Omaha daily bee., 1884-10-31
BLAINE IN BROOKLYN.
Long Islands Metropolis Tenders
Blaine a Grand Reception.
Public 0vations Amid Rain and
Storm.
An Irish Tribute Of Esteem in
Celtic Dialect.
The Mammoth Reception by
Brooklyn Ladies. .
Demonstrations at the Theater
and Williamsburg.
A Busy Day for the Great Candidate
-IncIcmcut Wenther-His
Ready Eloquencc.
BLAINE IN

Nav York, October 3O.-Blaine was late
arriving in Brooklyn. The time appointed
or him to cross the bridge was . o'clock, but
was nearer ) before he appeared. The de.
y was occasioned by n large number of call.
Prs upon him at the Fifth Avenue hotel, New
York. At abont a quarter to 3 Blaine drove
to the NJ 'nsiOn house. 1t was raining hard,
about 200 men waited under the verand,
nd in the vestibule of tn, hotel. Among
these were NJ ,yor Low. Mr.. Billiard REV.
Henry Ward Bee, hers brnther.in.law) Raw.
John j. Heischnan and delegations from the
Kings county Temperance assembly and from
the New York temperance assembly. Rev.
George T.. Read was chairman of the latter,
all of whose members present shI hands
with Blame.
AN IRISH TRIBUTE.
y committee representing Irish.American.
anti. Cleveland union of Kings county with
John ID. Carroll at its head, were introduced
by Judge Rooney and presented an,address in
Garlic and Engli,h. Nj. j. Logan of PhiIo a
committee that Blaine shou d hear the address
in Irish. Blaine said: II suppose it is the
language that some OF my ancestors were used
o speak so l shall be glad to hear it, Mr..
Logan then read the address in Irish. Blaine
was very attentive. After the reading Blaine
with the scroll in h 5 hand said: ~ shall cher.
ish this not only because of its political sig.
nlhcance, but also because it is Il very interest.
ing pathological contribution
Altogether about 800 persons. including n
number of lad es shook hnnds with Blaine in
his reception room of the Mansion house. At
four o'clock, the rain still falling, Blaine took
a carriage aud attended the ladies' reception.
THE BRooHLYN LADIES RECEPTION
Long before the hour appointed for the re.
ception to Blaine, given by the ladies of
Brooklyn, the Academy Of Music was
crowded in every past and people Were going
away unable to get in. Although the occasion
belonged peculiarly tn women there were
spokesman of the ladies, delivered the ad.
dress, portions of which were warmly mp.
piaudeu. When he introduced Bltine every
body in tha house rose aud cheetei and it is
prob ,bl5 that 80 l'rgs a humble Of handker-
chiefs was never bct re Il Uttered in the great
nall, Blaine bowel repeatedly to ths p~laudits.
Silence finally b-i z restored he said:
BLAINE's SPEECH.
I'm tnl4 important national contest which
now draws to a close, much of the progress If
which | hare personally Witnessed, two things
have especially impressed me-, the influence
exerted by tn wOu en- OF the United States,
and that eX rted by the young men. APP
plaus".l l do not know that | ought to divide
these, fog | attribute the great interest and
activity OF the young men lar ely to the in-
Ruence of their mothers. Applause. The
republican parry yves q grea5 debt to the
"NlIlfl u NV ~ u NDudbGh lltlltWtu dp-
plausel not u debt now maturing, but one
whica b'san at the very foundation of the
party, fer the ltsr stnre which sprang from the
pen Of woman did much, ] was about TO say
did most, &c C ,nccnsre that great
army OF freedom which,, in the
conflict that cIma upJn the cOnntr y
destroyed the in ~'titution of 81 avery. IGreat
cheering. And ! am sure that whe the news
came to RE TIA t | was 5 lecred for the import.
ant and rSspOLslble post in which | now stand.
] received no greeting t1at II ant more, or
was more grateful to ma, than The one which
came TO me from That lady whose gifted pen
impaired spirit AID soul to the arti-slavery
agit ILiOn, when she CAV t. the world Uncle
Toms CtbR. n o Onged applause and three
cheers for Harriet Beeeher $50 sc. J. do not
feel theref re, that the ladies Of Brooklyn are
taking any Other step III this extraordinary
welc me wh,ch a CRATE vi hsart feels iC i'm
possible to respond to adequately in words,
] do not feel that they are TAXI q
any rev step or eXert,ng any other
Influence than that which has been constantly
eXorted by women during the thirty most I'M.
pOrtint yeaUg in the hist ny Of the United
st It's in which the republican party las led
the nstional progress. Renewed cheering !
i know this widspre al Influence that goes out
from such II greeting as this, | know that
without suffrage woman casts often the
~weigfEc't vote. Applause | k,ow that
the great moral strength showing itself con.
'stautly in the polite streng h With viii h
the republican party his been insplrtd
Tor its struggles and its triumphs has
come from the gracious aud uure
influence of woman. lGreat cheering I
moke, therefore, due anu profound ucku0wl-
edRement, not merely for the x, eas significance
OF Ems o~CcG'iun, but for its cordi dizzy and for
whatever Of psrsDual compliment it may i'm.
ply, But / should be vain, indeed, if | should
take t. myself any great part of tn It
which means only an expression
Of 6ympaIhy and support in that
great comm1nding contest in which for the
time an called to represent the bess patriot
ism tie best h'art, the best aspirations of
the American ,yapublic."
As Kline to TX his seat there was another
enthusiastic demonstrate IN like that viii h
had gre 81 hi@ on Lis intr dueuon. Gen.
Stewart l. Woodfori b-iug called out by the
Gudienc made a short speech
TIE EvI NGNG FEATURES.
After ths ladies' rcceptiOn Blaine was
driven to the ra-idspce of 5 White. where he
dirSi, The other gps,t1 included j hu Sher-
man, ev-secretayy Of the tire pury, Rev. Ell
ward Beecher. AID Mayor Low. The ine!em-
ent weather Of to-day coutinued throughout
the evening, uOrSithsta DIM, the BropRlyn
Aca1erEy of Music was again packed by al
mirers * Blaine Very macy ladies' were
present. Tn5 meeting vac under the aus ices