Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-10-12
BLAINE.
He Says he Owns Coal Mines
i'm Ohio.
His Defense of the Hooking Valley
Matter Very Lame-His Polit-
litical Goose Hanging
Low = His Effort to
Save Ohio.

LANCASTER, o., Oct. l1.-At Nelsonyiiie
the centre OF a mining district In the hocs
ing Valley, Blaine made the followint
speech: "If am at home anywhere, is -
a coal region. was born and brought up IL
a coal region, in the valley of the Mononga
bela. and know something about coal
have been an owner of coal lands nearly al
of my adult life. and the greater par. o
what little property have In this woria J
in coal lands. have also ,ns peeH ~ :" coal an
tnteresfed a. stockholder and a director o
: company In West Virginia; ! have nae
fwenty-nine years experience IN cohnectioi
with the coal Lind Industry ths s neither myse
nor sny Of the companies with which have
heen connected have ever had strike OF
disnufe or quarrel OF any kind with any
man. (crles Of Good Goodr, ana cheers.
eighteen months the company am con
nected with has been able to pay an average
Of about sixty dollars month q A{ery one
81 the two hundred men engaged lCries Of
am not tsiking about subject do not un-
ferIsnn' am the sa' owner OF coal lands
In Pennsyiyania and in West Virginia,
am kindly assured by number OF Demo,
coal land In Hooking Valley. Laughter,
Now think when q man has property at
tributed to him which he protests. he does
not own and when the other parties Insist
that he does own IT, they ought sod1 y pc t f9 Sm
Laughter and cheers. They say that am
Z large holder in the Hooking Valley syndi-
cate. say that do not own single share.
They say again that do Let them come into
coun aud make the ownership good to me.
TGood.i ii i could bring them into court on
that Issue aud under the rules suggested,
could bankrupt great many democratic
editors and speakers who insist tnat own
properly that and never aid oTn tbat miners
in this region have had some trouble WIN
the operators and our political Dpponents
say l am one OF the owners; As ! saiI = Y
while ago, have never had any tiomy,t W, !,
with the men employed In the mines WIN y
which am Interested. and never expect q
have any. because II ] cannot continue
the business withot difncnlties oi that KIND
/ shall abandon II (cheers). think tnere Is
no shat be employs that ought
not TO be settled by fair, imparual arp,tra
lion. and think the man who Is not willing
10 stibuit such matter 70 arbitration oughi
10 explain to the public why ne y tmnnrsrs anw,g
tronbie r. why should you turn your backs
sRsS,eh ,yRs,eh ins has fcr ''t twenty years improved
sna occurred the development Of your
yainSas In that wayg Because you cant
have the high tide OF prosperity all IN, ne
line do YOU. therefore, say that you VIII
nave nave The low tide Of adversityf That's IL
In this world We hays 90 tske Yoa cannot u,1
iesn haxe a ST stream fow down is bed without
hsv;nc an eddy now and then, You cannot
i've bsvs he Hood tide OF the oeean
gi;hout a corresponding eD9i insse axse
occasional disturbances s o' ~ .ne be e'gn IN,
fsIs.pIs sSM o. fsS want to get rid q Them. q
course. hut tho parties concerned shonld
dsai with each other in patient and con
ciliatory spirit and in y9ur anxiety & 70 rene, me,
tbipt AZ lness u tearing away The very foundation
on which the prosperity Of your State and OF Of
your 70 country rests. cheers bas,pss btappssi e e
soa as workingmen, as miners because u
protective tariff Is not good ior ns,hina sosf n'
non does not develop these, L
naes moi dsyelop anything, and II
nsoteetiye tariff we're repealed tomorrow,
these hills would be again wrnp. ,ax ~ astad tae
silence and deseriion ip snicn ,hsi mn nraeeSed
fhe enactment Of iprotectiye tafln but on
shs other hand. II protective tariff Is main
tslned. / have full faith that your troubles
will soon be adjusted, and Una, hew eaa "a =,
prosperity will dawn upon H. 'Aene"eu
4 miner said: MAY ask, Mr.. Blaine, II
you are Interested IN the Union na, iufnacea, !.
stncie penny. will make 1t stronger
thsn that. never owned an interest
IN any iron furnace In Ohio os "a dsayyheree
neser was engaged In the iron business az
All. but i have been engaged In the coal
business and large. proportion of the pro.
Serty / own Is invested in coal to-day. ! am
lntefested with you In this matter. II the
coal business breaks down in Ohio, 1t can. can,
not be maintaiped IN Pennsylvania Or West
virginia. We all stand or falI To-
eefiser. When they .wsra about to sign
tes declaration Of Independence some one
san saans ~ sa'1stber YES said he. 'Tf ws do
naps not aeosss she Third viii see % 4 ths we
hang Laughter siSe csa and ,ndssalx shesrs
icseess.l thank you for the very kind d re-, E,
ception you have given me- re-, aaa shs soon y,
have better times for the mining interests
Throughout the whole United States.