Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-10-07
RIAJNE IN WEST VIRGINIA
., RLAINE MAKES Al IAPOB.
s.sT AND sTIRRIN0 DPEECla
AT GDAFT Oh.

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pARKERsBURG, w. Va, Oct. 6.-Mr
u,sine's Journey to-day In West vir
.,nia I vas of IN entirely different char
@ .s,.r from his trips through Ohio. Tn,
% suscial train passed through . country
mpountainou sparsely populated and
unproductive. The change from the
srtile plains Of Ohio, Its rich farms,
arriving towns and busy cities TO the
,uoued wilderness and tumble down
,sres along the line Of the Baltimore
h Ohio Railroad In West Virgins
nrmed q marked and by no msani
nleasant contrast. The people, TOO, ere
trtirely different, the mountaineer, III
homsly dress and rustic appearance,
Moving poorly in comparison with his
more favored brother Of the valleys m
.he plains. :.
|,han At any time since he left N New York,
fOr the excellent reason that there are
po, enough persons living on the line oi
rsd between Wheeling and Parkers-
burr TO form one considerable city.
Tbs majority of the counties through
which the party passed between Wheel.
ng and Grafton are strongly Democrat
h
Refusing to speak from IN uncom fort
Lbs place at Grafton Mr.. Blaine GROSS.
d the street and mounting . dry goods
box be addressed the large crowd ~ fol.
ou:
Citizens of West Virginia: As your
lsanguished chairman has intimated,
N not stranger to your Slate. 1
bore known 1t personally for more than
tny years, and have known this sec-
bon Of it well. l Was born on the
banks Of yOnder river, . few miles
below the point where 1t enters Penn.
ylvania, and you do not need to be
bold by me that there was always q
kni,y Of feeling among the inhabitants
bfMonongahela Valley. But do Lot
We before me the West Virginia which
knew In my boyhcod. The West Vir-
Ena Of forty years ago was compare.
lively wilderness. The West VirRi.
bia OF today is n prosperous, industrial
bentsr in the United States. ZAP
pause,
West Virginia, as an independt mt
pommonwealth, began her existence
buriDg the civil war, and on that day
most liberal estimate of the total
property, according to the enumeration
bf the United states census, did not
txceed 500 900, 900. In 1870 the census
gave you an aggregate OF nearly $780,
DOO, 900, and in 1880 IL showed that you
possessed capitals zed wealth TO the
bmount of three hundred and fifty mil.
lions OF dollars. From the close of the
var to the year 1880 West Virginia
Aad' therefore, gained In wealth the
fnormOus sum Of two hundred and fifty
rilIlons. You have Jared pretty we'll,
hsrefore, under Republican adminis-
aiOn. Laughter and cheers. Prob.
My some political opponent does me
nor TO listen TO me, and l would ask
mas candid man what agency was
That nerved the arm of industry to
mite the mountains and create this
1taIih in West Virginia 1t was the
lfo'ective tariff and financial
laem that gave You good money.
Cheers
before the war you never had circn
anng in your midst bill that would
pass current 500 miles from home. You
20 not to-day have q single piece of
PAPER money circulating in West Vir-
gllla that Is not good all around the
gooe' not a bill that will not pass in the
money markets Of Europe as well as in
{Nt@ York or Baltimore. So that man
xao works for days wages knows,
|sheh Saturday night comes, that he is
% paid In good money. Under a
lolec'lve tariff your coal industries
nu your iron industries, aud the
|Seai'L of your forests have been
W, W,uusat our, and 1t is for you, voters OF
".t Virg inia, to say whether you
Saat @ this to continue, or whether you
"sn' "M' 10 Try Free Trade. A voics-
No, we don 't."1
/ make bold to say, with all respect,
Caa. mere Is not Democratic statesman
w. ,ae slump in West Virginia con-
|op.euoas enough to he known TO the
Ss''on Ss speak only of those / know
4' aaVocates a protective tariff, not
|nan, go further. l do not know a
s~ocratlc statesman who will ac.
'a An'w edge that tariff for prote ton is
m.a OnS'i n'ional, and, therefore, AZ honest
ca. Mc.,.; "ey are bound to oppose it. The
], ,,,t'i'"" y, tariff hill would have struck
vi,al .ae '"ler0st of WestVirginia In many
.hsa ha points, and 1t Is an amazing fact
,,"' s u we representatives. in Congress
'Tl Tl est Virginia voted for that bill.
bsa aIeie ,P Is good old adage, which 1
bs'." M ~ recall to your mind, that "God
II if,p' ", NOSE who help themselves, and
,ain "@t Virginia is not willing 10 sus.
her "a protective tariff by her vote and
bs .a ,nhu' Ice, she must not expect 1t to
S,n, " SUSTAINED for her BY others. II she
shs S mv, .ae benefit Of protective tariff
bepsa,a as. give to protective tariff the
am . oIat oi her support. [Cheers. 1
peoa," e,'u that am addressing Southern
loldpss, lldp,e, a community that were slave.
Of ,bs, ,boa, community that Ia made up
WIN voo 700 VINO were masters and those
"Ho p were slaves.
opus, s am am addressing slave State no
a sur ns1. lCheers. l. am appealing TO
Wes, v south, and am appealing to
,ion irginia not to vote upop tradi.
10 tbS prejudice, not to keep her eyes
,hs 1U fU.r, rear, but to look to the front. to
vor,a r,aa'ure. and i'll cou Id be heard I
Souths,nna make the same appeal to other
North ~ states, to old Virginia, to
bsma . oaroliha, to Tennessee, to Ala
intersaanu anu to Louisiana. They are all
The u ousa, IN a protective tariff, and
70 pra'son rueston is, which do thsy prefer.
raj pros,y y prejudice or to promote gene
can nhs. essv Virginia can lead the way. She
barrier Isea1 a. tn, this seemingly impreenable
cries r y, 81 81 the solid South. TCheers and
Solid y, on - ,, Wei do ii, wen do it,
solid Un un what -? Solid on q prejudice.
that sape epon tradition, solid on doctrines
the Ifeips freiparate the different portions of
in union union Here I invite you to join
Union i,oe IT. not merely in form, but a
the n so,n,,a IN ,iact, and to take your part In
cal ution nroh, of the Industrial and finan-
IfEWs1oiems of the time.
on tbs ~ 'a Virginia takes that course
to sett,a a4Ih y, OF October she will do much
tate ,e us The ne controversies that now All.
tariff The repeal of the protectiye
Morr|.acc according to the terms of the
Rinia on a u, Dill, would cost West Vir-
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