Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-10-09

TIE visit Of Mr.. Blaine to Belmont
county is thus described by the Cincin-
natl Commercial Gazette of Sunday:
At Barnesville, as the train came in,
the sight Was u very handsome one. A
stand had been erected beside the depot,
and all around ii, and extending far away
up the hillside toward the city, were
gathered about 5000 people, showing
Barnesviile's right 10 the claim Of being
the banner Republican town of the coun-
ty. The greeting to Mr.. Blaine was II
very hearty one. and he spoke briefly.
From Barnesville TO Bellaire the speed
of she train was tremendous indeed, the
private special continually getting be.
hind the schedule time, AS the people
cling to Blaine and refuse to let him
60, and the engineer is obliged to in
dulgs in some wild bursts of speed, that
make ones hair stand up and nearly rip
tha off-side rails off.
When the party reached Bellaire, at 6
O'Clock, and took carriages, the city was
found TO be in the tDroeS of such a cele-
bration Is Columbus had given the night
before. Brave little Bellaire was seeing
to it that Biaines fifth days close should
not net put to the blush those that had
gone before, and she stood up to the
racket with Cleveland, Toledo, Cincinna-
Ii and Columbus well, aud, except in the
pure matter of numbers, was not out
done by any of them. The evening il
lumiDations ran greatly to Roman can
dies, and the dark and smoky city look
ed with its tens of thousands of lanterns.
lin lines, and squares, and wreaths, and
arches, like fairy city. The same scenes
of awful yelling thousands and vast
masses of cheering and surging humani-
ty. and the old cry Blaine, Blaine,
Blaine. Blaine" that goes ON hour after
hour, day after day, mile after mile,
across the State of Ohio. The people xl
reach and snatch at his hand, get under
the horses feet, run beside him, and
sheut themselves red and hOarse with
"Blaine, Blaine, Blaine"
Blaine's review of the procession will
be remembered in Bellaire as long as the
town endureS, and years hereafter,
when young politicians brag of big meet
ingS and professions, the old fathers in
Israel will smile slow and angelic smile
and mention the great Blaine meeting of
1884, even as the old men now throw up
1910 to us. 1t was indeed brilliant
sight, as fine, so far as it went, as that at
Columbus, because, at the Capital, the
circumstances and conditions are highly
favorable for such d grant display. In
the long line of march were delegations
from West Virginia, Ohio and Marshall
counties, and from Monroe and Jefferson
counties ip Ohio, aud as for Belmont, it
seemed as though every man, woman
and child in that county was present.
This procession was longer and far finer
than the great State procession of the
Democrats as Columbus last week, and
was only a local demonstration in corn
er of the State. The speeches were all
excellent, and were devoted as usual al
most exclusively to the tariff, and while
the speakers talked, the hearers were red
with the flames from the stacks
and chimneys, and the torches and illu
limitations of rejoicing Republicans. Mr..
Blaine spoke Very briefly, as the throng
seemed more anxious to grasp his hand
than hear a speech.