Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1884 — THE WHITE HOUSE RACE. [ARTICLE]

THE WHITE HOUSE RACE.

Progress of the Republican Candidate’s Campaign in Ohio and West Virginia. The Democratic Vice Prudential Candidate at Wheeling—Joseph Mulhatton’s Acceptance. Mr. Blaine and party left Cincinnati, by special train on the Little Miami Railroad, on the morning of Oct. 3. The crowd at the depot and the workingmen in the shops facing the track cheered Mr. Blaine as the tram moved out. The first stop was at a little station, Milford. where there was a good-sized meeting. Mr. Blaine was warmly received, and he’spoke a few words of thanks. At Morrow, Warren County, where a large Republican meeting was in progress, the Republican candidate was escorted to the speaker’s st and and made a brief speech, confining his remarks to the tariff question. At Xenia and London, the same performance was repeated. At each point the Republicans had arranged large demonstrations, and Mr. Blaine made brief addresses to the assembled multitudes The party arrived at Columbus in the evening, and the candidate was met at the depot anoeecorted to his hotel by the local committee of the party. There was an imposing torch-light parade of uniformed clubs, which was reviewed by Mr. Blaine, after which he delivered a short address. The party remained at Oc’ambus during the night, and on the morning of the 4th left by the Baltimore and Ohio Road for West Virginia. The people in the depot cheered as the train moved out, and Mr. Blaine bowed his acknowledgments from the rear platform. The first stop was at Newark, where there was a great crowd, composed largely of workingmen. Mr. Blaine was largely cheered at the depot, but Newark is a Democratic town, and the demonstrations along the streets as he was driven to the Courf House were tamer than at other places yet. Several young men ran along beside the carriages of the party and shouted “Hurrah for Cleveland!" In front of the court-house the candidate was introduced to the crowd, and made** brief address. At Zanesville, the carriage provided for Mr. Blaine was drawn by four .white horses. There was a large escort of Plumed Knight clubs in uniform. The Republican candidate, irf his speech, again presented the tariff as the chief issue in the campaign. At Cambridge Mr. Blaine was driven to the fair grounds, where there was a large meeting. He was received with great cheering. He returned thanks for the compliment and again briefly called attention to the tariff question as at Zanesville. There was a large gathering at Barnesville, and here again Mr. Blaine spoke briefly of the importance of the tariff as an issue in the campaign. At two or three other points where the train stopped between there and Bellaire, Mr. Blaine made short speeches, urging the tariff as the main issue. At Bellaire, which was reached after nightfall, a big Republican meeting was in progress, and the town was given up to fireworks and political oratory. Mr. Blaine did not show himself at the meeting, but’was driven straight to his hotel and retired for the night. During his stay at Bellaire the senior class at Washington and Jefferson College, Mr. Blaine’* alma mater, came by special train from Washington, Pa., to call upon him. Mr. Blaine received them in his parlor, and the meeting was a very pleasant one. Mr. Blaine remained quietly at Bellaire until the afternoon of the Sth, and then, accompanied by his son and members of the local committee, drove over a somewhat circuitous road through a region to Wheeling, where he spent the night. The Republican candidate and his party left Wheeling on the morning of the 6th by special train for Grafton, W. Va. The first stop was at Moundsville. Mr. W. J. W. Cowden, Chairman of the Republican State Committee, introduced Mr. Blaine, who was warmly received. He saidt I am glad to meet the citizens of Marshall Countv. I am glad to be in West Virginia. I consider it one of the encouraging signs of thetimes that an earnest contest is going on, in what was once a slave State, for the ascendency of Republican principles, and Republican principles this year mean a tariff for the protection of American labor. [Cheers.] If West Virginia is in favor of that, she is Republican: if she is opposed to it, she is not Republican. The decision rests with her citizens. 1 know no State in the Union more directly interested in therpromotion of manufactures than your State. Your rich beds of coal and iron; your vast forests; all your natural resources, form a great development ot manufacturing industries. They can. be developed under a protective tariff; they cannot be without it. At Cameron, Littleton, Mannington, and Farmington there were brief stops, and at each point Mr. Blaine spoke briefly of the importanceto West Virginia of a protect ve tariff. At Fairmont there was quite a large meeting. Mr. Blaine left the train and addressed the people from a stand, still urging the tariff as the supreme issue of the campaign. At Grafton, whirs quite a large meeting was in* progress, Mr. Blaine spoke at considerable length, urging upon his hearers the importance of a h'gh tariff. From Grafton the special train again moved toward the Ohio River. At Clarksburg and several points on the route to Parkersburg the candidate spoke briefly of protection as the chief issue of the campaign.