McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-06-19
BLAINE AT HOME.
How He Received His Friends and News OF
the Nomination.

How He Received His Friends and News Of
the Nomination.
An'Augusta (Me.) telegram of June
18th says: All the afternoon people
were congregated in the vicinity of the
Western Union telegraph Office await
ing the doings of the convention. The
crowds grew denser and denser as the
news following the ballots was received.
When the final joyful tidings came, one
grand hurrah burst forth from the i'm
mense throng, and the reclamation
which arose found one prolonged echo
from one limit of Water street to the
other. Hats were thrown wildly in the
air, and, with joyous countenances,
people exchanged heartful congratula-
tions. Men became wild and almost
frenzied. They wrestled with each
other, they laughed and shouted for
Joy. 1t seems as if they could not be
satisfied. 1t was not long before Water
street was well-nigh impossible. Car
riages blocked The way, and where
her were not vehicles the space was
occupied by people. At twenty min
utes of fve-and less than five minutes
after the news came-a mammoth flag
was swung to the breeze. AS the ban
ner was run up it was greeted with
stentorian cheers. Men fairly shouted
themselves hoarse. Next they went up
street to where large portrait of Blaine
was hanging out. Here they broke into
storm of cheers. At night the city
was not less excited than in the after
noon. When the 8 o'clock train ar
rived it was the signal for renewed
cheering. A procession was formed
and mOvediIdow the street to Mr..
Blaine'sl residence. The houses and
Btreets1 along the route were illumin-
hted. In front of his residence they
halted. In response MI. Blaine appeared
at the door and surveyed the assem-
bled multitude for moment. All
demonstrations were quickly hushed
and Mr.. Blaine spoke as follows:
"MY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORs:
thank you MIST sincerely for the honor
of this call. There is no spot in the
world where good news comes to me
so gratefully as here, at my own home,
among people with whom 1 have been
on terms of friendship and intimacy
for more than thirty years; people
whom I know and who know me.
Thanking you again for the heartiness
of the Compliment 1 bid you good
night
Mr.. Blaine received the news of the
balloting in the afternoon while seated
upon the lawn with the members of |
his family, laughing and commenting
upon the reports as they came in in
rapid succession. Mr.. Blaine gave no
sign that he was especially concerned
in the proceedings at Chicago, he was
calm and cheerful and apparently con-
tent to abide by the result, whatever it |
might be. A dispatch was received
from William Walter Phelps after the
third ballot, which foreshadowed what |
the end was to be. The group under
the apple tree began increasing by the
addition of friends and nelghbors.
Soon came dispatch announcing his
nomination, followed by a roar of
whistles and clang of bells and shout
ing Iof the happy crowds, but still no
change was perceptible in Mr.. Blaine's
as he received the congrat-
lations of those around him. Tele-
grams came rushing in upon Mr.. Blaine |
almost literally by armfuls. Hundreds
of dispatches followed from every state
in the union.