Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-12
BLAINE AT INDIANAPOLIS.
A THRoNe OF HoosIER REPUBLICANS
LISTEN TO HIM.

Points from Bis Speech at the Hall
Other Orators Present-The sentinePs
Reception-Big Democratic Barbecne
Preparing at Shelbyville in honor of
Judge Thurman's Visit.
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct IA monster Hepub- |
lican demonstration was held here yesterday |
All the available rolling stock on the rail- |
roads was taxed to its utmost to accommo-
date the travel from within circuit OF fifty |
miles around the city. 1t is estimated that
nearly 900 persons reached here during |
the day. A procession, principally composed
of campaign clubs and organizations from
manufacturing establishments, was reviewed
by Gen Harrison and Mr.. Blaine from the
balcony of the New-Denison house in the
morning. In the afternoon a meeting was
held at the fair grounds, which Mr. Blaine
attended There was a great crush and some
confusion upon his arrival, and he concluded
to defer his speech until evening. He said:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: A man might as well
take position on the end of Cape Race and ad-
dress the Atlantic ocean as TO address this vast
crowd hope to speak TO small section OF II
in town this evening. came out here SIMPLY to
exchange congratulations and to say to you as
you know before say it, that this great con
course Of people means 1900 maj 'rity in indiana
for Harrison and Morton; and furthermore, that
a demonstration like this of all Indiana, is
worth 500 speeches from any man living.
In the evening Mr.. Blaine spoke in Tomlin-
son hall to an appreciative audience, esti-
mated at 5000 He began by SAYING:
FELLOW CITIZENS OF lSpIAsA:-lt is the persist
ent effort of the Democratic party in this cam
pagn Of 1888 TO prejudice the west against the
has Of bar riff fhai
being that the eastern states get the benefit of
| protection, and the western states get nothing.
If tariff for protection so operates that one sec
ton enjoys the advantage of it and another snf-
| fers loss from it, the whole system of protection
oncht to be abolished If the advocates of it can
not prove that the protective tariff is of great
advantage to the west as it is to the east; of as
| much benefit to the south it Is TO the north;
| that is, national, not a sectional policy, / say
! the policy ought to be abandoned.
! He then said it was incontrovertible that
/ the west has made more out OF protective
| tariff than any other section. He supported
| this by giving comparative figures of aggre-
| gate wealth of the western states in 1860 and
| 1880, which showed quadruple the wealth in
| the latter than in the former year, and
| larger gain than any other portion Of the
country In this connection he also referred
to the increase of population in cities. In re-
| ply TO the statement that the tariff has de-
slroyed our export trade he stated that from
| the discovery of America until lhiit the ag-
gregate value OF exports of the United States
| was about 81, 600, 600, 0J0, while for the last
| twenty eight years the value was Sl75OO,-
| coo 600 He closed as follows:
Farmers of the west, you have been complain
| ing of the price of wheat and enormously charg
| ing the decline upon the protective tariff. You
| say, Very we'll you advocate of the tariff; but
wheat does not uring as much as it used to bring"
| And why does it noty Because you have TO meet
in the markets of Europe the wheat of Russia,
which is raised in that vast country by labor that
is paid not more than cents per day per man,
| Beyond that YOU are meeting vast imports of
Europe from India where England has been lay
ing out hundreds Of millions of dollars TO expedite
the transportation. Now. the larger your sur
plus and the larger amount that you not sell
at home the harder will be your competi-
ton with these hard-worked wheat producers
on the other side. Suppose, upon this basis of
free trade You turn half Of your manufacturers
and mechanics into wheat producers and farm
ers. is not the market of the farmer cut of just
to that extent? Suppose You add another 49,
0D0OOO bushels to the product of the west, where
will you market it, Where will you find the men
who are able to pay for it, who want TO eat it?
1t is the home market Of the United States that
culturiSts of this country their best market The
home market of the United States is the result
logically aud indisputably Of the protective tar
if
Mr. Blaine was repeatedly applauded.
Among the other distinguished speakers
were Gen. D. Hastings and Col A. L Snow
, den, of Pennsylvania; Hon. NJ J. Murray
Hon. R. W. Thompson, ex-secretary of the
navy; Gen. Hovey and Rev. J. Chase, the
Republican candidates Ter governor and
I lieutenant governor: Corporal James Tan
: ner; W c. Plummer, os Dakota and Henry
Hall, of Plttsburg
The Sentinett Democraticl celebrated Mr..
Blaines arrival in its morning issue by print
ing large fac simiie of Roscoe Conkling's
letter Of Nov q, lss6, to P B CrandalL 1t
, also printed Mr.. Blaine's letter of Dec. Il,
1874, to Gen Hsrrson's law firm, stating his
reasons for dismissIng his suit against The
, Sentinel company. The paper was repete
with cartoons bearing upon these subjects.