Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-10-16
Blaine in Ohio.

O'CLOCK the ram ceased and the clubs were
mustered again and proceeded to the house
Of Mr.. Steele, where Mr. Blaine had taken
lunch, whence they escorted him again
through the main streets to the Fair
grounds, where he was to speak. The
numbers in the streets seemed to have in
creased since the morning demonstrations
Blaine was escorted to the stand In the
midst of great tent, intended to hold over
10000 people. The tent was already
packed full and thousands more were
gathered around it outside. When the de-
monstrations with which Mr. Blaine was
received had subsided he made the follow
ing speech
Nen og OhiO:-In the procession of our
! political opponents at Youngstown recent
| ly, there appeared man and woman in
rags and apparent wretchedness, bearing
the inscription, This is what protection
| has done for u.s." This was intended to
| typity and denonnce the results of protec-
| tion in Ohio. / want to present the other
| side of the picture. In Ohio to-day there
are $1,000 manufacturing establishments.
They cost S200,000,01O and they turn out
annually products worth S35O,0OO,O0O As
the results of that investment and that
product | observe.a great many people in
Ohio who are not in rags and aot in
wretchedness. hirty five or forty years
ago the entire western country was called
| upon as an agricultural community to op-
pose protective tariff because it uDiustly
favored the manufacturers of the East.
Since then the manufacturing industries
of the country have travelled westward
until Ohio has become one of the largest
manufacturing States in the Union, and
! ombining within herself the great agri-
cultural interests and great manufacturing
interests. Indiana, and Illinois, and
Michigan are coming on rapidly after
Ohio. Iowa. Kansas and Minnesota will
come along in due time, the result being
that the protective policy now upheld by
the Republican party operates as to carry
manufactures into every State, and ultl-
mately into every county in the Union.
1t never was designed that one part Of the
country should be permantly agricultural
and another part manufacturing, but 1T
was designed that agriculture and manu-
facture should 90 hand in hand, and wher-
ever they do 20 hand in hand you have
thrift, progress and happiness. Ii this in
dustrial system, which combines the high
est elements of human prosperity by the
unity of 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 1S33-when they had the power in
Congress, either to repeal protective tariff,
If one existed, or to try to repeal 1t, or to
prevent an enactment of such tariff. In
other words, since 1888 the Democratic
party in Congress has never sustained by
its vote protective tariff, not once. We are
met with the accusation that protective
tariff inju lures the commerce of the country.
That is more frequently made in
the East than in the West. / answer
to It, that since protective tariff
was enacted in 1861 the exports from the
United States have been vastly greater in
amount and value than all the exports
from the first settlement of an English col
onist on the continent down to the inau-
guration of President Lincoln. think that
is worth repeating. If you take every ex-
port that was ever made from the territory
which now constitutes the United States
from the time of the settlements at James
town and at Plymouth Rock in 1907 and
1920, clear down to 1860, and add them to-
gether, they fail by several thousand mil
lions of dollars to be as great in amount as
our exports from 1861 to this time. So that
the assertion that protective tariff him
ders the development of the commerce of
the country is not only disapproved by
facts, but the direct contrary is true for
agriculture and manufactures and COM
merce 90 hand in hand, and were designed
to 60 hand in hand. They are triple cords,
which bound together, make up the strength
of national prosperity. l assume there
fore that the people OF Ohio are interested
in maintaining protective tariff, and II
you are. it is in your power to do 1t. ONO
speaks her voice on Tuesday next, and this
district will have an opportunity to speak
her voice and say whether one OF the most
brilliant advocates of protection that ever !
served in Congress. shall be return
ed, with an opportunity to vindicate by
your vote the splendid experience which
Ohio has had in developing her agricul-
tural and manufacturing interests together
1t is for you, men of Ohio, while the
nation looks on, to record your opinion and
judgment. l thank you for your cordial
reception, and bid you goodbye"
When Mr.. Blaine ceased speaking the
crowd burst into storm of cheering and
shouting, which lasted several minutes.
General Hawley, ex-Secretary Window
and Senator Collum, of Illinois also made
speeches The people called repeatedly
for Mckinley, and when he appeared the |
cheering was only second to that which |
welcomed Blaine. Mckinley did not |
make a speech, but confined himself to
introducing other speakers. In the even
ing there was large torchlight procession. |
After dark Blaine drove with Mr.. Nc !
Kinley to Canton.
MANSFIELD, Ohio, October 9.-Short |
stops were made at Schreve and Perryville. |
Mr.. Blaine spoke few words at each place,
thanking the people for the kind reception
they gave him, and presenting tariff us the
great issue. At 1:30 the train arrived at
Mansfield, the home OF Senator Sherman.
COLUMBUS, o., October 9.-There were
but few people at the depot at Mansfield,
but there were several thousand assembled |
on the public square in the heart OF the
town TO which Blaine was escorted in the /
usual manner. Mr.. Hedges, the Republl- |
can candidate for congress, having intro
duced him as the next President OF the /
United States, Blaine said:
Il object to my friend introducing me in |
that way. We will talk about that after |
Tuesday next / see good Omens for Tues
day in the fact that the people OF Ohio I
seem thoroughly aroused. In all my po- 1
litical experience have never seen people 4
more thoroughly awake to their
duties than the people of Ohio at this time. /
Your duty in this campaign is especially
important. You are to vote on Tuesday 4
next not only for yourselves but for the
whole United States. You are to set the
mark for the Republican high-tide. con
fess have great confidence in the vote OF 4