The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-09

go hand in hand [cheersl and whenever they
do go hand in hand, you have
thrift, progress and happiness. Renewed
cheering. If this industrial system, which
perity by uniting the agricultural and the manu-
featuring interests, is worth preserving, you
should not forget that our political opponents
have never failed, in the last ffty-one years
never since 1888, when they had the power in
Congress-either to repeal the protective tariff
if one existed, or to try to repeal it to prevent
the enactment of such a tariff; in other words
since 1888 the Democratic party in Congress has
never sustained, by its vote, a protective tariff
not once. A voice, and it never will We
will meet with tine accusation that protective
tariff Injuries the commerce of the coun-
try this TINS charge tho Is Emo more tire frequent
in the We st. The answer to it is that since the
protective tariff was enacted, in 1861, the ex
ports from the United States have been vastly
greater in amount and value than all the eX-
ports from the first settlement of an English
colonist on this continent down to the inaugura-
ton of President Lincoln. [Great cheering. /
think that is worth repeating. Cries of Yes,
Yes If you take all the exports that were
ever made from the territory which now consti-
tutes the United States, from the time of the
settlement at jamestown and at Plymouth Rock
-1607 and 1620-cear down to 1861 and add
them together, they fail by several thousand
million dollars to be as great in amount as our
exports from 1861 to this time. Re
newed cheering,] So that the assertion
that the protective tariff hinders the
development of the commerce of the country is
not only disproved by the facts but directly the
contrary is true, for agriculture manufactures
and commerce go hand in hand, and were de-
signed to go hand in hand They are the triple
cords which bind together and make up The
strength of national prosperity. | assume.
therefore, that the people of Ohio are interested
in maintaining the protective tariff, and if you
are, it is in your power to do it. Cries. Well
do it! Well do it! and great cheering Ohio
speaks on Tuesday next This district will have
the opportunity to speak its voice and say
whether one of the most brilliant advocates of
protection that ever served in Congress shall be
returned-Ec cheers for Mckinley the op-
portunity to vindicate by your votes the
splendid experience which Ohio has had in
developing her agricultural and manu-
featuring interests together. 1t is for
you, the men of Ohio, while the
Nation looks on, to record your opinion and
your Judgment | thank you for your cordial
reception, and bid you goodbye"
When Mr. Blaine ceased speaking the great
audience burst into a storm of cheering aud
shouting which lasted several minutes. General
Hawley, ex-Secretary Window and Senator
Cullom of Illinois, also made speeches. The
people called repeatedly for Mr.. Mckinley, and
when he appeared the cheering was second only
to that which had welcomed Mr.. Blaine. Mr..
Mckinley did not make speech, but confined
himself to introducing some of the other speak
ers.
In the evening there was a large tOrchlight
procession Mr., Blaine took dinner at the house
Of Mr.. Steese and then, after dark, Fdrove back
with Mckinley to Canton.