New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-10-29
Mr. BLAINE'S TRIP ENDED.
svv,rs OF ENTHUSIASTIC DEMoNsTRA'
TlONS

TIONS.
o INCIDENTS OF REMARKABLE ioo" ~
LA THE WESTERN STATES.
r,.;os returned to the city last night 1eei'ns
MI md looking as fresh as when he lett IL OH
s.hsr "a, on his trip through ONO anu III ,no
..-n SrpS states He is enjoying the best OF noa'',|
w .t,sin he has undergone for the last nVe "c'h,
10 have had no effect upon his phys'ca,
a;ton His step Is as hen' ""
- As ever His movements show the same
rarcv and activity they always did His eye Is as
.na his voice in as fine condition as IL he
Ia NOT spoken once in public since he lett new M
vi instead of over three hundred times "'n'n
A.. last Eve weeks His endurance is the commen'
"sa, who have accompanied him on his trip "o
has travelled during this period on III 49,
N5OO miles a week, has frequently spoke" n'V.o
than twenty times in single day-on one ooo"''o
delivering not less than twenty-nme oinei0"'
sneecbes within less than ten hours ume-nas ca
rosed himself 10 wind and rain snatcbeu s,eop
only AT int ervas such as would present
in the course of journey from one pace !" 's".
other and yet presents to-day the apPe"i"".0 "
man who does not know the loss of an hours sieet
or what il is to shake the hands oil thous@nu' -
people
FEATURES OF THE JOURNEY
r,aaoa Mr. Rlaine seems TO have enjoyed the
. rather than TO have regarded IL as
hard work II has frequently happened that III
nlaces where IL was announced that 'he uai"
would remain only five or ten minutes ana "he'e
large crowds had gathered that Mr. Blame, caTricd
away by the enthusiasm of the greeting' wouiu
sueak double that time. Stlli aho'no'
feature of his journey of which those WHO
were with him could not help taking notice is 'ne
great variety of his speeches. Among his tnree
hundred and odd speeches no two were alike 1t is
ma Ia
made the paramount topic OF dlscussion anu
brought home to the audiences IN foIclole man
ner But in each instance he gave new hlustra-
trations of the working and the result of pr"tec-
ton aud they were almost always adapted 10 INC
locality IN which he was speaking.
The character of the crowds VINO ea'"-
cred at the different places III this o'a'o
through " hch Mr.. Blame has just passed, was aso
remarkable. The people were above al gooo iis'eu-
crs: but they were also enthusiastic. lhey may
have been less demonstratve than those audiences
who greeted him in Ohio and Indiana out they
certainly did not yield to them in earnestness OF
followed with less attention the arguments pre-
sented in favor of protective tariff as against free
trade.
STRENGTH OF THE IRIsH-AMERICANs
Two things seem to have been clearly shown
within the last few days, and they have not es-
caped the attention of those who had an opportunity
of witnessing the gatherings along the line OF Mr..
Blaine's journey through the State. One Is the
strength of the Irlsh-American movement; the
other is the gradual decline in enthusiasm for Mr..
St. John. The former is increasing daily. New
accessions to the Republican ranks are
reported from every part OF the state
There was scarcely one procession in any
of the larger towns Mr.. Blaine visited
which did not contain a large contingent of Irish
American citizens men who never before voted tho
Republican ticket. AT jamestown an Old employe
of Ex-Governor Fenton who had voted the straight
Democratic ticket for thirty-hve years, refusing
even to vote for his employer when he ran Tor
Governor will this year cast his vote for Blaine and
Logan. His example will be followed by nearly one
hundred of his Irish-American friends III that
town.
At Elmra club of 1873 Irish-Americans tur ned
out TO greet Mr.. Blaine and none of It's members
had ever been known to vote for Republican, In
fact the unusual sght was there witnessed of an
Irish fla being carried in a Republican procession
the first instance of the kind perhaps, on record.
At one of the smaller stations little girl, the
daughter of an Irish American, presented MI
Blaine with bunch of flowers, adding the words
"My father never voted the Republican ticket III
his llfe but he will do it this time"
And when Mr.. Blaine kissed the little girl play
fully, remarking that probably ten years hence he
cou dnt take that liberty, she bushlngly reiterated
the statement: my father will vote for You,
sure" Instances like this of Irish sentiment in
favor of the Republican candidates could be cited
in large numbers. One Of the best speakers accom-
panying Mr.. Blaine part OF the way wss Lawrence
Harman an Irish American, who two years ago
was the Democratic candidate for Attorney General
Illinois He himself says that he never realized,
until now. the strength of the movement among
the Irish-American element in favor of Blaine.
The Roman Catholic clergy of the interior of the
State which heretofore has generally been supposed
to lean strongly toward the Democratic party can
this year be counted upon for the first time TO divide
the vote it controls and direct perhaps more than
half Of il to the support of the Republican party.
The Irish American element among the workingmen
who attended the meetings to-day seemed often to
predominate Their enthusiasm was unbounded
and if it be sample only of that existing among
their friends in other parts of the State s not
mnch to say that at the coming election their vote
will than three times offset the vote of the In
dependents in this CITY, This is the opinion of
politicians who have closely followed the movement
and watched its progress. They are agreed that il
has assumed proportions much beyond any antici- |
pated in the early stages OF the campaign. The |
Prohibition movement is weak i'll those portions of |
the State through which Mr.. Blaine has passed and |
not likely to exert great influence upon the general
result In Others it is growing less and less every
day This is owing in q large measure to an aver
sion on the part Of people throw away their votes
They want them TO count for something and they
well know that to join the Democratic party would
not advance their own interests or help their own
party. A
THE RETURN JOURNEY BEGUN AT ELMIRA
Mr.. Blaine had passed Thursday night at the |
house of j. ID. l.. See in Elmira. Early yesterday |
morning he went on board the train accompanied by |
crowds of people who the carriage occupied by !
him pass through the streets The trian started
promptly at o'clock amid the cheers of the multi
tade which had assembled in spite of the early hour