The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-10-09
The Preparations That Were
Made for an Imposing and
Brilliant Procession.
Cleveland's Journey from AL
bany-A Narrative Full
of interest.
Henry Martins Address and
Gov. Cleveland's Reply
Two Fine Orations.

there will be witnessed one of th
grandest parades ever held in this citN
| The democratic forces have been har
at work; Subscriptions have been NOR
than unusually liberal, and banner
and transparencies without number
and designs have been prepared
Marshals and aids have been appoint
ed, and the work put in such a shap
as-the weather permitting wei
come the governor in truly roya
| manner.
A column will be formed of 81,
large divisions with bands and drum
corps as follows:
The first division will consist of tht
ward phalanx of about Thousand
men from the governors hom,
ward, to be followed by thu
National Veterans association o
800 men, and the democratic legion. O
800. These will be followed by tn
governor and reception committee il
carriages.
The second division will be com
posed of the band, Buffalo Cleveland
corps, of 800; Batavia Cleveland corps
400; Rochester Cleveland legion, 1000
Syracuse escort, 800; Syracuse Cleve
land phalanx, 400; Third Ward Cleve
land club, of Syracuse, 200; Seventh
Ward Cleveland club, of Syracuse
$50; Lockport legion, 400; Dunkirk
Forestville and Silver Creek clubs
1000.
The third division will be composed
of a band; old Hickory club of Buff
falo, 10000; Rochester continentals
300; Akron old Hickory club, 200
Fourth ward city clubs, 1900; Tona
wanda legion and clubs, 300; Suspen-
sion bridge, Niagara falls and Albion
clubs, 400; Akron Cleveland club, 25O
Warsaw Cleveland club, 200; Attica
Cleveland club, 180.
The fourth division will be as fol
lows: band; Cleveland knights, $50
Cleveland guards, 300; Cleveland
uniformed clubs, 600, and Centra
club, 300; jamestown, Bradford
Olear, Warren, Clarendon, Titusville
and Olden Cleveland clubs, 1,400.
Fifth division to be composed as fol
lows: Band; Independent Cleveland
Guards, 600; Rochester Cleveland
Corps, 800; ward Cleveland clubs, 280
Polish Cleveland club, 500; Brewers
organization, 200; Evans, Brant, Am
berst, Gowand, Collins and North
Collins Cleveland clubs, 1900.
The sixth division will be formed
as follows: Band; ward Cleveland
clubs, 400; Island Cleveland clubs
200; Railroad SwitchmenS' Cleveland
club, 200; Railroad Brakemen's Cleve-
land club, 400; Ward Cleveland club
$40; Sardinia, Holland, Elma. Marilla
South Wales, East Aurora, Hamburg,
West Seneca and country town Cleve.
land clubs.
Cleveland at Buffalo.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Oct. 2-The fol
lowing is the address OF welcome tC
Gov. Cleveland, on behalf of the citi.
zens of Buffalo, by Hon. Henry Martin
president OF the Manufacturers and
Traders Bank:
HON. HENRY MARTINS ADDRESS.
Gov. Cleveland: In behalf of your
old friends and neighDors, 1 welcome
you home tonight. You came to oul
city boy. You learned your profes
sion here, and for more than twenty
years have gone in and out before us
respected, trusted and honored by all
In the course of time the public wea
demanded you, and, regardless of party
affiliations, we elected you mayor
The singleness of purpose, the rugged
honesty, the faithful discharge Of
duty, the unpretentious yet evel
watchful care of the public interests
which marked your adminlstra
led led the q people ei of if this PROUD prout
state, by an overwhelming and un-
exampled majority. to select you as
their chief magistrate. You entered
upon this great Office. While you have
held it you have had the public eye
turned fully, at times, on you as
prominent candidate for the presid
ency, and at a period remarkable il
demands for pure, good government
and the reform of old abuses. You
have steadily pursued your way, de
gliding every question which ha:
arisen out of the manifold affairs ol
needs of this great commonwealth, o.
which has been urged to the front by
cunning opponents, with that sam'
integrity of purpose and thu
thoughtful care which has mark
ed your career here at home
Again has fidelity to dut.
produced its result and we wei
come you tonight as the presidential
candidate OF great party, and o
| thousands upon thousands who recog
nize the demands of the public servic
as superior to party ties, and we, you
old friends apd neighbors, sir, bearing
towards you the full measure of higl
personal esteem, rejoice to know tha
In this bitter campaign, not one Iepu.
able manihas yet been able to point T.
one solitary official act OF your ad
ministration, and pronounce iJ tn
subject of Just criticism; that not on
reputable man has been heard to sa
that, in any one single official act, yo
have made the interests of party o
self superior to the public gooC
or for one instant forgottel
that your Office was a sacred and so
emn trust to be administered for tn
best interests of the whole peopl,
We believe, SIT, that the calm, gooc
sense of the nation is with you, tc
night; that the rectitude, and trutf
and earnestness of the people, an
fidelity to duty and firmness in tn
discharge of duty, are, at this day an
time, recognized as essential In tn
chief executive of the republic, an
that surely and resistlessly the cul
| rent of public sentiment is doin
its perfect work, which sha
end in your triumphant elet
tion. We congratulate you, sIi
from our hearts. upon the success
which has marked your past career
and upon the assurance of coming vic
tory, and we welcome you to the cit,
whose chief pride tonight is in tn
/ fact that it is the home of Grove
Cleveland"
CLEvELAND'S REPLY.
The following is the address of Co
Cleveland. in reply to Hon. Henr
Martins introduction:
"FELLoW CITIZENS-I can hardl
tell the people of Buffalo ho'
I rejoice tonight, and how graf,
full / am for this demonstrate
of the confidence and esteem of m
friends and fellow-citizens. l hav
resided among you, and in this cit,
where all my success in private iii
has been achieved, for nearly thirt
wears. Tonight, come to you aft
the longest absence that has occurre
in all that time, and yet within I'll
few weeks that have passed since
SAW you last, an event has happenf
lof supreme Importance to me, an