with interest amount to 004.10, watt obviously included in the con- t" the Spencer
solldated note which wan (riven to represent all my indebtedness iifJi"Javn!j!'',
W you, aim wiiita wu rvyauivuij uazureu mo WOUia OW met on Ulltrof Jnyldi,
sod liquidated in good time by Spencer dividends. iM.i.e.ri,iMi.
You will thus we tlmt wo difl'er materially aa to the figures. Of ""s "' s. i.
course each of uh ia aiming at precisely the faeta of the caw, ami if MrM( liwy 'tl.'ih
I am wrong please r-orrwt me. I am sure that you do not desire me uif. thcr. offered
to pay a dollar that ia not due, and I am equally mire that I am more tin t k in
than rcaly to pay ever cent that 1 owe
you.
i tie Mine juk k mnuer is a perpeiuui ami never-ending em- flir it, snd owned
harassment to me. J am Dressed daily
settlement with those who still hold the securities a net-1?::"'1.'.?.!' !L ' V
tletnent I am not aide to make until I receive tho bonds due on your holder, iu't a a
- . . L ri.. !.. ... 1 . t . . . . . .
anicie oi agreement, w mi me, i mil in 10 me uy lar me most urgent "" nana
anil pressing of all the demands connected with our matters, ami me'i"lVi!f"''r
the one which I think in all equity should he first nettled, or certainly thin tnek i Ml
ettle'l as soon aa any.
If (lift iUMKInmh in an imlmrtilllt tn vnll
in raising the name for you on your notes,
as collateral at the name rate they arc
I think I could set the money here on
terms, ii i nun mu money iiivmu i nmuu ue $iui vt aovam e ll vi given yon In
you, hut I am an dry an a contribution Ixix, Ingrowing, indeed, to defray 'r Bwiit t-k
iny campaign expenses, Very sincerely yours, J.Ci. ISi.aine. iii' ' Th''lMw
(ViniV and Pfrtmml.) Anit'STA,
Mr 1kar Mb. Fisher, I have been absent no much of lute that ediy aMired me
I did not receive your lust letter until it wan several days old. When would be met ami
I last wrote you I was existing to he in Boston on a political con- L,,?"'l',.',liil7
-i .1 . : t ... t i l !. ; :i i . t . , ,. ppfnrer 'I'M'
icrciice auotii mis nine, inn i mmm ii iiiimikmiiu io ix mere, ami it dcnK ' nliowme
is now impoanihle for me in leave here until after our election, w hich h no."") "tm-k
occurs Monday wwk, the Hth. I will try to meet you at tho Parker J" Hi1lV1e7,ie,
House on the I Oth or 11th, availing myself of "the timt possihlo vhi-s, hi' noii for
mement lor tnat purjHne.
I can not, however, allqw a remark in
comment, i ou say tliat you nave been trying to get a settlement w be .
with me for fifteen months; you have leen trying to induce me to
comply with certain demands which you made upon me, without
taking into account any claims I have of a counter kind. This docs.
not till my idea of a tettbnufnl, for a trtllnntnt must include both
sides.
No person could be more anxious for a settlement than I am, and
if npon our next interview we can not reach one, why then we try
other means.
Jiut my judgment is that I shall make you so liberal an offer of
settlement that you can not possibly refuse it.
An one of the elements w inch 1 wmh to take into account is the
note of $10,000 given yon in 1863 for Spencer stock. I
leire that you will furnish me w ith the items of interest on that
note. My impression is that when that note was consolidated
into the large note, which you still hold, that you did not charge
me full interest, jtossibly omitting one or two years.
I w ill be obliged if you w ill give me information on this point, for
I intend to submit to you a full and explicit banis of settlement, ami
in making it up it is necessary that I should have this information,
l'lease send it as promptly as you may be able to give it to me.
In haste, very truly yours, J. tj. Blaise.
Confidential.
Wash'tx, D. C, 10th April, 187(5.
My Dear Mr. Fisiikk, You can do mc a very great favor, and I
know it will give you pleasure to do so just as 1 would do for you
tinder similur circumstances. Certain persons and pilars are trying
to throw mud at mo to injure my candidacy before the Cincinnati
Convention, and you may observo they are trying it in connection
with the Little Hock and Fort Smith matter.
1 want you to send me a letter such as the inclosed draft. You
will receive this to-inorrow (Monday) evening, and it will be a favor See rmurmllo
I shall never forget if you will at once write mo the letter and mail "h"lel'J,,0
the same evening. neln with the
The letter is strictly true, is homrablo to you and tome, road haninn-n open
and will stop the mouths of slanderers at once. AVl
Kegard this letter as strictly confidential. Do not show it "nmto n
to any one. The draft is in the hands of my clerk, who is as trust- about it, l
worthy as anv man can be. If you can't get the etter written in ! 1 rt v "
iii ! . rv v i i i . ! tourhedit. Where-
fcason for the nine-o clock mail to New lork, please be sure to mail ,., miin-aiment
it during tho night, so that it will start first
lul, if iHiililt, 1 pray you to grl it in the ninr-o'clock mail Monday Jje. J"o 'JJ llo
timing. King regards to Mrs. Finher. Sincerely, Illy Ih-ii.t toi to
uurn mis iener. j. ti. is
Imloritd n tht hark.
