Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-07

address of W elcome. Many T.is-
ringuished Southerne rs are present. Jeffer-
son Davis, in his fetter OF regres, paid a
trioute. to the bravery OF General
Albert oiah ey Johnston, of Texas
DIX ines Reception in PORTLAND.
/, PosTLANp [Me.), August 6th-The recep-
I .s1,. TO Blaine by the business men of this
city at the City Hall tonight was brilliant
one The hall was packed, the seats being
removed, and the Audience standing, while
the galleries were filed with ladies. Blaine
held q reception in the Mayors office at 5
o'clock. He was conducted to the plat
form leaning upon the arm of Congressman
! Reid, being received with great cheering
Reid, in happy speech, presented the
| business men of Portland TO Blaine, saying
! iocularly that if he attempted TO present
them individually it would soon be appa-
rent that Blaine was better acquainted
with them than he. George Wood,
as spokesman of the merchants, read an
address to Blaine signed by over 300 bust
ness men and firms of this city. The
address, after an expression of qualification
! that citizen of Maine had been made the
recipient of a Presidential nomination,
said Although we have not all been able
to agree with you upon political questions,
we have all had confidence in your integ-
rity as a man and your purity and ability
as statesman, and we are united in the
conviction that should the people of the
United States ratify the choice of your po-
litical associates, you will give the country
an administration unrivaled in its wise So
licitude and practical measures for the pro-
motion of all our material interests, for its
painstaking care, for the publication and
perfection of all the public services.
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not know how to express my sense of the
great honor you pay me i'll this most
cordial reception, all the more grateful be-
cause not rendered in party spirit or for
partisan advantages. For the business
men of Portland, / have from personal
knowledge always entertained profound
respect In no community has higher
standard of mercantile honor been main
tained more taintless commercial credit
than in your beautiful city, and the pros
perity you enjoy is the legitimate fruit OF
comprehensive intelligence, industry and
courageous enterprise. Though never
citizen of Portland | was a resident among
YOU for nearly three years beginning III
1856 and ending in 1859 During that time
| was editor of the Daily Adcertiser, anc
was in constant intercourse with the bust
ness and professional men of the city.
recall no more pleasant period in my life
A quarter of century has since elapsed
marked with events of worldwide in
portance, but the flight of years has no
dimmed my appreciation of the friend
shin | then formed, nor of the grea
kindness / received in Portland. Wer'
II to recall the long list o
eminent men of both parties, now no more
with whom was then permitted to mum
Der among my friends, time would fail me
and this large assemblage, called for
friendly greeting OF the living, would b.
turned to an eulogy of this acting genera
ton. which none higher could be than tina
they are worthy to succeed the Fessendens
the Shepleys, the Browns, the Littles, ant
that great host of able and upright mel
whose names and whose careers are tn
true glory of Portland"
. | Introductions to Blaine followed, man.
gentlemen being presented.
) The National Civil Service Association
NEWPORT (R ~, August Gt..--The fourtl
annual meeting of the National Civil Ser
vice Association was held to-day. Georg
William Curtis delivered the opening ad
dress. A business meeting was subse
quently held, at which remarks were mad
by representatives from the various cities
setting forth the progress made in the civi
service in each of said corporations. Reso
buttons were UNANIMOUSLY adopted con
graduating the members upon the worI
) already accomplished
, The Amalgamated Iron Workers.
PrrrsBURe, August 6th.-Routine bust
ness chiefly occupied the afternoon session
of the Convention of the Amalgamate
Iron Workers A resolution was adopted
, indorsing John jarrett for the position Q
Chief of the Federal Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics, and requesting Arthur to sign hi
commission at his earliest convenience
Adjourned until morning.
Train Derailed in Texas.
GALVESTON, July 6th.-The Ne0s Whites
boro special says: The south-bound pas
senger train on the Missouri Pacific was dc
rallied and ditched at 3 o'clock this morn
ing four miles north of Whitesboro. !
number of passengers and train men wer
, injured, but none seriously.