The weekly Arizona miner., 1880-08-20
A GREETING TO GEN. FREMONT.
THE PRESENT REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE RE
 GENES THE CANDIDATE OF 1856.

The members oi the Republican Central
 Campaign Cinb, escorting General John C.
 Fremont, pad their respects to General
 Garfield at the Fifth Avenue Hotel last eve
 ming. They started in q body from theil headquarters at the Colmsn House, and
 passed in at the main lobby of the hotel One of the rooms adjoining General Gar fields on the second floor was used for tlie
 purpose of the reception. Oaly A. J. Dit
 tenhoeier. General Fremont and few
 other prominent Republicans were admitted
 to the room before deGeral Garfield entered
 He came in, his face beaming with smiles
 and apparently in the beet of spirits. Gen
 eral Fremont was formally introduced tu
 him by Mr DIttenhoefer. General Gar field saio to General Fremont:
 You were the first man who gave aim 10 my political life. Up to the time you were
 nominated l had been neither WhIg nof a Democrat, but when your nomination was made l announced in ihe first political speech ever made that the Republican party had taken up great issue, and that was prepaIed to work for ihe abolition ot slavery. l cast my fist vote for you, and It was the iniual step in my political career
 At this moment fhe memUeTs Of the club began tO come. General Garfield at once stationed himself beside another dyor SO that those Rho shook hands with ham might afterwards pass put aud make no crowding. + was interesting Co watch the Republicans as they came up and General Garfield us he greeted them. For nearly every one he had some word of cheer, and he had quick replies for the many pointed and personal remarks of admiration which some of those who came could not restraln Occasionally General Garfield recognized the face of an old acquaintace, and then the greetings were eyen more hearty < little man with strong determined features grasped the Generals hand with hard grip, and sad, I'm al Irish Republican, aud don you forget it. To various salutauons of Germans the Generai answered in as good German, "I hope you are well or "I'm glad to have the opportunity 10 see yuu.n When NIT. Hsstie was introduced, AIr Gar field assured him that he regretted that their greetings should be so nasty. The name of Nf GoOdkind cailed out the re- mark that II was q good name for Rcpub- lican 10 have.
 More than 500 person bearing the badge ot the club passed through the loom aud shook hands with the nomIncc. Then many who were not members continued to press their way in and io exchange a word with the Generai, and m ,hls way several more came ana weDt. General Garfield secured few minutes, and improved them ia talking with the more prominent members of the club who fingered ia the room. Among those present ia addition to those aireadT mentioned, were: Collector Merritt, Alp. praiser John . Howard, ex Governor R. C. | Mccormick. Sheridan Shook, Benjamin F. Manierre, Daniel D. l. Marshall, John D. ! Ottiwell, Geo. II. Stokcs. c s0rgs Haven 1 Putnam, Andrew J. Campbell, Alexander | Eagleson.
 Although grea; numbers contiaued to rowd into the rooms, most oi gbe members | 'f the club who were present having met | he nominee, an opportunity vas gwen him of quietly finding his way into an adjoin- ng room. The club formed in line below. nd marched back 10 heaGquar,eFS.-N.Y '. Tribune, August C.