Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-10-16
Helena, Montana, Thursday, October 16, 1884.

ception at Chillicothe was elaborate and
artistic. The approach to the stand was
through an avenue. between parallel lines
of uniformed horsemen. At the upper end
of this avenue we're two rows of girls
dressed in white, representing the States
of the Union, ands holding up series of
green arches, beneath which Blaine passed.
Upon the stand were three smaller girls,
representing Maine, Vermont and Ohio
Chillicothe was represented by Virginians
and indications of the origin of the town
were seen in the unusual number of horse
men and negroes taking part in the pro-
cession. Gen. Samuel HI. Hurst made a
brief and exceptionally good Introductory
speech. The people received Blaine with
every demonstration of enthusiasm. When
he got an opportunity to speak he said:
From my school days l have been
familiar with the Scioto valley and have
heard much of the rich lands of Paint
creek. am glad to see their inhabitants
before me. am glad to see before me this
great representation of the agricultural
portion of Ohio. l am glad to recall to
their minds this morning the duty which
the Nation expects of them on Tuesday
next. Your chairman has been pleased to
refer to six great contests in which the Re-
publican party has been victorious. In the
first Presidential contest in which the Re-
publican party was engaged it was the
vote of Ohio that gave strength to the
legions that followed gallant young Fre-
mont 1t was the vote of Ohio in October
1860, that in large part secured MIR. Lin
coins election. 1t was the vote OF Ohio in
October 1864 that secured the great victory
to loyalty and union on the roar OF civil
war. 1t was the vote OF October 1868 that
rewarded the great hero of the war with
the Presidency and repeated it in 1872, and
it was the votes of October 1876 and Oc-
tOber 1880 that elevated two Ohio states
men to the Presidential chair. 1t remains
to be seen whether the great legions of
whether the great clans
that have gathered upon the plains and
in the valleys of Ohio shall now be worsted
in the encounter of Tuesday next. No,
no, no. Whether in this seventh conflict
for the great principles of a great party you
will maintain your splendid record Of %
years We will, we will. 1t is too late
for arguments that have been exhausted.
1t is too late even for the appeal that has
been addressed to you. There now re-
mains only your own sense of duty and
your own loyal determination. thank
you for this kind greeting and commend
you with all your energies to the duty of
Tuesday next. Prolonged cheering
At $40 the train arrived at Portsmouth.
lRONToN. Ohio, October 1O.-At Ports
Mouth there Was IA uc..eIduus demOnstra-
ton. There were fully 10000 people in
the streets and at the meeting around the
stand, where Blaine was introduced. He
made brief speech, presenting protective
tariff as the great issue and urging the i'm
portance of the October vote in Ohio as
bearing upon that question and upon the
contest. The crowd was so
great and so enthusiastic that it proved
difficult to get Blaine back to his carriage
1t was after dark when the train arrived at
Ironton. Blaine was driven tOa large
stand from which he reviewed the torch
light procession. After the procession
The people called for a speech. Blaine in
response spoke at some length in the same
vein as at other places to-day, of the inn
portance of the tariff issue and the re-
,ponsibility of the Republicans. In the
procession there was young Republican
club from Ashland, Kentucky, and another
from Huntington, w. Va. Abiding to
these, Blaine said: II am pleased to note
that in this vast assemblage you have
representatives from the opposite shore of
The Ohio and that Kentuckians and West
Virginians are commingling and co-operat-
ng with the people of Ohio for common
,ause and to common end. Kentucky is
aking on a new life and when the days Of
Democratic free trade are ended in her
councils she will stand as she is entitled to
stand in enterprise and in progress along
ng]
WELIsTON, Ohio, October n.-At 9
o'clock Mr.. Blaine left Stronton to 90 up
through Hooking Valley. WOrkmen in the
,ail mills cheered as he passed At Cork
ill there was a considerable crowd, COM
posed largely of wOrkingmen, beside the
rack. They had erected a platform on
which Mr.. Blaine stood. He began brief
speech by saying:
II stand on the same platform on which
stood i'll Congress for twenty years-the
platform which enables iron work in our
,wn country instead of England"
The remainder of the speech was de-
'oted to the bearing of the tariff on iron
industry.
ATHENS, Ohio, October 11-At Jackson
here was very large gathering of SINH
ar coIlpOsitiOnI to that at Corkhill. Mr..
Blaine spoke few words about his interest
n coal land and bearing upon the iron and
,oal trade. His remarks were favOrably re-
,eived and as the train moved off the peO-
pie cheered him repeatedly.
BIaine's Answef to Fishers Assertion
CANTON, O., OctDber 9.-Blaine said to-
lay, in answer to an inquiring newspaper
'eporter that the assertion of Warren
Fisher that he (Blaine) had offered sum
If money for the Mulligan letters was
ltterily untrue, that it was mere mali
,ious invention Blaine added that there
vas never a time when he would have paid