Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-10-07
MORE BLAINE.
ne Opens Up Before n Grove In
West virginia.

FAIRMONT, w. Va, Oct b.-BlaineS party
left wheeling Ct clocR c this morning. morn Al
onstrstion by the crowd. As the train moved
slowly out Oh the city workmen G cime out oi
the shops. people out OF their houses, and
cheered. The flrst stop was made a Mounds
state Committee introduced Blaine, who was
warmly received. He said: II ain glad to
meet the citizens OF Marshall county. l am
glad to be In West virgihis. consider 1t
one OF the encouraging signs of the times
that an earnest contest Is going on In what
was ones slave State for the ascendency OF
Republican in principles. and Republican
principles this year. mem a t,riff
iiScheers] II West Virgins IS In favor Of i that
She Is Republic IN II she Is opposed to it she
Is not Republic IN. The decision rests with
At Clmeron. Littleton. Huntington and
Pennington there were brief stops, and at
each point Blaine spok briefly of the i'm
| porttnce to West Virginia OF a protective
At Falrmont there was quite large meet.
ing, and Mr.. Blaine left the train and ap
dressed the people from staId.
| At Grafton there was very large and re-
markably enthusiastic greeting. The little
mountiin town was pscked fall OF people
from the surrounding country. Blaiae was
nonstrltions with which he was received,
subsidized he said: "Citizens OF West vir-
ginii as your distinguished chairmln has
Unlimited. am no str niger to your 81 tie. 1
ye irs aud have known this section Of 1t
well. WAS born on b INK the of yonder river,
few miles below the point where II enters
pennsyiv snil, and you do not need
f w es ss tod unity h me e tssi issns there w.s
the inhabitsnts oi the Monongahsla Valley.
[Cneersl But do not see before me the
West Virginia which knew in my boyhood
The we.. yirsinis q forty yesw ws, ago W. WIS
ginia OF TO diy Is prosperous industrial
State. .[Applause.l West Virginia as an In
dependent commonwealth beg N her exist
ence during the civil war, aud Al thit Il ~
the most liberal estimate Of her total prop
erty, according to the enumeration OF the
United Stttes census, did not exc eed 81 o.
900, 900 and In 1889 Il show tifatyon poss5ssed
capitalized we nth to the amount OF 1850, 900.
900. From the close Of the war to the yeir
1880 West Virginia had, therefore, lined In
wealth the enormous sum OF S250,0O1,D00
You have red pretty well. therefore under
Republic IN administr ltion. Liughter and
cneers.] 1t is prob ,ble that some polite Il
opponent does me the honor to listen to me,
aud would ask him as clndid m ID
wnat agency WIS Il that nerved the arm
OF industry to smite the mountains and
ere ,te this we nth In West Virginia. 1t was
financial system that gave you good money.
re C1eers] Before that was passed you never
lad Circulating In your midst bunk bill
that would piss current five hundred miles
do not to day have single piece Of paper
money in circ cnlation In West yirginit tnat
Is not. good all around the globe [Great
cheering. Not a bill that will not p lss as
In New York or b fillmore. 80 that the m N N
who works TOR dry IS wages knows wnen
Saturday night comes th 1t he will be p lid
IA good money. lkenewed cheers,l Under
protective tariff your coal industries and
aud your Iron Industries and the, We nth
OF your. forests have been brought
out, and It is for your voters OF
West virginia to say whether you want
this 10 Continue or whether you want to try
sy. with ali respect. th'lt there Is not a
Demccritic statesin N on the stump In West
Virginil. cjnspsc ious enough to be known
to the ltion. speak only Of those | know,
who adycc ties protective tiriff. go FIR
ther. do not know OF a Dem mlcritic states
man who viii acknowledge that tmir for
protection Is INSTITUTIONAL. and taerefnre
as honest men, taey are b0untftp oppose IL.
i, the N asn arisen ,ssa ,ls wesa, ES aaa have
sfruck II the interests of West Virginia in
miuy Vital results, and 1t an am zing fact
tnat the represent ,tiyes in Congress from
West Virginia voted for that bill There Is a
minds. that God helps those who help them
selves, and II West virginis Is not
willing to susti ain protective tariff by her
vote and her influence she must not expect
II to be sustained for ner by Others, II she
wants the benefit OF protective tariff she
must give to protective tariff the benefit of
ner support. (Cleers.) am glad that an
addressing southera people, a community
that were slaye-holders. a immunity m ,de
up of those who were IN aster and those who
were slaves. but ! address slave 81 tie mo-
longer (great cheeringJ. l am appealing to
West Virginia not to vote upon Tradition or
prejudice, not to keep her eyes to the re IT.
but TO look to the front and the future she vii.
do 1t ind wild cheering, and II IcbHid be
ne ird would IN Ike the stme appeal tol
other Slutnern ST ties, to. old virginl. t.
Sortn roll! to Georgia. to Alb N !. 10
tennessee md t. L,uisiaht. fney are ali
i N IL " nich do .tncS prefer. Ia gratlfs Al
preiud, G or promote gener 4 pr lsperity.
West Virginia III lead the v " : e a..
yresk tlis seemingiy imrrezn b e rrfer of
the lid > ruth tcheerA tnd cries OF we II do
Z. wen do III: 8 Sliid on whatt s bid on
prejudice. solid on a tr tdition; solid upon
d.c.rines that sep tr Ite the different portions
oi tne union' waere Is, invite you to join in
! union not merely in form but union In
isct, and To- Ike your p irt la toe solution Of
the industrill and financial problem OF the
time great cheeringl. II West Virginia
kes tn It course on the 1ftn of october sne
low sgitite us. Sac wiil.l / repe It, OF
protective tlriff. that, according TO the terms
4 tue Morrison bill. 1t would cost West vir-
sinii syast i'm OF money. between 1879 and
lo,J you tiaed In this Site one hundred
md sixty millions OF dollars: between Is o
md BAYOU will gain m1cn more with
t,rin for protection; but ask
my business nan II he believes you Gun do
L with free trade. No.. no. MOL Here I
close my words OF counsel, le,ving action to
jou. leave you not ss a community iuhu
snced by sectional feeling, but as a commu
atty roidiy national. I leave you as a
st ite allied on the one side to Pennsylv ania
md on the other to Ohio, lCneers.l as
much asyou are to Virginia and Kentucky,
leave YOU IS a Site That stands in the van
II the Lew South inviting the whole South
TO join lL a gret ustionil government
whicn shall in fact and feeling, as well as in
form, m Ike us people with one union on
.ne Constitution aud one destiny. [Great,
prolonged aud Continued cheeringl
Alter Blaine the Hon. A. W. ienuy, of
Brooklyn, made a speech From Or tfton
I special train turned again toward the