The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-19

GOVERNOR JEWELL HOME AGAIN.
A Grand Reception at Hartford.

N oAhhu hoecPthoh os AA"tAOAN.
The reception of Governor Jewell in
Hartford, Monday night, was grand
ovation. A committee of citizens Of both
political parties met him in New Haven,
and after an informal reception at the New
Haven house came to Hartford by special
train, stopping at Meriden, where there
was a welcoming by o. II. Plat and re-
spouse by Gov. Jewell. AT Hartford,
thousands of people had assembled at the
depot, salute of fifteen guns was fired,
and the arrival of the train was hailed with
music, rockets and colored fires. Gov.
Jewell was welcomed by Mayor Sprague,
who said the people felt that there was no
blot on his escutcbeon, and that the will
ingness of the people to resent an apparent
injustice had added TO this assemblage
many of his political opponents.
Governor Jewell expressed bis gratifca-
ton at the cordial welcome of his friends
and neighbors, whom he was glad to meet
again, and accepted the demonstration as
evidence that his friends appreciated his
public course. lie was glad to be promot-
ed to the highest possible rank--that of an
American private citizen.
procession, consisting of seven compa.
MES Of the LIST regiment, state militia, the
governors guard and the Cambridge guard
(colored), then escorted the governor to
his residence, fireworks being set off on
the route and the residences Of citizens
being generally Illuminated, and the streets
xxtft, ntNla t,;u
Henry G. Robinson made an address,
welcoming him again TO Hartford and its
activities, and in these hours when the
manufacturers of New England are espe-
cially inactive, he welcomed him to our
manufacturers as one who had often called
success out of doubtful promise. He said
his friends had applsuded his promise to
conduct his department at Washington on
business principles, his resistance of the
entreaties and threats of bad men, and his
efforts in the cause Of political reform, to
which the sound heart of the nation is es-
pecially sensitive. We do not forget that
there is in true manhood such stuff as the
circumstances of elevation to Office cannot
create, nor removal from Office destroy.
Gov. Jewell responded, and, after speak
ing of his qualification for his cordial re-
ception to his home, and to illusions to his
service In Russia, said that, when he took
a position in the cabinet, he did announce
that he would run his department as any
business must be run, for the benefit of
the owners, which are the people; that be
would punish fraud, whenever discovered,
and discharge all ignorant or drunken en-
ployees, and make honesty and fidelity the
basis of appointment to office. How far
he had done SO, the records of the depart
ment and the verdict of the public must
| Judge. The verdict to have been an honest
official was better than to be an official.
Mayor Lewis of New Haven made q
speach in which he said that the reason
why Mr.. Jewell, who was quiet with his
family in Washington, 10 days ago, and
was now here as private citizen, was he
| cause he was honest.
The demonstration was without dstinc-
ton of party, democrats and republicans
together mingling in the applause.