The Dickinson press., 1888-08-18

confusion in the commerce and man
ufactories of the United States The
question before the American people is
whether he and his administration shall
be sustained in that movement. Voices
no, no.. Against him the Republican
party has nominated the best of tickets
1t has given you for president a man of
experience, of heroic war record, of great
purity of character, a man of great firm
ness, who can give this country an ad-
ministration worthy of its best days
Ichcersl, and you have associated with
him man whom need not further de-
scribe to citizens of New York than to
say his name is Levi p. Morton Icheersl
u man of most generous character. Of
the widest and most stateslnanlike views
on the great question. OF the gentlemen
against them | would say nothing, but
of the candidate for vice president /
would say that in him have friend of
many years standing, and am personal
admirer of Judge Thurman. But beg
you to observe that in critical period of
this country George NJ. Dallas destroyed
the protective tariff of 1S42 When the
senate convenes on the 4th of March next
it will have thirty-two senators frcm the
solid South, and, unless you make
change, six Democratic senators from the
North, and Mr.. Thurman will he in a po-
si,ion to re-enact the role of George NJ.
Dallas forty-two years ago. The more
able and nmiable the man is the worse
will be his influence before the American
people. have been in Eagland several
months, and have discovered great di-
vcrsity of opinion upon almost every sub
ject, but from one end of the kingdom
to the other there is one unanimous con-
mi hn
Liberals, Conservatives or Radicals, and
that is that the Hon. Grover Cleveland
embodies in his person the free trade for
thirty eight United States which they
lik" Now, have no objection to their
right Of opinion, and if | had it would
amount to nothing. Nor do intend tc
speak with disrespect of the English, for
have received at their hands courtesies
which | would be but surly not to &C
knowledge before an American audi
encc. But there is here question
of policy which is the prime one.
am glad this meeting is called in the
name of the laboring people, because this
question is from beginning to end ques-
tion of labor. If you will agree to live in
poor house and eat poor food and re-
ceive us your wages as little as the oper-
atives i'll England receive, we can pro-
duce as cheap goods as Democratic ad-
ministratiOn wants to see. The savings
of the wngeworkers of England, Scot
land and Ireland, as l said to-day to a
Massachusetts gentleman, are not near
as great as lie tonight in the savings
banks of Massachusetts to the credit of
the wageworkers of that small state If
you turn the administration of this re-
public into free trade channel you may
will put our laboring men throughout
the country into competition with the
laboring men of Great Britain, and in the
course of five or ten years you will make
them as poor upon this side of the water
rs they are upon the other. l will not
stop to argue the question upon any other
basis. have no personality to indulge
| in; | have no sores to heal. would
rather have your cordial and heartfelt
and sympathetic welcome than any office
| you care to bestOw upon me, but in this
canvass, in which shall take greater OF
less part, shall hold this question from
the beginning to the end rs question
that interests every man, woman auG
child in this country that depends upor
daily labor for daily bread. Applause.
There is no need to make any laws tt
protect capital. Capital always take!
care of itself and gets full share, bu
there are laws that can elevate the con
dition of the laboring man and there ar,
laws that can degrade them, and the Re
publican party has stood for twenty fiv,
years, and it will stand. believe, will
the blessing of God and the will of tn,
American people, twenty five years more
upholding and maintaining the laborint
man. Now, gentlemen, you represent {
critical state. You represent the stat
of New York Your votes are to tell il
that one issue. DO not be diverted from
that one question to side issues. Dom
be misled by petty squabbles upon this o
that small issue, or upon personal ques
tiOns of abuse on the one hand or tn
other, but give your votes as Independent
laboring men, and give them for the in
terests of your own homes, of your owl
firesides. and thereby for the interests o
this great republic. Immense cheering.
After the speech Mr.. Blaine returne,
to the hotel, where an informal reception
was held in his apartments.