The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-14
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY. AUGUST "A. 1888.
Blaine's Influence IN the Campaign.

Blaine's Influence IN the Campaign.
The chairman of TIE democratic cam
paign committee, and other democratic
leaders, after careful observation and re-
| Fiction, have reached the conclusion that
Mr.. Blaine's return has not given the repub-
hcans the boom they expected from IL
They find that the republicans themselves
are disappointed with the effect of it, and
that the democrats do not regard it as of
any special importance.
Mr.. Blaine, in his speech in New York,
said nothing new nor startling He simply
! repeated what he had said many times be-
fore, and the workingmen, therefore, are
not likely to be influenced to any apprecia-
BILE extent by his assertion that their wages
could not be reduced except by their votes.
They would like Mr.. Blaine TO show them
that there is any intention on the part of
the democrats to reduce their wages, or
that reduction of their wages will follow
reduction of the tariff in accordance with
the provisions of the Mills bill, or bill
similar to it, In fact, they are pretty well
convinced that if the Mills bill were to be-
come law they would be better on than
duced, but the purchasing power of their
wages would be considerably increased.
The workingmen have been giving the
tariff question a great deal of thought
within the last few months, and they will
give it a great deal more before the cleo
ton. The republican leaders show dispo-
sition to follow Mr. B.aine's lead and if
they permit him to direct their campaign
for them an extraordinary effort will be
made to mislead the public mind with re-
spect to the tariff issue. The tariff is such
a complicated subject, and one that re-
quires so much study to get an intelligent
understanding Of it, that Mr.. Blaine evil
IDENTIFY thinks the workingmen can be de-
ceiyed with regard to it. That he is ready
to deceive them is shown by his statement
that the English manufacturers favor Mr.
Cleveland's reelection, because they think
his tariff reform policy would benefit them
The Mails bill is based upon Mr.. Clevelands
tariff reform policy, and it is very certain
that the English manufacturers do not re-
gard that bill as friendly to their interests.
There is another thing Mr.. Blaine said
that is worth noticing 1t is that since the
President sent his tariff reform message to
congress last December the manufactures
and commerce of the country have expert
enced confusion and disaster. There is GER
tainly no truth in that statement The
commercial columns of the leading republi-
can papers refute it. They show that both
manufactures and commerce are more pros
porous than in 1887.
Mr.. Blaine opened the campaign for the
republicans with great show of enthusi-
asm and confidence, but it is now evident
that he did not produce as great an impress
sion as it was expected he would. OF
course the republican leaders endeavor to
conceal their disappointment, but they are
not wholly successful. Perhaps if Mr..
Bains had reconciled his Paris letter, in
which he condemned free whisky, with the
tariff plank of the Chicago platform,
which favors free whisky, he would have
pleased them better. 1t is doubtful if Mr..
Blaine's influence in the campaign will
| after all, be very great.