Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-10-09
BLAINE's MOVEMENTS.
Mr.. Blaine aud Party Take a Rest from
Railroads. and Ride Eight Miles
Through Ohio.
IAssILAxo. O. 0cr. 5.

IAssILASo, o., Oct. s.
Mr.. Blaine. accompanied by Hon. W. B.
Mckinley, and BY long line of private car
rages, was driyen over TO this city this morn
ing, distance of eight miles. The scenery
between the two places is verv beautiful, and
as the weather was fair. il was a refreshing
relief from railroad travel. Nearly all the
houses and stores along the street by which
the city was entered were decorated with
Blaine and Logan flags and other republican
emblems. while more than the population of
the town seemed to be out to receive Mr.
Blaine. Upon the programme was a process
sion composed Of republican clubs and man
ufacturing operatives of establishments car
ried on in this part of Ohio
When at a little after IL. Blaine appeared
on the stand from which he was to review
the procession. The clubs and other organ
izations were passing up TO the point where
they were to form in line and as they passed
near the stand they cheered for blaine,
Logan and Mckinley Among those on the
stand with Blaine were Senator Cullom of
Illinois, ex-Secretary Window. Hon VIM.
B. Mckinley and W. A. Tenuy. While
Blaine was watching for the procession, many
of the people were presented TO him. Among
those who thus appeared was an elderly gen.
tleman whom he saluted with, ''How are you,
Enlev? l am very glad to see you.' Enley
proved to be an old schoolmate of Blaine's
whom had not met him since lS47.
Before noon and before the procession was
ready there was heavy shower which com
PEELED the occupants of the stand TO seek
shelter and dispersed the crowd for a time.
Shortly after one O'Clock the rain ceased,
and the clubs again mustered and proceeded
m tha Of Iaip hal
taken lunch, whence they again escorted him
through the principal streets to the fair
grounds where he was to speak. BlaiLe was
escorted to a stand in the centre of great
tent constructed TO hold ever 10000, The
tent was filled and MANY were gathered round
it on the outside. Blaine made the following
speech:
"Men of Ohio-In a procession of our
political opponents at Youngstown recently.
there appeared a man and woman in rags
and apparent wretchedness, bearing the in
scription; "This is what protection has done
for us" This was intended to tipify and
denOunce the results of protection in Ohio
! want 10 present the other side of the picture
In Ohio today there are u 900 manufacturing
establishments which cost $500, 600, 900, and
they turn out annually product worth $780,
100000; and | observe great many people
III OHiO WuO are not III rags anu not III
wretchedness. Cheers. Forty years ago
the entire western country was called on as
an agricultural community to oppose the
protective tariff, because it adjustly favored
the manufacturers of the East. Since then
the manufacturing industries have travelled
westward until Ohio has become one Of the
largest manufacturing States in the Union.
Cheers She presents all the elements of
comfort and material progress. AS steadily
agricultural States become settled, the
manufactures follow. Indiana, Illinois and
Michigan are coming on rapidly after Ohio
Now Kansas and Minnesota will come along
in due time, the result being that the protect.
i've policy now upheld by the republican party
operates so as to carry the manufactures into
every county in the Union. 1t never was
designed that one part of the country should
be permanently agricultural and the other
part manufacturing; but it was designed that
agriculture and manufacturing should go
hand in hand, and wherever they do 90 hand
in hand you have thrift, progress and happi-
nefs. If this industrial system, which COM
bines the highest elements of human prosper
ity by uniting agricultural and manufacturing
interests is worth preserving, you should not
forget that our political opponents have never
failed in the last 81 years, never since 1888
when they had power in Congress, either to
repeal the protective tariff if one existed, or
try to repeal it or to prevent the enactment
of such tariff In other words, since 1888
the democratic party in Congress has never
sustained by its vote the protective tariff
not once. We are met with the accusation
that the protective tariff in lures the commerce
of the country. That s more frequently
made in the East than in the West. The
answer to it is that since the protective tariff
was enacted in 1861, the exports from the
United States has been vastly greater in
amount of value than all the exports from the
first settlement of an English colony on this
continent down to the inauguration of Presi-
dent Lincoln. think that is worth repeat
ing. If you take every export that was ever
made from the territory which constitutes the
United States from the time of the settlement
at jamestown and at Plymouth Rock in 1870,
and 1920, clear down to 1860, and add them
together, they fail by several thousand mil
lions of dollars to be as great as our exports
from 1861 to this time; so that the assertion
that the protective tariff hinders the develope-
ment of the commerce of the country is not
only disproyed by facts but that the contrary
is true; for agriculture, manufacturing and
commerce go hand in hand as they were
designed to go hand in hand. They are triple
cards, which. bound together, made up the
strength of the national prosperity. assume,
therefore. that the people of Ohio are inter
ested in maintaining the protective tariff, and
if they are it is in their power to do it. Ohio
speakes her voice on Tuesday next This
district will then have an opportunity to
speak, and will say whether one of the most
brilliant advocates of protection that ever
served in Congress shall be returned Cheers
for Mckinley. With this opportunity to
vindicate by your votes the splendid expert
ence which Ohio has had in developing her
agricultural and manufacturing interests
together, it is for you man of Ohio, while the
nalion looks on, to record your opinion and
vour judgment. thank you for your cor
dial reception, and bid you good bye"
Gen. Hawley, ex-Secretsry Window and
Senator Cullom also made speeches.
In the evening there was a large torchlight
procession. Blaine took dinner at the house
og Mr.. Stees, and then after dark drove back
with Mckinley to Canton.