The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-10-12
Arrival of Judge Douglas in Chicago.
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5000 Torch-Bearers and 1000
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LAMENTATIONS, SPEECHES. ETC
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tee appointed to receive Judge Douglas
The Committee was accompanied BY about
a thousand people of Chicago.
At Michigan City crowd of at least
five thousand people of Northern Indiana,
was found assembled to greet the illus
trious statesman of the West. Judge
Douglas had already arrived and the Com
mittee proceeded to his hotel, where an
appropriate welcoming speech was made
NJ. w. Fuller, Esq. Judge Douglas res
ponded briefly.
After dinner Judge Douglas was again
called out by the people and made a short
speech from temporary stand erected for
the purpose at the depot. The enthusiasm
Of the crowd was immense.
The people were also addressed by S. 8.
Hayes, esq Of this city, and by speaker
from the interior of the State.
The train left Michigan City for Chicago
a little before six O'Clock. 1t was almost
a continued ovation from that point to
Chicago. At every station large crowds
of people were assembled, bonfres biazed
and huzzas rent the air. When the train
approached the city, the sides of the rail-
way were lined with people.
At Hyde Park, the splendid hotel of
Taber & Hawk was brilliantly illuminated
Many of the private dwellings in the
southern paIt OF the city ard along the
Lake Shore were also Illuminated from top
to bottom.
Judge Douglas and the reception com
mittee left the train at Park Place, Al
that point crowd Of not less than twelve
thousand citizens were assembled. The
whole neighborhood was blaze of light
Michigan avenue was lined on each side
nearly to Lake street with the Invincibes
and Douglas Legion with torches. Such
a spectacles was never before witnessed in
Chicago or the West.
The train arrived at Park Place at $50.
but it was 10 o'clock before tie procession
reached the fremont House. so great was
the crowd of people through which it had
to pass. The procession was not less in
numbers than $500 1t was twenty blocks
in length (about three miles
Notwithstanding the immense crowd Of
people at Park Place and along the avenue
the streets were filed with people on both
fronts Of the fremont House The rum-
Der that was assembled here could not
have been less than 25,000 or 80 600.
| The crowd, even before the arrival Of the
immense procession, and the multitudes
who came with 1t, was fully equal to the
grand reception of Judge Douglas in S5S
1t was all IN all, probably the grandest
and most impossible reception ever given
to an American statesman. We are told
| by gentleman who was present Old that
OCCASION tibet it Ear exceeded the grand
ovation Of historic memory given TO Henry
Clay in Louisville,
/ The fremont House was gaily decorat-
ed and brilliantly illuminated Boh the
! Lake and Dearborn streets fronts were
! hung with coIOred lamps, red, blue, green,
yellow, etc which gave it very unique
and pleasing effect. On either s:le of
the main balcony was a brilliant star, of
| somewhat huge dimensions tastefuEEy set
in evergreens. SurmoGnting the cornice
was huge transparency, with the words,
in letters tEot could be seen half across the
! city, DOUGLAS, WELCOME UoME"
The Briggs House was likewise brilliant
! ly Illuminated from basement to dormi-
tory, presenting one of the most beautiful
spectacle of any III the city on this grand
occasion.
! 4 large number of business houses on
Lake and adjoining streets, III the vicinity
of fremont, were also brilliantly ilumi-
mated. Prominent among these we no
| - IL .bol Ia &c II
Wadsworth d Parks, and Wadsworth &
Weels, Nos. So and 60 on Lake street.
This block was one blaze Of light from
basement to roof. The windows were fill
ed with transparent lamps of the national
cOlors; in the center of tn ,urth story
was beautiful Transparent bearing up
IN either extremity fine portraits of Doug
Is and Johnson, with the words "Wel-
come to Douglas and Johnson in the
| centre. The fifth story was surmounted
by pyramid of red, white and blue, alto
gether forming a gorgeous display. The
store of J. r. Mills, No. 6S, and 81 Head
quarters" on State street, were also beau
tifully lit up.
The Association of IIatters had the
| fourth aud stories OF LumbersonS hat
store, No. 70, Lake street, most tastefully
! decorated and illuminated The windows
were covered with diamond shaned Sec
tons Of red, white and blue transparent
paper. Behind this, were placed large
number of lights, which shone through,
lighting up the windows most brilliantly.
Besides these, large number of buildings
among them the office Of tie TINES and
HERALD, were beautifully lit up.
The immense crowd at the fremont
House was one Of the most orderly and
we'll behaved we have ever seen. For
nearly four hours the people waited with
great patience and i'll the best of humor
But when the boom of cannon announced
that the train had arrived, spontaneous
burst Of applause went up from the null
titude. 1t was nearly an hour after this
that Judge Douglas reached the fremont
House.
Such applause as greeted the appearance
Of Judge Douglas upon the balcony has
never before been heard before in Chicago.
1t was heard at the distance of three and
four blocks, and lasted for four or five
minutes When it subsidized.