Not know ing your exact address, I send this to the Parker House, .'t, itb
in order that it may not be subjected to any danger in the hands of 0,,, .'""'J4''1
a carrier. J. (i. U. I'liave'yourpoi.-
lllve written ron-
The Wkstkrn
Tflted Washington, D. C, lsTii.
Received at:44, April lti.
To Warren Fisher, Commonwealth
House to-morrow. Mondav, evening; on
'ew York, lind letter. Answer by return
111 JJ. li.
run.
The following is tho inclosure referred to
Hon, James (!. IJi.aine. WnHhinirton, T. C.
' Ikar Mit, I observe that cerium newspapers are making, or JJ'! ' "v "f
rather insinuating, the absurd charge that you own or had owned i""""' ' " '
fl')0,(KH)of Little Kock ami Fort Smith Kiulnunl Itonds, and that "I note what you
yon liad in some wav obtaineil them as a gratuity. t lay aiKiut the Iiu-
The enterprise of building the Little Kock and Fort Smith Rail- Lveping9 an uu'let
road was umlertaken in JSuii by a company of lioston gentlemen, of hen.-... and huil
whom 1 wan myself one. The' bonds of the road were put Uon the eiMleaviirtiiiHijiii
market in this 'city on what was deemed very advantageous terms to "ht'"pmi
the purchaser. Thev were sold hirgelv through mvself. You In- Stninr, i. 5, isi
hiim tlu jiiiithii'scr ! about ifiUMMK) ol 'tlio HoimIh on ' would von r
Iir'flM-ly l lie mime ternis Hint every ether buyer re- "fled ii ti'"v
eiv l( i) nu! lor them in installments, running over a consider- knew the run?''
able period, .just us oilier? U1. The transaction was terfectly 'Z-.i"hrr' A''rii l,s
open, ami llieie was no more secrecy in ref-iml to it thaii iium tiiU inter
it you liatl been bu.viii"; Hour orsuar. I aiu sure von . do not n. it
never owned a ltouil ol Hie road that you did not pay lor 5J " ? " "
nt the market rate, indeed, 1 am sure that no one received aUnginin (
liomis on any oilier terms.
i iittii mo riimi our mm I n h , ifii,ii
..v. .... iiia.
A CKHtKIL ll(k.
Tkt Wbla Kepabllraa Tarly la lb Bar
Ult Wftrkpfl I .
fw
8. r. Ptport,Oct (.
Th Republican party that large, and mi
Dcntly refiiecUhla portion ol it located la thii
city it lDilultiitifS' to-day in general and ix
cee1inglv lively "kick." The kickiug ii laid
to I livelier aud mora general than haa been
known for many yeari. Oua of tha oldeat
inbaoitanta aaid li bad uever en tucb kick
log and at onua proceeded to do soma bimtmlf.
In every part nf the city to-day on can hear
Republican! ataertiog that they are men, not
duoimiea; that ao man cau put a collar
around their nt-cki; that they ara gentlemen
and American ciiiaena, and don't yon forget
it; that they ara not aheep; that' they
ar not loolt; that they ara at
good aa anybody e!ae; that they
cannot b taken into the market with mpea
aroond their reck a, ate, moat of which aeaer
tiona ara obiouIy tixa. Tba blast in Uat
night'a Convention waa a premonitioo of tba
torm that ragea to-day throughout tba
party, and in which the overwhelmed ma
china labor withont making an inch of head
way' All tht talk it about tba coming tax
payer 'a pvty; although tho third ticket ia
not looked forward to with any amount e
you, you still retained your bonds, and you held them clear through amount of money
to the reorganisation of the companv in 1 S74, exchiinging them for you received on
atock bonds of the new Comimny. ' I'Tcts'ir.V ' nda'tive
You acquired also some ilemamls against the new Compaiiy by ""iminli'r tinaiu l''
reason of your having joined with' others in raising some money Hy iu the I. K &
whell'the company was in pressing need. Fur the recovery of that L.' J . ,,l,r.
money prw-eedinga are now pending in the V. S. Circuit'Court in ,Xa" ,istI.
Arkansas, to which you are openly a party of record. Concealment "f all the par
ol the investment ami everything connected with it would have been I r iVt'u-" uVw-k"
rcry easy had concealment been desirable; but your aetlon in r,)rt 'luiii 'iuiii
the whole matter wiin as open and as lair as the day, road, no one im
When tho original enterjirise failed, 1 knew with what severity tlie 'Tn " '""""
IMH'iiniary loss fell iiihmi you, and with what integrity and tu""Kn'tonelv ont
nerve you met It. Years have since elapsed; it seems rather t it " J'ititer,
hard at this late day to Ih compelled to meet a slander in a matter '4.'.ow;J vollr
where your conduct was in the highest degree honorable and straight- political pUli'ion
forward. you were able to
You may use this letter in any way that w ill be of service to vou. jV','..
