Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-10-05
BLAINE'S BLOW OUT.
The Glass City Clothes Herself a
Popular Color
And Gets There In Good Shape.
All the Town Turns Out With a
Number from the Adjacent
BaiHwicks.
A Procession That EncircIes the
City.
Mr.. Blaine Enthusiast sticaIb Received
BY Thousands Of People.
The Scenes and Incidents of the
Reception and Parade The
Decorations and Iih-
limitations.

Bellaire always does Blaine proud. tie
has occasionally made visits to this city be-
fore and each time has been accorded a
most cordial reception. Last night when
the news of bis approach was herslded fully
ten thousand people crowded the elevated
r,atform ofthe Baltimore and Ohio depot or
pushed andpassed each other in the avenues
of approach to the station. 1t was thought
that he would get in about FIVE o'clock,
55ut as he was delayed from station to
station it was finally announced that
he would not arrive till sevep
| o'clock. At that hour the
street in the central portion Of the city were
blocked BY an almost impenetrabe mass Of
humanity. Pending the arrival OF the train
the writer had leisure to note the character
of the decorations and note the intensity of
the feelings that prompted the elaborate
ness of the reception. On all sides could
be heard expressions of confidence in Mr..
Blaine, some of these given in language
that could not be misunderstood. IF all
the men in the country were like Blaine,
said one, "our mills would not be running
like they are now. He knows how to keep
English stuff out of here" NO nor the
Chinese either, said ano b r "Oh he'll be
elected said a tough looking citizen TO his
neighbor These were only few of the
scores Of tributes to tac Wandering
knight.
Nearly every house in the business por
tion of the city was not only tastefully
trimmed with bunting and Chinese Ian
terms, but all were Illuminated. Never in the
history of e,city had such grand decorations
of streets and houses been made From
Gravel Hill to Pinch run they laid them.
selves out 10 decorate, and Mr. Blaine him.
self said he had never seen such display.
THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CROWD.
The crowd came largely from Belmont
and Monroe counties, although there were
large contributions from Harrison, Jefer:
SOM guscarawas and Guernsey counties, |
.-Mtiie small squads came with the train |
from Mnskingnm and IarYkiSr YkiiSsr cY92gg!a,ities;
ard Pi,tsburg brought large delegations
from points near Steubenvilie, and above |
and all intermediate stations between
Steubenville and Bellaire Weeling began
sending people down early in the day, and
in the evening the entire regiment went
down by special train occupied BY hundreds
of visitors. From points OF the Baltimore
and Ohio road in " west Virginia came uni
formed clubs and strangers by the hundred.
Then again quite large number OF visitors
were present from Washlmk Ton. and Greene |
counties, PENNSYLVANIA The Blaine and
Logan Club OF Washington and Jefferson
College was notable feature OF the
parade.
THE ARRIVAL
Mr.. Elaine was expected shortly after |
FIVE oclock, but unavoidable detenuons de- |
layed his arrival until after seven o'clock.
Then instead Of running into the Bellaire |
depot, his special train was then switched |
of upon the B. d 0. tracks, and Mr.. Blaine |
ard party taken off at the head of Thirty |
fifth street. His party consisted OF himself
hon. Lorenzo Daniord. Charles Balnell,
Walker Blaine Congressman Finnerty, OF
Chicago; Mr. Manley, Hon. A. W. Tenney |
OF BROOKLYN; General Adam +. King OF
Natyland A. J. Devine, of the
Associated Press, and others. They |
wrre at once placed in carriages and escort
co TO the Globe Hotel, where Zeke Morris |
for an hour unbent himself and treated Mr. |
Blaine rnl.ne kindness. Il was soon |
pOised about that Blaine had been SNUG |
q 4 into the city without notice to the |
waiting people and as soon as MS place OF |
lyyn ia I'D
The hotel and remained there until Mr.
Blaine again entered his carriage. This
wa. his first appearance and the demonstra
ticn ives simply tremendous. Cheers, yeIls,
and shouts greeted him, and his progress
was lighted by the glare OF red lights orlst'
led at every step. The landau 10 which |
were seated Mr. Blaine and his son Wal
ker. the Hon. John Fl. Ewing, of Washing
ton. Pa. and the Hon. Lorenzo Danford, |
OF Ohio. The carriage moved with diff
Guilty toward the east side Of the Public |
Square. where q stand had been erected.
As Mr.. Blaine mounted the platform the
crowd gave him three cheers and repeated
Is called his name He greeted the Hon.
Seth l.. Milliken, Of the Third Maine DIS.
trict. his own successor in Congress and
took seat
With Mr.. Blaine was the Hon. John II.
Ewing of Washington, Pa, the Oldest living
graduate of Washington and Jefferson Col
lege Of which Mr. Blaine is himself an
al1mnus. Mr.. Ewing is nearly ninety years
Of age and was treated with almost hlai at
tention by Mr.. Blaine. He had made the
trip TO see Mr.. Blaine, whose father had
been his friend fifty years ago, when Major
Ewing was a lawyer and Mr.. Blaine
was Washington county Official
As soon as Mr.. B'aine obtained posi-
ton on the stand the crowd made rush
for the stand to shake hands with him. and
before il could be prevented several hun
dred persons had pressed upon him. Col
Poorman finally had the people partially
| excluded from the stand, and said: Nh.
Blaine must rot be butchered in this man
per We want to use him for the next tour
wears" Mr.. Blaine then came forward ana
| bowed to the thousands.
Chauncy Richards, Of Cincinnati was
| .hen introduced by the Hon. Lorenzo Dan
| lord Mr.. Richards, who is most enter
| tsipipg speaker, spoke till the head OF tne
narade reached the stand, when be retired
THE PARADE.
The parade was the most inspiring and
by ali odds the largest ever seen IN ooata-
syn Ohio. The clubs that participated IN
the parade were all nicely uniformed ana
n large number Of instances dispensed
n;,h the use Of torches. The Pluued
Knights of Wheeling. as usaal,
were assigned TO the pace /"
honor at the head Of the proeession.
The Wheeling regiment composed Oh the
various ward and distric, clubs ~ere neKt
= order Then followed eirbs f-or fhs
i ear. us Ohio counties a-d from he W.,
moor uounry Townships, the hnis - D