Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1888-08-30
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FROM ALL QUARTERS.
TIE CAMPAIGN In MAINE.
Mr.. Blaine Again Arraigns
The President.
PLAGUE SmITTEN JACKSONVILLE.
People Fleeing To Escape
The Epidemic.
Immigration INVESTIGATION
Finished And Some Rem.
edies Are Proposed.
MIR. BLAINE SCORES AGAIN.

Disastrous Eject of the Mills Bill ON
Maine-The Presidents SOnnersault-
His Ardent Admirers in England.
Where Republican Principles Are
Detested.
CALAIS, Me-, August 29.-Hon James B.
Blaine addressed large and enthusiastic
gathering this afternoon. In opening, Mr..
Blaine called attention to the official copy of
the Mills tariff bill as it passed the House,
and said:
eff were to give it a. name locally befit-
ting its character I should say it was a bill
for the material destruction of the material
interests of Maine. It is a bill to throw open
our American market to our Canadian neigh
bors without any consideration or recompense
or exchange, but absolutely free of charge.
This giving away of our markets seems all
the more remarkable because the very men
who passed this bill in the House have been
urging for years to renew the reciprocity
treaty.
MAINE AND THE MILLS BILL.
This bill gives away almost every material
interest of Maine and viewingAt merely as
trade or swap should be utterly ashamed OF
any decent horse jockey in Maine that could
not do better. We have in those items which
Canada to have modified the entire
fishery treaty and to have secured great
rights to our fishermen. The revenue
concessions made to Canada are worth vastly
more, hundred fold more than the tax of
$1.50 ton on our fishing vessels, which they
propose in the modus vivendi appended to
the late treaty. That would never have
yielded them s10O,O at the very outside, but
who shall calculate what this will yield Cana
da9 It is to me the most extraordinary pro-
posal that ever was made. The United
States made reciprocity treaty in 1854 at
the end of twelve years we gave notice that
it should be terminated If I remember
Alright that treaty only gave reciprocity on
forty-two articles. [ believe Canada had the
advantage on forty then, but by the Mills
bill they will gain the other two.
FRANKS OF THE PRESIDENT.
When arrested in surrender of our fishing
rights by the defeat of the treaty in the SEN
ate the President, as we now all know SO
we'll. in order to show his deep displeasure
with the Republican Senate for its course,
proposes to go the opposite extreme until af
ter election and punish Canada. Why, by
the same courss of reas oning, will not the
President, as as the Senate defeats the
Mills bill, make another somersault and
change as radically in regard to tariffs as he
has in regard to the fisheries? Why will not
his belated letter of acceptance disclose such
EduIChA DUb as WILL SuOW
him to be protectionist up to the point of
prohibitory tariff? Would it be ope whit
more inconsistent than his sudden CONVEX
sion on the fisheries?
FAIR PLAY WITH CANADA.
have nothing to say against the Dominion
of Canada as government nor against its In
habitants. The Dominion of Canada is an
energetic and able government There are
able and clever men at the heads of it's affairs
who have done wonderful work and made
wonderful progress, and L do not believe
there is a citizen of the United Ststes, from
one end of the country to the other, that
envies the people of the dominion all the
dominion all the prosperity they may attain.
The greater prosperity she many attain for
those of us who are trading with her. wish
them God speed. But SO far as can help it
I do not mean that they shall be Canadians
and Americans at one time. Great applause)
They can choose the side of the question and
remain over there. We will obey all laws to-
wards them. We will maintain all treaties
with them. We will stand faithfully by our
word in letter and spirit We will treat them
as neighbors and in peace as friends.
THE PRESIDENT is ENGLAND's IDOL.
The English papers SO far as I have seen.