Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1884 — THREE SPEECHES. [ARTICLE]

THREE SPEECHES.

'Heveland Talks to the Fanners ol Elmira, N. Y., About Agricultural Hatters. Blaine Makes a Political Address at Augusta, Me., and Butler Speaks at Dec Moines, lowa. Cleveland. Fifty thousand people attended the opening of ffie New York State Fair, at Elmira, on the Bth nst. Gov. Cleveland, accompanied by his Private Secretary, Col. Daniel Lamont,and Adjt.len. Farnsworth, arrived |n the morning. At lie Governor’s special request no demonstration •me made aside from a salute of twenty-one runs by the Cleveland Battery. The party was net at the depot by Lieut.-Gov. Hill, Mr. M. H. Vroot, and a number of prominent citizens. The Irive about tbe grounds was a veritable ova■ion, and when the sights had been Been and the Governor's arm ached with pain, he arose in his .-arriage and in answer to the demand for a ipeech, said: I regard these annual fairs as something connected with the State Government, We boast >t our manufactures—oxcoeding, as they do, argely those of any other State —but our supremacy is clearly shown when we recall the ■aot that in addition to our lead in manufac■ures the value ot our farms and their products s second only among the States. The real value >f the farmer to the State and nation is not, jowever, fully appreciated until wo consider ■hat he feeds the millions of our people who are ingaged In other pursuits, and that the product if his labor fills tho avenues of our commerce tnd supplies an important factor in our financial -elatlona with other nations. 1 have not come to ittempt to please yon with cheap and fulsome praise, nor to magnify your worth and your imortanoe; but I have come as Chief Executive >f the State to acknowledge on its own beaalf that our farmers yield full return for the oeneflts they receive from the State Gcvirnment I have come to remind yon of :he importance of the interests which yon have in ffiarge, and to suggest that, notwithstanding ffie farmer's independence, he eannot and must uot be unmindful of the value and importance o the interests he holds in a Just and economis'd government. It is his right and his duty to lemand that all unjnst and inequitable btfrdena apon agriculture and lta products, bowover mused, should be removed, and that, while the ’urtherance of the other Interests of the State lave due regard, this important one should not pe neglected. Thus, by his labor as farmer, and n the full performance ot his duty as citizen, he will create and secure to himself his share of the ■esult of his toll, and save and guard for aM the people a most important element in the proserity of the State. The Governor was frequently interrupted by ffieers and applause. When be had finished he held a levee in the sent of the President of the association, and ffiousands crowded about him to grasp his hand. Seven thousand men were in line at night in » parade in honor of Gov. Cleveland. The procession was two hours in pa»slng the reviewing stand. After the parade dismissed ■he Governor entered the hotel and held an inormal reception. In tho course ol the evening le was presented with a banner bearing his portrait, the head encircled by four stars, typiying “sobriety," “Justice," "honesty,” and “reorm. Behind the hills was the sun Just •lMng, and labeled "victory.” After a general tandshaking the Governor retired for the night.

Bluinc. , The Republicans of Augusta;Me., held ajnbleo on the night of the State election. Blaine •vaa serenaded, and in response spoke oe folows: Fellow-citizens and old friends The Republicans of Maine may well congratulate themselves on the magnificent victory •vhicli they have won. Four years ago this iventna we were overwhelmed and humiliated by the Joss of the State. We rejoice now over ffie unparalleled triumph which is registered by -.he oholoe of both branches of the Legislature, <y the election of all the Representatives in Congress, of all the county offloers ‘ln jvery county in the State exoept one. and by a popular majority for Gov. Roble of perhaps 18,000 votes. Our canvass has been conducted on one great issue. It is the issue of oroteotlon to American labor. The tariff has been almost the only question discussed m our canvass, and tbe people have responded nobly, t hey know the details of the Morrison tariff bill. They know that the Morrison bill, enaoted Into law, would seriously eripple, if not utterly destroy, the leading industrial interests of Maine; that it would reduce the wages of every laboring man, and stop every new manufacturing enterprise In the State. Many Democrats in Maine who nover before wavered in their allegiance to the party have ranged themselves today on the side of protection to American industry by voting tho full Republican tioket. Party discipline is powerless against the convictions of men. The Issue on the tomperanoe amendment to the Constitution has been very properly and very rigidly separated from the politics! contest of the State to-day. Many Democrats voted for it, and some Republicans voted against It. The Republican party, by desire of the leading temperance men, took no action as a party on the amendment. For myself, I decided not to vote at all on the question. I took this position beoause I am chosen bv the Republican party as the representative of national issues, and by no act or mine shall any question be obtruded into the national campaign wliioh belongs properly to the domain of State polltios. Certain advocates of Srohlbition and certain opponents of prohlblon are each seeking to drag tbe issue into the national canvass, and thus try to exclude from popular consideration questions which press for national decision. If there beany questions that belong solely to the police power of the State It Is the control of the liquor traflio. and wise men will not neglect national issues in a year of national contest. Judldon* friends of a protective tariff, which is the practical issue of tbe campaign, will not divert their votea to the question of prohibition, whloh Is not a practical issue in the national campaign. Ido not disguise from yon that lam profoundly gratified with the result. Desirous of the good opinion of all men. (am sure I esteem beyond all others the good opinion of those excellent people among whom (nave passed nearly all the years of my adult life, who knew me intimately from young manhood as a fellow-citizen, neighbor, and friend. 1 return my thanks for your call and still heartier thanks for your great work of to-day.

Butler. Gen. Butler encountered a hearty reception it Dee Moines, lowa. The depot platform, says i Des Moines dispatoh, was crowded with thou* lands of the Massachusetts statesman’s admtrits and friends, who received him with cheers. The band played “Marching Through Georgia,* rod Gen. Butler, flanked by Gens. Weaver and Gillette, walked to the Aborne House, where he held a reception for two hours, shaking hands with a large number of people. A committed of ladfos, representing the woman suffragists of Polk County, waited upon the General, being given the first place of honor by Chairman Gillette. Upon being introduced to the General, Mrs. Bellangee, chairman of the delegation, made an address, to whioh Gen. Butler replied: Ladies: I thank you for this interview. I jould not speak and act otherwise In connection with this subject consistently with good sense rod sound statesmanship. I have no more doubts of woman's rights to citizenship under the constitution than I have of the constitutionility of our legal tender currency. It may take tome time to bring it out right, but it will come. The good sense of the American people will convince them that they can trust the ballot with all powers, in the hands to which they have committed the children and the homes of the naflon. In the afternoon the general addressed the people. The greenback element was largely represented. Many farmers, mechanl s, and soal-miners were present. Applause was frejuent and hearty, and from comments beard at Sts close the greenback heart of lows is beating with high hope. There is no doubt here that ;he General’B visit has stiffened the backbone of ;h4 green backers and not displeased the demounts.