The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
BLAINE IN NEW YORK.
HE ADDRESSES An AUDIENCE OF
100000 EEOEEE.
torieal Compar.so rs-Aa Eloquent Plea
for the Preservation OF the American

100000 EEDt IL,
The Maine S;ates;nan's Trcuchant His
torieal Compar.so ls-4ta Eloquent Plea
for the Preservation OF the American
System Of y oicci-oa.
New York speCia}T
In the northern part OF this city. seven miles
from the post ouice, throng Of people estimated
to have numbered 10000 satar Ia. night cath
ereJ in and about the Polo Grounds, where the
Giants play ball. TO Bear Lcpu9iIttn speeches
made by James &. Blaine, !. b ForlEer Gen. A.
r. King. OF Maryland A. l.. Morrison, OF Ari-
iona and John T. Eiu5r-y. Of Illinois. 1t was
tho largest and most enthusiastic political meet
ing ever held on Manhattan Island. Before the
meeting commenced Prof Adams. after dis
tributtng pamphlet eutiU 4 The Republican
campaign Songs, started tie song, Growers
Farewell Tho immense thrung joined in the
chorus, that sweliyd like the roar o. Il storm
blast the brass bands leading the air. Fir.
Blaine spoke As follows.
Mr. Chairman. Ge.eraI Harrison has the re-
markablc facu'ty OF gou.ea-iaa n whole ar-u-
mont within Inc d lneussous OF proverb. IL
was the faculty which a striking feature in
Benjamin Franklin, and Abraham Lincoln POS
sesstd IT III q remarkable degree. Never WIS II
happier argument more felici. sly stated than
when General Harrison said OF free traders they
We're studying maxinls instead OF markets. In
Il single phrase ne exhibited the Weakness OF the
whole argument. They speak OF theories and
they reject practices. In word, / wish TO
speak tonight of the tariff. In this country,
from the inception of the Government to this
hour one Great lesson has been taught. 1t
began under Washington with q protective
enactments until up TO the war OF ISL il was
doubled Up 10 that time there was not any
difference in this couu ~ between the old Dem
ocrats ana HepuuHcaLs, VINO were all IN favor
of tariff. The division came first in tie act of
1Si6 a ter the wa of l-l2 Then there harreu-
ed exactly what Mr.. Cleveland threatens lhis
country with-the lowering OF the tariff and Il
disaster to the country That lowering OF the
tariff came and disaster followed, and from that
time till 1874 was the wor { period that this
country has ever seen. In lsI the frs, pro-
tectiye tariff bill was passed. and If there are
any Democrats within the sound Of my voice l
beg them to listen while : state who voted for
that bill In the first place Senator from Ten
nessee named Andrew Jackson. In the next
place IL senator from New York Martin Van
Buren,. Next n Represa uta.iye from Puuasyl-
Yania named James Buchanan. Three man,
atterWaru Democratic Presidents Of The United
States. voted for inc bin, and beside these
Senator from Kentucky 4. NJ. johnson, alter
ward y ice President.
Besides, there was n great host OF the Demo
cratic party. -Four years later. when they made
the tariff still higher, those men still in Tia
mats and House and repeated that VOC. aid
III addition to those l have named was S.las
Wright, a Senator from New York, anu the
abiest man the Democrats ever sent to mo
National Council That tariff brought uulimiJ-
ell prosperity to the country. That was going
on from good 10 better and from better TO G9st,
when just at that time there came athwGg, tie
national sky an influence for evil John C. CAL
hOun, who had started "a prOteCtIunist, had
forced his way 10 the Presidency. But though
master of the Democra ic party in the SCUM,
his mastery broke that party. He found 5ey
slave labor, and they did net have nee manu-
fueCures ana therefore he was not interested in
the tariff. And therefore, up to 1883, the Demo
cratic party WAS deceived and had established
the advocacy OF the extension Of slavery and
free trude.
These we're The two great leading inspirations
that guided tina party in breaking down the
tariff OF 1924 and Ie25 and esl ablshing the arif
o. is g. Then, again, Just as under the low tariff
OF 1916 came a financial crisis, that of / 81,
and the country was again Frustrated How was
j. relIeyed2 BY the pro, ectiye tariff Of tsp. 1t
had been thrown into such a desperate degree OF
II might tlmoaJ say-depreclatlun That every
where men Were out of work and Were Eiad TO
get work at . cents day under the admins
traciUn oil M.rtiu Van Buren,. the Democrat
nom the state of New York. II was relieved by
the election OF William Henry HaTi5O and his
election gave the tariff of 1872.
