The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-10-09
5AaM0NSI'ER MEETING
ATTHE CITY oFMAssMLON, OHIO,

IL Al SANo l LlV uldI llN ~
ATTIIE CITY oFMAssnLON, oHIt
In Honor OF the Visit, Of Mr.. Nia!ne-Ou
Hundred Thousand People Present md
Ten Thousand In tho Line of Process.
niom-Atr. Nin,no's Great speech. +
MAsILLoS, o., October s.-This Is III
} biggest field day ever known in the his
tory Of Stark county. At 10 o'clock til
streets were u dense mass Of people an
hnlf the people had not yet arrived. Th
} Akron delegation alone numbered 400
persons, and long trains arrived every fey
minutes during the morning from town
within radius OF los miles OF Massillon
Nearly every business block and private
residence in town is decorated Tho street.
were simply impossible and hundreds
werc unable TO find food or lodgings
Upwards Of l00,0O0people were thronenl
tho streets. The mammoth parade was
to have started ut II o'clock but the crush.
ing mass OF humanity in tho streets pre-:
vented any movement Of, the fpart d the
procession. Mr.. Blaine, and partylwere
driven overfrom Canton in decorated car.
riuges drawn by four horse teams. Hc
arose this morning ut D:20 after d refresh.
ing sleep. The day was pleasant but
lowering clouds indicated IL rain storm
before night. Trains arrived every few
minutes bringinga q multitude from all sec.
tons. Tho town is too small by half to
accommodate the enormous crowd.
TEN THOUSAND IN LINE.
Tho procession moved shortly before
noon. Mr.. Blaine and party reviewed the
parade from u large grand stand in the
pnblic square. There were over 10000
men in line. Many Of the banners and
trnnsparencies were novel. Portraits OF
Lincoln, Grant and Garfield were dis.
played. Just rs the parade was closing Il
heavy rain storm swept over the town,
and thousands OF people were unable to
secure shelter.
Shorty alter o'clock the rain ceased,
and the clubs mustered again and pro-
cecded to the house OF Mr.. Stecz, where
MIR. Blaine had taken lunch, from whence
they. escorted him again through the main
streets to the Fair Grounds, where he was
10 speak. The numbers in tho streets
seemed To have increased since morning,
and the demonstrativeness Of the people
ing. Arrived ut the grounds, Mr.. Blaine
seemed tobecren greater than in the morn
was escorted to the stand in the midst oi
great tent constr lcted to hold over 10, 900
people. The lcnt was already packed luli
and thousands more were gathered around
it outside. When the demonstrations with,
which Mr.. Blaine was received had sui
sided, he made the following speech: =
DLAISEs SPEECH.
MEN OF OHIo:-In procession OF our
political opponents at Youngstown re.
Gently, there appeared man and woman
in rags, and apparent wretchcdness, bear
ing the inscription "this is what protec-
ton has done for u.s." [Derisiyc laughter
This was intended to typify and denounct.
the results Of protection III Ohio. ! wan,
to present the other side OF the picture.
In Ohio to-day there are 2l,G0O manuinc.
turing establishments. They cost $500.
900, 900, and they turn out annually a pro-
duct worth $3.50 100000 and out OF the re-
suits OF that investment, and that pro-
,luct, / observe great many people in
Ohio who arc not in rags and
not in wretchedness. Laughter and great
cheering Thirty-ilve and ior,y Years ago
the entire western country wa, called
upon us an agricultural community to op-
pose the protective tariff because it un.
justly favored the manufactures OF the
East. Since then the manufacturing in
dustries OF the country have trav( led
westward until Ohio has become one OF
the. largest manufacturing States in the
Union lchecrs) and combining within
herselfa great agricultural interest and
great manufacturing interest she presents
all the elements OF comfort and material
progress. As st,adly rs tho agricultural
States become settled manufacturer follow.
inui:la and lliinuis AMI Michigan are
coming on rapidly after Ohio.
AGRICULTURE AND MASurA AcrurEs, e
Iowa, Kansas and Minnesota will come
along in due time, the result being that
the protective policy now upheld by the
Republican party operates so as to carry
the manufacturer into every State. and
ultimately into every county in the Union.
It never was designed that. one part
Of the country should be permanently
agricultural and the other part manufac
turing, but twas designed that agriculture
and manufactures should 20 hand in hand,
and wherever they do 60 hand iu hand
YOU have thrift, progress and happiness.
Renewed chcering.] II this industrial
system which combines the highest elc-
ments OF human prosperity by uniting
the agricultural and manufacturing inter
ests is worth pressing, you should not
forget that our political opponents have
never iailel in the last iiity-onc years,
never since 1888, when they had the bower
in Congress either'to repeal the protective
tariff, il ono existed, or to try to repeal il,
or prevent the enactment OF such u tariff.
In other words, since 1888, tho Democratic
party in Congress has never sustained by
its vote Il protective tariff; not once. TA
voice land it never will."] We are met
with the accusation that u protective
tariff injures the commerce OF the country.
That is moro frequently made in the East
tuuu Ill INC NcSt. E..-s ID,
THE ANSWER TO 1T. Ss.5 :, gag
The answer to it is that since tho prt,-
tcctiye tariff was enacted in 1861 the IT,
ports from tho United States have bcen
vastly greater III, amount and value than
al exports from the first settlement OF an
English colony i'll this country down. to
the Inauguration OF President Lincoln.
[Great cleerins.] I think TINT is worth
repeating. ["Yes, yes!9] Ii you take
every export that was ever made from the
territory which now constitutes the Unit.
cd States from the time OF the settlement
at jamestown and ut Plymouth Rock, in
1907 and 1920, clear down to 1860, and
add !. them together, they fail by
several thou and million dollars to
be US great 8: in amount rs our
exports from 1861 to this time. Renewed
cheering So that the assertion that pro.