The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-10-09


II tslegraphed. last Saturday, to learn the
total value of products that we sent TO Old
England last year, of all imaginable articles,
aud L ascertained that it was $327, ,OOOOU
lCheersl Now, gentlemen. If you want TO
know what the value Of the home
market at your door is, ny the exchangs or
industries. what 100000 of people,
ENGAGED IN the arts and industries or
ife, can take from you at your door, aud among
your ellowcitzens, az compared with forty
millions beyond the seas. Cheers 10 any
thing more needed to prove the wonderful ad-
vantage Of h home markell / am speaking
only OF New England. There Is New York.
and New JERSEY, aud that great State of Penn
syivania, and the vast East. OF which DO DOT
speak. for aw answering only for tae section
that has been ssssiled by the Postmaster gem
e:aL Bot gentlemen, beyond that the tariff Is
not limited to New England or to the East in Its
protective operations. Ii l wished to show
what protective tariff could do for the prosper-
isS of the people. l would not tarry IN New
England, nor in New York, nor In New Jersey,
nor In Pennsylvania; | would come out to the
would come into Grand Rapids lapplauseI and
/ would say. Look At this great and
prosperous city; IL was q town OF 5000 people
the day Abraham Lincoln was ioaneurated. and
IL Is o city to-day OF nearly $4,000 lappansel,
with industries amounting, IL the aggregate. TO
$50, 600 year and such is the vast subdvc-
Ion of labor you have that there are more thaa
hundred different trades and calines in full
operation. have had the pleasure of rcadiLg
the report OF your board of trade, to-day, and IL
gives your product in your main articles Sc. o00,-
oOO IN furniture, S4,500, 600 Of planing-mls,
slO0,oO0 IN boots and shoes and more than
Sl.0OO,OO0 IN tanning Of leather Why, the IN
dnstries of the country are not in tho East.
They are coming to the West and the influences
of the protective tariff, with its great stimulus
70 industries, is at your own door, Aoplause.l
But MIR. Dickinson has other grievances with
New ENGLAND. and he threatens great things
-. .AAcw hnxv aid
Federal New England did not support the war
OF 1872 ILauehter and applause. Well.
wish be would. He will End two gentlemen
from rank old Federal families in President
Cleveland's Cabinet Laughter and applause
They can give him what Information he wants
on that point. Laughter. | mean Mr.. Bay
ard and Mr.. Eadicott. All, says Mr.. Dickinson.
and tying from his contest with the old
federali-ts, he says New England did not
contribute anything like her share IN
putting down tho rebellion; she did not
do even rs we'll as Missouri and Kentucky. Be-
fore ans wering Mr. Dickinson, l wanted to cer-
tify my memory. aud telerraphed to ascertain
how many soldiers the six New England States
contributed to the war for the Uuion. You will
rene Der there were only three million OF people
in New England then; there were not SIX hundred
thousand arms-bearing people In the whole OF
the six States In answer my kilograms. |
learned that New Eogiand cent 325, 600 soldiers
70 the army, and $4,000 sailors to the navy.
lCheers
II have piece Of advice to give Mr.. Dickin-
son. There WAS once very forward, upstart-
ish member Of General Scotts staff and he was
always talking in a way that mor,ifed his asso-
ciates and his chief The old General. ct last,
out or all patience, said to him one evening,
NV youne friend, you would be greatly i'm
proved by studying the history of your country
ILsushtsr ana spplause.l My friends, you
know a man who talks as Cabinet officer repre-
sents the national administration. Once upon
q time. an officer of the Cabinet was asked
L. q
swer. and Charles Jamos Fox who was of the
opposition. said: There IS QUE fault that can
never be forgiven in q Cabinet oficer-igpor-
ancs.' [Lauehter and cheers. commend Mr.
Don VI. Dickinson to a serious and praverful
study OF this short saying of Charles James
Fox" Laughter and chee-s
Grand Rapids was ablaze tonight with the
fash Of 1900 torches. lighting up the faces Of
some 50,0 900 citizens who turned out to do honor
to tho city's guest, Mr. Blaine. The procession
was reviewed by.Mr. Blaine from the balcony
OF his hotel. Three largely attended meetings
were held In as many halls. The largest, held
in Hartman's Hall, was briefly addressed by Mr..
Rlaine. who said his iudemen, of Michigan was
saat, Is essr it would be found in the Republic
an procession, and that Harrison and Morton
would bs the next President and Vice pres sdent
OF the United States Cheers.l I believe" I"
said Mr.. Blaine, their election is essential to
the continued prosperity Of this country, and if
the people OF this country believe in the
protective system they must put at the
head Of the government Q President who be-
lieves in that system. nursing child must be
put with a friendly. mother. In 1884 large
part OF the people thought the Democratic
parry could be iotrusted with the safe keeping
OF the financial and protective system which has
given this country such upexsmrled prosperity
for the last quarter of a century; but they were
deceived, teey we're betrayed, and they are IN .
tremendous struggle to-day TO save that ayst-m
from the touch Of the Democratic party. Do
not be dismayed. The strength is in your right
arms to do is Do no, be dismayec at their
boasts, for Democratic boasts not at all
ssAia .ss IN M.a! Asp'' elected wss our mSs's eaS
erpor by 1880 majority; We elected
every Senator in the State Legislature.
We elected five sixths of all the Represep ptatves,
and We chose ninety six couniies officers out OF
ninety nine who were voted for. (Cheers I
After it WAS all over and the returns were all TO-
the Democratic State committee OF Massschu
setts invited rhe poor, deepised and defeated
Democratic candidate for Governor OF Maine up
to Boston 70 . banquet to give him an cpportu-
nifty to thank God that be had escaped 80 we'll
prolonged laughter and eheers.l What We
realized in Name will DO realized in this country
In November"
Rapids, four years ago, he had been 10 Europe.
and nothing that interested him more than
when, touring ia Scotland. to sleep in q room all
the furniture in which came from Grand Rspids
| lCheers. A city r'hich had made such progress
in manufacturirc under the protective
system could be relied on to cast
ita vote for that ''erand and great
candidate, Benjau3in Harrison. for President of
| the United States" Cheers.
| Mr.. Blaine vas followed by Generals King
| and Noyes, whose speeches were heartily ap-
| paudod.
Tomorrow will be day of rest, so far as
speaking is concerned, but Mr.. Blaine will be
| shown the manufactures and other sights OF
| Grand Rapids.
From Grand Rapids Mr.. Blaine will start on
| bis lfiiana tour, making his first speech at
| Goshc, on the 10th, and continuing on TO To-
dianapolis on tho 11th, New Albany on the 18th,
Evansville on tho 18th, and the Tppecanoe bat
! tle-ground on the 18th.