Very sincerely yours, W. F., Jr. high price .--hii.
Tho wonls " Indeed, I am sure that no one received lsmds on any "',2'. U 1
other terms," were iuterliiust in foregoing letter in Mr. Kluine'sowh if rici i y
handwriting. ! true." euuue.
almost to make final smi had Hie iivi
nun , i ui. em
I Ufilil.l hn irln.l tn Quaint P" atleally.
lining Little Kock bowl umotJimri ixTti
lined in lioston. four fur nnr. Maine's Id
four or nix months on theno !fjn oi'iw fw
note: with Aug
V. is?.' "Hie eon-
M.uxe. Aumint 31. 1872. .."2'":- v
name u ii-ovfivii
your letter to pans without (j .1 ''?," " J "
See nolo above
mail Tuesday morning; li advinahic,avold-
apply to the honor
and 'fairneM of a
bunliiPHii traimac-
tlnti "Hnfiir A nr
triwt todi-liver mi'
l,(mlniicl IhiiiiIk
and :i,iM) Hot
mortKHKu lunula "
Tei.korai'ii Company.
-Aliiii.rf. 4,171.
Hotel, Please go Parker
"O u t o I the
arrival morning mail from J1"1'"'! .. "! , .'.I'T
mail. J. ti. 15i.ai.nk. , large amount
bolli ol ImiihIh and
niouev (rce of fost
to you " t'i'htT,
April Hi, 1ST2
"No fine will ev
er know from me
that I have dis
posed of a single
in the preceding letter:
Huston, April
:
187U.
lug Into ae-
ptmiit Ihe Hl,im
ImiiuIk von mild lo
,,,,,, r, .1 nil urrn il l, lll'iril i .1
ii.iu ,,,,.1 1.,. r..ii i.,, iniit.i
eothutiaem. The universal diapoaition to
wait and tea what aort of a ticket even that
ia to be, before pledgee or promiaea are mad
about it, indicate very clearly the temper of
the p-ople and their determination to cast
thi ir hallota, ao far aa tha municipal ticket ia
fxnoerned onteid of party line. Tha Demo
crat ar elated over tha revolt in the Repub
lican camp.
9,diJ to the Staralara.
Niw York, Oct 13. Elijah Smith, Prea.
ident of tha Oregon and TrancontiueoUl, to
day aubitantiatra Ik-echer'a atatement nl what
Jame F. Joy aaid to him concerning Blaioe'a
pn mniog Joy to make Conirrefaional Com
miaaioua in Joy'a iniereat ahould ha take
bonU eff Blaioe'a handa. Smith aaya Joy
told him tba aaroo thing. II ia now prepar
ing latter giving a full atatement.
rial ia Da erta Blaine.
Special to tha Staadard.
Niw York, Oct. 13. Claflin, tho dry
good prince, deierti Blaina. lie alwaya wa
a Republican, but could not atand tha proof
of Blaine'a lying abuut th Hocking valley
matter. Oaflm'a defection cauae great oon
ternation'among th Blaineitea, and will hava
great erlect ia Brooklyn.
AN lElSHMt?! TO IBISDJIE.V
rCMH 9F THE HV. PlTKICal
Umber f ('area,! Ex-Preldea af ihe
XailanaJ lf leaie.at 4lbaaj. S T.J
Jal It, IHS4.
Mr Fkllow Citizcns : I eetem it a high
honor to be invited here, and to participate
with too in thl great aemoDitratioo.
When laat it wa my privilege to atand
here, eight year ago, w met to indorae the
cindidacy ol a greAt ttateaman, whose char
acter had ao ripened, whoaa record waa
written, and whoaa fignr had ao crown
yonder capitol that tha country called for
aervica by him in tha higher aphera of the
Preaidncy. That call waa an honor to Sam
net J. Tilden, but a greater honor to New
York, and a lofty tribute to your acbool
atateamanahip. Cheer.
of
It it not out ot eeaaon, and it never will be
whila hooeat men hava memorica, to denounce
the foul crime by which the eltct of tha people
were cheated ont ot their cilice and tba K
public defranded of their aemee.
It if a crime which ha nevtr been con
doned and never will be forgiven by the
American people. '
Indeed, ao interne ia tha feeling and ao uni
versal the deair to right tha wrong, ao far aa
the people can right it, that, m my judgment,
no combination of men or circomataoce could
hava prevented the great Ch cago Convention,
with one acclaim, from nominating Tilden and
Hendricks again load appituie, if Mr. Tilden
bad not solemnly and emphatically refuted
connect. T ''
With the candor, dignity and ability fitting
hi oharacter. in a letter .fraught with Wise
counael and aage reflectiop, our. great leader
took hi leave and bade u look elsewhere
among our leading men for k candidate for
that great elfice.
It wa a great body to whom tho tk of
aelectien wa committed. It represented the
intelligence, enterprise and wealth of more
than half the people of the United State ;
but. more than all, it represented the masses
tho laboring people, aa the Democracy ever
ha with all their activities, purpose and
ambition.
