The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-10-09
Linked Sweetness Long Drawn Out.

Linked Sweetness Long Drawn Out.
wHEE ING, w. Va, Oct. 5.-Mr.
Blaine remained quietly at Bellaire UNI
til this afternoon, and then, accompa-
MED by his son and members of the To-
cal committee, drove, over u somewhat
circuitous road through "a region long
familiar TO him, TO Wheeling. IL was
after dark when he reached the hotel
here. Durins his stay at Bellaire the
senior class Of Washington and Jciler-
son college (Mr. Bl,ine's Alma Ma
teri came by special train from
Washington, Pennsylvain, to call
upon him. Mr.. Blaine received themi in
his parlor, and the meeting was a very
pleasant one. Each member of the class
was personally introduced, and n most
of them were natives OF Western Penn
sylvauia, Mr.. Blaine In many instances
knew the families to whom they be
longed. Several of them were SON of
his old c~nllegemates. Although the
usual uiilere &c in politics exist
in the class, all the mem-
bers Of il seemed to be strong
Blaine men. Quite an interesting
incident was the meeting between
Blaine and his uncle, Hon. John Ewing,
OF Washington, Pennsylvania, who
came to Brllaire expressly TO see his
nephew. Mr.. Ewing, Il venerable and
remarkably well-prrserved old gentle
man OF 81 years, formerly represented
his district in tho PENNSYLVANIA legisla-
ture and in Congress, anu is said to be
the Oldest living graduate of Washing
ton and Jefferson college.
On Monday Mr.. Blaine will go up to
Grafton, West Virginia, whence he will
return to Wheeling via of Parkersburg,
and will again cross into Ohio, to keep
appointments already made in that
State.
At Bellaire late Saturday night, after
the procession and after others had
spoken, Blame made the following
speech; The question of tariff for pro-
lection is primarily Of interest to the
laboring man Original material that
enters Into any fabric, constitutes II
very small element in the cost of that
fabric. If you take II steamship that
cost S5OO,00O when she is launched,
the material in her cost $1,000
and the labor $685. 900. If you take u
ton Of pig iron that sells in your market
to-day Tor $40, the material that goes nto o
il does not cost originally 30 cents; Sl0.lO
are for labor. l mention these facts
which might he varied indefinitely for
illustration in many departments TO
show that if tariff for protection is pri-
marily or OF especial interest to any one
it is to the laboring mar, l"you're right'l
and if the laboring man Will not protect
himself with his vote how can he
ask others to do It,, V'that's
SO" and cheers. The effect OF tariff tor
protection is not a question of specula-
on which you can appeal to figures;
you are citizens OF the State of Ohio,
you have now a city which has grown
up here within the last fifteen years, you
are one Of the evidences of the growth
of States; Ohio is the third State in
the Union in population and in wealth,
and | nave had occasion to say ut other
meetings to-day what l now say to you,
and l beg to impress upon your minds
| want you to take two epochs ! the
history of Ohio; take first the year 1850;
your State was then about sixty years
old. 1t was seventy-three years then from
that to when Ohio was organized rs part
of the northwest territory; in those
seventy-three years OF territorial and
State extension citizens of Ohio have
accumulated wealth to the amount
of 100000, 900. The United States
census of 1860 shows that
that the total wealth of Ohio was then
little over 81, 100, 200, a very large sum
nancial policy of the United States was
changed by the incoming OF the Repub-
lican party, and in consequence of that
change q protective tariff wa enacted,
which has been ever since In force. Ia
voice, "thank GodW laughter and
cheers.] In 1850, twenty years after the
census of which have just spoken, ar
other census WAS taken and it WAS
found that in those twenty years the az,
Increased from 81, lW,0O0,0O0 to S3,20O,OW,-
600. You had added to your
wealth in Those twenty years double as
much AS had been created in seventy
three years preceding. You had added
an average 500, 100000 per year to
the permanent capitalized wealth of
your State and that was done largely by.
virtue aud in pursuance OF the effect OF
protective tariff upon labor and indus
tries in your State. lRenewed applausel.
Do you want that " continue? eyes,
yes!,). DO o want to have any
experiment tried upon itH C"No, no!"').
DO you want Congress to be
conyulsed with the question so as to I'M
settle values and check enterprise and
trig hten capital, and generally to pro-
duce "a condition Of uncertainty through
out all financial and business interests
of the United States. mo, No. why
look Mt what has been the effect, simply
of the Morrison tariff bill. They did not
get it through the House Of Representa-
tives, but they kept the country. in a
turmoil and agitation, and this affected
iniuriously the interests of every
laboring man and every capital
list in the United States, That's true.l
that's it."l DO you want to organize not
merely change in the tariff, for that
might be done, but do You want to or
game "a perpetual Congressional agita.
ton OF the question? ("No, no."1 II
you do not the matter is in your own
hands. [Great cheering,l Ohio has
power to command that it shall be, you
have power to join In that command,
and an opportunity will be given you on
the I4th day of October through your in
dividual ballots. Prolonged cheering.l