Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-26

-. 'eAa satr ttdln 10 visit the Seneca
county ARrlealtaral fair. He was e.
Igreeo 20 the train by the Piuned
hih9nts OF waterloo ard BY a great
oAu. Inc agricultural association
nAd arranged to charge . a cents a
head for admission, bat after ri. ins,s
! carriage entered the grounds tue psople
followed IN great bodies and forr..5
lhelr way In regardless Of gate kes.ers.
inere were many ladies' in the Assem-
oiags. Blaiae's pressnce arou zad great
enthusiasm When called On for a
speech. Blaine stood up In tbs carriage
| ana said be did not feel qualified to
maze suitable speech at an aoricultu-
raj fais, bat ne had the good fortune to
tsasel WITH practical farmer, Martin
l. IoEnsend, whom he would introduce
instead. Laughter! Townsend and
Kenny having spoken. the Plumed
hnights escorted Blaine back to the
tram. There we're repeated calls for
Blame y" Blaine - before he left the
grounds, bat be responded only by bow
ing.
At $40 the train arrived at Geneva.
Here salute was fired as the train
came into the station, aud in q few
minutes several thousand people gath
cred at the rear of tna train. When
order was restored Blaine briefly thank
Cd the people for their kind reception,
and then said
could not IN justice 90 my feelings
pass through your beautiful town With
out paying tribute OF respect TO the
late eminent eltizsn whom yog have
lost. Ii was my good fortune 81 knox
Judge tolger personally and officially
knew hicn we'll, aud | feel proad TO
bear testimony that he was among the /
public men of the United States who |
have shortened their lives by unselfish
devotion to public duty. am sure that |
IN paying ny testimony | am sustained
by you, who knew him 80 we'll and for |
so many years enjoyed his friend shlp.'' |
senator Lapham joined the party at
Geneva
ROCHESTER, \. Y, Sept. 25.-It Is i'm
possible to do Justice by description
to the graad ovation which Blaine re-
oelved IN Rochester. Its magnitude and
enthusiasm seemed to astonish even the
gentlemen who sad taken part in the
preparations for II. Uuiform-d cubs,
SONS mounted, but M Jst on foot, ex-
tended In line for about three quarters
OF mile from the depot, along the way
to the stand erected on the court house
steps. The clubs saiutei Blaine As he
passed along. and he returned the salu
tati0ns. The streets were tiled with
dense mass of men and women, aud
every door and window in the houses
were occupied. The old Osborne house,
| five story building, formerly the lead
| ing hotel OF Rochester, but now trans-
feEred into business building, was
| crowded with people looking out upon
the procession and salutin9 as it p .ssed.
SO, too, was the famous Powers bio K,
| and SD was every building along the
ronte. Fortunate arrangements had
been made for Blaine aad his friends to
reach the stand via the rear of the court
house. for 1t would have been Amos.
| impossible to make a passage way
| through the dense crowd in front. As
soon as Blaine had got upon the stand,
the colored Jubilee Singers. of Fisk
| University, Tennessee, sang with great
effect one of their stirring songs. which
was loudly epplauded. Mr.. Bevins,
chairman of the Monroe County Central
Committee, introduced Blaine. who WAS
received with tremendous cheering
| When order was restored, Blaine, speak
ing slowly and impressiyely, so that
his voice Reached nearly every member
of the great audience, said:
| am sure that no desire to offer a
| personal compliment to any living man
could have brought this vast audience
together, and | have not the vanity to
| accept IL as offered to myself indivldu.
| ally. Ii Is rather an expression by this
! great assemblage of the psople of West
ern New York of their confidence in
those principles which have brought
prosperity TO our country and have
built your own beautiful city as one of
the examples and illustrations of that
prosperity. Applanse.l Republican
ism embodies IN ITS creed four distinct
aud important Doctrines: FIRST, peace
with the whole world applausel; sec
ond. commercial expansion in ev-
cry practicable direction (applausel;
third, the encouragement of every form
of American industry enthusiastic
applause and fourth, protection to ev-
cry citizen, native or civilized, at home
aud abroad. Renewed applause IN
der these policies the Republican party
strives TO conduct the Government un-
der these principles the Republican
party submits itself to the judgment of
the American people on these prinoi-
Piles we conquer. or on these principles
We are conquered. | thank you, gentle
men, thank you from the bottom of
my heart. for whatever in this splendid
ovation is personal TO mysa { !; but ask
your attention with especial emphasis
to the importance of the position TO
which have 50 briefly reverted. PRO
ionRed cheering
At Batavia delegation of 40 gentle
men from Buffalo cane on board the
train. When the party arrived at the
Buffalo depot at ! o'clock there was al
ready a great crowd. Blaine, escorted
by Chairman Warren and the local com
mit,ee: entered carriage and passed
up town between rows of uniformed
knights and other political clubs bear.
ing torches, and for the ensuing
three hours he was driven through
the principal streets and received
an ovation which it.would take columns
to describe. The people, men, women
and children, we're SD densely packed
together In the streets that the police
had all they could do to make way for
the carriage. The widest enthusiasm
prevailed. At few points along the
route there were cheers for Cleveland.
and shouts of Cleveland's the man."
but nearly all these demonstrations
were made by boys. and everywhere tue
greatest good humor prevailed. At a
few minutes past III the procession
passed the lift House, and Blaine's
party went in by the rear entrance, the
crowd in front being too great. Almost
Immediately Blaine had to show him-
self on tha balcony, and for nearly an
hour be stood viewing the procession
aud bowling his acknowledgements to the
demonstrations made by the people in
the street. There we're more than 10000
men in line, and at least 10000 people
we're in the streets. The display of fire.
works was very fine. IL was near mid
night when the end of the procession
passed the hotel, and Blaine stepped
into the hotel from the balcony, but be
had hardly got to bis room when the
Buffalo Glee Club came TO give him a
serenade.
Fare as Pittsburg-
PrrrsBURa. Sept. 25.-A disastrous fire
broke out on the south side about half
past o'clock this evening, aud ut mid
night is still raging. A. b. Smith Il
Co.'S extensive glass works, covering
two acres, together with Robinson. Rhea
& Co.'S mae hins shops and ave frame
dwellings. are already consumed, and
as the buildings in the vicinity are of
the most combusfibie material, 10 il