Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-10-30

Evarts and Mr.. Cyrus w. Field and
took his seat. Three cheers for Jas.
G.. Blaine were proposed and given.
The room was deliberately decorated.
The distinguished guest Of the even
ing sat on the right of the president;
Levi p. Morton, United States minis.
ter TO France, sat on the left of MIR.
Evarts. The other guests at the prin.
cipal table and In order
of sitting were, on the right
Judge Noah DAVIS, presiding justice
of the supreme court of New York,
who sat next TO Mr.. Blaine; ex-Gov.
A. b. Cornell; Gov. Hoyt of Pennsyl-
vania; Cyrus w Field and Charles e.
Coon, assistant secretary of the treas
ury.
On the left were Rev. Henry
M. Field, d, D., ex-senator
Thoe. @. Platt, ex-Judge Jno. f. Dill
lon, VIM. Dowd and Addison Brown.
The more prominent of the gentlemen
forming the company We're, Whitelaw
Reid, Henry Clews, Cornelius Bliss,
Jacob d; Vermilye, L. M. Bates, Sin
man, G. Il. Seward, David
Bows, VIM. II. Robertson, ID. y.
Babcock, Cyrus w. Field, Jesse Hoyt,
John J. Knox, Lloyd Aspinwall,
Thos. McElrath, Parke Goodwin, Is +.
Winslow, Russell Sage and Jay Gould.
| Among the guests present
from outside of New York city
and Brooklyn were S. II. Scribner,
Yonkers, n. Y; Frederick Q. Potts,
New Jersey Calvin Wells, Pittsburg
Charles Emery Smith, Philadelphia;
G.. i. Hobart, New Jersey; Sir Richard
Temple, England; Il. A. Merritt, con-
sul-general TO London, England; John
Roach, Chester, Pa Samuel w. Fes-
sender, Stamford, Conn; b. f.
Jones, Pittsburg; j. H. Manley,
Augusta, Ga; Chas. Il. Coon, Wash
ington; Emmons Blaine, Chicago;
Walker Blame, Augusta, Me-; Cyrus
Field, Sr.
Letters expressing regret were receiv-
ed from Jno Sherman, who is speaking
in Springfield John G.. Whittier,
who hopes the coming election will
call your honored guest to the high
place he is so we'll fitted TO fill, and
Eugene Hale who was also away
owing to campaign arrangements.
II was 9:40 when eI Secretary Evarts
raped for order with his gavel and be.
gan his address. AS he rose in his
place loud applause greeted him and
as ne closed there were cheers.
Three cheers for Blaine were
called for and given with great en-.
thHsiasm and were repeated in re.
, Spouse to a voice from the lower end
of the hall shouting "Three more y
When Blaine arose he was greeted
: with whirlwind of applause. He
said:
sit is great reversal of positions
Mr.. President, addressing Mr.
Evarts) that makes me hear yor
: ascribe the leadership to me, for it hai
been my duty and my pleasure IL
these long years to follow you, Il
learn from you wisdom il
4 public affairs and to join with my
countrymen in ascribing to you no
= merely the leadership in the mobiles
: of professions, but to yield our admira
! ton for the singular success which ha
given to you the opportunity to lead II
! the three most important cases eve
i pleaded by member of tn
American bar first in resisting
: your own party in what you REGARD
. the impolicy, If not the madness, @
impeacning president, second IL
maintaining before the greatest inter
y national tribunal that has assembled
!, in modern times the rights {
your country and obtainin
, redress for wrongs to her tha
! grew out of the civil war Applause.
y and third, perhaps averting anothe
i civil war by pleading before an electt
= raj commission for peaceful settl'
" ment OF theangriest political controve
y sy that ever arose between parties !
y the United States. Applause an
~ cheers. / turn now from you, M
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~ and professional men, leaders in I'll
D great and complex society of Ne
u York, to thank you for recei'
< ing ne, not merely
+ this festal board, but ais
a in that far more impressive receptio
"a which the close of this rainy day wi
d messed in your broad and beautif
Oh avenue. could not, l am sure,
ne any possible stretch OF vanity, tai
q this large and generous demonstr
IL ton to myself. IL is given to II
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er of the principles which you and no
n, Ina common, tsuching those great i
ID terests which underlie, as we believ
ne the prosperity of the II
he ton Iapplausel, and 1t is fifth
he that the commercial metropolis of Il
~ continent should lead; IL is fitting tn
AT the great city, second only in q
on world, should give expression to Il
en- continent of its views and
Tn Judgment on the important questio
es to be decided on Tuesday ne
Ias by the American people. Cheers
re And venture, not that | know 1t
nd well as you, but that am spokesmi
lie for the present. venture TO remii
Ter YOU, men of New York, with 20
wealth and your just influence a.
r. your magnificent prestige, th
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zen this city has been acquired since ABB
ham Lincoln was ineugurated on I
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zen of statistics If 1t did not carry with
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