Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-10-25
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
Blaine and Logan Meet in
Illinois.
A LETTER FROM WHITTIER,
Report of the Railroad Commission
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spRiNFIELD, ILL.,, Oct A.-The Republican
demonstration in this city to-day and to
night Is considered on all sides to have been
the largest political demonstration eyei
held in any city OF the State outside of Chi
cago Excursion trains were run In ON all
the roads centering here. bringing In thous
ands of people from the Central and South
ern portions of the State. A moderate esti
mate places the number OF strangers In the
city at not less than 6O000, including scores
of uniformed clubs brass bands, etc. The
principal stand was located on the ground
In front of the executive mansion with an,
other In front of the State house: The pro
ceedings were opened By parade. In which
the various organizations present took part
being an hour in passing given point. A
feature in the demonstration was the pres.
ence OF thirty-eight young ladies mounted
on white horses aud an equal number OF
gentlemen on black horses. During the
afternoon speeches were made from the sew
eral stands by Mr.. John A. Logan. Secretary
Robert Lincoln arrived on the train bearing
Blaine. He was detained until a few min,
utes before 5 o'clock. As soon as II arrived
he was driven Immediately to Main street
and was followed by an immense process
sion.
which Blaine spoke as follows; II could
not stand upon this ground without having
my mind irresistibly carried back to the
spring of 1861, when the first Republican
President left his home to enter upon that
extraordinary mission whose results fill the
most memorable chapters of our history.
(Cheers) / could not stand upon
this ground Without having my
here. after the aring on sumpter. Of the
great Democratic chieftain who. when the
issue came between his party and his coun-
try, choose his country. lRenewed cheer
ing. And II l did not remember these
things they would be brought TO mind by the
fact that the son of Abraham Lincoln and
the son OF Stephen A. Douglass are to-day
upon the soil Of Illinois upholding the prin-
clples for which these two patriots, side by
side, worked In the dark day which ushered
In the civil war fGreat cheering.l Men die
but the principles, which in that great con-
test preserved both liberty and union are to-
day incorporated in the creed OF the Repub-
lican party. tRenewed cheering.l Nor do
extravaganza when ! say that the bond of
the Union could be weakened by the tri-
imph of the Democratic party. That's 30
and cheers:l Because the head Of that
hands of men who organized the
rebellion, which Lincoln and Douglass
Joined in the resisting deliberate csicula-
tion of the Democratic party to-day is that
Will the hiAtttn ooututTh bthtts tutl
will draw enough electoral votes from the
north to give them the political mastery of
the Union. They can never do II and am
sure that In protesting against such a con
sumation as that the tombs OF both Lincoln
and Douglass would open their ponderous
marble jaws. tGreat eheering.l There are
two Souths, the new and the old South
The new South looks forward hopefully to
progress, to political regeneration. TO the tri-
nmph OF the principles that underlie the
union. The old South cherishes the preju-
dices OF the Rebellion, nurtures show OF
revenge, indulges In the ambition to get
even. Shall the North join forces with the
old South or with the new tthe new)? Yes,
let us stretch out our hands to that new
South. made up largely Of its true
men who took part In the Confederate
struggle but who have turned their backs
upon the past and are looking hopefully to
the future. Let the strength, the Influence,
the prestige OF the Republican party go to
the upbuilding Of that new South and so
long as loyalty has a friend or the flag has
follower let not that old South triumph.
lTumultuous applause.