded to deliver his speech. When
he announced that he should devote his attention
10 the Presidents fishery manifesto the excitemcnS
ran high and all listened with rapt attention. and
when the speaker made his most pointed utter
ances they expressed their approval in hearty ap-
plause Mr.. Blaine occupied twenty-five mln-
utes in the delivery, and at his close was again
eheered- After the meeting the Blaine party took
a carriage and drove 10 Holland Springs, where
they will spend Sunday On Monday Mr.. Blaine
goes TO Waterville. where he will address another
mass-meeting in the afternoon.
In the course of his address Mr.. Blaine said:
did not happen to have an opportunity Of reading
the fun text of President Cevelands message on the
fisheries subject unt this morning and with all due
respect to the Chief Executlve of the Nation, must
say that, considering all the circumstances, II is
the most extraordinary document that ever was sent
from the White House to the Capitol
Mr. Blaine then argued that suitable retalia-
ton" was what Mr.. Cleveland had been authorized
by Congress TO enforce-a tit-for-tat' policy
This authority Mr.. Cleveland ignored and in de-
fancc Of the Constitution organized Commission
10 frame a treaty Mr.. Blaine continued:
Why should the railways of the United states, that
annually transport fifty millions OF Canadian goods in
transit be deprived OF their business and endure
large loss on account of sudden whim OF the Presi-
dent7 Why should tire transit from Detroit > Buffa-
10 and New-York over both American and Canadian
lines Of rail be suspended when IL has
no relation whatever TO the fishery question
Why should the large traffic between Quebec and Mon
freal on hand and Portland on the other, by
which Portland the winter port of Canada, be
summarly stopped at the caprice of the President,
because Of his chagr!n over the course OF an lnue-
pendent but as be considers refractory Senate? Is
II the gn of the President 10 make the fishing ques
ton odous by embarrassing commercial relations and
commercial exchange along 5000 miles of frontier, and
TO infict upon American communities needless,
vcxatious and a perous confusion of trade?
II Congress will give him the enactments which
he asks he will give them retaliation until they cry
Hold, enough I" and will allow him TO settle the
fishery question in the precise manner which their
Senate now contemptuously rejects. Or after all,
fellow-ctzens Is not the Presidents position mere
political device to divert the attention of the Amer-
can people from his free trade message and from the
Mills Tariff bilY Is not buster on the fisheries to
be the plan OF campaign for the Democratic party
Are not permits for bravado 10 be issued by the po
lltical agents OF the Administration marked on the
back good till after the first Tuesday OF Nevem-
bert
He seems eager to-day to discharge whole battery
Of Krupp guns on the question when last year blank
cartridge from pocket pistol would have settled the
whole affair. After subjecting the country month
after month to the humiliation Of an unprecedented
surrender the Presidents supporters with Inc zeal
Of converts rather with the extravasant ehohuSi
asm of pretcnders, are now manfestng such re-
newed and deep and keen sense of the wrongs we
have experienced from Great Britain Canada In the
matter of fisheries that they second the Presidents
extraordinary somersault and in the slang OF the
Democratic heelers they are thirstng for Canadian