Omaha daily bee., 1884-10-31

driven Immediately IN the CITY hall. From
the moment that he entered the building until
hlS carriage rolled away, tho noise Of chsers
was repeated and the clNhing If music OF
bands wonId have prevented au address or re.
'ponsN. Large as was the c ovid at the depot
on the arrival of Cleveland, the multitude
which occupied the street and platform and
sn.,gGd out upon the rails at his departure was
still larger and more enthusiastic y
&BRlDdEroRr, Conn, October 30 Clevc.
Ian returned here from New Haven about o
o'clock aud was nj Onse escorted to the At
lantic house by Chairman w. II, Barnum
where the rest of iearly an hour was taken.
Notwithstanding q severe northwest storm, n
crowd OF several hundred persons accompsn.
led The governor tn the hotel \ large gath.
oiing had assembled IN Recreation han long
before CIevelond's arrival in the city. shorty
oetore 10 the governor and p,rty appeared
upon the st go, amid immense enthus lsm,
ho was introduced by Bornatd Heating,
president OF the meeting.
Cleveland said: | cannot torbear at
such time ~ this to express the
pleasure experience in this
sincere and heartfelt welcome that
the people of New Haven, Bridgeport
and Connecticut have afforded mo Ii this
welcome was u tribute 10 me Rs an individual,
| could ouly express my gratitude; but when
| find | represent an ide, that il the same
with you rs with me, IL il with q sense of sol.
enn Responsibility that | stand before you.
Cheers Tho world has not produced so
gran n spectacle as n nation of free men de
terminlng its own courte. In that posi-.
ton you stand t, night lappl use
At such n time, u leader stands III n olemn
position and to p'audits of his hearers only
serve to increase his feeling of responsibility,
that IL, VI he is true to his country and to the
best interests of her people, which parvades
| d, q tl,N,,.lNg S,.,., Al. ~ . -
contest, See the forces drawn mp In array
against You ( ON n party strong in numb, rs
tanked by q vast army of ottic= holders, Ions
in power, ri. h in resources, both of money anC
intiuence, but corrupt to tho core. TODAY
they seek to control the religious element o.
your count y; tomorrow they will eudeavor I,
gain the interest of your millionaire maguate
Tor the purpose of raising money to carry OF
their campaign. There should be no mis- ak
abn I this contest. 1t IL an attempt to breal
down the barrier between the people of tn
United States and those that rulo them. TIL
people are bound down by n c'ass of office
holders whose btssuess it is to max
money out of their positions. If you were t
go ON forever choosing your rulers from thi
class, what viii be the endg This is % ques
ton that every enc of you can answer 70
himself. Because it is the party Of the pee
pie, thousands are fl rcking to our STANDARD
for they love their fellow c ,untrymen an,
their country more than they do their party
Let us feel that t e people are the rulers q
the nation and not the oticeholders, who's,
sole ambition and purpose IL private gain
Applause Let us also feel that if IN
people give us the power of government
we hold from the people n sacred trust, Chez
after cheer followed Cleveland's speech. TIL
audience + SO t. their feet in n body, and hat
were thrown into the air. The galleries
which were filed with ladies, were n mass q
waving handkerohiefs, and it was fully to
minutes before McSwceny, who made tn
concluding speech of the evening, could he in
troduced. After the meeting Cleveland an
party were driven to tho Atlant C hotel nm,
from there to tho depot, where he took
special train for Albany.