Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-06-12
MAINE DISPATCHES.
FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN.
Reception of the California Delegation
at POrtland-A Grand Blaine
Rally at City Hall.


noon. As the train cane into the depot
Chandlers band played stirring selection.
The California visitors were met by commit
tee of prominent citizens, consisting of Hon.
Jacob Mcclellan, Hon. Geo. w. Woodman
Hon. Charles F. Libby, Hon. Stanley r.
Pullen, Hon. T. Hersey Hon. Franklin J..
Rollins, Geo. Francis Fessenden, Mayor
King, ii, n. Jose, J. S. Winslow, Albion
Little, b. +. Chadbourne. A. A. Strout, w.
IL. Looney, Mark z. Emery, J. z. Baxter,
W. IL. Miiliken. f.. c.. Hersey, J. F. Hawkes.,
j. A. Fogg. Judge Geo. +. Gould, Frank n
Warehouse, w. G.. Soule, C. A. Brown and
others.
The visitors were taken in carriages and
headed by Chambers band were escorted
thr ough Commercial, Park, Danforth, State,
Spring, Park, Congress, State, Deering.
High, Congress and Middle streets to the
Falmouth House where rooms were provided
for them.
The party consists OF w. johnson and wife,
f. :. DennisOn, wife and two daughters.
Geo. w. Schell, c. G.. Bush and wife. David
Mcclure and wife, DR.. Thomas Flint and
wife, all of California, ID. b. 7. Pride of
Nevada. Accompanying them are General
Selden Connur, Mayor Whitehouse, f. Z.
Nye, II. NJ. Sprague, K. c. Morton, and Col.
Henry s. Osgood.
Each one of the visitors, ladies and gentle
men alike, wore pine cone as a badge, in
compliment to the Pine Tree State.
Dinner was served at the Falmouth hotel,
the tables being set forth in elegant man
ner. Shortly after three o'clock the guests
were taken in carriages and escorted by
Chambers band to Custom House wharf.
Through the courtesy of Collector Dow the
revenue cutter Dallas was IN waiting and a
large party of ladies and gentlemen by special
invitation accompanied the Calitornians on a
pleasant sail down the harbor. The weather
was rather chilly, but outside of that the trip
Dallas sailed among the islands for nearly
two hours, landing the party in this city at
) 80.
| An immense audience met at City Hall
CATION Hon. Charles +. Libby presided.
Judge Schell and Judge Bush of California
made speeches which were received with
much applause.
Hon. John II. Rand of Nevada followed.
Every allusion to Blaine was received with
enthusiastic demonstrations, as was the selec-
ton by Chambers Band which followed
Rand's speech, in which the performers in
troduced the so-caled new song, Heres TO
Blaine, our noble leader
Capt James A. Palmer of Nevada fol-
lowed. He announced himself as a cowboy
of Nevada, which statement was received
with storm of plandits. He asserted they
would not have dared to go back if they had
fiinched from duty to Blaine, for they hang
talks in Nevada for that sort of thing. He
said they had no time to sleep or eat at
| Chicago. but did find something to drink,
which statement was received by this Name
law audience with shouts of laughter, while
the other delegates begged him in stage whls-
pers not to give them away. He paid an
earnest tribute to Logan and closed by aliud-
| ing to a wealthy leader of Nevada who was
to go to Chicago to vote for Arthur, saying
he would pay all expenses but they tcld him
to stay at home.
Senator David Mcclure of California next
| spoke with force and brilliancy. He pre-
dicted that the whole republican party would
soon fall into line with a strong determina-
ton not to turn the government over TO the
democratic party. (His enthusiasm was
fully reciprocated by the audience.)
After another selection by the band Hon.
A. A. Strout of Portland was introduced to
respond for Maine, which he did gracefully
and briefly. He predicted 10000 majority
in Maiue and that all New England would
go for him. Loud cries were made for Oen'
Selden Connor, and he responded eloquentiS'
The meeting closed with three cheers for the
ticket and three cheers for Hon. t. b. Reed
The delegation has accepted Gen. Ahder-
sons invitation to go to the White NOUN
tains tomorrow and the train will leave at 8
o'clock tomorrow morning.