St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-11
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CHILLlCoTHE, Oct. 10.-Mr. Blaine left Col
umbus by special train on the Scioto Valley road
at 10 thi s forenoon. Mr. Hanna Of the state
committee, left the party, and ex-Gov. Foster
took charge The first stop was
AT CIRcLEvuLE,
where there was large gathering in front of
the court house. Mr.. Blaine was received in the
enthusiastic manner that has now become mat
ter of course on this tour. He was introduced
by Judge Smith, of Circleville, and spoke as fol-
lows:
''If to be observed by an entire continent be a
source of pride the people of Ohio should be very
proud to-day, because the eyes of every state in
the union are upon them, and the action of the
people of Ohio on Tuesday next is awaited with
deep solicitude throughout the length and
breadth of the nation. Left now as the only
state that votes in October, the average degree
of Republican zeal in the country is to be tested
by your vote, and your vote will be taken as an
index to the vote Of November. My only mis-
sion therefore is to urge upon you the importance
of your action on Tuesday next and to ask you
if you are ready for it. For the first time
in forty years, the first time since 1914, when
Mr.. Clay and Mr.. Polk were the nominees of the
two great parties, the tariff for protection be-
comes from the very first day of the campaign
subject for popular discussion. That discussion
is well nigh closed and the question is to be
submitted to jury of 500, 900 voters in your
state, that jury decide may be the fate of the
protective tariff in this country for a generation
II IS too late now TO go into elaboration of argu-
ment. Action is the word now. Action is your
duty. l refrain, therefore, from doing more
than to remind you that in all the critical
elections in the past except the
critical elections of 1868 and and 1884 never
has more weighty or far reaching responsibility
devolved upon the soil of Ohio than that which
they will meet on Tuesday next, and meeting
which 1 hope and believe they will fully and
faithfully discharge th9ir duty.
AT cHnL1coTHE.
PORTSMOUTH, O., Oct. 1O.-The reception at
Chillicothe was elaborate and artistic The ap-
proach to the stand was through an avenue be-
tween parallel lines of uniformed horsemen. At
the upper end of this avenue there were two
rows OF girls dressed In white, representing the
states of the Union, and holding up a series
of green arches beneath which Mr.
Blaine passed. Upon the stand there were three
smaller girls representing Malne, Vermont and
! Ohio. Chillicothe settled by Virginians, and
indications OF the origin of the town were seen
! in the unusual number of horsemen and of ne
groes taking part in the procession, Gen. Sam'l
II. Hurst made a brief and exceptionally good in
! troductory speech, and the people received Mr..
Blaine with every demonstration OF enthusiasm
When he got opportunity to speak he said
''From my school days / have been familiar
with the Scioto valley, and have heard much of
| the rich lands of Paint creek. 1 am glad to see
| their inhabitants before me. 1 am glad to see
| before me this great representation of the rich
agricultural portion of Ohio. / am glad to recall
to their minds this morning the duty which the
| nation expects of them on Tuesday next. Your
| chairman has been pleased to refer to the six
| great contests in which the Republican party
| has been victorious. In the first presidential
contest in which the Republican party was
engaged, 1t was the vote OF Ohio that gave
strength to the legions that followed the gallant
! young Fremont. 1t was the vote OF Ohio in
October 1850, that in large part secured Mr..
/ Lincoln's election. 1t was the vote of Ohio in
| 1854 that secured the great victory to LOYALTY
aud the Union on the roar of civil war. Il was
the vote in October, 1868, that awarded the great
| hero of the war with the presidency, and re-
peated il in 1872 and il was the votes of October
! 1876. and October, 1880, that elevated two Ohio
statesmen to the presidential chair 1t
1 remains to De seen whether the
! great legions of Republlcanism, whether
! the great clans that have gathered upon the
| plains and in the valleys of Ohio shall now be
worsted in the encounter Of Tuesday nsxt
Whether in this seventh conflict for the great
principles Of a great party you will maintain
/ your splendid record of twenty y-eieht years Ii
/ is too late for argument, that has been exhausted
/ 1t is too late even for the appeal that has been
addressed TO you, and there remains Only your
own sense Of duty and your own loyal determi-
nation. / thank you for your kind greeting, and
of Tuesday next. AT 40 the train arrived at
! Portsmouth.
At PORTSMOUTH.
IRoNToN, o., Oct. 1O.-At Portsmouth there
was tremendous demonstration There were
fully 10000 people in the streets and in the
meeting around the stand where Mr Blaine was
introduced. He made brief speech, presenting
the protective tariff as the great issue and urg-
ing the Importance Of the October vote in Ohio
as bearing upon that question and on the presi-
dental contest. The crowd was so great and
so enthusiastic that it proved quite difficult for
Mr.. Blaine to get back to his carriage 1t was
after dark when the train arrived
AT IRoNToN.
There again was an immense crowd, who
pressed around Mr.. Blaine and cheered "a he
alighted from the train. He was escorted by a
body of plumed knights to the house of Mr.
Wilson, where ne took tea. Later he was driven
down town 70 large stand from which he re-
viewed torchlight procession. After the pro-
cession the people called for q speech. Mr.
Blaine, in response, spoke at some length in