The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-09-25
Enthuslasm for BI.Ina.

-AeAU84A8E4 1cE blaine.
Boston. Sept i7.-At 4 80 D. m.
Blaine droYe TO the station In Augusta.
accompanied By Private Secretary Sher-
man, where, upon the arrival of ths
train, Postmaster Manly and Senator
Hale Joined the party. There was no
Demonstration upon BlaiHe,s departure
At Portland Congressman Reed enter
ed the Pullman car and engaged Blaine
In conversation until the train started
Owing 70 Q delay in the arrival of
Blaine-s train At Portland the regular
tram had departed and his train was run
through as an extra. This, perhaps. &C
counts Tor the small crowds at the sta
tons along the route.
At Portsmouth the crowd gathered
about the train, called for Blaine. and
followed him to the dining saloon where
he partook OF luncheon. No remarks or
introductions here
At NeWburyport fully 1000 persons
gathered, but no stop was made and q
faint shout of welcome was all that
could be heard.
At Ipswich small crowd gathered,
and the instant the train stopped the
| station agent entered and escorted Blaine
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as the next president of theUnited States
Blaine simply saying in response to tbs
salutation. II am glad to meet YOU. /,
Three cheers were gwen as the train de.
| parted
| At Salem throng assembled to gree
Blaine and gave him q hearty welcome
Cries arose for speech, but the cheer
ing had lasted so long there was only
time for word of thanks for the cordia
reception, and then the cars passed on
of the depot.
Several of Lynn's leading citizens
boarded the train at Salem and acc om
panied Blaine to Boston.
| Secretary Whitecomb, of the Boston
ward and city committee met Blaine anC
escorted him 20 the city. The scene q
| Lynn was reputation of that st Salem
| When the train arrived fully 80, $50 per
sons were in the vicinity of the depot
Again Blame was called for and his ap
pearance was the signal for tumultuou!
cheers. Blaine thanked the people sin
cerely for their greeting. As the tran
left the station a salute from a battery
was fired, while crowd followed thu
train the whole length of the station
cheering aud waving their hats.
Congressional and Other Nominations
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 1.-THE Re
publicans of this city to-day made the
following nominations: For city con
troller, John j. Ridgewait; judge of or
phans' court Thomas B. Hanna: fol
congressional district, Chas O'Neill
Fourth district, VIM. d. Kelley.
BURLINGTON, N. j., Sept. 17.-Dr
Franklin b. Zuntt, of Burlington, wal
today nominated for congress by thu
! Democrats of the Second district. Third
ii. 81. Bingham, Fifth district, A. G
Harmer.
LITTLE Rock, Sept. 1.-THE Demo
cratic convention OF the Fourth district
renominated John Ii. Rogers for con
gress by exclamation.
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 17.-Joe Rankin
Democrat, was Tenominated in the Fifth
congressional district.
KANSAS CITY, Sept. ia Journals
Omaha, Neb., special says j. H. Sickle
| was nominated for congress at Hastings
by the Anti -monOpolists of the Second
district and endorsed by the Democrats
james Lard is the Republican nominee
SOUTH FARMINGToN, Mass, Sept. II
= Frederick D. Ely was nominated fol
congress by the Republicans of the
Ninth district.
NORWICH. Conn.,, Sept. 17.-John T
Waite was nominated by the Republic
cans of the Third congressional district
for the seventh consecutive time.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 1.-THE Demo
Gratis of the Second congressional dis.
trict nominated DIR. Frank T. Shaw
This was the action of the second con
vention. The first convention took
,408 ballots without a choice.