From the calm judgment of that Conven
tion, uoiwayed by the clamor of the gallenea,
unmoved by open threat or whispering coo
ftiencea, came tirover Cleveland and Thomaa
A. Hendrick. Applause J
Ouce mora thi great tnetter of political
action bad produced the man for the time;
and onca more Indiana' chivalrou aon loy
ally took the plaoe to which hi party aa
tigned bim.
Thee are the only Democratio candidates
that are, or that can He, in th field thi year.
flier ara our candidate U wa ara democrat.
I am, and alwaya hava been, a Democrat, and
unleaa the Republican leopard can obango it
apot Democrat l remain. 1, thereiore,
some to thi initial meeting ot ine canvass to
pledge my hearty support to tha party and ita
oandidatc, and to join with yon in congratu
lation on our coming victory at the poll.
A calm atatement, but I am oonscioua that no
man doea hi duty to himself or to hi cause
who overlook or (light obataolea in the path
to toooeaa, however small. Yon will tuffer
me, therefore, to take a little time, which
might be expended otherwise with profit, in
the consideration of ome minor matter to
which wa ahall not, of necessity, recur again.
I need not tell yon that tha . Republican
candidate ia an able, wary, adroit, brilliant
man. Some describe him as . "magnetic,"
whatever that may mean. Perhapa ha ats
tracta things to him, or haa "taking way."
Many thousanda of hi old associate who
kuow him belt feel (ur that be ia not over
scrupulous in his method, will have nothiog
to do with him, and ar c&ating their lot with
iu thi year, in every State in- the - Union.
But at all' events, Mr. Blaine i fertile jn re
sources, and ia flanked by Lieutenant more
or let like himself. Ironical Laughter
You can imagine, then, what his canvas
haa been aud will be in hit third desperate
attempt to reach tha Presidency. ; Ha has, at
last ascompliehed the first atep by accuring
hia owo party nomination. Hi next ia to
break down or injure, if possible, hia only
competitor.' For, mark you, n t three but
thirty or 300 candidates might run under one
ant of color or another, but it will atill be a
race between Cleveland and B aine. Bear
One in mind, and choose between them. If
you with to throw away a vote, do it with
vour eyea wide open. Cries, "We will not.''
The fimt form ot attack came before the Con
vention. It waa manifestly intended to pre
vout Grover Cleveland's nomination by fright
vning tha Convention into the belisf that the
Governor had become the slave of monopolies,
the enemy ol libor and the aworn foe of the
frith and the Catholic. I muat confess that
these wholesale charges, coming to auddenly,
almost took my breath away at tirat, and left
aa imoreision which forced a full and careiul
iuquiry. II that inquiry had uot resulted in
demonstrating the tntire falsity of tha char
ee, from beginning to end, I would not be
hero tosniglit to ask yon to vote for Grover
Cleveland. Great applaute at Cleveland'
name. But I not ouly ask you to vote for
him because the uhargea are false, but to
work for him with might and main eapeci
ally those of you who have been misled be.
ctute he his been slandered and wronged in
a vile and mil gnant way,
not in the intereat of po
litical justice or political moral
ity, but solely to promote the political for
tune of a daring political gamester. Let tbe
record speak for itself. Anti-monopoly and
labor go together. The most grievou offense
a'l'ged against Grover Cleveland it the veto
of the "5 cent faro bill," to called, prescribing
a uniform 5-cut fare on the elevated railway
system in the city of New York.'- Thia m
alleged to be against the interest of the wo: k-
ing clasnea. . Yet not a murmur haa come
from them to thia dry, though the measage
waa written on the 2d of Marotvl8S3 1 Why ?
Because tbe workingmea and work ingwomen
of that city, t well aaall other, can rid any
dittadca on those line for6cnt from 5:30
to 8:30 a. m. and from 4:30 to 7:30 p. m. by
virtu of commisaion rule. During six hour
of the day they can ride from tha Battery to
One Hundred and Fifty-aixth street, eleven
miles, over tha moat expentiv railway on the
planet, for about one-hlf tha actual coat lor
transportation, and during thereat of the day
all can nde tha distance for 10 cent cheaper
than anv firat-clasa transportation in tbe
world . The veto, therefore, did not atrike at
tha working class. It only affected th
well-to -do, who came lata and went early.
