St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-15
BLAINE HAS SPOKEN,
Names Magnetic Man Finally
Forced to Break His
Long Silence.
He Addresses an Audience
Composed Of His Hosts
Neighbors.
Defends the Administration
and the Evils of Nc
Kin1eyism.
An Old and Threadbsre Plea
Made For the Irish
Vote.

WHITE ILAINS, N. L. Oct. IL
James q. Blaine has spoken. The mag
netic man of Maine has thrown the
weight of his utterances into the cam
paign. He has silenced the claim that
he was diSgruntled by earnestly and
with much of his old-time vigor pro-
claiming the Republican cause and auvo-
eating the election of the Harrison and
Reid ticket. His speech was delivered
under unique circumstances. There
we're no cut and dried arrangements. no
public hall, no set programme, but
when informed at 5 o'clock this evening
that the residents of White Plains
and the surrounding villages intended
serenading him at Ophir Farm,
the residence of Whitelaw Reid. this
evening. the ex-secretary turned to his
host and said: Then l will speak to
them"
THAT is good,' replied Mr.. Reid.
YES" said Mr.. Blaine, "and ask
Chauncey to speak also." and so it was
arranged. Mr.. Blaine had received a
number of callers during the day and
the soft air Of the Indian summer day
Braced Eaim UP
wonderfully. Mr.. Reid invited rather a
formidable gathering to dine with Mr..
Blaine, but it was congenal party and
d very pleasant one. There were pres
ent Chauncey NJ. Depew, Charles W.
Hackett, chairman of the Repub-
William Brook field, chairman of the
New York county committee;
National Committeeman Garrett
a. Hobart, of New Jersey; r. G. ker-
cas-. of Missouri; w. n. Hahn, of Ohio:
W. II. Robertson, eX-collectOr of the
port of New York; Solomon Hirsch, ex-
minister to Turkey, and Patrick Egan,
minister to Chill. These gentlemen
came from New York on the 5:13 p. IN.
train, and were met by Mr.. Reid'S car
riage and driven to Ophr farm.
While they were dining, word was
passed abolt by word of mouth by some
of Mr.. Reid's neighbors that Mr.. Blaine
was to be, given reception by the citi-
ZenS of White Plains. The news went
by telephone to Port Chester, Coscob,
and even to Rye. six miles away. The
result was remarkable. At s O'Clock
buggieS began to arrive
From All Directions
They came in carriages, family car
riages and omDibuses. The whole
country seemed to be reused. 1t was
like an English hustings. The palatlal
residence of the Republican candidate
for vice president was soon surrounded
by people. Many ladies were present,
and men in all walks in
life, from the retired merchant
to the town blacksmith. The broad
porch was soon filled with ladies and
their escorts, while the men stood in
groups Oh the lawn. At 9 O'Clock Mr..
and Mrs. Reid and their guests appeared
in the parlorS, the shades were drawn
up, and the party were plainly seen
through the plate glass windows.
AT this moment brass band. followed
by torchlight procession, marched up
the driveway from the south. 1t was
the cOlOred Republican club of White
Plains. They were followed by the Port
chester Republican club. and also led
by a band ana carrying torches.
The two bodies of men ranged
in line in front of the entrance to
the Reid mansion. The big folding
doors were then thrown open, and Mr..
were loudly cheered. MIR. Blaine stood
on the porch and spoke as follows:
Could Not DisappoInt Them.
Fellow Citizens of New York: I
should be churlish indeed if did not
make response to your call after YOU
have come several miles to this beauti-
ful home of Mr.. Reid on pleasant Oc-
tober evening. AT the same time | am
not making speeches in the canvass for
reasons that are well known to my
friends and which have no connection
whatever with politics.
Generally administrations in presi-
Dental election are challenged on ac-
count of the conition of the business of
the country, and | submit that the Re-
publican administration of Harrison
can triumphantly endure such a test.
doubt if since the government of the
United States was instituted any
body at any time has seen what
we call good times SO general,
taking in SO many interests. and spread
ing prosperity throughout the whole
domain of trade. l might appeal to New
York if the city has ever passed a sea-
son rOre satisfactory in financial re-
spects than for the past two years, in
which the general effect on capital and
labor
Has Been More Prosperous.
The opponents of the Republican
party always represent New York as a
ing one, and yet the products of the
manufactures Of that city alone are
| S700, 100000. Anything that would
cripple that great interest would cripple
the metropolis seriously and to very
hurtful extent. More men in New York
get their living from pursuits pro-
tected by the tariff than from any
other source.
know New York is the center of our
| commerce, the great entrepot of our
trade; but all the men engaged in com
! mercial affairs i'll and about New York
are smaller i'll numbers than the men
engaged in manufactures. Now, if
! you go West. where the Demo-
Gratis say they are making con-
amount of boasting. will you find
it differently? Take Michigan, Ohio, In
diana or Illinois, and the products of
manufactures are greater in pecuniary
amount than the products of agriculture
in those four great agricultural states.
So that | think, when it happens to
| Democratic orators who are on the
wing
Trying to Arouse the Hosts
| Of these states against the protective
tariff, they will encounter a sentiment
of which they have not dreamed. We
learn from the Democratic party that
these western states are in desperate
| condition. The amount of their farm
mortgages roll up into the millions, You
would think it fabulous that The amount
OF money they embrace could ever have
been SO invested. This is not so among
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