Curtin, when he was chosen governor by a majority of thirty-two thousand, was largely due to his able and persuasive presentation of the tariff question, and to his effective appeals to the laboring- men in the coal and iron sections of the State.
Blaine attributes Governor Curtin's electoral success to his effective advocacy for tariff issues.
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