Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-10-06
Mr.. BLAINE'S TRIP.
His Journey from Columbus to wheeling,
West yirginia-He Makes a Tariff
Speech at Belaire - The Senior
Class of Washington and JEFF
ferson College Make Him
Call.

depot cheered as the train moved out ant
MIR. Blaine bowed his acknow Judgement
from the rear platform. The first stop wa
at Newark where there was q large Grove
consisting mostly of workingmen.
SEARsvILLE, Ohio, Oct. 1.
Blaine was loudly cheered al the depot a
Newark. In front of the court house severa
thousand persons were assembled. Col
Chas. II Kibbler introduced the guest a,
''James &. Blaine of the State of Maine, but
now of the United States of America" Thi:
introduction excited several rounds of ap
plause. Mr.. Blaine said:
while l accept your kindly compliment
to myself and am grateful for it, desire tc
say that the mere personality of a candidate
for the presidency is of small account, bu,
what he stands for may be of very great ac.
count either in the way OF good or evil
That's it, and cheers. The question before
the people of the United States is whether
they wish to overthrow the financial and in
dustrial policy that has been established by
the republican party No; no. And for
myself am only of Importance because
represent those that answer as you do. No;
no loud cheers. | stand in the midst of a
rich community, one that am familiar with,
one that | have known from my earliest
childhood. | know of your great growth in
wealth, l know of your great progress in
every moral and material interest and cali
you to witness, every candid man in this as
sembly, whether he be republican or demo-
crat, and perhaps some democrat does me
honor to listen, call every one to witness
that your progress in the last 20 years, during
the existence and enforcement of the industrial
and financial system of the republican party
in which protective tariff and sound currency
are great and leading features, | call you
all to witness that your progress has been
greater, double over, than your progress in
the sixty preceding years. [Hear; hear; and
great cheering Your vote will decide the
contest. On the l4th of October, this cur
rent month, you meet your duty. | have
confidence that you will discharge it like
men," Renewed cheering
BELAIRE, Ohio. Oct. ).
At Searsville an enthusiastic crowd greeted
Blaine. The jam was so great that the party
had difficulty in getting to the carriages and
everybody appeared to be cheering and shout
ing. The carriage provided for Mr.. Blaine
was drawn by IA gray horses. There was a
escort of mounted Plumed Knights, but the
escort of men, women and children was far
larger. Around the stand were probably
10000 persons, SO densely packed that the
local committee and the police seemed help
less and two or three speakers who were ac-
companying him had to give up the attempt
to get to the stand, where Mr.. Bagley, secre-
tary of the Muskingum county committee,
introduced Mr.. Blaine. There was wild
outburst of cheering and as it subsidized an
Irishman attracted general attention by
shouting "A thousand welcomes Mr.. Blaine,
thousand welcomes, sir" Mr.. Blaine
thanked the people for their kind reception
and made brief reference to the industrial
interests of Ohio and the country at large,
presenting tariff as the chief issue of the cam
paign.
Mr.. Bagley, on behalf of the ladies of
Searsville, presented MIR. Blaine with beau
tiful floral ship of state, for which Mr.. Blaine
returned appropriate thanks.
At Cambridge Mr.. Blaine was driven to
the fair grounds where there was a large
meeting. He was received with cheering.
He returned thanks for the compliment and
briefly called attention to the tariff.
1t was dark when the train reached Belaire
The little town seemed to be full and almost
every building along the principal streets
were illuminated with lanterns. The streets
were well nigh impossible. The local COM
mittee found great difficulty in getting Blaine
through the crowd into the hotel. The people
CrOWueu the nOltl So ludl tne RueslS COulu
not pass to or from their rooms. The land
lord and local authorities appealed to the
crowd to clear at least a passageway, but the
people declined to move until Blaine should
say few words. The landlord having de-
liveied this Mr.. Blaine appeared at the head
of the stairs and bowed repeatedly. The
people cheered and made general rush to
shake hands with him, but he held his hand to
high to be reached from below. Going through
the motion of shaking hands he said pleas
antly: Il thank you gentlemen and | beg
you to consider that am shaking hands with
each and every one of you, as | would take
great pleasure in doing if my hand were not
so tired" The crowd took him at his word
and gave three cheers, after which the pas
sage was cleared. At about o'clock Mr.
Blaine was escorted to the stand where he
was to view the procession. Hon. I. J.
Finerty, Gen. Adam King OF Baltimore and
other republican speakers were in Belaire to
fill appointments and the town was given up
to fireworks and political oratory. AT late
hour Mr.. Blaine made another tariff speech
He will spend Sunday in Belaire.
WHEELING, W. Va, Oct. L.
At Belaire, Ohio, late Saturday night
after the procession and after the others had
spoken, Mr.. Blaine made the following
speech:
sThe question of tariff for protection i:
primarily of interest to the laboring man
The original material that enters into any
fabric constitutes only very small element
in the cost of that fabric. II you take steam
ship that cost $500, 900 when she is launched
the material in her costs $4,000, labor S495,
600. If you take q ton of pig iron that sell:
in your market today for $40 the material
that goes into it does not cost originally 9C
cents, the labor costs sl9.i0. l mention
these facts which might be varied indefinitely
for illustration in many departments. to show
that if tariff for protection is primarily OF
specially of interest to any one il is to the
laboring man and il the laboring man will
not protect himself with his vote, how car
he ask others to do it. The effect of tariff
for protection is not a question of specrla
ton. Ii is question of fact, a question in
which you can appeal to figures. You are
citizens of the State of Ohio. You have 8
new city which has grown up within the las
Is years. You are one of the evidences o.
the great growth of the State. Ohio is tht
third State in the Union in population anC
wealth and have had occasion today to say
at other meetings what now say to you ant
what beg to impress on your minds.
want you to take two epochs in the history
of Ohio. Take first the year of 1860. You
state was then about 60 years old. 1t was I:
years then from the time that Ohio was or
ganized part of the Northwest Territory Ii
those 73 years of territorial and state exis
! tence the citizens of Ohio had accumulate,