The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-08-08


fortunate yesterday as to find Auditor of
State James H. Rice willing to communicate
a few of his pleasant impressions of the Pres
ideDtial party as it went whirlipg through
the State on Thursday, from New Albany to
Chicago. Auditor Rice was the only State
official who paid his respects to the party,
except Lieutenant Governor Hanna, who
could not very well avoid being present,
since his country seat is at Greencastle, q city
party was transported.
THE TRAIN
wasone of the most beautiful that ever passed
over Indiana rails. President Young, OF the
New Albany and Chicago Road did himself
great credit by making all things lovely for
his guests. The decoration OF the train made
it a thing of beauty. As it rushed along at
a speed of about forty-fve miles en- hour it
awakened everywhere enthusiastic admire
ton. The locomotive was covered with en-
blems Of power, jos and gladness. and it vas
no great sire CHI of the fancy to conceive hat
the iron horse, as he pulled aud sn0r'ed
through forest and tie d, felt d thrlll OF ride
~ his nerves of steel and got down 10 his wo
~ilh a satisfaction rare Y experienced by his
equine cc-ls5orer In the worlds activities.
Besides the Il comOtive and the baggage car
there was band car dining car, the Pres
deni's car and car for the railroad ofiic ais
all elegant and sumptuons, good enough
for Kings
The train was little behind time in pull
ing out from New Albany, occasioned By the
desire Of the peoDle OF that goodly city to im-
press upon the mind of the President that
be was in State carried for Porter and Gar
field by "Arthur's soap''-those NEW, crisp
two-dollsr bills which enabled the 2. o. r o.
to Hubble up things aud take Star Route
to victory. At New Albany
COLONEL MORRIS M'DoNALD
was master of ceremonies and introduced
the President to the vast throDg pr sseot, to
| do the agreeable, and give the Chisf
Magistrate Of 50o00 600 OF people q grand
! senG-ofi to Chicago, the wickedest city on the
| continent Colonel Mcdonald was felicitO1s
! in his remarks, neither witty nor ornate. H
! avoided all alluSion 10 splits and cnasms,
| did not refer 70 the lmonic0 bang let, and
| said nothing about beirg in cflice 'oy the
! oct of God Indeed, he made no reference
! 10 anything in the hast calculated u mar
the harmony which prevailed TIE crowd,
how ever, did not seem 10 Bn w Just where the
! applause should come in. Here was Il clan e
for Hon. Tom Hanlon, Auditor OF Floyd
| County, who, understanding such things
] knew just when to explods tue hUZzI dyna-
ml,e, and, as result, "Thres cheers for the
| President" etc, was artistIcallY wiring
| in. The President at once ap-
pTeoiated Hanlon's mastery of the III is;t
saw in him zone OF the boys" and inv Ell
| him to the lunch car. where conditions wert
| suited 10 fruiiioDs, and the President probs
| bly, recited in his happiest style Longtellow :
| great poem beginning:
"'Tis ssid when mother earth is dry
She drinks the droppings OF the SKY:
But when any are thirsty on this train,
We burst o dozen OF champagne"
Away from New lbsny the train sped on
| like a thing of life 70 Salem. Here the valves
| Of the locomotive we're closed. aud those OF
COLONEL GEORGE w FRIEDLv
/ were open for the purpose OF introducing the
| President TO the p ople, who Were out By
| hundreds. Colonel Friedly was as happy in
| his utteTances as was Colonel Mcdonald
! The President was informed that he hal
penetrated Indiana about fifty miles. and
| was approaching its true iawardness
which would be reached ,s p.d further
smiled and said it reminded him of Bsecher.
| The salutatiOns were hearty, evincing good
/ will and kind wishes for the distinguished
| visitors. Then the cry rang out, "sll aboari )"
| and the train moved on TO Bedford, where
| Colonel Friedley again introduced the Presi.
| dent. Ii should have been said before that
| the introducing ceremonies included, besides
| the President, Secretary of the Treasury Fol-
! ger, Secretary of War Lincoln, and Post
| n as ter General Gresham. AS a matter OF
course the speeches had to be shOrs and
! pointed. 1t was a little unfortunate that
| Fo'ser was along, as in sDite of fate his name
| suggested Cleveland's 200 600 Democratic ma
| joIity and some other things not at all cilcu-
! lated TO embellish the festivities of the occa-
! sion. When Lincoln was introduced some
one would whisper, Now for a
good story" but, alas! Robert is
not bis father any more than q
] gIasshopper is o grail When Gresham
was introduced the folks were tickled and
would sing out Hands all round" and they
we're merry boys, sure enough. Thus the
| train, with its flags aad streamers. eped on
! through forest, field and farm, until Green
| castle hove in view, where our fellow citizen,
Auditor Rice, joined the happy company. 1t
! was understood that at Greencastle
! HON. THOMAS HANNA,
I Lieutenant Governor. would introduce tie
/ Presidential party TO the people who had as
stmbled to honor the distinguished strangers.
1t was a most Fortunate arrangement. Gov
| einor Hanna is himself strong attraction;
| ae for instance. gentleman was asked il he
was going down TO the depot to see the
President He replied mo. I'm going
down there to see Tom Hanna" and il is
presumed urdreds went for the same pur-
pose. Our Lieutenant Governor Ia said to
/ resemble the President in form aud feature,
/ voice and gesture, and those who have had
the pleasure OF seeing Mr.. Hanna, may there
/ fore congratulate themselves upon having
seen gentleman WHO 50 nearly resembles
I the President that he would do very well for
I side show in the back townships where
chromOs ale not as plentiful TO the square
! mile as in the cities. Governor HsnDe's
/ speech abounded felicitous illusions to
| Indiana, and the President was equally ele-
/ CANT in his IepoDse. The prOprieties of the
nccssion forbade any ailusion to Mr.. w. Z.
/ Fishtack's buzz-saw or to Senator Harrison's
boom. The Greencaslie ovation was snperb,
al much credit is due to Governor Hanna
1 for lis mastery fort in refusing TO say
word about the appropriation" bill, the
! metropolitan police bill" and some other
| subjects with which his fame is clearly iden-
tilted.
/ Away from Greer castle the next place on
! the programme was Charlottesville. Here
4 the sssem blage was immense and il was the
| duty Of
HON. W. CULBERIS0N
! to make the introductory speeches. The duty
was performed with a dslicafe regard for pro-
1 prities of the occasion and things would have
| gone off splendidly but for ex Congressman r.
| B. F. Pierce, who played smart Aleck, oy
bouncing into the ring and introducing
Bob Lincoln, one OF the boys" This
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