Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-31

NEW HAVEN, conn Oct. 3O.-In tnis CITY
rain had fallen heavily throughout the day
All the arrangements for the day had been
completed, but they ended after all in total
cancellation. At 10 O'Clock in the morning All
idea Of parade had been given up. At the
I mon depot at clock crowds began to pour
m. at O'Clock over 5000 people surged in
and out of the depot awaiting Gov. Cleyeland's
arrival. Despite the heavy down pour the
multitude pressed upon the platform, and when
positive news of Coy. Clevelands arrival at
bridgeport was received. the excitement of
his drenchcd admirers visibly increased. The
special train left BridgeDorJ at 5:l5 O'Clock,
Lut the announcement of this fact was made
only to be followed by bogus tecgrams
stating that bad weather would prevent the
Governors arrival But the crowd et the de-
pot would not be disappointed, and its pa
tience met its reward. The special train
from bridgeport rolled into the depot some
moments before O'Clock. There was a strug-
gle for positions OF advantage. Sober and
staid citizens eheered themselves hoarse III a
mad rush. The crowd was practically be-
yOnd control. The enthusiasm was almost
frenZiC1. Inside the depot, even the luncn |
counters were appropriated for standing
room, and all the while an army of hacks tore
down from the cIty's centre and deposited |
fresh additions to the wecomers.
MR.. CLEVELAND ALIGHTs.
When the police had cleared passage way
Gov. Cleveland descended from his train. /
Cheer after cheer echoed through the depot, |
and struggle &c get glimpse of the Governor
was renewed by men wild with enthusiasm
Gov. Cleveland. with Col. Lamont and Gen.
Farnsworth of his stan, was followed to his
carriage by eN-GOYcrnOrs Charles Il. IngersOll |
and J. h. English, eX-MayOr j. Il. Robertson,
Congressman Charles L. Mitchell, Alexander
FrOup, and score OF other prominent Demo-
Gratis, and driven at once to the New Haven
House, where supper was served. 1t was
finally decided to hold a reception at the City
Hall. Here at O'Clock the corridors were
6lled with an audience such as has |
The committee in charge could hardly keep |
back the surging tide of enthusiastic human |
ity. Soon the familiar face of New York's |
Governor was seen on the stairs. The cheers
which went up were deafening. From the |
fret nOOr to the vau ted roof the cry of well |
come broke forth again and again. The |
crowds pressed forward. and were marshaled |
one by one and passed by the visitor Some |
uf them were allowed to press his hand. |
Some were not. SO anxious was each man in |
the crowd to get chance to see the Governor |
that order could not be enforced for some |
time, and il was only when a squad of police |
arrived that hand-shaking was made COM
paratively easy.
CLEVELAND'S ARM LAME FROM SHAKING. |
AtS:3O O'Clock the torture ceased, and the |
Governor, his forehead covered with perspira- |
tion, was escorted into the Mayors Office and |
strain to which he had been subjected. "My |
arm,' he sad, with a smile, "is stifl from this |
cordial handshaking. | will certainly carry |
away with me a good opinion of New Haven's |
strength. If you Democrats vote like You |
shake hands there can be no resisting you" |
Brief intrOductiOns followed, Mayor Lewis |
doing the hOnOrs of his office. When the City /
Hall was comparatively cleared band which |
had been playing a. frequent intervals formed |
in front of the building, and hundreds of |
citizens, despite the rain and mud, formed |
into an escort to attend Gov Cleveland on /
his way TO the Bridgeport train. 1t was alb
solutely impossible for the Governor /
to make the briefest of speeches
After supper, at the New Haven House, the
Governor had been driven at once to the City
Had. From the moment that he entered the |
nl1
noise of cheers repeated and the music of
bands would have prevented an address or
response to the magnificent ovation which
had been offered. The escort of citizens ac-
co npanied Gov. Cleveland to the Union depot.
The large crowd at the depot on his arrival in
the city, the multitude which occupied the
street and platforms and surged out upon the
rails at his departure was still larger and
still more enthusiastic.
AGAIN AT BRIDGPORT.
BRIDGEPORE, CONN, Oct, 30, II :5O.P.M.-Gov.
Cleveland returned here from New Haven at
about O'Clock, and was at once escorted to
the Atlantic House by Chairman w. IL. Bar
mum, where a rest of nearly an hour was
taken. Notwithstanding severe northeast
storm crowd Of several hundred persons ac-
compauied the Governor to the hotel. A large
gathering had assembled at the reception hall |
long before Gov. Cleveland's arrival in the
city, and was addressed by local speakers.
shortly before 10 O'Clock Gov. Cleveland and
his companions came on the stage amid i'm
mense enthusiasm, and Mr.. Cleveland was in
the meeting. Gov. Cleveland said:
II cannot fOrbear ut such time this to
express the pleasure experience in this sin
cere ana heartfelt welcome that the people OF
New Haven, Bridgeport and the State of Con-
nectcut have afforded me. If this welcome
was a tribute to me as an individual. | could /
only express my gratitude; but when / find |
that l represent an idea that is the same with
YOU as with me, it is with sense of solemn
responsibility that I stand before you.
lCheers.
-,,,, xx-opT Nc cpANrnuST CDuCr Crr
1.-The world has not produced so grand a |
spectacle as a nation of freemen determining |
ITS own course. In that position you stand /
tonight. Applause. At such time the |
leader stands in a solemn position, and the |
plaudits of his hearers can only serve to in
crease the feeling of responsibility. II he is a |
man true to his country and to the best in
terests of her people, what pervades his /
thoughts; He surveys the field of coming con-
test sees the forces drawn up in array against /
you from a party strong in numbers, fianked
rich in resources, both of money and infiu- |
ence, but corrupt to the core. To-
day they seek TO control the religious |
element Of your country, tomorrow they /
will try to gain the interest of your millionaire
magnates for the purpose OF raising money 10 |
carry on their campaign. There should be no |
mistake about this contest. 1t is an attempt |
to break down the barrier between the people |
of the United States and those that rule them. |
The people are bound down by a class of
offceholders whose business it is to make |
money out Of their positions. If you are to go |
on forever choosing your rulers from this |
class what Will be the end?
NONE CAN FAIL TO SEE IT.
''This is question every onesofiyou can an
sWer for himself, because 1t is the party of the |
people. Thousands are 1Ocking to our stan /
dard. for they love their fellO R-countrymen |
and their country more than they do their /
party. Let us feel that the people are the |
rulers of the nation and not the Offceholders, /
whose sole ambition and purpose Is private /
gain. LApplause.l Let us also feel that II the
people glYe us the power OF government we |
hold from the people a sacred trust"
Cheer after cheer followed Gov. Cleveland's |
speech. The audience rose 70 their feet /
10 body and hats were thrown into the air. /
The galleries, which were filed with ladies, |
were mass Of waving handkerchiefss and It