Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-10-09
II BLAI M e:
A Right Royal Welcome,
ENTHUSIASTIC DEMONSTRATIONS ALL ALONG
THE LINE

the Plumed Knight from Maine on Sat-
urday and Tuesday, as he passed through
this county. At Barnesyille, crowd OF
at least five thousand we're at the depot
Mr.. Blaine alightsd from the car and
was conducted TO stand near the depot
where he talked for Q few moments on
the tariff to the delighted Thousands. At
Belmont, the train stopped for few
moments, and the next President bowed
his Acknowledgements to 8 large crowd
The train arrived at Bellairs at 81
o'clock, where an immense crowd was
Awaiting the arrival of The distinguished
party. Mr.. Blaine, with great difficulty,
made his way TO the carriage In waiting
and was driven rapidly to the Globe
House, where the street was blocked
with solid mass uf people. After q
brief rest, he was driven to the square
where he reviewed monster torch light
procession and spoke TO $4,000 people.
MR.. BLAINE SAID:
MEN OF OHIO: The question of tar
iff for protection is primarily of interest
to the laboring man. The original ma
tutes very small element in the cost OF
that fabric. If you take steamship
that costs 100000 " hen sne is launched
the material in her costs S5 00O-the la
Dor S495,0O0. If you take ton of pig
iron that sells in your market to-day for
$40, the material that goes into it does
not cost originally over 80 cents; S19 10
are labor. l mention these facts, which
might be varied indefinitely; for illustra-
tions in many departments, to show that
if a tariff for protection is primarily or
especially of interest to any one it is to
the laboring man. Thousands of voices,
YOU'RE right" And if the tailoring
man will not protect himself with his
vote, how can he expect others to do il
That's so,' and cheers. The effect of
tariff for protection is not question
of SPECULATION; it is 4 question OF fact; 4
question which you can appeal to figures.
You are citizens of the State of Ohio.
You have new city which has grown
up here within the last fifteen years You
are one of the evidences of the great
growth of the State. Ohio is the third
State in the Union in population and in
wealth, and have had occasion to say
at other meetings to-day what now say
to you, and what l beg to impress upon
| your minds.
want you to take two epochs in the
history of Ohio. Take first the year
1860. Your State was then abont sixty
years old. 1t was seventy three years
then from the time Ohio was or
ganized as part of the Northwest terri
tory. In these 73 years of Territorial
and State existence the citizens of Ohio
had accumulated wealth to the amount
of eleven hundred millions dollars. The
United States census of 1850 shows that
the total wealth of Ohio was then alittle
over eleven hundred millions-a very
large sum of money. In 1861 the indus
trial 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 en-
acted v hich has been ever since in force.
"a voice, Thank God!' Laughter and
cheers.
In 1880, twenty years after the census
of which have spoken, another census
was taken, and it WAS found that in those
twenty years the aggregate wealth of The
State of Ohio had increased from eleven
hundred millions to three Thousand two
hundred millions. You had added to
your wealth in those twenty years double
as much as had been created in the 70
years preceding. You had added upon
an average one hundred million dollars
per year to the permanent capitalized
wealth of your State. Applause. And
that was done largely by virtue of and in
pursuance of the effect of the protective
tariff upon the labor and industries Of
your State. Renewed applause.] Do
you want that to continue? Chorus of
voices, "Yes. yes."l Do you want to
have anv experiments tried upon it?
L"No, nop'l Do you want Congress to
be continually convulsed with the ques-
tion. 50 as to unsettle values, and check
enterprise, and frighten capital; and.
generally, to produce a condition of
doubt aud uncertainty throughout all
the financial business interests of the
United States? ["No! no! nor
Why, look at what has been the effect
simply of the Morrison tariff bill. They
did not get it through the House of Rep
resentatives even, but they kept the
country in turmoil and agitation, and
thus affected injuriously the interests of
every laboring man and every capitalist
in the United States. ["That's truel"
That's it,"
Do you want to organize not merely
change in the tariff, for that nigh. be
defeated do you want to organize a
perpetual Congressional agitation of that
question? ["No! NowJ If you do not.
the matter is in your own hands. [Great
cheering Ohio has the power to COM
mand it shall not be. You have the
power to join in that command, and the
opportunity will be given you on the l4th
day of October. through your Individual
ballots. and leave it with you. Pro-
longed cheering.l
Mr.. Blaine remained over night at the
Globe, and on Sunday afternoon, by the
advice of some friends; drove by the
ridge road to the National road, ut G. H.
Arick's. where he stopped for couple
of hours, and enjoyed the country air
and some choice grapes. Lats in the
evening the party started to Wheeling,
stopping at John Pattersons, where he
Vas intercepted by a Wheeling commits
tee. He chatted pleasantly with Mr.. P,
who was greatly delighted with his dis
tinguished guest. He reached Wheeling
and got to his rooms in the Mcclure, un-
observed. although an anxious crowd
hdu UtCu a w diOiHS ulo SILVIA uays
On Monday the party went to Grafton
and Parkersburgh, over the B. & o.. and
returned by the Ohio river road, Tues
day. At half-past ten, escorted by the
Plumed Knights of Wheeling. and the
Bridgeport Club. Mr.. Blaine and party
came to Bridgeport and boarded a special
on the c., L. s. w. road. Here he met
with a tiattering ovation "a Thousand
people gathering at the depot to get a
glimpse Of him.
The special B. & o. car Midland" was
coupled to President ChamberIain's prl-
vate car, which was beautifully decora>
ted, and together with coach made
up the trair. which was drawn by en-
gine Is. Pres't Seleah Chamberlain.
Vice Pres't w, S. Strestor, Manager Os
car Townsend, Sup't VIM. Thornburgh.
OF the c.. L. Il W.. aceoRl panied the