Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-08-10
TELECRAPHIC.
LAST NIGHTS DISPATCHES TO THE RECORD
UNION
Garficld.s Tsiumphal Tour.

CHAUTAueUA, August 9th.-Ieneral Car
field held reception in the hotel rotunda
this morning, and then proceeded to the plat
form on the grounds, around which an enor-
NOUS crowd had assembled. His appearance
was greeted with hearty cheers and the Chau-
tauqus salute. Being introduced by General
Fields, General Garfield said:
The inhabitants of Chautauqua are engaged in
solving the gre t problem, How shall We get leis-
ure The fight fer bread is the great primal fight
and it is so absorbing struggle that until one con-
quer5 it TO some extent he can have no leisure.
Having conquered leisure the next thing is TO know
what to do with it. understood that Chautauqua
was trying TO develop new energies, largeness of
mind and culture in better sense. This greeting
on the lake slope towards the sun is
very precious to me, and / thank you all
This is mixed audience Of citizens, and
will not offend the propreties Of the occasion
by discussing controveTted questions or entering
upon any political discussion look in the faces of
Of all shades of opinion, but whateverOu party
affiliations, trust there is III all this audience love
of our benefcent institutions which makes it posi-
BILE for free labor to earn leisure and for our ins
tutions to make that leisure worth something. Our
Union and institutions, under the blessings of
equal lawsequa to all colors and all conditions
open career for every man, howsoeyer humble, 10
rise to whatever place the power of strong arms the
strength Of clear head and the associations of a
pure heart can lit him. heard yesterday and last
night the songs OF those who lately redeemed
from slavery, and felt that there, too, of
the great trlumpuS OF the hePuDlc. DelitNe III
the efficiency Of the forces that come down
from ages behind US, and | wonder If
q tropical sun had not distilled its sweet.
ness, and il the sorrow OF centuries of
slavery had not distilled its fafness into verses
! which were touching sweet verses, singing songs
OF liberty, as they sang them wherever they go.
thank that choir (referiing TO the Jubilee Sngers
for the lesson they have taught here, and now,
| fellow citizens thanking you all, good-by. Jap
pause.l
| Three cheers for the next President Were
given. The whiting party made its way
| through to. the beat-landing here. The Jubi-
| lee Singers repeated two or three of the songs
| the General had taken most pleasure in. He
| thanked them, and in tones audible only to
those close by said: "The old prophet said,
| Ethiopia shall stretch out her hands to God.
| I believe Gt has stretched out His hands to
| the children of Ethiopia" The boat then
moved off, At all little landings along the
! lake applause greeted the party. At Lake
| Wood the party left the boat and were driven
| to the railroad station, and the train started
| on its homeward journey.
AT CORY, Pa.
| A crcyd of several thousand closed around
| the train when it stopped at Cory. Garfield,
being introduced by Isaac Brown, responded
as follows
| Fellow-citizens: This Is Erie county, your
speaker tells me- and he has properly called this the
| keystone State. Any man in the world might be
proud to be citizen of such State. But, af er all,
great Pennsylvania is she is not great enough for
\ ali the possibilities of Americans 1t Ia still q
greater thing to be citizens OF the whole republic,
and feel that yo1 have rights in it wherever the
flag faunts, from the gulf to the lakes, and from
ocean to 1t is all our countryyour country,
i my country-redeemed by the yslor OF people,
made illustrious by the patriotism Of fathers,
| and Of those who are still with US on earth.
| Crowds of people assembled at different
| stations, and at Cambridge and A1eadville
Garfield made brief speeches.
AT MEADvILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.
| At Meadville, in the course of brief
speech. General Garfield said:
| When was in Paris at the Exposition Of 1857,
among all the wonderful sights there was nothing
impressed me SO much a, two little buildings out
side the gate Of the Exposition building inciosure.
