Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-10-09
BLAINE IN OHIO.
His Unprecedented Effort "a
Catch the Unwary Voter.


MAssrLoN. Ohio, Oct s.-Mr. Blaine, ac
companied by Hon. VIM Mckinley and
| lang line of private carriages. drove owe
this morning from Canton to Massilon,
distance of eight miles. The scenery be
tween the two places is very beautiful ant
MS the weather was fair the carriage drlv,
was refreshing relief from railroad travel
Nearly all the houses and stores along tn,
main street by which Massilon was entered
were beautifully decorated and the Who'll,
population of the town seemed to be out Il
| receive Mr.. Blaine. feature of the pro
| pramme was procession composed of Re
publican clubs and manufacturing opera
| lives. Among those with Mr. Blaine OF, the
stand from which the procession was re
viewed were Senator Cullom, OF Illinois, ex
Secretary. Window, VIM. Mckinley INC
| Hon. w. A. Tenney, OF New York.
shortly after l o'clock the rain ceased and
the clubs mustered again and proceeded tc
the house Of Mr.. steeze where Mr.. Blaine
had taken lunch, whence they escorted hin
again through the main streets to the fail
grounds, where he was to speak. The mum
bers In the streets seemed to have increased
| since the morning demonstration. Blaine
| was escorted to a stand in great tent, In
tended to hold over lO,eo0 people. The tent
was already packed full and thousands more
were gathered around II on the outside
When the demonstrations with which Mr.
Blaine was received had subsidized, he made
| the following speech: "When In Ohio, in a
| procession of our political opponents al
| Youngstown, recently, there appeared man
and woman In rags and apparent wretch
edness. bearing the inscription: "This
| Is what protection has done for us.
| (Derlsive lanehter) This was intended Ia
| fypify aud denounce the results of protec
ton In Ohio. want to present the other
side Of the picture. In Ohio to-day there are
q 900 manufacturing establishments They
cost $2O0, 600 900 and they turn. out annually
products worth $3.50 ,0)0, 900. AS the results oil
that investment and that product, l observe
a great many people in Ohio who are not In
rags and not In wretchedness. daughter
and great cheering.) Thirty-fve and forty
years ago, the entire western country
community, to oppose protective tarin be
cause II ufijustly favored the Manufacturers
OF the East Since then the manufacturing
industries of the country have Travelled west
est manufacturing States OF the Union
fcheersl. and combining within herself
great agricultural interests and great manu-
featuring interests, thus presents all the ele
ments Of comfort and material progress. As
steadily as agricultural States become settled
manufactures follow Indiana and Illinois
and Michigan are coming on rapidly after
Ohio; Iowa, Kansas and Minnesota will come
along in due time the result being that the
protective policy now upheld by the Repub-
iican party operates so far to carry manu-
facture into every State and ultimately into
every county in the Union. 1t never was
designed that one part OF the coun-
try. should be permanently agricultural
aud another manufacturing, but 1t
was designed that agriculture and
manufacture should go hand in hand
lcheers) and wherever they do go hand in
hand they have thrift progress and hap
dustrial system, which combines the highest
elements OF human prosperity by the unity
Of agricultural and manufacturing interest,
worth preserving? You should not forget
that our political opponents have never
failed in the last hfty-one years, never since
1888. when they had power in Congress
gress either to repeal protective
tariff II one existed or to try to
Of such tariff In other words, since 1888 the
Democratic party In Congress has never sus
tanned by its vote protective tariff. "a voice,
" And II never willro We are met with the
accusation that protective tariff Injuries the
quently made in the east than in the west.
fanswer to 1t that since protective tariff was
enacted in 1861, the exports for the United
States have been vastly greater in amount
sna since vsse she st settlements I'll mt oi sfp0ss an
English colonist on this. continent
down to the Inauguration of President
Lincoln. [Great cheering1 | think that is
worth repeating. tYes, yes.l II you take
territory which now constitutes the United
States, from the time OF the settlements at
Jamestown and at Plymouth Rock in 1907
and 1920 clear down to 1860 and add them to-
gether they. fail BY several thousand mil
lions OF dollars to be as great In amount as
our exports from 1861 to this time. Re
newed cheering.l So that the assertion
that protective tariff hinders the develop
menf of the commerce OF the coun-
try Is not only disproven by facts but
dfraptlv ba noufrarv * trup for apripulfn ra
and manufactures and commerce go hand
in hand, and were designed to go hand in
hand. They are the triple cords which
bound together. make up the strength OF ma
tiOnal prosperity. | assume, therefore, that
the people OF Ohio are interested In main
taiplng protective tariff, and II you are, II
Is in your power to do it. [we'll do It, wen
do It," and great cheering. Ohio speaks her
voice on Tue ,day next. This District win
have an opportunity to speak her voice and
say whether one of the most brill
liant advocates of protection that
ever served In Congress shall be
returned tCheers for Mckinley You
w Stes bs wbe
Ohio has had in developing her agricultural
and manufacturing interests together. Its
for you men OF Ohio to say, while the ma
tion looks on to record your opinion and
judgment. thank you for your cordial re-
ception and bid you good bye
When Mr. Blaine ceased speaking the great
audience burst into storm OF cheering and
shouting which lasted several minutes.
Gen. Hawley, ex Secretary ,y, WINDOW nSIn ana ID
speeches. The people called repeatedly for
Mckinley, and when he appeared the cheer
ing was second only TO that which welcomed
Blaine. Mckinley did not make speech,
but confined himself to introducing some
other syeakers. In the evening there was
large torchlight procession. After dark
Blaine drove with Mckinley 10 Canton.