Wichita eagle., 1888-10-28
BLAINE AT NEWARK.
How highlands MiniOns are Campaigning
for the Democratic Party.


for the Democratic Party.
NEWARK, N. j., Oct. 27.-James e.
Blaine spoke at Belleville Avenue rink to-
night to 1000 persons, and in part he said:
The discussion of the tariff has been in
terrupted by little incident which is
very serious on the one side and a little
bit humorous on the other and that is that
recent letter of the British minister at
Washington. From the beginning Of the
campaign it has been obvious that Eng
land was taking an extraordinary interest
in the election of Mr. Cleveland. The Lon
don papers, which at first spoke out with
extraordinary frankness, finding that
IL was embarrassing their free
trade friends on this side of
the ocean subdued their tone and
the Democratic papers had actually began
to assert that British aristocracy was in
fact taking sides with the Republican
party wnen just at this stage of the game
out co mes this letter of the British minis
ter at Washington advising friend in
California who had written him upon the
subject to vote for Mr.. Cleveland and say
ing in effect that Englishmen would find
that Mr.. Cleveland and the Democratic
party were the best friends of England. |
do not pretend to quote him literally of
course; and now what do the Democrats
do? At first they wanted to deny the letter
altogether, but Mir. West is frank,
honorable man and came out squarely and
said that he had written the letter But
now the Democrats come out with impre-
cations, almost with curses, on the head OF
the unfortunate man in California who
provoked the letter. They say that he is
fraud and a villain and a forger and Re-
publican in disguise, and that in fact,
there never was such man. But in the
name of common sense what has that to
do with the letter of the British minister?
Supposlng they prove this letter to have
been gotten up by Republicans as decoy
for political effect, that does not effect in
any way the letter of the British minister
AS well might a postoffice clerk who
is caught stealing letters complain
that decoy letter was placed in his track
to entrap him. They would never hunt
him if he had not opened these decoys, and
that letter from California would never
have hurt the Democratic party or British
minister if the latter had not answered 1t
[Cheersl. / suppose it is the experience of
everyone in every branch Of public life,
diplomatic, political. religious or temper
ance, to get letters that have been written
them occasionally for purpose: possibly
this letter may have been written for
purpose. ! know nothing about that,
whatever, but the whole point of the mat
ter is that it called 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's something more and this
is why | introduced the subject. | see
that Mr.. Thurman, the Democratic candi-
date for the vice presidency, in his speech
yesterday in the west seems for the first
time to have heard something of that
letter and intimates that is a Republican
plot and other things which shows that
the candidate Tor vice president keeps
abreast of the news OF the day [Cheersl [
left Detroit last Monday morning and
came over to Buffalo to fill an engagement
there and | heard of this famous letter for
the first time; | diScredited it, | said
that it must be a canard, that
Mr.. West couldn't written such a
letter. The next morning, however,
| went from Buffalo to Rochester to fiji
another appointment and on my way | saw
the whole letter and also the interview
with Mr.. Bayard, rather regretting the
letter, | must say, but apparently not
questioning word of 1t. The next morn
ing | left Rochester and came to New York
and there | read another interview with
Mr.. Bayard on the subject, and after | had
been in New York all day l spoke in the
-hGUISOn 1IAdIc dIlu InS whole
press of New York were there and
they are aware that they had al
ready fully discussed the subject
OF this letter. But Mr. Bayard says
he discovered, and of course the whole
world should stand still whenever Mr..
Bayard says that he discovers, remarka-
bic coincidence of that letter and my
speech to the Irish Republicans of New
York City. And Mr.. Bayard quotes
something which he thinks is very funny
and which is from Samuel Weller in the
Plckwick papers. Now the only thing
in any way remarkable about Mr..
Bayard's humor is this, that the
attempt of Mr.. Bayard to be humorous is
the thing that is humorous. That the let
ter of SeDtember 10 of the British minister,
written down on the Atlantic coast in
and going clear out to the
Pacific coast in California, and reaching
the Republican press and the Democratic
press in New York while | was not there.
and that | should refer TO that subject
four days afterwards in New York is to
Mr. Bayard' sense of humor very funny
thing indeed.
Well, gentlemen. it bothers them a good
deal, but seriously it is the warning it
gives TO the people of the United
Utates of the deep and profound in
terest that the British nation takes
in this election. Gentlemen, we have
the largest market in the world and
the most varied. We make that great
home market while the one ambition
of England is that the tariff by
which we so this should be taken
down and that it in part way be
made her market. The question TO be de-
cided this election is whether we shall
maintain this market of our own people or
whether by reduction tariff we viii in
wife the products OF other countries 10
come in and take away largely the right
and privilege of American producers to
for the markets of America.
To say a word personally of Mr.. Cleve
land, have spoken of his acts very fire.
uuentIy, but of himself we said nothing
nor have | anything to say, but OF Mr.
Harrison | can speak and | will speak.
There has been lately an attempt on the
part of the Democrats TO call him
a grandson of his grandfather. If
any man in the United States relied upol
his ancestors TO get him through life he
has a pretty slender reed TO lean upon. 4
man is after all to be judged by what he
is himself. / honor General Harrison for
himself. l say there is no man living
possessed of proper feelings and worthy TO
be called man VIII. could feel anything
other than pride in long line of illustri-
Gus ancestors.
THE PRESIDENT IN NEW YORK.
New YORK, Oct. 27.-Secretary Whit |
ney's distinguished visitors, the president
and Mrs Cleveland, and Mrs Folsom were
early visiters this morning.
Altar hreak fasr the nresidanf rerairsd q |