Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-26
EAYAIOND EXPLAINS.
Why Blaine was ct.cn The
Real Issue

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Copyright, 1855. 6yhc %alifo17li1 4ssoeiael Press
/ CHICAGO, June 25th.-" Our leader teiegraphsd d
| for US not to vote any more for him." said Col
| Cieed Raymond. hartman of the California
! delegation toni hit, and the recognized cham
| plon and mouthpiece of the Blaine movement
| = gave him, however, after the cablegram had
| been received, sixteen votes on the next ballot
The order to 'cea,e firing was in the order
OF retreat, and TO that am unac-
| customed. We had it all right to n0mi-
rate Blaine this morning. but pretended
| friends OF Blaine have been keeping the cable
Icd-hot urging him 10 give express orders to his
! friends to cease their support. After Routele
| OF Maine made that speech in the Convention
| which he had no right 10 make, Blaine's candi-
| dacy was no longer to be considered. We would
| still have voted for Blaine had the Alabama
| and Arkansas delegates united with US | pro
| posed to them that if they would stay we would
| still support the chieftain Those cablegrams
| would never have been sent had Mr. Blaine
| been fully advised of the situation He had
| been msinformed by friends of the Judas brand
yi Iiidyen; one OF the most as5nte politicians the
| litical situation is New York and Indiana That
remark made Cleveland and Hendricks. Cali
| fornia was not made the keynote, but it is In
| diana ana New York. Harrison will run splen-
| didly in our State and throughout the entire
Pacific Slope. Let me tell you as to his political
record:
TEE CHINESE QUESTION.
Like all other Republicans, Harrison believed
in the equality of all before the law. and in the
| declaration of independence us q principle
When the anti-Chinese move began he and
other Republicans applied that rule to the state
of facts as they thought they existed. The Re
publicans were actuated by principle, and they
| made n mistaken appreciation Of that princi-
pie. When they discovered their error, and
that the Chinese ever sought political recOs nj
| tion, nor anything else, but were as much
! separate people here in our midst as if they
had remained in China, then these Republi-
| sion to this country. With the Democrats there
| isno principle involved. They simply consid-
cred it as question of votes, as they always DO.
| The Democrats don't know what principle is
except possibly from Il slight acquaintance,
| sufficiently st:Ong to enable them to recognize
| 1t. so they may avoid 1t. The Democrats de-
clared against the chinese. Tomorrow they
would declare in their favor if by SO doing they
could gain ten more votes.
HARRIsOEs VOTE EXPLAINED
| In one of the bi Is prohibiting Chinese imrni-
| gTation, which was introduced in the senate,
! here was provision to the effect that no Court
| il the United States should nsturalize any
| Mongolian. motion was made to strike this
| provision from the bill, and many Republicans
| Harrison included, voted favorably to striking
| it out, placing their votes on the ground
| that the laws of the United States already ex-
pressly prohibited any Court from naturaiizing
| them. Their position on that subject was this
let me illustrate: Suppose that when the Illinois
| Legislature assemblies bill should be intro
duced declaring murder in Illinois q crime
| None would vote tor it, and it would not be
| enteriained for a moment, because that is al
readythe law there, as in every civilized nation.
| To say, then, that any Republican who voted to
| strike that provision out of the bill IA
vored Chinese naturalization would be the
| exact equivalent OF ylng that man
| in the Illinois Legislature voting against
| the bill declaring murder a crime
| was in favor OF murder-a proposition too ride
ulous to be entertained by anyone outside of a
| lunatic asylum The p ope of America are not
| easily deceived. They readily distinguish be-
| tween mana Representative in Congress or
| a SenAtor-who bases his vote on principle and
one who votes bpeanSe he believes he will IN .
something by his vote.
| THE GREAT QUESTION IN THIS COUNTRY Is PRO
LECTION
| To American industries and American homes
| 1t is the question on the one side of employ
| ment to industry and of food to the hungry On
the other side is a free-trade alliance with Eng
| land, which shall close every factory in our
| country, and sink this nation below the posi-
| tion it held when Ben Harrison affixed his sig
! nature to the declaration which made this ma
| ton among the nations of the earth. The action
| OF the Convention is another
| PROCLAMATION OF FREEDOM
Another declaration that all through tl.is land
| there shall be free ballot and q fair count.
| another declaration that the American laborer
! sha! uo5 be brought in competition with the
| pauper labor OF Europe and Asia. Wha, would
! be gained by excluding the Chinese
| from the United States if we would allow them
J to manufacture boots, SHOES aud clothes in
I Canton, China. and send them to this country
for sale? ltcosts but quarter q cent i'll freight
| to bring pair of SHOES from Canton to san
! Francisco. lhe Chinese would prefer to manu-
| facture those things there, because the price Of
| skilled labor in China IS a0out 81 per month.
! The Chinese are an initiative people. they
| have solved The problem of getting the greatest
| amount OF labor out OF the least amount of food
| and should free rade be established tfey would
| stay right i'll China and destroy all the indus
| tries of our country. Yes, sir, Harrison and
| protection to American industry will in Novem-
| Der receive the approval of the American peo-
pie and our next cheftain viii be President
! Harrison