Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1884 — BLAINE. [ARTICLE]

BLAINE.

His Second Tour Through the Buckeye State. The train bearing Mr. Blaine and his partv reached Parkersburg, W. Va, on the evening of the Btb inst. After reviewing a large Republican procession, the candidate went up to Marietta, Ohio, and addressed a meeting. The party remained at Marietta all night. They left there the next morning, traveling until noon through West Virginia over the Ohio River Road and then passing into Ohio from Wheeling over the Cleveland and Loraine Road. Mr. Blaine was received with great cordiality at Sisterville, New Martinsville, Wheeling, and other points tn West Virginia, and with much enthusiasm at every point where his train stopped in Ohio. His speeches were confined almost exclusively to the tariff question. The train arrived at Canton, the end of the day’s journey, in the evening. Here Mr. Blaine reviewed a large torchlight procession, and delivered a short address, urging the importance of a protective tariff. The party rested for the night at Canton. On the following morning the Republican candidate drove over to Massillon, a distance of eight miles, where a large meeting was in progress. He made a speech and reviewed a long procession of Blaine and Logan clubs. Gen. Hawley, ex-Secretary Windom, and Senator Cullom, of Illinois, also made speeches. The party then drove back to Canton, and remained there until following morning, when the journey westward was resumed. The first stop was made at Orrville, where Mr. Blaine addressed several hundred people. He also spoke at Wooster, Shreve and Perryville. At 1:30 p. m. the train reached Mansfield, where a big Republican meeting had been arranged. Mr. Blaine made a speech, urging that the tariff question was the one great overshadowing issue of the campaign, and expressing the hope that the voters would go to the polls and do their duty. Stops were made at Crestline, Mount Gilead, and Delaware, the train reaching Columbus on the evening of the Sth inst. There was no demonstration, Mr. Blaine being driven quietly to the residence of Mr. Miller, a cousin, where he spent the night in quiet.