Ven. that lifted the country if by magic,
aud when the Democrats nominated j ok
AGAINST Henry Clay he was compelled o write
Ia bad faith, and with 10 int ntion OF keeping it,
that he was III favor OF "a lerJa degree q! DO
lection ana in bad faith expressed II in what
was known as the Kane letter. He de-
feaUel, and Polk was installed, and an, despite
the pledges of the Democratic party, they broke
down the protective taEiI OF ls45. They broke IL
down by the casting vote OF George NJ. DGllUs,
who was elected Nice-HresIient as personal
follower ofPolk. They broke It down without
as much RS one Democratic blush ana then fol-
lowed much the same thing-tner was disaster
al through this country.
You VIII hear that the Democrats set the
tariff of 1915 as the proof that q iow-reveuIe
tariff answers the int rests OF the country bet
Mexican war broke out and burst up So. ,O-0,-
90, the Irish famine occurred and called for The
shipments of enormous loads of breadstuIs;
there was revolution in Europe and great dis
turbanees all over the European continent from
I0ntOu to st. Petersburg. nlI by reteX act
there was prosperity ia the United States. We
ma ie the discovery of Goll in California
that awakened all the trades throughout the
country and by the time they decreas q En-
giaud, France, and Italy fell INTO the Crmean
war. which Taste until 1856
From ihat on for ten years the tariff advocates
mad series OF happy acsIaent5. The country
IgiI INTO a panic III less than Il year in loJ.-
that prostrated all the great industries Of tho
country all our IN iustries. LabJring men were
without work and in great distress, and this
state Of things never was cured till the protect
ivs tariff came and the country sprang into pros
re. .tv again From that time tif this we have
had protective tariff In 1861 TINS country uEu
the blIssn Of a protective tariff and ia re
never b. S been, III ancient or modern history i'll
tits hen ispheTe or in the o. her in any CONT
M o. nauy isle of the seas, n country that
10 Nv. nty-ei -ht years has been as prosperous as
the Jlit d States of America is now,
AMI now. MI President following the prece-
dent IT tho Democratic Pre7ideut-the man
whom {. c voters oi the United States made The
Chief Magistrate of the Nation appeal 10 you,
tie voters of the United states to you, the vO-
tcr7 of the State of New York and to Won, the
men OF the great city OF New o. k i'm especial
decree to say to Dir. Cleveland that with all his
administration, he has not the power to destroy
the protective tariff.
Nov. my fr ends. am running hastily over
century of the history Of the tariff. ana / saw
without fear OF contradiction rom any Woll-in-
formed and honest Democrat, that these three
things nre true:
l. Tha5 there has never been protective
tariff III this country that did not bring pros
pgr.ty
- That protective tariff in this country has
never been broken down without bringing adver-
sltE.
p That there has not been since the time of
ca GOuu-0Veg sixty years ago. here has never
b On n Democratic administration in lwer that
dli not try TO break down the tariff.
-'r Cleveland anied when he ran in 1854
TFFrHHr TO
ieaaug democrats in New York and elseH here
Mr.. Randall of Pennsylvania, homo ably and
arely-plejged the American people that
the q went of tn Democratic party to power
would not in the least aCgree affect the tariff
That pledge was given four ears ago. Now YOU
muv see how tha- pledge mas been kept The
American people are o day in death struggle
-oua thnt may not be decided for tho next
twenty-five yeHrs- haJhar We shall surrender
cur p-og ctiye policy nj reduce our working
IN 20 the level OF the w0rkiu1Iuen of Europe,
or WEe her we shall maintain the same system
TINT has brought so powerful an aid TO the pros
p6rigy Of every workinguGa and manufacturer
in the land. That is the question We are to
meet.
on my return from Europe I landed at this
port a me nth AGO / had the pleasure of max
lug briei speech then. I said TO the uis hty
mass Of waE workers in this country that the
decision Of his question was with them. Thew
can destroy the tariff by their votes or they can
maintain il by their votes. 1t is for them t.
G-ht r. their feet and a guide in their pntl. IL
should teach you the great lesson that if You do
not vote mulutDin your own ground uJ
else wiz The 1a!.J5 is in y8ur hands. 10 may
loo welded for your protection or your dcs.ruc-
tion.