The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-08-16
From the Republican.
Blaine to the wOrkingmsn.

just now there is no subject of more |
to The political world than the
arrival home of Mr.. Blaine. and the
greetings extended to him by his adj |
miring countrymen and his talks to |
them in response. Mr.. Blaine and his |
influence and his eloquenee are rightly !
regarded as very important force in |
the coming campaign; the Republican
party all over the Nation with one con-
sent look to him as the leader and the
in the field of the Republi-
can forces. and their interest in him Is
that of an army in its most brilliant
general in whom it imposes every hope
and confidence-while the Democrats
are watching him with deepest anxiety
and foreboding. His first speeches viii
be especially looked forward to and
read all over the country as furnishing
the keynote of the campaign. At the
great workingmen's demonstration in
his honor, in Madison Square, New
York, Friday night, he spoke as fol-
lows inreply to the address of welcome
from their spokesman:
Mr.. CHAIRAIAN-It would be cOnSid-
cradle egotism on my part to take this
magnificent demonstration as personal,
it rather signifies the great popular
interest in the question, upon which l
am supposed to have an earnest zeal,
Iapplausel and you have therefore a
contest in which that great issue Is TO
be settled by the American people for
perhaps, an indefinite period, one way
- q, -. NAnaNT
porous, and the President at its close,
proposed a radical change in the indus
trial system, which has produced that
great prosperity. and since that day
there has been great confusion in the
commerce and manufactures or the
United States. The question before
the American people is whether he and
his administration shall be sustained
in that movement. Against him the
Republicans, having the best cause,
have nominated the best men. lAp-
plause.] They have given to you for
President a man of sound experience, q
man of heroic record, in. the war,
man of great purity of character, a
man of great frmneSS and worthy of
the best days of administration In
this country. And you have asSocia-
ted with him a man whom to New
Workers l need not further describe
than to say that his name is Levi L.
Morton, fapplausel man of the most
generous character, OF Intelligence; OF
the widest and most StateSmanl1ke
views on all the public questions pend
ing before the American people.
am glad that this meeting is called
in the name of the labOring people, be-
cause this question is from first to last,
from skin to core, and back to skin
again question of labor. Loud APP
plausel If you will agree to live in as
poor a house, and eat as poor food and
receive as low wages as the people in
England receive, We can produce as
cheap goods as Democratic admins
tratIon wants to see. Laughter and APP
piause. But it will be otherwise if
you wish to better your condition, and
if you want the industrial system of
protected interests that prevail in this
country now to be maintained. The
| savings of the wage-wOrkerS of Eng
land, Scotland and Ireland, as l said
to-day to Massachusetts gentleman,
are not near as great as lay tonight in
the savings banks of Massachusetts, to
| the credit of the Wage-wOrkerS of that
small State, and if you turn the ad-
ministratiOn of this Republic to-day
| into free trade channels, you may not
expect these great savings for you will
put our labOringmen throughout the
country into competition with the
labOring men of Great Britain.
Against this you have two gentlemen
of whom l could not speak in terms
other than those of personal respect
| In their Vice Presidential candidate,
have friend of many years standing
and am personal admirer of Judge
Thurman.
Now, gentlemen, know that in dis.
| cuSsing the question of protective tariff
we are always pointing out what Eng
| land is doing. | have lately been IL
England for some months, and found
in England that there is a very great
difference of opinion upon almost al
questions. They are about divided
upon what you call the Irish question
they are about divided on the fOrciblC
policy of Gladstone and Salisbury, they
are divided even upon the continuance
of the House of Lords, and they are
not absolutely unanimous in support
of the monarchy, laughter and ap
plausel but there is one opinion they
are united on, and that is that thu
Hon. Grover Cleveland, President O.
the United States, embOdieS in his per
son the regular form of revenue an(
free trade for the United States, which
they like. [Applause.l Now have M
objection to their right of opinion, anC
if had, it would amount to nothing
nor do intend to speak disrespectful
ly of the English, for l have receive;
| at their hands very graceful and cor
dial hospitality, which l would be
churl not to acknowledge before al
American audience, but that does no
affect the pending conditions that tn
: American people find their interests in
l will not in this campaign stop t
argue the question upon any othe
basis. i have no personality to in
dulge. l have no sores to heal. (Lout
cheersl. / would rather have you
: cordial and heartfelt ard sympatheti
i welcome than any Office you care to be
! stow upon me. (Applause). But il
, this canvass in which l shall TAX
greater or less part, | shall hold thi
question from the beginning to the en-
as question that interests every ma
; woman and child in this country, tina
depends on daily labor for daily bread
TApplausel. There is no need to max
, any law to protect capital. Capits
' always takes care of itself, and gets
: full share, but there are laws that ca
elevate the condition of the laborin
man. and there are laws that can d.
e grade him, and the Republican part
o has stood for twenty-five years, and
r will stand, believe, with the 5lessin
of God and the will of the America
people. twenty-five years more, VI
holding and maintaining the laborln
man, and for the government WhiC
takes care of the bone and sinew al
t working muscles of the land.
& Now, gentlemen, you represent
+ critical State, you represent the Stat
q of New York. Your votes are to tt
e in that issue.'
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a RAILROAD ASSESSMENT.
q The total assessed value of railros
uropertv in Kansas for the wear 1888