The bill waa paased in great baate aa a threat
or measure ol reprisal, tha causa of which had
paased at tha time the bill reached the Gov
eroor. It waa proved beyond a doubt that
all passengera could not be carried at the re
duced fare; that tbe road could not pay their
internt, taxes, land damage and wages; that
ruin to the aystrm won d reault. So the
subject waa remitted to tha railroad commis
sioners, where it belongs, for inch action in the
future a will give the public the largest accom
modation at tne minimum of coat and protect
tbe right of all . There was no justice in the
bill criee, "That ia ao !"J. no pnblio demand
for it; it was denounced oy Mayor Edton and
other; and Mo. Simon Sterne, ona of the
moat eminent of lb A nti Monopolist in the
country, not only justifies tba veto, bnt givea
moat cogent reaaooa why ba should, in the in
tore? of th people it waa supposed to aerve,
veto it if ba himself were Governor. I there
a man ia all tha laud who will vota againet
Cleveland on thia aooouol? - If there ba ha I
not fair man. He want somebody else't
Croperty or want aomebody elaa to pay hit
irt. The labor organintiona scattered
through tha State of New York are ceutered
in the Trade Assembly. It ia tba body
which apeaka for them and their caute in all
matter relating to legislation. Inttead of
wearying yon with an analysis in detail of
Gov. Cleveland' action toucbing all th labor
bill which came before him, I prefer to ute
aa a witoeaa tbe able and honored Prfiident
of that great organization,
THE LaBOR LEADER. WHAT THE FRE.HIDEST OF
STATE TRAPES ASSEMBLY SAYS
' Troy. July 21, 1834.
To the Arous: The Workingtneo'e A
embly of this State haa, tinoe 1 have been at
tha bead of that organization, auccecd'd in
pasting through the Legislature the following
bills: Abolishing the manufacture ol bat in
th State Prison, creating a Bureau ot Labor
Statittice, the tenement-honte cigar bill
(twice), tbe abolition of oonvict contract la
bor, the hen law. and the conductor
and driver' bill aeven in all. Of these
meaturea Governor Cleveland signed five
and vetoed two, via i Tba hen law
and the conductor' and driver'
bill. A to tbe lien law, it i generally ac
knowledged now that be did n a kindness tn
vetoing that bill, because, through error of
oor own In drafting the measure, th bill
patted would have been a potit've injury to
u. Ihe conductora and driven bill I think
he thould hava aigned . So the record ahowt
that wa have tent to Governor Cleveland aix
perfect billt and he hat tiened five and vetoed
one. On thia record 1 am not prepared to
condemn him. If tbe Sovernor doe n five
favor and commit but one error I feel that
ba ia entitled to my anpport. In addition to
the labor meuurea prepared by our organizas
tion, Governor Cleveland haa tigned a bill
introduced by Senator Fassett which makea
workingmen prefern d creditor in case of ar-
aignment or failure of tbe firm or corporation
by which tbey are employed. Keoogoiziog
the justice of the measure and it great benefit
to the working claasea, 1 called on Governor
Cleveland and atked him to aign it, and he
did to without hetitatioo. So, to sum the
matter np, he haa approved of aix billt favor
able to our interests and disapproved of one.
By bit record on legitimate labor meaturea 1
udge him, and on tha strength of that record
ahall tupport him. l our truly,
Waltkr N. Thayer.
Presid't New York State Trades Attembly.
L Applause J '
la the faci of thi authorative declaration
by the leader of the bona fide organized
workingmen of the State, tbe charges and
misrepresentation an industriously circulated
by toaua workingmen and pretended "triendt
of labor," will fall flat where they were in
tended to excite revolt. Cheers
The "Conductora' and Driver' Bill."
which Mr. Thayer thinks the Governor
thould have approved, wa in many reapectt
at bad aa the lien law. It was not atked for
by a tingle conductor or driver, could only
operate to reduce their wtgea at leaat one
quarter, if it could operate at all, and wa
clearly, aa the Governor declared, "not in the
intereat of the workingmen, aa those for
whose beutfit it waa supposed to be intended
now admit. I call attention to the twenty
two reason why workingmen will vote and
work tor the election of Governor Cleveland,
:l bated npon nit messages and hit signa
tures to the multitude of bills in the interest
of the immigrant, the laborer, depotitor in
bank, the traveling public and kindred re
form. These are tbe true voice of labor, and they
will drown in thii canvaa the lying utter
ance of the ilanderer and tbe demagogue.
1 atk no man to take my word for it.
"We frill." Tbere itand the record, and
it prove not only that Governor Cleveland is
neither hostile nor cold to the 'abor interest,
but that h it, and alway bat been, a contiitt
ent, wite and courageou friend, The advo
catea of Mr. Blaine have not hesitated to drag
tbe question ot religion luietesl into the coo-
teat; and Catholic, aa auch, are invited to
esert the Democratio party and vote the
Republican ticket thia year on account of
alltged religious biaa on the part of Governor
Cleveland. Their hill of particular it: 1st,
Governor Cleveland' veto of the "Freedom
of Worship Bill;" 2d. hit veto of the appro
priation for tha Catholic Protectory.
It ii a tuHicient answer to the nrst charge
to aay that the Governor did not veto the
'freedom of worship bill. It never reached
him. It did pas at the aetsion of 1SSI, when
ia Republican predecessor, Governor Cornell,
vetoed it, which ia probab y the foundation of
the he told against Uovernor Cleveland Had
tuch a bill reached Governor Cleveland, I am
sure it would hava promp ly received hit tig
nature. THE CATHOLIC PROTECTORY.
