Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-10-27
TRUE TO HIS PARTY.
In Short Speech the Ex-secretary H
pounds Republican Doctrines and
Praises President Harrison's
Administration.

WHITE PLAINS, N. ", Oct. IA
James G. Blaine has spoken. A big
crowd of the citizens of Westchester
county went to Ophir farm tonight
and heard the man from Maine. Poll
ticians had tried to obtain the same
result. but failed. The ex-secretary,
however, yielded to popular enthusi-
asm and spoke. The dem monstration
was spontaneous and arranged on
short notice. The idea was started
this morning. and by nightfall the
news that such an affair would take
place had spread over the southern
part of the county. They gathered in
all their strength and went to Mr..
Reid's home. Delegates were present
from Port Chester, Rye, White Plains,
Mammaroneck, Rye Neck and the other
towns along the southern line. Upon
arriving at Ophir farm the bands
which accompanied the party played
several selections, and Mr.. Reid ap-
RO1h ca oPoh VIC NChaho llC was
followed by the distinguished party
which had gathered to meet the ex-
secretary. After a few words of intro
duction, Mr.. Reid presented Mr.. Blaine.
AS the popular son of Maine stepped
forward he was greeted with round
after round of cheers. When sufficient
silence could be restored to permit him
to be heard, Mr.. Blaine spoke as fol-
lows:
Fellow citizens of New York: /
should be churlish, indeed, if l did not
make response to your call after you
have come several miles to this beau
tiful home OF Mr.. Reid, on this pleas
ant October evening. At the same
time l am not making speeches in the
canvass, for reasons which are well
known to my friends, and which have
no connection whatever with politics.
Generally, administrations in presi-
Dental elections are challenged on ac-
count of the condition of the business
of the country, and submit that the
Republican administration of presi-
dent Harrison can triumphantly en-
dure such test. / doubt if when the
government of the United States was
instituted that any one would have
imagined New York would be the city
it is to-day.
"The opponents of the Republican
party always represent New York as
a commercial city and not a manufac-
turing one, and yet the product of the
manufacturers OF this city alone is
500, 100000 Anything that would
cripple that great interest would Grip
pie the metropolis seriously and to q
very hurtful extent. More men in New
York get their living from pursuits pro-
tected by the tariff than from any
other sources. know that New York
is the center of our commerce-the
the great entrepot OF trade,-but all
the men engaged in commercial affairs
in and about New York are smaller in
numbers than the men engaged in
manufactures. Nor If you GO West,
where the Democrats this year are
making considerable effort and doing
q vast amount of boasting, will you
find it different? Take Ohio, take
Michigan, take Indiana, take Illinois,
and the products of manufactures
are greater in pecuniary amounts than
the products of agriculture in your
great states; so think that when it
happens to Democratic orators, who
are on the wing, trying to arouse the
hostility of these states against the
protective tariff, they encounter g
sentiment of which they have not
dreamed. We learn from the Demo
cratic party that these Western states
are in a desperate condition. The
amount of their farm mortgage rolls
up into the millions. You would sup
pose it fabulous that the amount o
money they embrece could ever have
been so invested. This is not sc
among the farmers in New York; it j:
not SO among the farmers in New Jer
sey; it is not so among the farmers o
Connecticut; it is not so among tn,
farmers of any state nearby, who's
condition can be easily learned, bu
by a singular fatality it is the western
states that have got all these farm
mortgages.
"I do not like to say that gentleman
have voluntarily misrepresented tn
facts, but before accepting them a
such you will do well, and wisely, Il
demand the proofs. The tariff, so tn
Democratic papers say, is the origin Q
a plutocratic government when wealth
shall rule and poor men shall not &c
their rights. shall venture to cha
lenge all such statements of that kind
and / shall make the Democrats max
pledges in the case. A careful estims
, tion of the wealthy men in the cour
try, published, has demonstrated tn
] fact to be quite the reverse to such a
extent, indeed, that in the city OF Ne
York, taking the first fifteen FORTUNES
not three, not two, not more than on
would be considered as derived frol
manufacturing investments.
al have word to say about I'll
Irish vote. i see it is stated that I'll
Democrats boast OF having the maj
of them in their ranks this year.
4, is one of the mysteries of our politi,
O that n question which interests En-
land so supremely, which is canvasse
almost as much in London as it
e in New York, should have the Iris
J. vote on the side of Great Britain.
A the Irish vote were solidly for prote
ton they could defy the mechinatior
of the Democratic party for free trad
n and throw their influence on the si(
g of the home market of America again
j the side of foreign market of Englan
81 know my appeal has been Fl
> quently made to the Irish voters, b'
e. I make it with emphasis now, for / a
v. unwilling to believe that with the lig
d of the knowledge before them tb'
\ will deliberately be on the side of the
former oppressors. / think / shs
IL rely on my good friend, Egan, the br
q liant and successful minister of Chill
D. whom feel especially glad to meet
\ Mr.. Reid's table this evening" thil
:. 1 must rely upon him to intercede wi
~ his countrymen-his countrymen
:. two senses-not to aid the Democrat
Is party in lowering the standard al
- the wages of American labor by tn,
&c potential votes and their potent