Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-27

to receive Minnesota's honered delegates
the Cincinnati convention, on their retur
. home. The programme of these proceed
inos were foreshadowed by the action take
by the various committees appointed at
meeting of citizens on Thursday evening
yet the most sanguine expectation
of the Democracy of Ramsey count
4 we're more than realized in the gran'
ovation accorded to their faithful represen
tatives at the national convention. AT th'
hour agreed upon Il P. NJ the tried and tru
Democrcy of st. Paul, with Gen. II. ID
Sibley at their head, began to assemble a
the old court house, and shortly tnereattel
they fell into line, and with the Great Wes
tern Band at their head, marched out OF
Wabasha to Third street, aud down Ihlro
to jackson, and thence to the depot. Ihe
streets were lined with carriages, and the
sidewalks, door ways and windows, present
ed living mass of humanity of all ages and
sexes, who greeted the procession with every
demonstration of delight. Hon. William
Rhodes, the chairman of the committee on
arrangements, was the Bismarck OF the occa-
sion. He looked and acted twenty years
younger than he is. although he Is still IN
the prime of life. The procession had hard-
ly reached the platform OF the depot perore
the long train drew up, and when II came TO
| a halt, grand rush was made Tor the rear car
in the train which contained the Minnesota
| delegates. The band struck up the otar
| Spangled Banner, and the immense croWo
which must have numbered several tnous-
and, sent up a shout of Welcome Wnlcn mace
the welkin ring. Conspicuous upon the
| forward part of the car was the state pan
ner, which marked Mlnnesotas position IN
| the great convention, land on one side OF 1t was
| a picture of the next President ofsthe United
| States, whose grand, noble and handsome
features are so familiar to nearly every resi-
dent of st. Paul. No sooner did the crowo
catch sight of that banner than they broke
out into cheer after cheer, which was sllenceo
only by the appearance of P. H. Kelly, ESQ.,
chairman of the delegation, appearing on the
platform of the car. His appearance was
the signal for another outbreak OF Wild en-
thusiasm, and it was long time before Sill
ence could be restored, 50 that bis voice
could be heard.
Mr. Kelly said Friends and fellow DEM
ocrats of St. Paul l need not tell you how
much graJi6ed we are with the reception we
met with at home, or how gratifying 1t Is TO
know that here az it has besn all along our
is cheered by the people. L understand that
we are to have more speaking soon at the Glare
don and again IN the evening, and L Will not
try 10 make speech now. But WILL
have something to say to you, IN
good time, of the interesting incidents or
the convention and of the part borne oy your
delegation. 1t is enough for me to say that
believe we contributed largely to the nomlna-
tions which you and all thel Democrats of the
country have approved. Those nominations
have united the Democracy of the whole coun-
try There are no divisions in our ranks either
in New York anywhere else. The ram
many and Tilden men have settled their differ
ences. In the State of Pennsylvania Senator
Wallace and Speaker Randall have harmonlzed.
And new let me Introduce to you, as a repre-
sentative of the united Democracy OF Henne-
pin county, the Hon. VIM. Lochren.
Mr.. Lochren commenced by briefly al
luding to the action of the national conVen-
ton, and the part that Minnesota had taken
in bringing about result which was sure
harbinger of success He said that from the
time they had left Cincinnati to their arrival
in st. Paul, they had been greeted with one
unanimous voice of approval. The shout of
victory had filled the air during their entire
journey, and with earnest vehemence he de-
clared that the battle was already won. He
concluded by saying that Gods sunlight had
burst upon the earth with a brilliancy pro-
fuse enough to penetrate even the blackness
of darkness which had SO long enveloped our
beloved State. Cheer after cheer greeted the
eloquent speaker during his remarks and
every alIusion to Hancock, set the vast crowd
wild.
Hon. E. M. Wilson, of Minneapolis, was
next called for, and again q shout that
could almost be heard at our
sister city went up from the throng. Mr..
Wilson made one of his impressive speeches,
born of the true inwardness of his feelings,
voiced the universal satisfaction with which
Minneapolis, irrespective of party, has re-
ceiYed the nomination of Gen. Hancock. He
commenced by saying that this was one of
the proudest days of his life, coming back as
they did to their beloved State after achiev
ing such grand and noble work as had
been done in Cincinnati. Continuing he
said: "You sent US forth in weakness, we re-
turn to you in strength. Minnesota has per-
formed her duty by the men you sent forth
to represent her. Do your duty in NoVem-
Der and you will place in the Presidential
chair a man who has a stronger hold, deep
down in the hearts of the American people
than any man who has lived since the days
Of Washington Mr.. Wilson's remarks
were so frequently interrupted by cheers that
it was almost impossible for the reporters to
hear them, and in fact no synopsis of
them could do him justice.
at this point Mr.. Kelly once more appeared
upon the platform of the Car, holding in his
hand the beautiful Minnesota banner of the
convention, bearing on one side in golden
letters the name OF minnesota" and on the
other picture of Gen. Hancock, and after
silence was obtained, in a few eloquent and
feeling words on behalf of the entire delega-
tion from Minnesota, he presented the same
to Gen. II. 81. Sibley, "the noblest Roman
of us all,'' whose wise counsel and earn
est request had first marked out for the dele
cation their course of action which had re-
| fected SO much honor upon the State and
nation.
| This graceful act, took not only Gen. Sib-
ley, but the entire crowd by surprise, and
for moment or two there was a deep
silence, which was shortly broken by an i'm
mense shout, as the honored banner was
passed over to his hands. Gen. Sibley
was utterly unable to say word, but
he grasped the staff when it was handed to
him with an air which said Sin this sign we
will conquer" and during the entire subse-
quent proceedings he either carried or kept
his eye upon that banner with all the solici-
tude of q mother looking after the safety of
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