The sun., 1888-11-04
BLAINE PUTS QUESTIONS.
5000 BROOKLYN REPUBLICANs AN.
sHER WITH a ROAR.


|
! One er the Most Dramatic and Magnetic OF
| Hls CsmpaiGn Speeches-1tts Audience is
Aroused to - Fever or Excitement.
tis not an exaggeration TO say that there
were 5000 persons In the Clermont Avenue
Rink In Brooklyn last night, to hear Jamos q.
Blaine. The meeting was hold by the Homo
and Country Protection Brotherhood of tho
Workingmen Of Kings county. By ca o'clock
Just as many people were inside the rink as
could be packed and jammed there, and the
| streets outside the rink too were crowded
| with people who could not enter the building.
Judge John 4. Rooney called the meeting to
order ut ~ o'clock, and made a
long speech. He was followed in the
speaking by the Rev. c. p Mccarthy and Con-
| George A. Sheridan. II was little before
| O'Clock when tremendous cheers on Vanderbilt
| avenue at the entrance to the rink platform
! from that avenue, announced mr., biaiuv
rival. 1t took Police Captain McKelvey with
six OF his men ten minutes to get Mr. Blaine
through tho yelling crowd to the platform. and
| the crush and Jam was so tremendous that
! Mr.. Blaine, with Port Warden Leaycraft and
| T. D. Willis beside him. suffered severely in
| going through. The audience went wild. Of
snc WMs secured e judge hooney read tSe
| following telegram:
INDIANAPOLIS. Nov. 8.
| To HftNdm H. Grace FTesident:
Please express to the Irish, h-,American Pro.
| tectionists assembled tonight In brooklyn my
sincere thanks for their cordial greetings and
hopeful pr.phesies. The Independence Of
have shown In this campaign has been as con-
spisuons IS i is ereditahRe to their i Intelligence
Then Judge Rooney introduced Mr. Blaine
| There was another time OF mild uproar. and it
seemed an age before Mr. Blaine was permitted
:" ii ia one of the necessary evils of political
campaSn IN S,r this country Sa that by the time the
who have aroused them are thoroughly worn
| out. And this year the sneakers have made
Uned States on the 6"
| protection to American industry. l am not
going 70 make lenatny sneeeh to yoH night
Yes" answered the audience with mighty
.e"Then vote for Harrison and Norton" cried
Mr.. Blaine.
throne h ] Of people. before him answering with
shouts that male the Rink tremhle;
Are you In favor OF giving pensions to de-
serving soldiers and their widows?"
Then vote for Harrison and II Morton: p1 Ar, Ars
Sis SS% e sho House House Of RsDrssentatiSsss'
1T hen vote against Grover Cleveland. Are
you in favor Of using the surplus to pay tho
bon%ds sc of 'd the coun'ryT
Then vote for Harrison and Mortcn. Are
you in favor ~ q thoroughly American system
Of government in this countryf
THEN vote for Harrison and Morton. Are you
In favor Of lending the Government money out
to o!Sa'5 iSySyito bankers
"Tnen vote against Grover Cleveland. And
on that topic want to talk little more. The
Administration OF Grover Cleveland has made
banks of Mr. Manning and Mr. jordan-the re-
pository of millions oil dollars OF Government
TREASURY. It has given these ban ks absolutely
$60,O00.000. 1t has allowed these banks to ped
bs that .I the Original banks come to conir"i tho
business Of the Others Louis AlN;'of France,
Peter the Great OF Prussia. Nanoleon at the
supreme height of his power. would not have
DARED TO dispose OF the treasures of their Gov
ernmeut in this way-neyer. never. never. II IS
not made sensation In this country before
this spectacle of an Administration elected by
the people placing the collective funds oi tho
r.. ISsPle a Sfh wifi use to % Keep the Xdnnsrs.
'lan a yolesm u pews1w w. didn't know it."
You know 1t now, answered Mr. Blaine. .
Such papers as the NeD York Times and the
There was trsmendous s Groanng and hiss
ed ed some o. minutes. and Mr. Blains said: ~
E9 5smsS AID ii. But ssns s'y nS TiH 4a
the Goyernment money. That y absolutely
false. What Secretary sherman did I WIS M to put
Government in the hands OF the banks for re-
demption. The banks. paying back every cent
the a'sn Way yfs he aceompis6ed his great loan. Ths
money money @ ony resting in their coers in transit
But this Administration has plunged its arms
eighty or ninety selected banks out Of the 1000
in the country your money and my money.
d do hess M wes
second term.
they have brought against us In this late day
you, Irishmen. 1t is that which Gays that q
place. in the British extradition treaty with
country. That amendment was originated by
President Gleveland's Secretary OF state. Mr..
Hes English" cried voice.
''Ye know" added Mr.. Blaine. quickly. Then
President Cleveland and Mr.. Bayard con.
amendment to the Senate and urged the Senate
tea, t0 accept m that amendment. They were respon-
Mr: Blaine raised his clenched d hands lands. high
feet tall as he Numbered OUT,
II stand here to tell you OF my own knoyl-
fS9e ton for The @ charge e that Republican, Senate s
responsible for that amendment. 1t is foul
from the 5000 people in the rink Then fol-
lowed cheers upon cheers and handclapping.
and cat calls and bazoo shrieks and horn blow
Ing. and waving of hats and canes, and hand
kerchiefs in the air. Mr.. Blaines lace, was
white or the effort. and when the audience
quieted. which WAS only after fully five min
utes. he continued: =.
but this great debate and argument has
been going on for an entire year. II Is getting
late to argue now. The time is now for or, action.
What will the answer OF the peoDe be|
The audience was so excited that the cheers
and cries which followed were fierce. and yet
quickly hushed. Mr.. Blaine went on, his voice
at high pitch again, and his iorehnger
poised in air.
The answer is that great parade OF Repub-
licaps and workmen in the sister city to-day.
the mighIiest political procession that ever
paced the streets of New York. and compared
with which the procession which the President
OF the United States came there 10 review last
Saturday was u feeble picket guard. That
showed that this contest is not fought out on
the old party lines, for no such parade OF Re-
pnblicans has New York ever seen before. IL
showed that In this fight men are not Demo-
Gratis or Rspublicans. but that they are think.
Ing Of bread and butter high wages or nioS iog
beyond all others. is OF interest to the American