Daily Republican., 1884-10-08
BLAINE'S TOUR.
nv REvJeITs OHIO AND RE
TURNS TO WEST VIRGINIA
a PERSIsTENT ADMlRER.

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TURNS TO WEST VIRGINIA
A PERSIsTENT ADMlRER.
| ST. MARY's. W. Va, Dot. T. After
reviewing the procession st Parkers.
burg last evening Mr.. Blaine, by special
request, went up to Marietta, Ohio. tol
attend a meeting there. He made
short speech, in which he made In.
teresting allusion to the origin :apd
early history of the place. He remained
all night at Marietta, and was terrier
across the Ohio river. to Williamsburg,
" here he met his special train at ~
this morning when 1t came up from
Parkersbur Al
| WHEELING, w. Va, Oct. 7.-At
! Sistsrsville, Tyler County, W. Va,
small station on the Ohio river ROAD,
about ], 900 people were waiting, the
4 arrival of the train. They were wiioly
enth husiastic and at the conclusion OF
Mr.. Blaine's speech, and just as the
ltrain was about to start, . well-favoroo
young modntaineor, whose bronzed
face y NJ aglow with enthusiasm, Jump
ed upon the platform steps, and, grasp
ing Mr., Blaine's hand, exclaimed IN
leptreatinR tones -" Please, Mr.. Blaine,
give me- something; Mr.. Blaine, Mr..
Elaine. give me something /; anything
you W got around you +; your pocket
dkerchiet-anythinR. Something
that can remember you by and leave
to my children" Mr.. Blaine iumbled
in his pockets, but could not find
pocket handkerchief, and he would not
, offer the man money
"Make him give me something,
IGoff. 4" excl aimed the man as Mr.. Blaine
turned away. Do, Goff, make him
give me Omething." Here, l will
give you my autograph" said Mr.:
!. Blaine, and he hastily snatched pad
| OF telegraph blanks and with pencil
4 wrote his name upon the back OF
) isheet. The man grasped the precious
: paper and jumped from the moving
train. Folding it carefully, be gave 9
. friend the top end Of the blank and
!, putting the autograph in his pocket
waved last adieu to the train
!. would have given him this old hat,
z laughipgly exclaimed Mr.. Blaine as he
{ brushed his battered tile, excepting
THAT thought that might have some
,. papers in it."
q The train stopped at New Martins
i VILE, Bearsville, and Clarington before
entering Wheeling. At each Of thest
- places there were appreciative audi
N ences, to whom MIR. Blame spoke briefly
IS on the subject of the tariff. About I
+ mile North of New Martinsville thu
train stoppt d at the residence Of Mr.
y. George e Curtis, Blaine's old class
=; mate. which stands within few rod
~ of the road. Mr.. Blaine left the trail
he with bis son Walker, and was intro
ldu-ed to Mrs. Curtis, her soDs ana
tdaughters. Fruit and flowers wer
: Il sent TO the cars and the special proceed
ed to its destination.
Mr.. Blaine, on entering Wheeling
was treated to repetition of the seen
that attended his departure theme
vest rday. For over mile workmel
= from tie furnaces, potteries, glass
works ard nail factories clustered aloni
the tracks and cheered enthusiastically y
Mr., Blaine stocd In the door Of the ca
and scknow ledEed their greetings. Al IL,
station he WAS met by delegation q
prominent Republicans, who escorte
the party to carriages and, preceded b.
bands of music and escorts of Plume
IL. Knights, the procession moved slowl
on to the odd Stste House, where crow
ng of a aoout ten thousand people was as
ed sem bled The time laken In the parad
le- was SO great that Mr.. Blaine had nc
es time 10 make more than very brie
he speech He was introduced by VIM
b, ID. Hea.ne, a prominent ex Democra
J., of Wheeling, who is supporting th
be Re, uolican ticket. Mr.. Heavne sal,
lis that he could not support party whicl
a carried banner with Free Trade Of
ly one side of it and Protection on tn
tr other.
n MIR. Blaine said he had been twoday
ip in West Virginia, and had discovere,
q political fact which might xcite sur
prise. 1t was that N Northern Democrat
in are in the South urging the continue
-s. qualification of the Southern States OF
o. account of the conduct of the Republi
b. cans during the war. He called tn
as attention of his audience to another his
n toric fact of great W. light in this conet
on tion. The state of West Virginia,
ch said, was just twenty.on years {
ed age this year. In that time its peopl
10 had made as great progress In the acct
9. mutation of wealth in proportion to il
ll- population as those OF nyState in tn
sr. Union. This wealth had been accumr
,al lated by reason of the existence and tn
81 influence of protective tariff.
lg- There are now men in West Virgini
IT, who gather all the benefits of the pr,
tective tariff, yet vote to destroy l
he For fifty one years, from 1888 to tn
te. time, there had never been Congress
il. the United States in which tn Dem,
~, Gratis had the majority in which the
re- did not either repeal or attempt to II
Deal an existing tariff law, or prevei
the enactment Of u new one; nor ha
there been since the war Democrats
of House of Repres entatives that did ut
Ith make an effort to repeal the existin
all tariff.
of He thought it little ungrateful for
Ct State that st ares rs generously IS We
to Virginia does in the fruits otthe pr
teciive tariff TO stand upon the oth'
M side and expect the other States
dr. maintain the tariff for her benefi
M Against the singular argument
is- Northern Democrats in the South
his suggested TO West Virginia that, whi
to her electoral votes may not he needt
.rd In the Republican column, she cam
The do anything for herself or for the y
ter vanc. ment of her own interests at q
ing comparable to the election of Mr.. Ma
Of we'll as Governor extTuesdny. Witt
in out alluding to the Presidential fgh
tn he concluded his speech, which W
lu- Enthusiastically applauded.
vas
The WO kers 10 be Paid.
ity A sale IL announced to take pla
log Thursday, October %. on the Coatsvil
= !, Iron Company's premises, of the perso
re- al property, consisting of blooms, hors
III and carriapas ETC. to nav the cOuu