The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-28
REPUBLICAN srUMPING.
A Party by sc rTzn,e of Blaine, From
Feine.

to the British minister's letter, anC
said: From the beginning of the cam
paign it had been obvious that England
was taking extraordinary interest in
the election of Mr.. Cleveland. London
papers. which at first spoke with extra
ordinary frankness, finding it was en-
barrassing their friends on this side of
| the ocean, subdued their tone, and the
Democratic papers had actually begun
to assert that the British aristocracy
were IN fact
TAKING SIDES WITH THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY,
when atiust this stage of the game out
comes the letter of the British minis
ter; and now, what do the Democrats
do? At first they wanted to diny the
letter altogether but ov Mr.. West, who
is frank and honorable man, came
out squarely, and said he had written
the letter. They say he is fraud,
william, a forger and a Republican in
disguise, and that, in fact, there never
was such a man. But, in the name of
common sense what has that to do
with A%T
THE BRITISH MINISTER'S LETTER.
Surprising they prove this letter to
have been gotten up by a Republican
as a decoy, and for political effect,
that does not affect IN any way the letter
of the British minister. That letter
| from California would never hurt the
Democratic party or the British
minister, if the latter had not
answered it. (Cheers.) Possibly this
may have beeni written for rur
puse, l know nothing about it what
ever, but the whole point of the matter
is that 1t calls from Mr.. West the true
views and
SENTIMENTS OF ENGLAND
upon this contest, and We may dismiss
the other question altogether from our
minds as to what it was that may have
called it out. But there is
something more, and this is
see Mr.. Thurman in his speech yes
have heard something of the letter,
and considers it a Republican plot,
and intimates it was first brought out
by me in my address in Detroit. l
left Detroit last Monday and came to
Buffalo, and there heard of the letter
! for the first time. l discredited it,
Next day, however, l saw the
whole letter, and also the interview
with Mr.. Bsyard, who rather regretted
letter, l must say, but apparently not
questioning a word of it. Next morn
ing l came to New York, and there read
another interview with Bayard, and af-
ter had been in New York all day |
spoke in Madison Square Garden, after
the whole press of New York
HAD FULLY DISCUSSED THE SUBJECT
of the letter. But now Mr.. Bayard
says he discovers, and, of course, the
whole world should stan1 STILL when
Mr.. tt mi says he discoverers the re-
markabIe colnciC ence of that letter and
my speech to the iSh-Repu blioans OF
New York City; and Mr.. Thurman
quotes something which ne thinks IS
very funny from samuel Weller. Now.
the only thing in any way remarkable
about Mr.. Thurman's humor is the at
tempt by Mr.. Thurman to be humo.-
Gus. Well, gentlemen,
IT B)THERs THEM A GOOD DEAL,
but the serious side of it is the serious
warning it gives to the people of the
United States of the deep and profound
interest the British nation takes in this
election. Gentlemen, we have the
largest market III the world and the
most ried. We make that great
home market, while
THE GREAT AMBITION OF ENGLAND IS
that the tariff. by which we do this,
should be broken down, and that the
greater part of it may be made her
market. The question to be decided at
This election is whether we shall main
tain this market for our own country,
or, by reduction of the tariff, invite
the products of other countries to come
in and take away largely the rights and
privileges of the American producer to
manufacture for the markets of Amer
lea. I do not intend to say a word per.
sonally of Mr.. Cleveland. l have
spoken of his public acts very freely,
But OF Mr.. HARRISON,
l can and will speak. There has been
lately an attempt on the part of
the Democrats to call him the
grandson of his grand father. A man
is after all to be judged by what he is
himself. Benjamin Harrison went into
the practice of law poor man, and
wrought his way up against obstacles,
against so much perseverance and in
dustry, that he stands at the head of
the bar in Indiana to-day. His conduct
was conspidious for
GALLANTARY ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE;
winning the praise of that great
soldier whose praise was itself entitled
to be the greatest-U. s. Grant. He has
shown himself a statesman in the
Senate of the United States, and shown
himself a wise candidate. This is
the man himself, and 1 say that
among his opponents there is no
man who would not be proud of
such an ancestry as General
Harrison's. but his best claim is his
own merit, and while honoring Gen.
eral Harrison for himself 1 say there is
no man living possessed of proper
feelings and worthy to be called man,
who could feel anything less than pride !
in that long line of illustrious ancestors. |