Morning journal and courier., 1881-03-01
News by Telegraph
FROM ALL QUARTERS.
JOaTneyllg to washington.
Garfield En- Route to the Cap
itai.
GREETINGS ALONG THE ROUTE.
Crowds Of People at Every Stopping
Place.
Speeches by the President.
His Former Constituents Bidding
Him Adieu.
Speeches by the President.
GENERAL GARFIELD.

| GENERAL GARFIELD.
| or for Washington-The Departure from
| Misunderstanding Farewell to his
| Neighbors-Progress of the Presidential
| Train-Greetings all along the Route
Speeches by the Observation-Disclosures
| dents OF the Trip.
| MENTOR Feb. 2S.-General Garfield and
party made preparations to leave at 1890 for
Washington. They go by the Lake Shore to
Ashtabula, thence by the Youngstown and
| Ashtabula branch of the Pan Handle to Pitts
| burg There are General and Mrs. Garfield,
Mrs. Eliza Garfield, the venerable mother of
| the General, Miss Mollie Garfield, daughter
of the General, Irving and Abram, his sons,
D. G. Swain, private secretary, j. s. Brown,
another of his secretaries Colonel F. A. Shell
don and wife, of Cleveland, and Captain G.
E. Henry, of Cleveland, who go as guests of
General Garfield and family with servants.
Accompanying the party will be representa-
tives of the National Associated Press. There
is large gathering of special correspondents
| DESTROYS of accompanying the party. few
| of their personal friends and near neighbors
| called to-day to say goodbye, and the kindly
good feeling displayed by the General and
| family toward these old friends who gather
ed round and babe them God speed in their
new sphere of life was very pleasant and
gratifying. AS I was preparing to leave for
the telegraph Office was witness of one of
these scenes. A big broad shouldered yeo-
man met the General near the door and reach
ed out his hand. Goodbye, General" he
said, 'spm sorry to see you CO. yet glad"
Goodbye, old fellow" was the Cen
erals response as he seized the ex-
tended hand with hearty grip. Goodbye,
Cob bless (aud his voice trembled as he
repeated the farewel1,) "God bless you,
old fellow and hurried on while the old
man ,hobbled off. DIR. Robinson, the Gen
erals old friend and counsellor, was there
and babe fearful goodbye as the party pre-
pared to leave.
Later-General Garfield and family arrived
at the depot at Mentor at 1912, and were re-
ceived with great enthusiasm by a throng
of friends and neighbors gathered to receive
them. thousand or more citizens of the vi
cinity had ventured out through the raw wind
blowing off the lake to do honor to their neigh
bor 4 very creditable brass band from
Lane, little neighboring town, did the hon
ors of the occasion. The people stood in the
cold for an hour or more waiting for the
Generals appearance. There was long
speech by Mr.. Tinker, of gainesville. and
short one by the General. Cheers by
the crowd, and a dash of music and
rush for the train, and we
were off amid cheers and handkerchief
waving The time of starting was promptly
at D. M Mr.. Tinker in his speech con-
graduated General Garfield on being called
to SO exalted position, honored by Wash |
ington, and sanctioned by the life blood of
Lincoln. He reminded him that his selec-
ton for the position was an honor greater
even than an ordinary honor of the same
kind, for he was selected rather than man
who had been honored with the greatest hon |
ors civil and military, that the nation can be- |
stow. General Garfield replied as follows
Fellow Citizens and Neighbors of Lake County, |
cordial and kindly farewell greeting You have
from homes than which there no happier in the
everything that needed to make country life happy
to give me your blessing and kind good bye. You
ship and happiness but do and feel to you am
1 much indebted for your confidence and kindness |
men to experience such. You have feel no higher
political desire than the good of your country You
the best citizen the United States. If to
search the world could find no better models of
litical and moral integrity than here neigh
and supporters in this county and district Dur
ing the eighteen years have known you must spe
this county for their kindness TO It has been
constantly untring and they have bsen always kind
duties before me go supported by sense of your
confidence and love. Friends, constituents. farewell
General Garfield escorted his venerable j
mother to the train Mrs Garfield following |
upon the arm of Major Swain. After the |
delivery of the addresses the President elect |
moved quickly to the train and in remark |
ably short time the party was en- route for |
Washington. |
AsHrABU1A, Ohio, Feb. 2S.-As the train |
neared Ashtabula it was found that nearly |
thousand people had gathered at the depot |
to pay their respects to General Garfield. A |
cannon doomed and a band played Frank |
L. Pettibone, a prominent citizen, clambered |
to the rear of the car and delivered brief |
address, assuring General Garfield that in |
his departure to his new field of duty he car |
ried with him the best wishes and regards of |
the people of this country. The General re- |
piled briefly to the address,
LAWRENCE JUNCTION, Pa, Feb. 2S.-1t had |
been arranged that the train would make a |
brief stop at Youngstown, and at the hour |
set for the arrival there a large number |
of people, probably nearly two thousand, |
gathered at the depot. Before the train |
reached the town it was found that stop |
would seriously interfere with the presiden- |
tial dinner and the train was stopped a
couple of miles out of town to allow the Gen
eral to finish his meal before its arrival at |
the depot, where he would be expected to
make an address The train pulled into
Youngstown at exactly p m. The crowd
cheered and gathered about the rear of the
train, where they called for General Garfield
He spoke as follows:
Fellow citizens of Youngstown am about to bid
farewell time to you and to my old district,
come to-day through the length of the district, and
when leave your city say goodbye to the district
The sight of faces and city and your industries
calls to mind many struggles and points of interest
in your career and mine. see here exemplihed the
labor which has done much for you and
You have in all your struggles and all your
trials and they have been very great ones b at I
circumstances Feeling that the roots of prosperity
nubiican eoyernment your course has made the dis
trict strong one and has made me strong thank
you any ay bef me in the duties Of my position
I shall always have your support
While the expressions of popular regard
we're strong everywhere they were exceeding
ly SO at Youngstown.
WARREN, O., Feb. 2S.-When the train
reached this place, some forty miles from
Ashtabula, large number of people were
in waiting in the dining saloon. The train
was hailed with cheers and cries for the
President-elect As the train slowed up the
crowd gathered about the rear Of the car and
loudly called for the General until he ap-
peared. He spoke as follows:
Fellow Citizens of warren-I did not expect to
so great humber of people here in this snow. but
am glad to see you for moment before leaving my
old district and to recognize among you 80 many |
faces that have many times, in times of per-
il and of difficulties In leaving here shall carry
with me one definite picture clearly defined and
pieasant and most gratifying the picture of
group of men, some of whom see before me now |
who have never all their relations with me indica
ted BY word that they had any personal wish
save to see good honest government prevail Some of
these men who have faithful for years have
er intimated during conversations that they
desired any emolument or honor or position or that
they are performing for any other purpose than the
good of the country the work they are now doing
On the contrary they exhibited the greatest anx
principles and purity in every department thank
YOU for this greeting and for the pleasant memory
which you by your attention have Drought TO my /
mind on this occasion. tCheers9
Amid great cheering and waving of hand
kerchiefs the train moved OF.