The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-11-02
FROM PLATFORM
TO BALLOT-BOX.
Close Of a Stirring Canvass in
the Eastern States.
Secretary Blaine'S Able Plea for Allegiance
to Protection and Reciprocity.
The Importance Of Republican Victory in
Pennsylvania Address Of Governor
Hill In Connecticut.
Special to THE MORNING CALI.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 1.-Secretary Blaine
arrived from Washington this afternoon.
He received q great ovation later in the
afternoon as he appeared on the stage of
the Academy of Music to address Repub-
lican mass-meeting The spacious building
was crowded to the doors, and hundreds
were unable to gam admission.
Mr.. Blaine, referring to the campaign In
Pennsylvania, said: do you suppose the
great free-trade papers in New York and
elsewhere throughout the Union would care
to follow up Mr.. Delamater on personal
charges if they did not have some great pur-
pose beyond? If they can elect Mr.. Patti
son it would be prodigious gain to the
cause of free trade and loss to the cause of
protection. Pennsylvania is not the Key
stone State Oh the Union. but even in a
greater sense is the keystone of the cause
of protection. If she falls back now, when
tie tariff is on its severeSt trial, free
traders will think they see an easy road to
the Presidency in 1892.
A CRITICAL PERIOD.
81 want to remind you, especi-
ally you Republicans who differ from
the great body of your party, that
Ohio, Indiana, New Jersey, Delaware,
Maryland and West Virginia are at present
in Democratic hands. The decisive point
of the struggle Of 1892 may lie in Penn
Syiyanla and those States, and how any true
friend OF the Republican party, how any
honest believer in the doctrine Of pro-
lection can put to hazard the strong posi-
tion Of Pennsylvania at this critical time
fail TO discover. II Pennsylvania, under
pretext, can at this time be drifted from
her lifelong allegiance to the doctrine of
protection and shall elect gentleman of
whom l know nothing politically except that
he is ranked with the frce-traders, there
may be no balm in Glead that can heal
that wound. l speak strongly on this Oues-
tion because j do not want to see this State
misled by the free-traders of New York
City. The issue itself is concealed under
this mountain of abuse of the Republican
candidate for Governor
FREE TRADE AND RECIPROCITY.
"There is undoubtedly in the Republican
ranks some difference as to the character Of
the rev Tariff Bill. The duty Of making it
was remi,ted by the people to Congress.
The bill which passed was the result of
compromise, and l come with confidence to
plead before the people Of Pennsylvania not
to differ on details.' Nh Blaine spoke of
the reciprocity amendment, and said that
while the Democrats thought he was trying
to divide the Republican party on the doc
trine of protection he was patted on the
back and encouraged by them; but when
the Republicans, as one man, incorporated
reciprocity in tie Tariff Bill they did not
want it at all ard declared it unconstitu-
tionsl. IF we had been baked by the cry
of unconstitutonaliiy every time it was
made by the Democrats we should not have
been able to defend the Union when
it was assaulted; issue greenbacks
for its support; organize national
banks; improve a river that did not have
salt water in it; improve harbor in the in
terror Of State; give freedom to slave;
and, as the next p0inr, should not be able to
secure reciprocity IN our international trade.
EFFECT OF DEFEAT
''By every attempt, in ev cry form in which
political action can be taken, the DEM
ocIatic party eXI ects to wound and destroy
the doctrine of protection, and | have come
to raise my voice in Pennsylvania to ask the
mother of protection to sec that her off
spring shall not be strangled. If my voice
eau nave any Wltli II SlI6ft man
among those who are dissenting from the
regular organization. appeal to him not to
think it will be all well next year. Ny
friends, faction leads to defeat. and defeat
leads to mutual hostility and disnrganiza-
ton. If this fight is continued with a dis
astrous end, it will be a long time. fear,
before you will see the Republican party Of
Pennsylvania come forth in its original
strength and its inyincible power"
NATURAL REACTIONS.
Mr.. Blaine said he had not come to sound
any alarm upon the possibility of the loss
to the Republicans of the House of Repre-
SeDtatlves. be hoped they Will not lose it
But from the time of John Quincy Adams
to Abraham Lincoln, with one exception,
every Administration lost its second Con-
gress. 1t is one of the natural reactions
that comes between two Presidential cleo
tionS four years apart, and has been so fire.
quent that it creates no disturbance on one
side, and no elation on the other. What l
deplore is the popular vote in Pennsylvania
that shall encourage New Jersey in her
Democracy, lead the dissenting branches of
the party in New York to close up and make
their strength felt; that shall cripple Ohio
in her effort 10 throw off the Democratic
power in the executive and gerryma ndcrng
district; throw back Delaware in her Re-
publican progress: make Maryland hope
less instead OF a hopeful State, and that shall
take from us the power to establish the
Republican standard in West Virginia.
A WARNING. -
Every one ofthose considerations confront
you in the vote that Republican casts in
Pennsylvania on Tuesday next. The ad-
ministration of President Harrison, so far
as that one man controls 1t, has been mod
est, conscientious. efficient administration.
The country has been peaceful, Industrious.
prosperous and gone forward in quiet
career, such as a republican Government
should always exhibit. / ask you, in casting
your ballot. to remember you can sustain
the administration Of an able, conscientious
and independent President, or you can set
the seal of doubt upon it; you can do much
to perpetuate Republican administration or
you can do much to destroy it. l have come
bere not for the purpose OF eulogizing the
Administration, but to bear my testimony
and give you warning that as Pennsylvania
votes next Tuesday the nation votes two
years hence"
Postlnaster-General Wannamaker spoke
briefly, saying he felt assured of Republican
victory next week. Mr.. Blaine then went
to the Union League Club, where he held
reception.
GOVERNOR HILL IN CONNECTICUT.
NEW HAVEN, Nov. 1.-Governor Hill of
New York closed the Democratic campaign
in this State tonight. in the course of his
speech he said "This is no time for deals
or bargains with the common enemy-when
the very existence o. our party is at stake
Put no Democrat on guard whose Democ-
racy is not above SUSPICION. Those who en-
courage factional contests should 20 to the
rear in times of public peril like these
when the integrity of the republic
is assaied, corruption, colonization, intimi-
dation and false enumeration are the tactics
employed by the Republicans to bolster up
their waning power and crush out the
hopes Of the honest Democracy" The
Governor spoke of the Importance of
municipal and county elections. saying:
La. t..a... a,
Democratic cities and counties should have
Democratic officials and none other. Their
influence will tend to spread and perpetuate
our principles, and it is folly to shut our
eyes to the Importance OF this question. The
newly discovered doctrine that there should
be nom pa artisan administration of local or