s, because they are
perfectly satisfied that they could not make any arrangements with
him to get the money back, together with interest thereon, but the
people of this country are intelligent enough to know what that
means, and they will be patriotic enough to see to it that no man
needs to bow or bend or cringe to the rich to attain the highest
place.

The possibility is that Mr. Blaine could have been nominated had
he not withdrawn, but having withdrawn, of course the party is
released. Others were induced to become candidates, and under
these circumstances Mr. Blaine has hardly the right to change his
mind, and certainly other persons ought not to change it for him.

_Question_. Do you think that the friends of Gresham would support
Blaine if he should be nominated?

_Answer_. Undoubtedly they would. If they go into convention they
must abide the decision. It would be dishonorable to do that which
you would denounce in others. Whoever is nominated ought to receive
the support of all good Republicans. No party can exist that will
not be bound by its own decision. When the platform is made, then
is the time to approve or reject. The conscience of the individual
cannot be bound by the action of party, church or state. But when
you ask a convention to nominate your candidate, you really agree
to stand by the choice of the convention. Principles are of more
importance than candidates. As a rule, men who refuse to support
the nominee, while pretending to believe in the platform, are giving
an excuse for going over to the enemy. It is a pretence to cover
desertion. I hope that whoever may be nominated at Chicago will
receive the cordial support of the entire party, of every man who
believes in Republican principles, who believes in good wages for
good work, and has confidence in the old firms of "Mind and Muscle,"
of "Head and Hand."

--_New York Press_, May 27, 1888.

LABOR, AND TARIFF REFORM.

_Question_. What, in your opinion, is the condition of labor in
this country as compared with that abroad?

_Answer_. In the first place, it is self-evident that if labor
received more in other lands than in this the tide of emigration
would be changed. The workingmen would leave our shores. People
who believe in free trade are always telling us that the laboring
man is paid much better in Germany than in the United States, and
yet nearly every ship that comes from Germany is crammed with
Germans, who