The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-10-08
BLAINE IN CINCINNATI.
An Enthussaslic Trip Of sixty Ohio
Miles.


many ladies who spoke to him wa
a native of the town in Pennsylyan
in where he was born. Mr.. BIain.
was greatly pleased at meeting hel
and talked few minutes about ole
times. Then pretty little girl wht
wanted to kiss Mr.. Blaine was helc
up, and when he kissed her the
crowd cheered enthusiastically. Al
several small towns and at man,
farm houses along the read the trair
was saluted with cheers and waving
flags.
SPEECH ON THE TARIFF.
At 1920 The train arrived at Ham
ilton. Here Mr.. Blaine and party
were driven through the towr
to a stand in front of the cour
house. where there was gathering
of many thousand people. H. L
Morey introduced Mr.. Blaine as the
most distinguished representative o.
the policy of protection to American
industry. After the crowd hac
cheered repeatedly order was restor
ed and Mr.. Blaine said:
"Citizens of Ohio, it is now forty
years since the question OF a protec
tive tariff engaged the attention o
the American people as profoundly
as it does to-day.-It was in the con.
test between Mr. Clay and Mr.. Polk
in 1914 that the great national de
bate on the question took place anC
the great protective tariff was defeat
ed. not by the popular vote but by
the bad faith OF the party which sue
ceeded in the election, and | beg tc
call your attention-the attention Of
a large manufacturing population
to the fact that the policy ofprotect'
ing American industry has never
been defeated in the United States
by popular vote. [Cheers.] The
contrary policy has been forced upon
the people at differeet times through
the bad faith of their representative:
but never, | repeat, by the popular
vote upon a deliberate appeal to the
people in their primary capacity. Il
therefore would seem to be the duty
of the people of the United States, il
by a majority they believe in The
policy of protection, to see TO it thai
the party is sustained that can be
trusted to uphold it. [Cries o.
" Good Coed" and cheers. "Yei
but, said a gentleman to me yester'
dap, protection does not always Sc
cure abundant prosperity. There
are a great many idle men now in
The country" Well, grant it
There has neveryet been devised by
the wit of man tiiat which will secure
through all times and all seasons q
continuous flow of prosperity. But
the question is whether over a given
series of years there has not been 4
larger degree of prosperity to the
people under the policy ofprotectior
than under the policy Of free trade
The question is to be gauged and
tested not by the experience ofa sin
gle year, but by the experience of 9
series of years. We have had a pro.
tective tariff now for more than twc
decades. and | ask you whether
there has ever been another period
of years in which the United States
has made such progress as during
the last twenty years. "Never," and
cheers. But it is true, now and
then there will come a little lull and
little reaction in business. There
will come little iuli and Il little re,
action in nature. You had a great
drought in Ohio this year, but you
do not on that account avow that
you will have no more rain. On the
contrary, you are the more firmly
persuaded that rain is the only ele-
ment that will restore the fertility tc
your soil, verdure to your fields and
richness to your crops. So, in this
little slough, this little dullness in
the business of the country, the one
great element that can be relied on
to restore prosperity is the protective
tariff. The question then, is for Ohio
to decide. On the 14th day of this
month you will have an opportunity
to tell the people of the United
States whether you believe in that
doctrine. If you do you will secure
not only its continuance, but its per-
manent triumph. But if, on the
other hand, you should falter and
fall lack, it might produce disaster
elsewhere. The responsibility is or
you. Is your courage equal to your
responsibility? ["4es, yes."l /:
your confidence equal to your cour
age? ["It is, It isl Then | have
nothing more to say except to bio
you good bye" ECheers.l
THE WELCOME TO CINCINNATI.
At $50 o'clock the train ran into
the depot in this city, where a greai
crowd had been waiting, by whom
Mr.. Blaine was enthusiastically re
ceived. The people filed the street:
along the route to the hotel. At tn,
hotel the crowd called for "Blaine !
"Blainew until that gentleman cam,
out and was presented by Judg,
Foraker. Mr.. Blaine said
II thank you and all the good
people of Cincinnati for this cordial
hearty and magnificent reception.
The crowd cheered again and agar
as Mr.. Blaine retired into the hotel
At $50 Mr. Blaine was escorted t.
the Exposition building, which wa
already crowded. For a while Mr.
Blaine held an informal reception
in the commissioners office, where
some gentlemen and many ladies
were presented to him. Then h,
was escorted upon the stage, wher,
he made speech, in which b.
said:
+ Ladies and Gentlemen: / thanl
you for the cordiality of your wei
come. | am glad to be in Cincin-
matt. ! am glad to be able to recall
old associations and to form new
ones. It is forty years this yea
since first saw your city, so | an
able to measure for myself its mar
velops progress. ! remember it Al
. city of forty thousand inhabitants
and ! see it to-day as q city Of fou.
hundred thousand; a city not only
with all the great railroad transpor