Thit it a moet excellent institution, located
near New Yora City, for the shelter and care
of deatituto children in New York City and
vicinity; children from other counties of tho
State are not admitted. It it not, therefore,
may be tuppoced, a publio institution,
though by long usage all tuch inttitutions re
ceive more or lea nnanciai aid irom the
County Treatuiy, aud in tome rare instance
from the State. The Catholic Protectory, in
18S3, wa granted $20,000 by the Legislature,
and the Governor withheld bit approval on
the ground, among others, that the cost of
maintaining that institution waa only prop
erly chargeable npon tha city and county ot
few i ora, rather than upon the State at
large. In thia view every lawyer will concur,
including the eminent counsel for the Pro
tectory, Hon. John E. Develin. Loud ap
plause j But jutt before the Convention this
veto wa tortured into general anti-Catholic
prejudice by tboee whose interest it wa to
brek down the Governor, and many who
were ignorant of the ground upon which the
veto waa bated, were led to believe that it
waa a blow directed at the Catholic as a
class. I read what tha President and coun
ael, jutt referred to, for the Protectory aay
ahont it in a letter written within a few
weekt:
"Mr. Daniel Manuing, Chairman New
York Delegation: We never doubted the
sincerity of the motivea which induced Gov
ernor Cleveland to withhold hia aignatnre to
tha appropriation to the protectory. We
thought then, and think now, that he wa
no actuated by any feeling of bigotry, or of
hostility to Catholic or to Catholic institu
tions. On th contrary. Governor Cleveland
i liberal in the extreme, and wa ar of the
firm belief that he waa led to withhoiding bit
approval of the appropriation aolely by a
ente of public duty a he viewed it.
Henry L. Hor.rrr.
President oftb Protectory.
Johx ft. Develis,
Counael and Advisor to tha Protectory.
Both these gentlemen are too well known
to require an introduction to any fatho.ic in
the land, and both not only defend the Gov
ernor from thit baie and unfounded attack,
but warmly advocate hia elecUoo to tha Frets
idency.
Tho who attack tbe Governor for thit
veto are careful to conceal the fact that all
denomination were treated alike by him, and
that ba approved no bill or any item in a bill
giving a dollar cut of th treasury to any
auch institution, whether managed by Cath
jlic or Protectant, Jew or Gentile. Tbe safe
and decided ground alwaya taken by him ia
that public moneys ahall be raiaed and ex
pended only for publio purpose. In th
uppl) bill of 1883 ha vetoed twenty-seven
itema, amounting to $250,704.30. A Cath
olic, all we atk it fair pity and equal terms
with all other in the community. W atk
no tpecial favor. And we serve notioe on
thote who have ao aullenly thown zeal for nt
or our vote that w are guided in our
publio conduct by principle, not prejudice,
and if they appeal to the lower motive they
appeal to n in vain.
I find among other evidence of Governor
Cleveland's deep boatility to the Catholic
that ba haa caused aalarie to be given to
three Cat h olio chipltioa in the prisoua of tha
State No Catholic ohaplaina aver received a
salary there before. I think an Executive
who haa a ractjor religion prejudice will find
tome difficulty in oonoealing it in hi appoint
ment. The three leading position in the
gift of the Executive of the State of New
York indeed the only three important one
Governor Cleveland filled a follow:
Railroad Commiasiooer, John D. Kernan.
Superintendent o' Insurance, John A. Mo
Call, Jr.
Superintendent of Pnblio Works, James
Shanahan.
It happent that all those gentlemen are of
Irish blood and Catholic inreligioo. I know
the Governor did not appoint them to tbeie
bigb position because of their race or creed,
but because they were eminently fit for the
places. I preanme he never thought of rase
or creed. But if he were narrow, bigoted, or
even timid, he would have done to, and hes
itated. Why ! Because never before in the
whole history of the State were tboee offices
or any of thorn, filled by men of Irish blood
and Cathnlio faith ! When tbe act to estab
lish an Emigration Commisaion went iuto ef
fect be did not hesitate to nominate an emin
ent insn-oatnoiic, wm. 11. Alurtba, a
Commiationer. to carry out ita beneficient
provision. I will not weary you with
mention of many similar appomtmeuta to mi'
nor cfDcet in tha Executive gift, though the
list it lull and representative. But I ask you
in all candor what other Uovernor in all the
long, illuatriou line hat inch a record? Ap
plause.! i
I dinlike exceedingly to descend to the level
of thote who have imported thit race and re-
ligioua isiue inlo the canvas. But I would
fail in my duty to myself if I failed to defend
ourgcaodidate from misrepresentation o vile
and cbarges to mean and mendacicu.
1 hot of n who were born in Ireland or
spring from the Irish race ara here to stay.
Whatever our Irish affiliations, ties or affec
tion ma) be and I hope there are many in
American politics we are Americans, pure aud
simple. We auk nothing on account of our
race or creed, and we tubmit to no alight or
injury on account of either.- '-Ve and our
children and our children's children are here
merged in thia great free, composite national
ity, true and loyal citizens of the State and
Federal lystem, ihariog in the burden and
the blessings of the freest people on earth.
All we ask ia equality for n and our. The
man who takes les or demand more ia no
true American.
