Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-10-06

wealth TO the amount or eleven hundred
million of dollars. The United States cansu.
of 1860 shows the total wealth of Ohio was
little over 81, 100. 200, 900, very large sum o,
money. In 1861 the industrial and financial
policy of the United States was changed BY
the incoming of the republican party and in
consequence of that change protective tariff
was enacted which have been ever since in
force. In 1880, 20 years after, another census
was taken and il was found that the aggregate
wealth of the State had increased from
eleven hundred millions You had added to
your wealth in 20 years double as much as
had been created in 73 years preceding You
had added upon an average one hundred
millions per year to the permanent capitalized
wealth of your State and that was done
largely by the virtue of and in pursuance of
the effect of protective tariff on the labor and
industries of your State. Do you want that
to continue? Yes, yes Do yo want to
have any experime nts tried upon it? No.
no Dou you want Congress to be convulsed
with the Qustion 80 as to unsettle the values
and check enterprise and frighten capital and
generally to produce the condition of uncer-
tainty throughout all the financial and busi-
ness interests of the United States? No, no.
Why look at what has been the effect of the
Morrison tariff They did not get it through
kept the country in turmoil and agitation and
thus effected injuriously the interests of every
laboring man and every capitalist in the
United States. Do you want to organize not
merely change in tariff, for that might be
defeated. but do you want to organize perpet-
ual congressional agitation of that question
No, no. If you do not the matter is in
your own hands. Ohio has the power to
command that il shall not be You have
power to join in that command and an oppor
tunity will be given you on the l4th day of
Oct, through your individual efforts. :"
Cheers.
Blaine remained quietly at Belaire till
afternoon, and then, accompanied by his son
and members of the local committee, drove
BY somewhat circuitous road through q
region long familiar to him to Wheeling. 1t
was after dark when he reached the hotel
here.
During his stay at Belaire, the senior class
of the Washington and jefferson College,
Blaine's Alma Mater. came by special train
from Washington, Pa, to call on him.
Blaine received them in his parlor and the
meeting was very pleasant one Each
member ofthe class was personally introduced
and as most of them were natives of Western
Pennsylvania, Blaine in many instances
knew the family to which they belonged.
Several were sons of his old collage mates.
Although the usual differences in politics
existed in the class, all of the members of it
seemed to be strong Blaine men. Quite an
interesting incident was the meeting between
Blaine and his uncle, Hon. John E. Wing of
Washington, Pa, who came to Belare ex-
pressly to see his nephew. Mr.. Wing is a
venerable and remarkably well preserved old
gentleman, SO years of age. He formerly
represented his district in the Pennsylvania
legislature and in Congress, and is said to be
the oldest living graduate of the Washington
and Jefferson College.
On Monday Blaine will go up to Grafton,
w. Va. whence he will return here via
Parkersburg and will again cross into Ohio
to keep an appointment already made in that
State.