The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-20


tinguished listener, who paid close attention to
his sermon.
After church Mr.. Blaine spent an hour at the
residence of MI. Joseph D. Oliver and then
was driven to ST. Mary's, the large Catholic edu-
cational institution for young ladies' The pur-
pose of his visit was to pay his respects to his
cousin, the mother superior, Sister Angela, and
to her venerable mother, Mrs. Phelan,
who is his mothers sister. At his
request there was no demonstration, but the
young ladies' were drawn up in line, and one of
them-Aliss Murphy, of Chicago-made brief
address to Mr.. Blaine to which he responded in
a few sentences, saying that it gave him great
pleasure to visit an institution which contained
those who were near and dear to him.
After lunch he was taken to Notre Dame,
another O. tholc institution, for the education
of males and 800 boys drawn up in line, with
brass band at their head received him with
round after round of cheers. Father Walsh,
the president of the institution, made brief
address of welcome, and, in response, Mr.. Blaine
said:
II never feel more pleasure IN standing before
an audience than when it is composed of young
men--the future hope Of our grand young Re
public The possibilities that are before you
are possibilities of great success or OF great
failure You should remember that you are IN
a country possessing the widest prospects, and
that the responsibility of educated Americans is
greater than the responsibility of educated
men elsewhere The responsibility devolVlng
upon you is of political, literary and
religious character and you should have
a thorough moral training to discharge it and to
give an account of yourselves not only in this
life, but IN the greater and better life to come,
properly to take an honorable position among
oet1uf Won
go forth from these halls with prospects proper
tomato 10 your efforts and your determination
to succeed. | had the pleasure of meeting, yes
| terday, anumber of young men of the University
| Of Michigan, and told them, as now tell you,
that your responsibilities are increased in pro
portion to the educational advantages which you
| possess that your countrymen will hold you &C
coun table for them. By making proper use
| of your time and opportunities, you will be
enable to discharge your duties honorably"
Afterwards he visited the chapel and music
hall, where he listened to selections by the
students and then inspected and admired the
fine historical paintings which adorn the walls
of the main building Every attention was paid
him by the officials ana students alike
About o'clock this evening he returned to
the city and spent the evening talking pleasantly
with John c. New, Stanton j. Peelle, Oliver T.
Morton and the members of the Indiana re-
cepton committee, besides citizens of local
prominence. Before returning he spent an hour
talking in private to his sons, Walker and EN-
mons. The latter came from Cedar Rapids, Ia,
to see his father reached here this evening" and
will go back to Chicago in the morning.
AT o'clock this evening John c. New, R. O..
Hawkins, Z. W. MeKenna, H. S. Fraser, and ].
D, Early of Terre Haute. arrived here in W. R.
McKeen's private car and a Woodruff parlor car,
both of which will be used by the Blaine party
through Indiana Mr. Peelle and Mr.. Morton
also came in during the day, and will go with
the party far Auburn and Ligonier re-
speetivel,assst re they speak tomorrow Hon.
James N. Tyner will join them at Fort Wayne
and introduce Mr.. Blaine at Peru.
statement was published in a number
OF papers to-day that Mr.. Blaine had re
ceived dispatch calling him to New York i'm
mediately, and that his other Western dates
would be Cancelled. Tonight he said there was
nothing in the rumor, and that all his engage
ments in Indiana and Illinois would be filed as
announced. He is to L in Chicago next Satur-
day afternoon and evening.
The party will leave for Fort Wayne at 10
o'clock in the morning making stops at Elk
hart, Goshen, Ligonier, Kendallville and Au-
burn.