Those who seek to make ot a clamoring
chut in the community, seeking to use Amer
ican political meant to other than American
end, are merely inverting know-nnthingiam
and playing upon the impulse of men for
their own selfish purposes. It i no compliv
nieut to m that tchmnert fancy we can be
thu played npon. We are taking pirt in an
American election contest, in which the
question to be decided ia thii:
Which of the partiea will give n the beat
administration the purest, safest, and moat
economical ? Under which will the country
be niott likely to be prosperous at home and
respected abroad ?
It seems to me there i but one answer.
The Republican party mutt stand np.-m it
record and be judged. Under its policy and
practice we have a reign of jobbery, corrup
tion and extravagance, wild speculation, dis
graceful swindlea and failures, p-nic which
shake th continent, strikes, idle mills,
myriadt of idle hands, wheat 83 cents per
bushel in Chicago, manhood labor CO ceuta
per day in favored Pennsylvania. Our com
merce ha left tha seaa; tho world' market
are closed to us. Our foreign diplomacy long
since degenerated into ftunkeyism; our citi
zens lie ia foreign dungeons without trial,
redrew or succor. Thit after four and
twenty year of Republican rule aud prom
ise !
James G. Blaine it tbe fit candidate of
that party a prcminent actor in the worst
of its days and a reprcseutat've of all its
broken promises. Hia ingenious friends have
now invented a new promise for him with
which to catch the votet of men who hope for
the dawn of a better dsy in iur foreign rela
tions. They promise that he will give ua a
"vigorous loreign policy." H doe not
promise that himself, but permits bia friends
to whimper it for him.
The man who, a Secretary of State, with
all the power of the Government over our
foreign relation intrusted to him, permitted
American to pine and die in British
prisons without a much at ottering
ten vigorous word io at many months,
will give the British lion't tail a moet vigorous
twitt and make tbe beast howl, if you will
only give bim your vote and make him Presis
dent. Hi friend will even promise you that
hi first work as President will be to free Ire
landfor vote. Why did not the bold
Blaine even ay a word when Grover Cleve
land twice atked him, in manly speech, from
the platform in Buffalo in April and Decem
ber, 18S2. He felt much more at home in
editing a Know-Nothing newspaper and send
ing out anti-Catbolic circulars from his office
in Augusta tome ye.ira ago, for nothing exs
ceedt the zeal and venom of a renegade. Thit
new found love of Blaine and the New York
Tribune for the Irish it like a limited railway
ticket, "good for thit train and trip only."
Laughter
We prefer to take thia trip at least with the
party that never trailed the American flag in
the dust at home or abroad ; that made the
declaration, "I am an American citizen," the
key to open the prison door abroad to tho
court room or to liberty ; that acquired the
mighty western domain ; that fot ered our
plantations and our industries till the land
blossomed in prosperity and gltdnea ; the
party that stood by th farmer and the work
ingmen againet monopoly and greed th
party that stood in all it day by the for
eigner against every form of prescription and
tyranny. . It is the party of the people, of
local self-government, individual liberty, pure
and economical administration.
I have seen it atated that our candidate for
President, among other alleged defects, is
lacking in publio experience. I with some
brilliant statesman who eotertaint that notion
would inform na whether a newtpaper writer,
manager of political can vane, and member
of a legislative body, ba any better training
for the Presidency than a man of Grover
Cleveland' education and practice.
Not to mention hi soond legal training,
and other executive offices held by him, in
all of which he won honor, commendation
and respect, your Governor to-day fill the
most arduou executive position in the coun
try. While Conerrss in the long seasion ha
passed lesa than 200 bills, the Legislature of
your State pane from 600 to 800. Tbe
President merely sign or vetoes a bill entire,
and in thi, if he plea.e, he can have the ad
vice of hia Cabinet. Your Governor ia charged
by tbe constitution with the duty of scanning
(very item in every bill, and approving or
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vetoing ik aa hia in.n.M-.i . .
determinahim. Thl7.;7hb;
oua dntiea keep him at hi. 1.l
ete into the night, whil. the Tffi" ?.
na rreaiaeni ceo pie bnt a am. T T c
hi time. Themai who e Eft! Ih
That Grover Cleveland haa filler! . , '
cult post to admirably it the h V wdi.
which hi. character and tatelfr k
objected. ' w"ia r
He ia broad, liberal, courageous.
mating, generous and jutt. In thirrni
of vigorona manhood, with a sound I i
and rioe eiDerienna vith . i-i. "Uoir,
ration, to re.tore the Republic to jT
time man of nrrumr tv OH.
------ r 1 r-"1' "iiicilnd
octiotimphcity. Loud and long
Donor Before Dnty (?) to Partj
I have a large number of friends in thin,
in 8tat'i further Eaat, to whom I de.;Jl
address the following announcement,
trutt yon will grant the necessary tpu,
your oolumn. I am not seeking any tmnt,
notoriety, oor do I wish to thrust my coori,
tion npon other, bnt aimply to oontaibut,
mite toward removing dangers which immi!
nently threaten the very life of our frt iMy.
tutiona.
