The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-02-04
HONORING GARFIELD!
The Sarsna5e to ohio's New Senator
Last Evening.

E The Sarsna5e to ohio's New Senate
, Last Evening.
An Enthusiastic Gathering
Slight tAccident-Speeches by
General Garfield, Messrs-
ShellabarGer. CIapp,
Butterworth, keifer,
Sapp and DunnelI,
Senator Hanlin
and Others.
There was an old-time rally OF Re
publicans last evening on the Occa
sion of the serenade rendered by the
Ohio State Association to Senator
elec Garfield. The members of the
association Assem- bled at the Nation
al Hotel about I O'Clock, and, headed
by the band, took up the line oi
march 10 the residence of General
Garfield, marshaled by Captain Ii. C
March and bis assistants, Colonel
1 IL
The procession was attended by d
calcium light. A committee on recep-
tion, consisting Of Captain Biackford,
Colouel Foote and j Warren Young,
was sent in advance of the line, aud
took charge CT the arrangements la
front of General Garfeld's house a
platform lad been erected TO accom-
modate the speakers and others
Alter the procession arrived this
platform was soon crowded with
gentlemen and ladies. Afler the
band had rendered several pieces Of
music, in response TO The cries for
Garfield" GeoeraI Garfield appear
ed upon the platform. The band
then struck up "Haii to the Chief, ="
out had not executed more than one
Or two bars Snen there was an omi
nous cracking heard, and in another
moment the platform gave away, aud
the thirty or more people Oh II sank
out OF The view OF the people The
fail was a0Oub FIVE feet, but furtun
ately there was no one seriously la-
Ijured A gentleman named Max
well Tad his ankle badly sprained
Order Was very soon restored, the
oaud hni=hed the air " hlch had beeu
interrupted 0y the accident, aud Geu-
eral ia: held mounted TIE porch oil
Ills house. AT this time there were
couple thousand people IN trout Of
the house. Hon Samuel ShelIebar
ger, president of The Onio ) ate A $50
clGLloD, Introduced General Garfield,
making an eloquent speech. Mr.
Oheiiaoarger, spoke ot the duty as
clgued nlm us Is Very pieasaat Que.
lt was not TO pay mere personal
compliment that they had called
there. he Referred 10 the pride win
which the people of Ono nae RaLcn
ed the career OF their distinguished
Senator elect, through his chlidnOJd,
the struggles .oi ais youth, Ia bis
strong manhood, when he devoted
his all " the Cause OF Dis country, III
It's darkest hour; aud when IN hours
Of peace he was called 10 u more CON
spicuous held OF Usefulness. But Ia
the selection OF General Garfield as
Senator the people of Oalo mad not
looked merely 10 the past They
look 10 the future. He had been Sc
lected 10 sui more useful and CON-
spIcuous place His selection had
special regard TO affairs immediate.
ly before hlm IN the future. The
critical period OF the country had
been safely passed, but Ia the imme
dlate future they were confronted
with affairs vi stupendOus magn.-
lude. Now il was for them To see
Ia the future that it shall come to !
pass that this people Will be but one
people. all alike, equal before the
law and equal In the protection Of
the law. The work OF oeaulifyiag,
finishing and restoring The Repubnc
IN ali It's parts, lies before Us. IL
Was the care Of American statesmen |
to see that our Commerce Was restor-
ed and that our National faith ana |
honor were preserved. In his judge
menl, IN the selection of Gen srnl |
ira. held the people Of ONO nad Iu
view his relation u the immediate
future and his illness IN shaping the |
great event OF the fu,ure
General Garfield was then intro
duced, and when the storm of ap-
piause abated he proceeded TO speak
He SAID that ne was too well ac-
ouainted with the springs and foun-
talas OF action of the American peo-
pie 10 believe that this demonstration
Vas intended for any thing 50 poor as
one man. 1t measr a great sentl-
ment, AID in that seGliment he JOIN
ed them as brothers aud hailed them
as friend. AS cit!zeus of Onio,"
he said, We have many reasons TO
be proud and vastly more to be
graleiul-grateiul to the State fof
what IL mas done for us, and to the
Nation for what IL has done for thai
State' He he0 rete I'd to DC EAR
iy settlement OF Louisville, Keotuc-
ky, by George Clarke, aud In glow
Ing words described Clarke's pilgrim
axe over the mountains TO Virginia
To offer his services to Patrick Hen
ry to briug to the new Republic the
great Northwest, aud his subsequent
expedltion from Pittsburgh, " which
resulted 10 Wrestling that Western |
couulry from the BRUSH crown
w ben the war was over, the terrific |
ry nov known as OniO was opened |
To settlement and all tie elect heroes
o he Revolu 10 To-day what Ohio
IL, she Was oy virtue VI the Uuion |
Let no man cay be loves 0nio before
the Union. We love the Uuioa, our
creator, aud Ohio, It's darling child
Though We love the Caesar OF our
State government much, We lore the
Rome of our Union more. We owe
duty in our State direct to c. plum-
bus, bat we owe dusy TO our Uulou
direct to Washington and not through
Columbus. The recent campaign
was sigricant. 1t meant frat aud
foremost, the supremacy Of the Ma
ton, and second, the honesty of our
Nation. The ruling idea OF Ohio,
nvt, however, the "Ohio iaes"-was
that the honest money OF the people
and their honest Obligations shall De
maintained 10 closing he said that