The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-09-18
IN NEW YORK.
Tho Grnnl Preparations llcing Nude for Mr..
't5. ltlniue's lteccntion h,.'ra

'| TIC Grnnd Preparations llcinE Made for Mr.
J /. u Hlnine's Reception.
New ionH, September l7.-Thcrc is ev
cry indication tint the reception TO Mr.
Blaine in this city will be in every wa,
fitting to the leader Of the Republican
party.
MIR. Elkins, who has spent several day.
with Mr.. Blaine, returned to the city this
afternoon. lIe,was closctcd for an hour
after his arrival with the other members
of the National Committee, and the plains
ior the reception informally discussed.
There, aavo been so many demands for
Mr.. Dlainc's presence Mt various points
along the route, tint the exact day Of his
arrlva! is us yet uncertain. 1t seems prob
able, however, TINT lie will reach New
York on Friday or Saturday at tho far.
thcst.
The various district organizations, the
War Veterans Association Of BROOKLYN,
and the same association IN New York,
Will combine to make II parade Of no
mean proportions. At the National Com.
mittee rooms tonight there were but few
members present, and nothing definite
was known as TO the particulars of the
trip. Mr.. Elkins said that he had left Mr..
Blame III, the best OF spirits few days
ago, and that there was nothing In the re-
cent publications Of his correspondence to
give Mr.. Blainc's friends the least apprc.
hension; tliut Mr.. Blaine was anxious
that these letters be made MS public as
possible, "and," said Mr.. Elkins, "thcy
ere already beginning to act as Il boomc-
ring upon those who issued them. Til
correspondence shows that the very lette
which the Democratic press had called
upon Mr.. Blaine to produce was in the
hands Of Fisher, and not of Mr.. Blaine
himself. ] found that the Independents
in Boston were already beginning to doubt
the truth ofthe Original statements"
The route OF Mr.. B!aine's visit TO the
west is still undecided, and probably will
not be definitely fixed until he reaches
this city. iI5,,
It is quite probable that the party's can
didute for the Presidency will ADOPT
James D. Warren's suggestion and travel
1hrotSll tins state Ell ,u.,te Tor Ohio.
after the October election is over in the
Buckeye State, Mr.. Blaine will return to
this city, and his second visit will be
made the occasion OF one OF the granics,
political dcmonstr tions ever known. II
will resemble til 1t OF 1850 when tens Of
thousands OF .yal Republicans, uni
formed and equipped with torches, passed
in review before General Grant, but will
be on 4 more .elaborative scale. In 1856
only ordinary campaign suits were III
vogue, whereas this year the "plumed
knights" craze gives much latitude in the
beauty Of uniforms The reviewing oi,i-
ccr this year will be Mr.. Blaine himself,
and the parade will take place about o.
tober Is. The leading feature will lie iour
hundred mounted Knights, helmetell and
wearing satin and German silver suits Of
armor,. Long white plumes will wave
from the massive helmet of each, and the
appearance OF the body will be most i'm
posing. The Boys in Blue will turn out
fifteen or twenty thousand men, wearing
the plumed Knight uniform adopted by
them aud the District batteries and bat
talions organized by or in honor of local
political leaders will, it is thought, swell
the number OF those parading to al. least
fifty thousand, Z