I aided Io organizing the Republican MrtJ
ia 1850, and present n unbroken record
cnting my last vote for Mr. Garfklj tor
President of the United State. I represented
the party, in my State on the National Co
mittce for teveral years, and served at i de.
gate in the Baltimore Couveotion in 1S6L
when Mr. Lincoln was nominated for a ate.
ond Preaidential term. Every Republican
felt proud of the associations and coafidett
that the Government was in the hands ol able
and honorable men.
The party wis based upon broad
principle of liberty to a l and promised (
policy calculated to elevate the toiling nil
iioni and stamp indelibly, "equality befor.
the law," npon all the constitutions and Uvi
of the Statea of the American Union. A hoc.
of great and honorable atateamen grarptd
firmly the party helm, the intelligent and j.
dependent voting masc came to- th front
with overwhelming majorities, and tha party
achievement duriog a term of year supply
many of the most important and brighten
page in the hiatory of thi great republic.
But party machinery gradually developed
a etas of eolf appointed leaden, who art not
famou aa statesmen, but notorious for dent
ing mercenary schemes to plunder th peo
ple, whose interests they were aworn to pro.
lect, and theiesultia a great money power
in the handa of the few, who either fill the
seats in both Houses of Congress,
or dictate tbe pliant tools woo
from tuch high places ahall
manipulate public affaire to the personal id
vantage ot the few, and looking to th en-
Isvetr.ent of the many.
The present system of American tariffs i
one ttupeodoua fraud, a methodical system oi
robbery, extorting tbe last pennies of tbe
poor to ewell the ill-gotten nillione ol tact
men aa Gould and Vanderbilt. Tha vaat it
crease of taxable property during the par!
twenty years, which Mr. Blaine in hit late
letter of acceptance, attribute to our pro
tective tariff tystem, wa brought about, at
every observer of event well know, by as
influx of prosperous and energstio immi
grant from the old world, and the settling op
snd making great States and cities on what
was before valueless waate cf publio lisd.
tnd he ahould have aaid all thia hie been
done ia apite of the destructive weight oi
taxation imposed by this party of
protection, upon the ' industries of
the country at large. The party
of to-day, and ita representative caodi
datet take positive grounds in favor of I
continuation of the protection policy, which
ia precisely the opposite of what ita founder!
intended. The system was then, aa now.
justly regarded at a twin aister to ilivery,
uperatiug to make the poor poorer and th
rich richer, but on the advent of the party to
power in 1 SGI the public necessities mad t
brief continuation of the system a neeeuity,
which has long since passed away.
At no former period in the history of th
party would the foul heresy of protection hive
been tolerated either on the platform or to
the stump for a dav. aud tbe position now
taken and being advocated opnly by Repnlh
lican orator and newspapers will donbtlesi
drive the thinking mattes, in tel'-defenae, to
voting the opposition ticket, preferrml to
take chance on any new policy rather ttita
attempt to longer support the burthen which
ia grinding them to powder.
Blaine and Cleveland are only citizens,
standing on the came level with tbe meanest
voter, bnt for the time they aiy representing
opposite sides of a great question which tbt
Republican Convention forced into a urinj
issue, frame ia the candidate tor tne n
and opulent, declaring that the day laborer
thould pay the same amount of tax into the
General Government aa tbe Vanderbilt;
while on tbe other hand Cleveland ia repte
leoting all that large class who believe that
the propel ty of the country houldpayl
its own protection. Blaine belongs to that
class who believe tbe toiling mssset were cre
ated for their use and convenience, whiw
Cleveland represents the people ae sgtinn
unnatural encroachments of a moneyed arnwc
racy and practically occupies the gronno
the Republican party ol twenty year k.
The Republican party, in the hand
knivM mod slanderer, i seeking "
mislead the people, and while they ar wu.
nHnml tn nvnnrv inn noi made IO gene-
it is prosperity, but as ia time gone by
other corntries, there is a point bfy4
which a long suffering people cannnot o iw
fir the date
mir nennle will unite and demand reform.
The matter of reforming our plao a
tion, of conrae, resta with the people, a
oolv method left is to cast aside party ; name
which do not mean what they once did. Bj
move by the ehorteat route to a raoicu
change of publio policy. Tbe wealthy, an
tocratio clas are expected to vote for
ano" protection, bnt the poor, who ar siP
in large msjority in all countries. bouiu, re
gardless of former political affiliation,
fens of themeelves and those to com aiw
u., itand in together and break th B'J
power, by voting in Aovember ".,.
Grover Cleveland for Prceident of the
publicans, look over the list of rr
arrogant knavea and imbeciles who rnir
party in Oregon and all over the country
day. The old ship of popular go"!,,.
laboring in the midst of a mot terrible ew
starvation and min threaten the .
avert impending wreck by going to
in November aad voting for Grover CIr
Read the present aitnstion, atop ea.dal
aside from preconceived notion, sou
honestly with yourelve. b, ; toWI
interett of tbe people sno - ,
. II. a.
Salem, Ogn.. Oct. 11.
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