St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-26

people followed in great body and forced
their way in regardless of the efforts of the
gate keepers. Many ladies were in the as
semblage. Blaine's presence aroused great
enthusiasm. When called on for a speech
| Blaine stood up in his carriage, ard said,
! loosely, he did not feel qualified to make
! suitable speech at an agricultural fair, but
he had the good fortune to travel with prac-
tical farmer, NJ. ]. Townsend, whom he
would introduce instead. Townsend having
| spoken, the Plumed Knights escorted Blaine
back to the train. There were repeated calls
for Blaine before he left the grounds, but he
responded only by bowling.
AT GENEVA.
At $40 the train arrived at Geneva,
where salute was fired as the train came to
| the station, and in few minutes several
thousand people gathered in the rear of the
train, among them an enthusiastic body of
plumed knights Blaine was introduced by
a namesake, NJ. F. Blaine, of Geneva, and
the people cheered enthusiastically When
order was restored Blaine briefly thanked the
people for the kind reception and then said:
~ could not, in justice to my feelings,
| pass through your beautiful city without pay
| ing tribute OF respect to the late eminent
citizen whom you have lost. 1t was my
| good fortune to know John j. Folger person
| ally and officially, to know him well, and
| feel bound to bear testimony that
he was one among the public
men of US who shortened his life by unset
fish devotion to public duty. am sure in
bearing this testimony am sustained by
You VINO knew him so well, and for so many
years enjoyed his friendship"
Senator Lapham joined the party at
| Geneva.
1t was not intended the train should stop
at Phelps, but there was a crowd at the depot
and Blaine had to show himself. He was
loudly cheered. He merely bowed his
thanks.
! At Clifton the train stopped few minutes
and again Mr., Blaine had to appear on the
rear platform, and spoke a few words, and
was loudly cheered. A boquet was handed
up bearing the inscription, ''From the ladies
of the Sanitarium at Clifton springs, with
the best wishes and earnest hope that he may
be the next president of the United States.''
AT oANANDAIGUA.
At Canandaigua there was very large and
enthusiastic crowd, who cheered Blaine vo-
ciferously when he appeared on the platform
Senator Lapham called the people to order,
and said as the train was late he had only
time to introduce without comment the man
who would be the next president. Blaine
said:
~ am greatly obliged to my old friend
Judge Lapham for his kind words. l am
still more obliged to this vast assemblage for
this compliment they pay me as 1 am pass
ing through the beautiful town which is
famed far beyond its borders, and which is
looked upon as one of the chief jewels in
this expaDse of country which western New
York presents. No who journeys through your
beautiful country as / have iourneyed to-day
can fail to be impressed with the splendid
results worked out by the hands of an in
telligent people, enjoying the blessings of a
free government, and if there be anywhere
on the face OF Gods earth a people more
blessed in basket and store than you are, /
know not where to locate them. To be re-
ceived so kindly by people so blessed is
one of the chief compliments of my life, and
l now bid you cordial and grateful fare
well.
AT ROCHESTER,.
ROCHESTER, Sept. 25.-It is impossible to
do justice by description to the grand ova-
ton which Blaine received at Rochester. Its
astonish even the gentlemen who had taken
part in the preparations for it. Uniformed
clubs, some mounted, but most of them on
foot, extended in line for about three
quarters of a mile from the depot along the
way to the stand erected on the court house
steps. The clubs saluted Blaine as he passed
along and he returned the sautations. The
streets were filed with dense mass of men
and women, and every door and window in
the houses along the route was occu-.
pied. The old Osborne house, a five
story building, formerly the leading hotel of
Rochester, but now transformed into busi-
ness building was crowded with people look
ing out upon the procession and saluting
as it passed, so TO was the famous Powers
block, and so was every building along the
the route. 1t was fortunate that arrange
ments had been made for Blaine and his
friends to reach the stand via the rear of the
court house, for it would have been almost
| impossible to make a passage way through
the dense crowd in front. As soon as Blaine
had got upon the stand the colored jubilee
singers OF the State university, Tennessee,
sang with great effect one of their stirring
songs, which was loudly applauded Mr.
Burritt, chairman of the Monroe county CEN
trail committee, introduced Blaine, who was
received with tremendous cheering. When
order was restored, Blaine. speaking slowly
and impressively, that his voice reached
nearly every member of the great audience,
said:
81 am sure that no desire to offer personal
compliment to any living man conld have
brought this vast audience together and |
have not the vanity to accept it as offered to
myself individually. It is rather the ex-
preston by this great assemblage OF the peo-
r,la ~ Non Of fh.; al
| in those principles which have brought pros
/ perity to our country, and have builded your
own beautiful city as one of the examples
and Illustrations of that prosperity The
/ Republican party embodies in its creed four
/ distinct and important doctrines. First
! Peace with the whole world. Second-Com-
mercial expansion in evTy practicle direction.
! Third-EncOuragement OF every form OF
! American industry. Fourth-Proteciion to
! every citizen, native or naturalized, at home
and abroad. Under these policies the Re
I publican party strives to conduct the govern
ment. Under these principles the Republi-
/ can party submits itself To the judgment of
! the American people. On these principles
we conquer or on these we are conquered.
/ / thank YOU, gentlemen, / thank you from
/ the bottom OF my heart for whatever in this
/ splendid ovation is personal to nv
/ self, but ask your attention with especial
emphasis t. the Importance OF these positions
to which have briefly adverted. To the
latest hour Of my life never can forget this
brilliant scene, nor can / mistake the vide
significance.
AT BATAVIA.
BUFFALO, Sept 25.-At Batavia such 9
crowd gathered that short stop was made
A delegation from Lockport headed BY W
! q. Cobb, editor of the Iockport Journal
joined the party. company with torches