One of them American school-house, fur
| nished with all the appliances OF education. The
| other an American farm house, plain, cheap
and comfortable. The exhibitor III charge told the
visitors that in our country every section Of
land there is schoOl-house like this that every
child can 90 to il without cost, and every man who
will 90 to our Western country can for about $500
build himself farm. house like that and the Gov
ernment gives him farm. "Cone to our coun
try," said he, with your own labor you can make
| home, and the nation to which you come will give
you land for your homes and educate your child er
free"
IN HIS OWN STATE AGAIN.
After leaving Meadviile, the newt stef
made was at Greenville, Pa, where Garfield
had just time to bow and thank the crowd
which had assembled.
When the boundary between Pennsylvania
and Ohio was reached, at tOrangeville, General
Garfield told the people of his own State that
he had met great many people while away
from home this time, and all had treated him
kindly.
At Cortland, which is in his Congressional
district, there was a bright display and g
large crowd with flags and music
At Warren, also in his district, the General
said:
Feilow-citzens and Constituents am very glad
to get back here into this old heart and capital o
the Western Reserve, where feel so much at home
aud which is associated with many memories o
public life and private acquaintance. l need moi
say to any audience in Warren how much l prize
the friendship OF these people, and how much il
has been to me in all these past years. Our rela
tions have been cha acterized by mutual inde
pendencc and friendship IN mutual help
After this no further speech-rnaking was
done on the trip.
AT Garrettsville Garfield merely remarked
"What's the use Of my making speech
where I'm so well known toyou all"
At Scion he remained some minutes to af.
fectionately greet his two sisters and nieces,
who were at the station to meet him.
The train arrived at its station in Cleve-
land fifteen minutes after O'Clock. His en-
try was unattended with crowd or demon.
stration, and the on which the party had
| come from Salamanca was switched to an.
other track, FASTENED to another depot, and
hitched to west bound Lake Shore train,
which took Garfield to his home in Mentor.
MURAr HALsTEAD CONFIDENT.
CLEVELAND, August 9th.-Murat Halstead
of the Cincinnati Commercial, in speech al
the WarreR reception to Gen. Garfield, said
have taken the liberty to say in New York that
Ohio is not among the doubtful States. Genera
Garfed's journey was great success. The confer
ence in New York was reassuring, also the splen
did demons ration along the line we have travelled,
which in the political situation Of the country has
most important part to bear, for on i, devolves the
duty Of overcoming the vote Of the city OF New
York. We feel confidence in New York State
DR.. Tanners Condition.
New YORK, August 9th.-Dr. Tanner con
tinues in good condition. He passed quiet
night, sleeping most of the time. At thi:
morning he ate heartily Of beefsteak snd
bread. At 9 he took two boiled eggs AND
stewed potatoes, drinking two ounces of light
wine. AT ii he swallowed dozen raw
oysters with crackers, washed down with
four ounces of milk. He was weighed al
noon. the scale indicating 1924 pounds. His
pulse at that hour was 95, and temperature
100.
SECOND DISPATCH.l
| NEW York, August 9th-Dr. Tanner is
still at the residence of DR.. Gum, convers
ing with the few who are admitted to his
presence and attending to the many letters
which are constantly pouring in. At
o'clock he ate half dozen oysters, drank
eight ounces of milk and one ounce of his
favorite wine. He then slept for one hour,
and upon awakening drank another ounce Of
wine. At 4 o'clock he drank eight ounces Of
milk. At he ate very heartily of quarter
of pound Of steak, with bread, and drank
eight ounces Of milk. At $50 he again
drank eight ounces of milk, and at s o'clock
partook of the same quantity. At 8:25 he
drank two ounces of wine, and at o'clock
eight ounces of milk with four crackers. AT
10:15 he threw himself across his bed without
undressing and slept for an hour and half,
when he retired for the night.
Senator David Davis en- the Presidency.
CHICAGO, August 9th.-The Times this
morning publishes letter from Senator David
Davis to a gentleman in Washington, in
which he says The training and habits OF
my life naturally led me to prefer civilians to
soldiers for great civil trusts, but as parties
are organized the voter must choose between
candidates or must stand aloof, Indifferent OF
neutral-which no good citizen ought to do
at Presidential election. have no hesita
tion in supporting Hancock, for the best OF
| all reasons to my mind-because his election
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