The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-10-01
MR.. BLAINES SPEECH IN NEW YORK.
One Hundred Thousand People Give
Him Welcome.
High and Low Tariff as Experience
in America.
Other Distinguished Speakers Who
Addressed the Multitude.

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ceived with the widest enthusiasm by a
crowd of 100000 people who filed the polo
grounds tonight. Besides Mr.. Blaine, Gov
Foraker, Gen. Adam b. King of Maryland
Hon. A. L. Morrison of Arizona and Hon.
John Finerty of Illinois delivered addresses,
which were received with the widest kind
of enthusiasm. From early evening crowds
| collected around the many entrances, and
waited impatiently for the doors to be thrown
open. A rush, with rapid filling up of the
! great space within, followed the opening of
the doors, and the crowd from the very out
set inaugurated series of cheering that out
| lasted the meeting itself The decorations
were on scale of impressive profusion. The
| main platform, from which the speakers ad-
| dressed the meeting, faced the grand stand,
about 100 feet distant and on this sat the in
| vited guests of the evening. Here, too. were
two large portraits of the Republican presi-
Dental candidates, fanked on either side by
| the stars and stripes. Calcium and electric
| lights illuminated the grounds. Before the
meeting commenced Prof. Adams started the
song. Growers Farewell" The immense
throng joined in the chorus with deafening
enthusiasm. Mr.. A. p. Humphrey, president
! OF the Harlem Republican Club, presided
| over the meeting, and introduced Gov. Fora
ker as the first speaker
GOV. Foraker said sThe only objection I
| have to this meeting is that it is too large l
| don't know what we are going to do with it.
Somehow or other this is a good year for Re-
publicans. can testify from my experience
| during the past week that the woods are full
| OF them, and now we can bear witness that
tne city is full OF them. l congratulate the
| Republican club of Harlem upon the success
| OF this occasion. 1t is a demonstration
worthy OF your State, worthy of your candi-
dates, worthy of that matchless leader of
| ours, who will be here in moment to honor
US Win MS presence. 1t is worthy of the
cause OF Republicanism, and that is the high
| est compliment l can pay to this OCCASION
1t indicates that on the 9th day of November
next, you intend to make governor of this
| State Warner Miller [cheersl and that you
intend to give the SO electoral votes of New
| York to that gallant soldier and statesman,
| Benjamin Harrison, of Indiana, and that by
| so doing you settle for the next generation
| this question that has been brought into this
campaign of free trade" The speaker then
reviewed at some length the controversy
ABOUT 1ree trade and protection since the
foundation OF the government. and quoted
statistics going to show that the industries
| prospered under protection and declined
| when the policy of tariff for revenue only
was adopted. He predicted an overwhelm-
| ing victory for the Republican presidential
| ticket on the 9th of November next
| At this point the speaker was interrupted
| with cries for Blaine, which were so persist
ent that he was compelled to stop speaking
| Mr.. Blaine in response to the demands of
the crowd, stepped to the front of the stand
| His appearance was the signal for the most
lndescrlbable enthusiasm. Cannons were
hred, rockets exploded and the bands struck
| up "Hail to the Chief" When quiet was re-
stored Mr. Humphrey introduced Mr.. Blaine.
AT the mention of his name the multitude
| cheered again and again. Mr.. Blaine began
| by, saying: "Gen. Harrison has the agree
able faculty OF condensing whole argument
WITHIN the dimensions of proverb. 1t is
| the faculty which was the striking feature
| in Benjamin Franklin's mode of reasoning.
| and Mr., Lincoln possessed it in a very re-
markable degree. Never was a happier
argument more fellcitously stated than when
| Gen. Harrison said that free traders were
| studying maxims instead of markets. In a
| single phrase he exhibited the fallacy and
weakness of their whole argument" Mr.
Blalne's speech, like that of Gov Foraker,
| was almost exclusively devoted to the tariff,
| pointing out how the country and its people
| had pr0spered under protection, and had
suffered panics and hard times otherwise.
Mr. Blaine closed as follows: "In this
brief historical view of our country's expert
ence with the tariff these facts are, | think.
incontestibly established: First, that this
country under a low tariff, inviting sharp
competition and large importations from
abroad, has never prospered, but every such
period has ended in financial ruin and disaster
prostrating every interest, most of all the ag-
ricultural, and operating without exception
with peculiar severity upon wage-earners
Second that at no time in this countrv's his.
| from financial depression caused by low
| tariff until protective tariff was enacted in
its place. The tariff of 1924 relieved the long
suffering that followed from too hasty low
| ering OF duties. The tariff of 1884 revived
the country after the compromise and
the tariff of 1861, still iI1'' in force Ina
and which Cleyeland's administration IS
| endeavOring to destroy, introduced a pros
| porous era after the tremendous convulsion
OF 1857. Thirdly, That there has never been
time since Calhoun forced the Democratic
| party to submit TO the control of southern
leaders, as 1t is now ingloriously submitting
| today, that it did not. if in power demand
| the repeal and obstruction of protective tariff
| even when its efficient and beneficial action
| upon all the Interests of the country was
established and demonstrated beyond doubt
| or cayil Mr.. Calhoun forced the Democratic
| party in 1888 to break down the tariffs of 1894
and 1923, for which a free trade Democratic
| president bad voted. President Polk forced
the Democratic party even though it stained
ms partys record with bad faith, to break
| down the tariff of 1841, which had already
IN its four years existence, renewed the
| hopes OF the country after a long era of de-
| preston. And now Mr.. Cleveland true to
the precedents and instincts of his party,
| seeks to do the same"
Mr.. Blaine in closing referred to his first
arrival in New York after his absence
| abroad, and his warning to laboring men at
tnat time to stand by the protective tariff. If
| tuCy ulu DOb SudIQ buelI wages Dy Young
| its continuance, nothing else would.
a Trip Into New Jersey.
New YORK, Sept. 3O.-The much talked of
| conference between the Republican Committee
and Mr.. Blaine did not take place to day.
Mr.. Blaine went over to New Jersey to
| spend the afternoon and evening with vii.
liam Walter Phelps AT the Fifth Avenue
hotel it was announced that he would not
return until tomorrow morning. Mr.. Good
loe, who is national committeeman, in
charge of the campaign orators, said he was
| still at sea regarding Mr.. Blaine's route ex-
| ceptlng that he understood Mr.. Blaine would
| leave tomorrow night and speak in Detroit
wednesday evening. SUBSEQUENT dates
would be made for Mr.. Blaine tomorrow.
Future Women Suffragists.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Sept. 29-Gen Har-
rison addressed two large mixed delegations
from Illinois, that called on him today, and af-
| terward shook hands with his visitors as they
filed past him. His third and last delegation
was composed of 80 little girls ranging from
four to - years each, arrayed in a hand
some uniform of red. white and blue. Little
| Annie Downes, their captain, addressed him.
| She said: General Harrison, take pleas
| ure in introducing TO you these children of
| tie Southslde. whose parents are working
| men and women, and who desire the success
| of the Republican party, the true friend of
| the workingmen, women and children eyery-
| where" Then at signal from the spokes-
man the little partisans chanted in unison
the following:
We are for Harrison, he is the man;
Ii we can't vote our daddies can.
| They then gave three cheers for General
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